@@BillDavies-ej6ye According to the Wikipedia page about this phrase (which I've just googled) neither. Never even wondered where it came from, as it was just something I heard a lot growing up in the 1970s (as being a version of 'Gorblimey').
Thing about bloody being a swear is We'd always clap back with, when being told off- "Bloody's in the Bible, bloody in the book, if you don't believe me, take a bloody look" That just unlocked a core memory for me so thanks mate.
I learnt a slightly different version which, I think, scans better - Bloody in the Bible, Bloody in the Book, If you don't bloody believe me, go and bloody look. Bloody was the only swear word I ever heard my dad utter!
A thing people just dont get about the UK is we love slang, slang is STANDARD in speech not a special word or unique addition. We dont like to say the same things the same way over and over again, its what makes americans seem robotic like theyre saying canned lines. We love coming up with unique and silly ways to say things utilizing a vast range of rhyming slang, inuendo, satire, wordplay etc to make a unqie sentence. Its why americans will hear us saying we have 5 'quid' or referring to our shopping as a 'haul' and think oh in the uk they call money quid and their shopping a 'haul' and its like yes but also no, there are like 50 slang words for all these things as well as oc standard words for these items we will use in professional settings, we just speak in slang most of the time normally because its more fun and its how we grew up, having good bant or the gift of the gab is something massively respected in the UK imo. You often try to search for dictionary definitions for british words but thats missing the point that we speak in slang.
I especially love how creative we are with swear words and insults. Even adding 'absolute' in front of a random word and calling someone that always makes a good insult.
@@faithpearlgenied-a5517 and you can almost scale up the level of it too by how long you elongate parts of each word. Like abbbbbbsolute or abbbsoooooluuuuteeee dickhead.
"Like" we like to use full stops and paragraphs to ease comprehension and keep people from not being arsed to carry on reading a bloody great block of words, too. I'm "like" sorry if you initially don't like what I've pulled you up for, but it's meant as constructive criticism so that your words of wisdom are accessed and liked by as many people as possible. You might "like" like to drop the time, text, breath and brain power wasting West Coast affectation of the unnecessary "like" as it goes as well, fella.
@@JP_TaVeryMuch Your comment was harder to read than the other person's comment. Language changes, it's really cool. I hope you come to appreciate language one day- it's a fascinating subject!
"What's all this then?" used to be a kind of stock phrase for policemen in TV and music hall acts before then. The policeman would announce their arrival with "'Ello, 'ello, 'ello," and follow it up with that phrase. Monty Python (and others) would typically use it (or a variant) for all of their police characters.
Sharon & Tracy were talking down the pub: Tracy: So what's this new man of yours like? Sharon: He's tall, handsome and has the most incredible blue eyes - like sapphires! Tracy: Ooh sounds great. What else? Sharon: Well he's so brave, he's got nerves of steel! Tracy: Wow! Impressive. Sharon: And he's so kind. He's got a heart of gold! Tracy: Sounds perfect! Sharon: But I'm thinking of dumping him... Tracy: Why? Sapphire blue eyes, nerves of steel and a heart of gold... what's wrong with him? Sharon: Knob of butter.🙁
A good friend at school was called Dick, only when we reached 13-14 and we found out what Seaman was other than his last name, he changed his name on his 18th birthday, what his dad was thinking christ only knows.
Rubber in England is an eraser, kids carry rubbers in their bookbags 😂 Sarky is a sandwich Bap is a bun A fanny is a vagina, finally, for explains to me, the term fanny pack being worn on the front
He literally Googled the word tip and didn’t even add British in, couldn’t find it and declared it a lie. A perfect example of a muppet. Or a stereotype of an American?
A tip to me at least is usually a council run facility where you can take household waste that you want to get rid of or recycle that can't be put out for the bin men (refuse collectors for any confused Americans reading this). I wouldn't generally refer to a landfill site as the tip, it's a landfill.
Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy. Marvin, where are you? I’m in the car park. What are you doing in the car park? Parking cars. What else does one do in a car park. Love that line
Here I am,brain the size of a planet and what have they got me doing? Opening doors. If there’s an afterlife I fervently hope that Mr Adams and Mr Pratchett are friends. Both sorely missed.
If something is 'shit hot' then it is the same as the 'dog's bollocks' . That was common where I grew up, a farming area in Devon. When something goes wrong it has gone 'tits up'.
My Nan used to say "fur coat and red drawers" (to mean exactly the same thing) but I've never heard anyone else use her version, yours seems to be the norm!
When Evan says that's not a British word, its just because it has been adopted by Americans. It doesn't mean the word didn't originate in Britain. Also, I hate to break it to you Evan, but 99 percent of the words that you speak originated in Britain, that's why it's called English. 😊
Dogs Bollocks is rumoured to be taken (adjusted) from when Meccano came about, there were two versions Box Standard and Box Deluxe, they became known as bog standard and the more expensive all singing Box Deluxe being Dogs Bollocks, Stephen Fry spoke about this on the programme QI but as he said it isn't guaranteed to be true, however I can see the chances being quite high and if it isn't true it should be.
One of my faves is: “Built like a brick sh*t house” (best said with the accent “buil’ like a brick shi’ ‘ouse” Basically comparing someone to a brick outhouse that is built to be sturdy, as a way of saying that someone is a “unit; big and stocky”
TIP - causing the contents of a container to be emptied. Thus if you have overfilled a glass of water, you tip some water out of the glass. This led to the term Fly Tipping, meaning to dump contents out of your car at the side of the road, ie you are tipping something out of your car spontaneously or "on the fly". Thus if we needed to dispose of say garden waste or a broken TV, that may not be collected in the normal rubbish collections, then we take them to the "tip". I'm sure other terms are used as well. We like having multiple meanings for words, and multiple words for the same meaning. I do find it strange how often you are surprised that both our countries use different words to mean similar things, as if we are the weird ones ;), although I do have to give you credit for attempting to look up something that you are being told. However when looking up a common word such as tip, which has a variety of meanings, it shouldn't be a surprise that not all the definitions are displayed with the results of a quick Google search , as a search for "tip definition" produces tip (1), tip(2) and tip(3). You would have seen the definition that Evan referred to as a noun within the search results displayed for tip (2) - A place where rubbish is left
I’m from Sheffield and a saying we have is “ right good “ instead of very good eg, we went to the pub last night and it was right good. Another saying is when it gets dark clouds and it looks like rain is coming we say “ it looking black oer Bills mums “
JJLA has such a likeable vibe that I can even tolerate whispering. That says a lot.. I usually am a hard no on any whispering on mic... But I dont mind with this bloke.. Great performance that can hack/bypass my misophonia.
"What are you on about?" Usually means the person is talking rubbish, has mis-understood or is misrepresenting something. I don't recall it being said in any other way - but, maybe that is just where I've lived. Could be inter-changeable with "you're chatting sh*t." Haven't heard it used to ask someone for more explanation or clarification. "What's that?" might be used for that.
We go to the tip to discard of rubbish, it's a national pastime. The rubbish lorries still tip unrecyclable rubbish onto a giant spoil heap called a rubbish tip (guess because the lorries empty by tipping up the back so the rubbish falls out.). These tips are also called 'landfill", but we still call the recycling centre, which is highly organised, THE TIP.
Sarnie isn't particularly a northern word. It's used all over the country. I live in Derbyshire, (East Midlands), and in a little parish near me called Breaston, (pronounced Breeston), there's a shop called Barnie's Sarnies.
Wee clarification - I would not call it British phrases it's more English. Scotland and Wales are British too. I can't make a judgment for Wales (never 've been there) but in Scotland - we have completely different phrases.
It is called the Rubbish Tip it's where you take your waste. Usually a place with lots of large skips for placing various types of stuff into from wood to furniture to plant waste to metal etc.
I'm always doing word plays and these days I seem to spoonerise everything, even to point that the interesting sounding ones enter my vocab.... 'phobile moan' 'bosh the weird' for example... my point being I feel the British are naturally Word smithy. I , for the record, have also failed to bring back the word 'Forsooth' into the general lexicon. Which is a crying shame.
The thing with "nonce" as an insult is that there is actually a lot of people who do use it as an insult for when someone does something mildly objection, even though it's origins come from something deeply criminal
Nonce is an acronym - it stands for "Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise" & was either written on the cell door or in the paperwork of a sex offender - generally a paedophile - in prison to signify that the couldn't be in the exercise yard with other prisoners - because they would get the sh*t kicked out of them.
Oh and "bumf" (for junk mail). I think a lot of English people would recognise the word but not know it's origin. It's short for "bum fodder" because in the days before commercially produced toilet paper, you'd use junk mail for the purpose!
I'm surprised that "ponce" didn't come up. "Here comes Nigel, he's a right ponce", meaning that Nigel is always looking for a handout. He'll never have any cigarettes so he'll be poncing them off someone. Never has any money and will try to ponce a drink off someone at the pub. We also have "poncing about", meaning dithering. "Stop poncing about and give me a straight answer". Such a versatile word :) Oh right, my apologies to all Nigels.
Little explanation about "Trolley"... it also refers to the street car or tram, the light railway that can run down the centre or one side of a street, in traffic, there is also the sub-set called a Trolley Bus - both use or used a device called a trolley pole to connect to the overhead caternary wires for electricity to run (trolley buses still use them, trams have changed to a pantograph). To be "off your trolley" refers to the quite regular occurrence of the trolley pole jumping off the wire.
At 7.04 he says: "Im not seeing that definition of tip at all", despite the dictionary definition right in front of his eyes stating: "a place where trash is deposited".........
I was one time playing a game on the tinternet when a American said something , my reply was , stop being a daft " sod " , well all the Americans asked why did I call him a piece of turff , it was funny for a while until I got bored 😂 , then of course I said " it's sods law " 😂
It's great watching a video like this, the words and phrases that we use every day sound hilarious on here. 😂 I love and often use the phrase "face like a slapped arse" and if I drop anything my go to word is bollocks. In the South West we say "Proper job" for something great and useful. I'm not sure if that's used anywhere else in the country.
Poppycock was originally American! Likely from early New York, from Dutch words meaning "soft shit". Another term like "numpty" or "muppet" is "wazzock" - it's regional but a good one and fun to say. The most British thing - particularly in some parts of London, is to combine the "question at the end" with "innit" - that's the way people talk, innit? I think "Taking the piss" comes from "piss-take" being a joking mispronunciation of "pastiche" - i.e., a spoof or imitation. BTW, another one from cricket is "I'm stumped", meaning I don't know the answer.
There is a very famous and funny radio announcement from a past cricket match, where the commentator said 'The batman's holding the bowler's willy' !! Interpretation; the name of the man batting was Holding, and the name of the man bowling was Willey 🤣🤣🤣🤣
when I lived in Canada my workmate who had been to the UK on holiday thought nonce just meant idiot. I didnt tell him for 6 months. A highlight was him calling the owner of the company a nonce.
I remember being called that in Staffordshire, as a kid (pronunciation 'dook') - down here in the westcountry we say 'my lover'. Also 'proper job' which kind of means 'well done' but is used much more variedly.
Put any verb past participle after "absolutely" and it means drunk: absolutely painted, absolutely keelhauled, absolutely bleated... Similarly, put any noun after "you absolute" and it means idiot: you absolute hatstand, you absolute planet, you absolute magnet...
Tip is not a lie. We go to the tip. We are talking phrases though on this clip right? My fave is not the sharpest knife in the block.Some words are only used in a subset of situations, sticky wicket is used around us in a micking way when a rich person is in trouble
I think Roger refers to either a comic character,or an old song about "[It was]"Roger,the Lodger,the dodger,the sod."..a mystery character..who would often get the blame for "surprise" pregnancies..or.." they say it's a grudge baby.....someone had it in for him"
If you want to be a bit more erudite, rather than "Bob's your uncle" you can say "Robert's your avuncular relative". "Roger" may not be much used now, but everyone knows about "Roger the cabin boy".
Tip is an abbreviation of Rubbish tip. Something akin to Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island. Chuff(ed) is also a sound a steam train makes. There was a stand up comedian called Ken Dodd who was what we referred to as a 'National treasure' as he was so beloved. One of his many jokes were " What a wonderful day Missus, for tying yourself to the buffers at Victoria station and saying "How's THAT for being chuffed".
I was born and grew up in England, then emigrated to Australia and we say a lot of the same words as the English but not all of them. My granddaughters who are 10yrs old are saying lots of American words as they watch utube and im always trying to correct them haha
We use Tip but it's a Recycling Centre but we just tip the everything into the big bins at the Recycling Centre (the Tip). In fact I'll be doing just that tomorrow as I've cut down a holly tree in my garden and will be tipping it into the Garden waste bin at the Local Council (Tip) Recycling Centre were it will be all chipped to be used on park gardens or made into compost which is then can be resold to people for their gardens.
I thought my favourite British phrase was 'get off the bus' until I found out that it isn't even a real phrase, just something I heard on an episode of Taskmaster six years ago.
Amazing how many of these words and terms are used in Australia. We have developed our own slang of course and a few US terms have crept in to everyday use, but our language hasn't become so removed from the original English language as it has in the U.S.
I've never heard anyone say, "sticky wicket". A couple of years ago I watched a video on the Korean War and one officer's reply to a question of the current situation was, "It's a bit sticky". The questioner didn't understand what that meant, neither did I. The narrater said he meant "sticky wicket", I didn't know what that meant either and had to look it up. The questioner thought he was saying the weather was warm, which is what I would have thought. What he meant was they were outnumbered, nearly out of ammo and about to be overrun.
i think as well its the context - us brits swear but some of them are said as terms of endearment- British humor its hard to explain. then theres all the non-swear words that you use to insult other people (again can be mean or jest) - my favorite is calling people a cabbage, donut- really just throw random words in there all normally to call people stupid. wazzock another really common one - they said it loads in red dwarf tv series. i'm a Yorkshire lass so most my saying are northern. enjoyed the reaction vid! you should do a Yorkshire dialect react - its like a language to itself.
Not many people today seem to know that there's a proper response to "Bob's your uncle", which is "And Fanny's your aunt". Plus, I wonder how you'd react to someone promising to "give you a tinkle on the blower"?
You should watch some cricket. It's basically where baseball comes from. Baseball but with only two bases. But the best thing about cricket is the fact that it's so ridiculously slow to play. Like, they play it over several days. The most chilled and relaxed of sports.
Numptie (not the 'y' ending) is used more in Scotland, I believe. "He's a c***" is most definitely an insult. However, "He a good c***" is possibly the greatest compliment in Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia (among men).
I think that the term dogs bollox comes from the childs construction game 'meccano,' ,😊when it first came out there were two sizes ( box standard and box deluxe) these gave rise to the two terms bog standard ( the basic ) and dogs bollox.( the best )
