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What Do You Mean by That, Anyway?©
The Game:
Here’s the deal: I will supply an every day word or phrase used in England and known generally throughout the UK. Of course I understand that different parts of England and the UK have different slang for things and that one word or phrase might have various meanings depending where the word is said, but ( Read more... )
2. Jumper - sweatsuit. That is something I periodically hear over here, but maybe it is something common over there.
3. Brekki - A person who meditates naked in the cold ocean, with a picture of a camel glued to their chest.
4. Tarmac - What airplanes come in on.
5. Bog Roll - Playing in puddles in the rain.
6. Pants - I think I read in a Douglas Adams article that these are shorts. At least I was greatly confused during one section and this justification permitted me to progress.
7. Apples and Pears - Is it like our phrase “Apples and Oranges”? Meaning two things can’t really be compared.
8. Lift - elevator
9. Winge - a knife of some sorts.
10. Zebra Crossing - a crosswalk. Fresh road with those ugly white lines that make you wait on slow people.
11. Sick - stupid
12. Lorry - A European semi-truck
13. Spot - correct
14. Nappies - Africans
15. Lemonade - carbonated lemon drink.
16. Football - What we call soccer. I met an Ausie that said they call it soccer as well, but he could have just been playing with my mind. They also call rugby “footy” I think.
17. Indicator - blinker
18. Pavement - asphalt, but I think that is what we call it.
19. Larry - An American.
20. Shandy - underhanded
21. Sledge - sludge
22. Garden - a park. I’m going with the Versailles picture and those gardens might as well be parks.
23. Tea - break
24. Trolley - shopping cart.
25. Serviette - Maybe a napkin, because it looks like the Spanish and French words for it.
26. Chips - french fries
27. Pudding - something cool, because pudding is the best shit ever.
28. Alright - It means you better run, because I’m about to punch you in the left-hand portion of your jaw.
29. Biscuit - cracker.
30. Minger - a Chinese person, referring to the Ming Dynasty.
31. Fries - hash-browns
32. Chemist - drug dealer.
33. Wellies - Someone who slurs their words together as if there are no vowels at all. Kind of like Welsh looks.
34. Crisps - chips, like those of the Lays variety.
35. Rumpy Pumpy - doggy style
36. Trainers - Sneakers
37. Car Park - parking lot, but I also associate this with Boston
38. Dual Carriage Way - A road that can’t fit a car if you tried.
39. Ginger Kid - a wussy person
BONUS WORD: Wife (in New Castle) - gay guy.
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Haha... Doggy style...
Your answers made my day. :)
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