Jo wrote --------- So you yankee doodles don't use bl**dy then? ------------ No we don't use that word. I hear it in British movies a lot some times.
I had an incorrect degree of usage for the word. Kids can say Gees, Darn, Shucks and it is not considered swearing. If kids say Dam or put gods name in front of dam that is swearing.
I use to think Bl**dy was equivilent to Darn but when you used the ** instead of the oo I thought I should look up the term.
--------- I also can't believe that you don't know what the word 'bang' means --------- I do. that is the way some youngs guys talk among their male friends to describe sex for sex sake without much emotional connection.
These words mean about the same thing in the US as the UK and get used.
To fancy someone means you find them attractive and want them to be your gf/bf. I fancy my H!
Daft=Stupid (I've used the word daft in my posts - didn't know people wouldn't get it.) They will Jo, it is used.
To tinkle is to urinate, Mostly used to talk to kids 6 and under.(Do you need to tinkle) Older kids say Pee.
If you've got a bun in the oven or planning a cassarole, that means you're pregnant. Used extensively in the 1950's. Also used is "Knocked up" or PG. Used some today.
Bummer means something is bad. If you hear something bad, you say 'oh, bummer' or 'what a bummer'.
Aunt Flo (AF) is to have a period, used some. My visitor or MY friend is used.
Hissy Fit - to have a tantrum.
Tonsil Tennis - intimate kissing, sometimes used.
Bread is slang for money.
'he or she is a bit of alright' means they are sexually attractive. alright' usually means you like something very much. Not normally sexual.
Hen pecking means nagging, i.e, a woman hen pecks her husband.
My favorite Brittish saying when I was 14 was, Lets go knock up Liz. Whiich meant Lets knock on Liz's door in the UK. In the US, we boys heard it as lets have sex with Liz and see if we can get her pregnant.
East coast, west coast, in the south, or up north, each area has it's own slang words that may or may not imply the same meaning.
A can of Coke or Pepsi is considered a soda in the east, soda pop in the south, and pop in the west.
