For British/Australian/Irish Bassbuzzers only: funny english words!?

Lounge
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No, the list is too good (see above).

See you in April :slight_smile:

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You realize this is Scandinavian!!?? The Scandinavians often carelessly use an English word without being entirely aware of its possible meanings and connotations :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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Yeah, Scandinavians are spunky, so that makes sense!

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lots of jaw-jacking going on here in this circumloquacious thread :slight_smile:

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Might be because of all the bumfluffery :slight_smile:

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dagnabbit, no need for a dying duck fit

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Approved!
Also a great history: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-does-dagnabbit-mean

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I recommend firing up some Yosemite Sam

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Cool, guys - these are the candidates for our extended list up to now:

And from @joergkutter 's “Tinder” list:

  • Gardyloo
  • Taradiddle
  • Snickersnee
  • Bumbershoot
  • Gubbins
  • Widdershins
  • Flibbertigibbet
  • Wabbit
  • Snollygoster
  • Donnybrook
  • Nincompoop

I was really surprised to stumble over some US words here - maybe I do underestimate the US of A? Well done, America!

While researching the origins of those words we really got some great insights too. They all make for some great stories, and I expect somebody like Nick Cave to produce an album á la “Murder Ballads” using some of those words as title & inspiration :slight_smile:

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Here’s a few:

Tiddlywinks
SwampDonkey
Bejesus (pronounced b’jesus)
Cockamamie
Twaddle
Piffle
Snozzle

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Oh, this reminds me of twatwaffle, another good word.

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God save the queen! I knew I can rely on the Union Jack…

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Yeah, nah, Straya should have a few but I’ll need a bit.
Usually we shorten things to minimise the time our mouths are open (less chance for flies to get in).
Arvo, avo, servo, smoko, Davo, devo etc.
“For smoko, Yesty arvo , Davo grabbed an avo sanga from the servo but it was manky, he was fully devo.”
Others that spring to my pre-coffee mind are things like “cascading fuckwittery”, “embuggerance” and “ocean-going (insult of choice)”.
Shopping trolleys are called carts in the US, lifts are elevators.

We drink too much and get munted

Like the British if we insult you as a greeting we like you, if we are polite we either don’t know you or a fight is about to start.

Don’t say Champ-very context specific.
“Old mate” covers just about anyone not present you are talking about.

The two most important words in Strayan are “mate” and “Fark”. Depending on inflection you can have a whole conversation with these, expert speakers can reduce it to just “mate”

Mate
Mate
Mate?
Mate!
Fark
Faaaaaaaaaaaaark
Mate.
Mate

more to come when I wake up

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Another one I like is ‘cockwomble’… as in you’re a fxxxing cockwomble! :rofl:

BTW, it’s the Union Flag, not Jack :wink:

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That’s very much the Rotterdam way (that’s where my family comes from).

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We say cockwomble too.
Wombat is another one- You Wombat!
Muppet too

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I already noticed that the English like their cocks … in words … that surely are about birds ^^^

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PS

“Cockwombles” is currently my favourite band name, if I were to start one!

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Does anyone else say “deadset”

Mate, you are a deadset Womble
Deadset mate you are a Wombat.
Mate, I got so munted, Deadset!

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Dead set will not pass the girlfriend test. We need funny sounding words.

But “munted” is new to me. She is underwhelmed but happy to learn a new word without the ever present “cock”…

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