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Post number 4823

davidgentle — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:50:00 -0800

Ooooh, those trendy young Brits and their funny new words. What I can't help wondering is how many people have been sending in made up slang. (via clog).

By: rschram

rschram — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:56:28 -0800

I hardly see how "to go for a nosh" is new (or cool).

By: starduck

starduck — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:16:08 -0800

furry muff

By: PWA_BadBoy

PWA_BadBoy — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 20:51:11 -0800

Hey, I saw Billy Elliot the other day ... and there was a line to the effect of "Don't lose your blob" or something like that. Could someone tell me what "blob" is?

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:18:40 -0800

Binary large object.

By: ethylene

ethylene — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:03:33 -0800

can i buy a vowel? a? e? what about all the many ways to slash and dump? no bonking? a good old epi of ab fab or the young ones is more informational

By: holgate

holgate — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:04:01 -0800

I've heard about 5% of those slang words in use. Some of them are regional -- "stoshied", for instance -- and others have just been made up by student hacks. And I've never heard "don't lose your blob" before, either, but I know that it means "don't lose your [temper | head]", etc. And yeah, we do have bops.

By: PWA_BadBoy

PWA_BadBoy — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:13:57 -0800

Thanks, holgate. And y'all ought to catch Billy Elliot in a theatre near you. Highly recommended

By: mkn

mkn — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:31:33 -0800

no no no I believe Beavis and Butthead were using the word Schlonged before it became a Brit thing.

By: mattw

mattw — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:24:21 -0800

As long as we're on made-up British slang, I think the Viz Profanisaurus is a valuable resource.

By: grank

grank — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 01:15:20 -0800

They forgot box. "that girl's a box" (any ugly, loser of a girl)

By: barbelith

barbelith — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 06:01:20 -0800

In favour around my gaff: "No, seriously, she munts for Britain - she's an OLYMPIC munter."

By: chartres

chartres — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:10:01 -0800

Billy Elliot was tired sentimentalist garbage. [gentle sound of topic drifting]

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:43:40 -0800

But nooooooo! It was the most inspirational film ever made about a ballet-dancing boy.

By: baylink

baylink — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:03:21 -0800

A few of those are Cockney rhyming slang, or a modification of it. They're, by definition made up, I guess.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:32:36 -0800

Obviously, these students don't watch the telly much, or they'd have noted the official slang word of "Junkyard Wars/Scrapheap": BODGE (overused because it fits almost everything that happens on that show - If I could put together a team for the upcoming American JW competition, I'd call it the "L.A. Bodgers") And what about "The Naked Chef's" synonym for "delicious": PUCKER (Did anybody else think Jamie O. was saying something else the first time you heard it?) Of course, thanks to BBC America's "Changing Rooms" (which makes the American version, "Trading Spaces", look beige in comparison), I've picked up several new phrases: MDF: anything cheap but practical scumble glaze: looks better than it sounds unlid the paint can: reveal your intentions Whore's Palace: results of a process out of control Handy Andy Inch: error achieved when you don't recheck the numbers you were given the doot di-doot: the home stretch (for the music the show always plays as the projects are being finished) and of course, Lawrence Lewellen Bowles: to intimdate someone into doing what they didn't really want, in honor of British TV's most flamboyant heterosexual.

By: ethylene

ethylene — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:07:32 -0800

oh my god, i love that show, bless bbcamerica despite the boogie bass adverts is he hettie? i've got my suspicions say it's so (note the splash of topic gone off the edge)

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:50:36 -0800

They've made many references to LLB's wife, including one show they did a block away from the church where they got married (his tux was probably more ornate than her gown) and his comments that when he started at Changing Rooms, he didn't have an agent but his wife did. It's almost as disapointing as watching that other BBCA show: "One Man and His Dog" and realizing it's a sheepherding competition!

By: physics

physics — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:50:31 -0800

givin it beans!

By: holgate

holgate — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:06:56 -0800

wendell: it's "pukka". Originally from the Raj, imported by J. Oliver Esq. As in "Pukka Pies", the mainstay of many a fish-and-chip shop. (And MDF is "medium density fibreboard", a cheap wood-substitute made of glued-together wood chips, available from yer nearest MFI or other ready-to-assemble furniture shops.) There's also an ongoing skit of "Changing Rooms" on R4's "Dead Ringers, for anyone who can get it in the UK, or through the stream. "I'm Carol Smillie, and these are my teeth." Wonderful.

By: holgate

holgate — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:08:35 -0800

and, for geeks: "bodge" == "kludge".

By: norm

norm — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:51:12 -0800

I'm marveling at all of the references to TV shows and performers that I've never so much as heard of, much less seen.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 23:07:59 -0800

Thanks, holgate, for the clarification on "pukka" (I blame the MeFi SpellCheck for my misspelling), But I already knew what MDF stands for, I was just trying to give it a broader meaning, as in "My entire lifestyle is made of MDF, covered with scumble glaze". BBCAmerica has become just about my favorite channel... now, how am I gonna get some other good UN-American TV?