What the Hell does "Snogging" mean?

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  • luthergravy
    luthergravy Posts: 27

    Ok, so for me to quickly get a point across, something that was not aimed at anyone - has somehow influenced you to reply like this and become all grammar police.

    Does it matter? does it make you feel important?

    Aye, it does actually. It gives me a semi, in fact.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member

    Ok, so for me to quickly get a point across, something that was not aimed at anyone - has somehow influenced you to reply like this and become all grammar police.

    Does it matter? does it make you feel important?

    Aye, it does actually. It gives me a semi, in fact.
    only a semi? im flying at full mast watching you two go back and forth
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    ....so pudding!

    Pudding seems to refer to dessert typically in british fiction, movies and television being inclusive of not just a milk-based chocolate or tapioca pudding, but all desserts.

    In the states, pudding is just ....pudding.

    And to 'queue up' means to get in line, such as when you're at the bank teller.

    ...oh and flip flops/thongs growing up in Southern California were referred to as chanclas.
  • jacques57
    jacques57 Posts: 2,129 Member
    Do not use the word "fanny" in Britain. This is a vulgar word for a woman's hoo-ha. But "Fanny " in the USA can be a woman's first name and stated openly on TV.

    And my favorite: If you have "gone rusty" over something, you have become hopelessly and romantically nostalgic over it.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Do not use the word "fanny" in Britain. This is a vulgar word for a woman's hoo-ha. But "Fanny " in the USA can be a woman's first name and stated openly on TV.

    And my favorite: If you have "gone rusty" over something, you have become hopelessly and romantically nostalgic over it.
    Y'all say every swear word imaginable on TV! You can't say "fanny"??? We watch Britcoms here every Saturday night and some of them are beeped out for half the freaking show. lol

    Joannah -- Also, in the UK, they call what we call Jell-o, "jelly."
  • luthergravy
    luthergravy Posts: 27
    And of course what you Americans call a bicycle, over here we call a spazzwanker.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    And of course what you Americans call a bicycle, over here we call a spazzwanker.
    WHY??

    I mean, "bicycle" makes sense -- two wheels.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    And of course what you Americans call a bicycle, over here we call a spazzwanker.
    i've heard americans are even referring to a rooty tooty point and shooty as a gun nowadays
  • rfsatar
    rfsatar Posts: 599 Member

    And pants are underwear.

    lol seriously?
    Yes, seriously.

    So what do you call what we call pants... do you refer to them by the style (jeans, khakis, etc)? What if you have a collection of different styles, how do you refer to the group (ie "Can you put these pants in the washer")?
    I am American, so I am the "we" in this situation.

    I actually don't know the answer to that. Slacks, maybe? Or possibly by the style. I'm sure a kind Brit will come along to help us!

    Trousers, jeans...
  • thisistimgreen
    thisistimgreen Posts: 1
    I would call them "trousers".
  • VBnotbitter
    VBnotbitter Posts: 820 Member
    And of course what you Americans call a bicycle, over here we call a spazzwanker.

    Absolutely and when you visit London be sure to ask where you can hire a Boris Spazzwanker
  • QueenBishOTUniverse
    QueenBishOTUniverse Posts: 14,121 Member
    And of course what you Americans call a bicycle, over here we call a spazzwanker.

    Absolutely and when you visit London be sure to ask where you can hire a Boris Spazzwanker

    No. :angry:
  • kmjoctober
    kmjoctober Posts: 29 Member
    making out.
  • fabnine
    fabnine Posts: 379 Member
    "They're the wrong trousers, Gromit."

    Just guessing-I'm American too.

    Edit: oops waayyyy too late.
  • SillaWinchester
    SillaWinchester Posts: 363 Member
    h2620652A
    LITERALLY WHAT I THINK EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT WORD.
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    Okay I didn't read all the pages so I apologize if this was addressed but.... if pants are underwear what are knickers?
  • fabnine
    fabnine Posts: 379 Member
    Okay I didn't read all the pages so I apologize if this was addressed but.... if pants are underwear what are knickers?

    I didn't read all the pages yet either but knickers are also underwear just the girly variety.
  • CaddieMay
    CaddieMay Posts: 356 Member
    My absolute favorite UK term is "muppet."
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    Okay I didn't read all the pages so I apologize if this was addressed but.... if pants are underwear what are knickers?

    I didn't read all the pages yet either but knickers are also underwear just the girly variety.

    Cheers (see I'm learning the slang)
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
    It means kissing. Making out girl-style:-)
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
    Okay I didn't read all the pages so I apologize if this was addressed but.... if pants are underwear what are knickers?

    I didn't read all the pages yet either but knickers are also underwear just the girly variety.

    Cheers (see I'm learning the slang)

    They can be called pants or knickers. Sometimes there are two words for the same thing.
  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    I'm slightly disappointed your name isn't RaspberryKeytoneBondage as I first read it.
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
    I'm slightly disappointed your name isn't RaspberryKeytoneBondage as I first read it.

    :noway:
  • fabnine
    fabnine Posts: 379 Member
    My absolute favorite UK term is "muppet."

    Now you have to define it - or must I google it?

    I presume you're not referring to Kermit or Gonzo.
  • fabnine
    fabnine Posts: 379 Member
    I'm slightly disappointed your name isn't RaspberryKeytoneBondage as I first read it.

    Aah, so the taco entendre wasn't just in MY head... Oh I'm so confused.
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    I hear muppet and I instantly think of the sketch from the State.

    http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/09/eating-muppets-from-the-state-video/

    Counting has never been so dangerous.
    My absolute favorite UK term is "muppet."

    Now you have to define it - or must I google it?

    I presume you're not referring to Kermit or Gonzo.
  • Tracey_B_72
    Tracey_B_72 Posts: 1,021 Member
    My absolute favorite UK term is "muppet."

    Now you have to define it - or must I google it?

    I presume you're not referring to Kermit or Gonzo.

    A Muppet is like an idiot or maybe more a stupid idiot.
  • TLwineguzzler
    TLwineguzzler Posts: 289 Member
    What you call pantyhose we call tights
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    What you call pantyhose we call tights

    In the states, pantyhose is for nude, sheer stockings whereas tights are thicker and typically opaque.
  • JCLondonUK
    JCLondonUK Posts: 159
    In the UK, fanny is slang for vagina. Be wary!!

    I was waiting on someone saying that!!

    And where you're from, every c**t uses the c word with reckless abandon! :D

    In my experience the C word is considered very offensive in the UK, a colleague once used it in an outburst and there was an obvious gasp from everyone is earshot. Myself and people I know don't use it, in less someone is really really really really angry/outraged/fuming!

    Agreed it's a horrible word and shouldn't really be used in any circumstances!!

    Oh I don't know. I'm a Brit, and we use it in my circle ironically, for fun. It amuses us :smile: (Often the best way to reduce the offensiveness of language is to make a joke of it.) For info to Americans and other non-Brits, though it is generally considered an exceptionally offensive word here in the UK, and best avoided.

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