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What the Hell does "Snogging" mean?

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edited March 2 in Chit-Chat
I've heard the term used a lot on British movies/shows and I'm not sure what it means.

Translate anyone?

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  • Posts: 499 Member
    Kissing.
  • Posts: 2,067 Member
    i love british slang. "taking the piss" has to be an all time favourite
  • Posts: 16,414 Member
    Kissing.
    ^^^

    Yup.

    And pants are underwear.
  • Posts: 944 Member
    Kissing, in more of a "making out" sense of the word.
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  • Posts: 543 Member
    It's kissing.

    My husband is from England and when we were first married, I had a difficult time understanding some of the slang.
  • Posts: 945 Member
    Snogging = making out

    Hope this thread won't be taking the piss out of us Brits :wink:
  • Posts: 16,414 Member
    h2620652A

    Apparently, they changed some of the language in HP books for the US and took out a lot of the British slang. That makes me so sad. I want the Brit versions! I understand all that.

    I even know that "cheers" means "thanks." :-)
  • Posts: 552 Member
    I joke with my British friends that I need the Rosetta Stone for English in order to understand what they're saying.:laugh:
  • Posts: 297 Member
    Its a funny word... doesn't sound sexy, sounds like something that might happen when you have cold.
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    And pants are underwear.

    lol seriously?
  • Posts: 16,414 Member
    I joke with my British friends that I need the Rosetta Stone for English in order to understand what they're saying.:laugh:
    If you just watch a ton of British TV you'll get it down. Context helps a lot!
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    lol seriously?
    Yes, seriously.
  • Posts: 15 Member
    It's a bit more than a kiss - it's a smoochy kiss!

    You don't snog your kids or your gran :smile:
  • Posts: 132 Member
    Ha, even I remember the days of snogging 'birds' :D
  • Posts: 190 Member
    snogging = kissing. not full on love action though just kissing ;)
  • Posts: 335 Member
    Its a funny word... doesn't sound sexy, sounds like something that might happen when you have cold.

    yes lol
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    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")?
  • Posts: 945 Member
    At school we used to play British snog-dog lol
  • Posts: 499 Member
    In the UK, fanny is slang for vagina. Be wary!!
  • Posts: 190 Member
    In the UK, fanny is slang for vagina. Be wary!!

    I was waiting on someone saying that!!
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    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!
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    If you just watch a ton of British TV you'll get it down. Context helps a lot!

    Agreed. Same with reading a bit of British (contemporary) fiction.
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    I was waiting on someone saying that!!

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

    Generic 'pants' as you would call them, Brits call trousers.

    These can of course be categorised into jeans, slacks, chinos, etc. etc.
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    And where you're from, every c**t uses the c word with reckless abandon! :D
    A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones is making me quite fond of that word.
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    And where you're from, every c**t uses the c word with reckless abandon! :D

    Not everyone and I personally don't like or use the word c**t as it can be offensive
  • Posts: 499 Member
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    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!

    We tend to refer to them by the style: jeans, trousers, combats, shorts etc.

    But there are also slang terms such as strides, keks etc.
    And half-masts....an insult to a wearer of trousers of which the leg is too short.
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    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!

    the answer to that would be Trousers, or shorts, so yeah effectively the type/style of said items
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    Not everyone and I personally don't like or use the word c**t as it can be offensive

    More of a hardcore Glasgow thing, isn't it?
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