Do you have any favourite slang words?

[timoc]

Here in the UK we have lots of slang words, some quite funny.

example.....

Why do some of us refer to the £ as a 'quid'......

"Quid" is a slang expression for the British pound sterling, or the British pound (GBP), the currency of the United Kingdom (U.K.). A quid equals 100 pence and is believed to come from the Latin phrase “quid pro quo,” meaning "something for something."

And on the other side of the pond......

Why do some folks in the US refer to the $ as a 'buck'........

'Buck' is an informal reference to $1 that may trace its origins to the American colonial period when deerskins (buckskins) were commonly traded for goods. The buck also refers to the U.S. dollar as a currency that can be used both domestically and internationally.


There are many thousands of slang words, do you have any that you use on occasion?

 

[Bretrick]

Brekkie - Breakfast
Ta - Thank you
Yakka - Hard work

 

[oldaunt]

Bonehead....self explanatory

 

[Alligatorob]

Redneck, often when describing myself.

 

[Nemo2]

Doofus.

 

[horseless carriage]

Much of Cockney rhyming slang entered the mainstream lexicon, some of which baffles younger people today.
Here's an example that older Brits will smile at and everyone else will be left scratching their heads:
"Two and eight." When I got there, she was in a right two and eight.

 

[Been There]

We had some pretty good ones in the military. Not too many should be printed here.

One of the favorites while going through basic training is when the Sgt. calls a recruit a “dipshit.”
Or if a situation goes wrong, it’s called a “Charlie Foxtrot.” You can look that one up on the internet.

 

[Alligatorob]

Two bits for a quarter or 25 cents.

It comes from the Spanish "pieces of eight" where the dollar silver coins would be cut into eight pieces, so a quarter was two bits.

 

[Nemo2]

Or if a situation goes wrong, it’s called a “Charlie Foxtrot.” You can look that one up on the internet.

Snafu/Fubar

 

[Nathan]

Here in the UK we have lots of slang words, some quite funny.

example.....

Why do some of us refer to the £ as a 'quid'......

"Quid" is a slang expression for the British pound sterling, or the British pound (GBP), the currency of the United Kingdom.

I just started watching Killing Eve on Hulu, and wondered what a quid was.

 

[Right Now]

I use the slang word Ditzo quite often.....meaning airhead, not thinking clearly, but likeable.

Oh wait, that is a description of myself when I'm in a friendly environment!

 

[Nemo2]

Goombah..(too many Joe Pesci movies I guess).

 

[Geezer Garage]

Flivver, as in, take the old flivver out for a ride. Like the way it rolls off the tongue.


flivver is a car as in the lyrics of the song It's Nice to Go Traveling "And the Hudson River Makes you start to quiver Like the latest flivver That's simply drippin' with chrome It's very nice to go trav'ling But it's oh so nice to come home

 

[MarkinPhx]

I do not know if this qualifies for slang but there are two phrases I picked up from two TV shows that I use instead of two common curse words.

Frack-From the Battle Star Galactica reboot
Sheeeet- From The Wire.

 

[Warrigal]

Dipstick comes to mind for an idiot, halfwit, blockhead etc.

I suspect it could be rhyming slang.
I enjoy rhyming slang because it is often very witty and also very cheeky

 

[Nemo2]

Dipstick comes to mind for an idiot, halfwit, blockhead etc.

I've always heard it as Dipshit.

 

[Warrigal]

That is another version but dipstick is also used

dipstick slang meaning - Search (bing.com)

Dipshit is not quite the same thing though

dipshit slang meaning - Search (bing.com)

 

[Nemo2]

That is another version but dipstick is also used

dipstick slang meaning - Search (bing.com)

Dipshit is not quite the same thing though

dipshit slang meaning - Search (bing.com)

"A rose by......"

 

[timoc]

Doofus.

Oh, you will need to explain this one.

 

[timoc]

Snafu/Fubar

Dicipher please.

 

[chic]

I use the slang word Ditzo quite often.....meaning airhead, not thinking clearly, but likeable.

Oh wait, that is a description of myself when I'm in a friendly environment!

I call them space cadets but it means the same thing.

 

[Jean-Paul]

"Fugettaboutit" Cosa Nostra, NYC, many meanings positive and negative...
Dilbert...WWII Pilot slang for a guy who F*****D up...(later a syndicated cartoon character)
Jon

 

[Gary O']

Snafu/Fubar

Dicipher please.

Not sure about Snafu

but...FUBAR;

Fu**ed Up Beyond All Recognition

I know that one well

 

[Nemo2]

Dicipher please.

Me no understand Dicipher

 

[Nemo2]

Not sure about Snafu

Not sure about Snafu

but...FUBAR;

Fu**ed Up Beyond All Recognition

I know that one well

SNAFU: Situation Normal, All F'd Up.