Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?

[cameronw01]

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Is "craic" used in america? You have a lot of irish people, has this word survived over the years? I met a few australian people last year who had no idea what the craic was and never really fully understood the concept.

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Does it mean a really horrible movie alleging to be a comedy but which is, in reality, just [censored]?

[MitchL]

I love "Having a go" and "taking the piss." I remember watching an Oasis interview one time when I was on acid and they kept using the word "nipple" as an adjective which I couldnt get enough. They were both "on the piss" and you couldnt make out much, but every once in awhile you would hear
"Yeah, but he's a nipple." Not sure if thats British, but I couldnt stop laughing.

[Vavavoom]

giving it large
t-word
berk
bender
doing my nut in


These are some of the words I hear the most every day !

[jaymajik]

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berk



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This is one of my favourite English insults, because it does not sound very rude at all but in fact could hardly be much ruder (rhyming slang for Berkshire Hunt).

My Mum uses it and clearly has no idea what it really means.

[Yeti]

meh, that's the etymology but pretty much no-one really knows that, it's a harmless word

[anklebreaker]

Slag and slag heap are being used frequently around these parts.

Also, sod, as a noun.

[TiK]

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berk



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This is one of my favourite English insults, because it does not sound very rude at all but in fact could hardly be much ruder (rhyming slang for Berkshire Hunt).

My Mum uses it and clearly has no idea what it really means.

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I love rhyming slang. I think it needs to be imported to the U.S. though it'd most likely flop.

"Thrups", "Khyber", "Shermans", "apples", "skyrocket", "Chevy Chase". The list goes on. So colorful; I love it.

[Vavavoom]

Thrups...hahahahahaha- BOOOOOOOBIES !!!

Dog (Dog n bone)
loaf
ruby
bubble

I use most of these instead of the proper words...and I'm not a proper cockney...albeit I'm from London !