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

I've heard two phrases from Neg's Urban Sports used frequently here in the U.S. as of late. The play-by-play man for the Sabres uses "leg it" a ton lately. I've also heard "muppet" being thrown around in casual conversation.

Any other Euro words making the rounds that I'm not aware of?


Disclaimer: I'm not saying Neg is responsible for these terms, just noting where I heard them.

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I'm from london but pretty sure bollocks (as in...'that is bollocks' as in bullshizzle, is making the rounds...

I presume a lot of the words come over because of popular British Films i.e Lock Stock and Snatch - obv watch these films if you haven't already!

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None. Especially not the three mentioned above.

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Wanker

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carbuncle

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The only one that should is "taking the piss" simply because there's no real good equivilant way to say it American jargon, and it's an awesome phrase.

Anybody that says wanker should get mauled by bears.

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YALIKEDAGS?

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dids,
you are a wanker

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Daft is common around Boston.

"Going like the clappers" was used when I worked for a British firm at a US plant (The production line is going like the clappers to meet forecast).

I notice a number of my colleagues, when refering to a company, will use the plural, e.g. Federal Express have a new advertisement out.

meh

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dids,
you are a wanker

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Tony,
Dids wanked your mom.

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Dids,
Hoped you used protection

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Dids,
Hoped you used protection

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I hope this was a really clever slam on dids.

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Bob's your uncle.

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dids doesnt make love though

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Put another shrimp on the barbie.

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how often is "bonkers" used in UK?

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rarely

everytime i hear an american say wanker it just sounds so wrong

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YALIKEDAGS?

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OH DOGS SURE I LIKE DAGS

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the key to using most of these phrases correctly is just to pepper the f word liberally in front of them. i have a friend who uses "f'ing" in conversation where normal people would say 'um' or 'er'.

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She's got a bun in the oven

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My ex was English, but spent most her time in Australia so I don't know if these are brit terms or not but I tend to use "oy" because I heard it so much with her friends. Oh, and wedgie as in to grab a drink in between rounds, cause that's just an awesome phrase.

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I say oy all the time. I have a british friend who I stole it off of

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I've heard "leg it" or "leg it out" for as long as I can remember in reference hockey.

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Wanker, bollocks, [censored]-up, don't get your knickers in a twist, advert, cheerio, cheers (?), ta (as in thanks).

Edit to add: Never heard it used in North American sport (outside of the NFL I guess), but I always liked the expression "Lost a yard" when describing a player who's slowed down from past seasons.

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I've noticed a lot of Americans using "Cheers" as a signature in email. I had never really seen/heard that expression used until I started working with Scotsmen.

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When I say "color" I pronounce the 'u'

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Don't get your panties in a uproar.

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I say oy all the time. I have a british friend who I stole it off of

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I like "oy" but in the Yiddish sense. Pretty sure that's more common in the US.

"Cheers" is definitely way up in use.

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yes I say cheers all the time. Actually I say oy vay alot too. That's not british but it's half

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Any other Euro words making the rounds that I'm not aware of?

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Brilliant, in my opinion.

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Refering to "sports" as "sport" is becoming distrubingly common.

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pretty much every word in here is not common in the U.S. imo

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whats your tipple?

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Refering to chicks as "birds" is new "broads"

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Any other Euro words making the rounds that I'm not aware of?


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Is 'uber' over yet?

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Any other Euro words making the rounds that I'm not aware of?

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Brilliant, in my opinion.

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v nice imo

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"brilliant" and "cheers" have been going around for a while, and are maybe starting to fade. "uber" is further along in its decline, and I'm glad

"taking the piss" is awesome and I hope it becomes big

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When I first moved to England from Canada taking the piss was the one saying that took me the longest to get use too. "Sorted mate?" was another. Then after a few years I moved back and still used a lot of them but I got mocked for it constantly so stopped and now when I try to say them when talking with friends from England I sound like an idiot since my Canadian accent is so strong again. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I like the term "geezers" that The Streets uses a lot in his songs, I am trying to make it cool slang in the U.S., but I doubt it will succeed.

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cause on the streets I'm just a geezah
I gotta make ends meet, yeah
gotta do what I need to
[censored], we all got our runnins now