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

[anklebreaker]

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

Also, sod, as a noun.

[TiK]

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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 !

[cbloom]

Oh yeah, at my last job "Boffin" was catching on, presumably because we all read TheRegister way too much; great semi-perjorative word for intellectuals. As in "The boffins at Intel are giving us a 16-way core whether we want it or not"

[Eurotrash]

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Anyway, even if the term guv is used regularly in some circles, I sincerely doubt guvnor is. It seems too outdated - unless it's ironic.

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i do agree, the entire "guv'nah" sounds kind of dated unless you're using it ironically. but for whatever reason I like "guv." [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[BretWeir]

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Guv’nor kind of belongs to an older generation it shows deference to the person it’s applied to.
The only places I know of that it is still living on are the Police who use it as an informal greeting to direct superiors and football players who refer to the Manager as guv'nor.
Gaffers a more informal version that’s used in the building trade to refer to the Forman and in the film industry for a particular skilled trade I can’t remember which.

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I had a cab driver in London call me gov'nor last year. It was absolutely the highlight of my trip.

[AJW]

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Guv’nor kind of belongs to an older generation it shows deference to the person it’s applied to.
The only places I know of that it is still living on are the Police who use it as an informal greeting to direct superiors and football players who refer to the Manager as guv'nor.
Gaffers a more informal version that’s used in the building trade to refer to the Forman and in the film industry for a particular skilled trade I can’t remember which.

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I had a cab driver in London call me gov'nor last year. It was absolutely the highlight of my trip.

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Black Cab drivers I should of know there would be some one id leave out. I bet he was middle aged though.
Did he use the clichéd phrase “where to guv'nor”?

[eggegg]

I wanna know if the following are used in the US:

sh*te
Gaffa/ Gaff
you're having a laugh
well in, son

[RainDog]

I've taken to saying "knackered", as in "worn out / tired".

People need to start throwing around the c* word as a term of endearment like it is used in the UK.

[BretWeir]

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Black Cab drivers I should of know there would be some one id leave out. I bet he was middle aged though.
Did he use the clichéd phrase “where to guv'nor”?

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Yup, middle-aged guy, "where to, guv'nor?"