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

[Disturbance]

Hmmm, I think it's a big 'no need' for Americans to use brit slang. You have enough suitable colloquialisms of your own and it usually sounds ridiculous trying to use brit terms, this equally applies vice versa.

Some of my favourites though:

Fit as fook
Get to fook
fookin quality
absolute bollocks

They're all a bit Manchester-centric :/

[Jay Riall]

I've taken to saying f*cken-A quite a lot recently. Ridiculous or no?

[Eurotrash]

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I've taken to saying f*cken-A quite a lot recently. Ridiculous or no?

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as long as you know it means "[censored] affirmative" then it's ok imo.

[Kimbell175113]

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I think brilliant is catching on more because they say it in the Harry Potter movies.

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and Guinness commercials

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and The Office

[Kimbell175113]

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I think brilliant is catching on more because they say it in the Harry Potter movies.

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and Guinness commercials

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and The Office

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and Extras

[Disturbance]

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I've taken to saying f*cken-A quite a lot recently. Ridiculous or no?

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Personally I don't use that phrase but I'm sure if you use it badly then you will be mocked mercilessly by your peers, it's all in the delivery [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[catmiami]

"Crumbs,its the Bill "....the police are nearby

"That girl is a right slapper"...a woman of questionable morals

"Fancy a bit of the rub of the belly,squire?"...a prostitute actually said this to me in Soho.

[Astyanax]

And Robert's your father's bruvva
Get in there/Well in
Go on son, gas him - run past him
Whadaya mean whadya mean - means absolutely nothing
Buff - hot
Butterz - minger
Chirps (verb) - Chat her up
Flex (verb) - Pull her.

Do you have chat-up lines in America?

'Get your coat luv, you've pulled!'

'My name's Dick. Do you want some??!!'

luv it!

[Kimbell175113]

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And Robert's your father's bruvva
Get in there/Well in
Go on son, gas him - run past him
Whadaya mean whadya mean - means absolutely nothing
Buff - hot
Butterz - minger
Chirps (verb) - Chat her up
Flex (verb) - Pull her.

Do you have chat-up lines in America?

'Get your coat luv, you've pulled!'

'My name's Dick. Do you want some??!!'

luv it!

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I understood about 10% of this post.

[nazahl]

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Anyone who uses these words (except sick and maybe butters) I immediately label chav working class scum.

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jay,

you think you could verbally describe a chav? i know what a chav is and its easy to discuss/hate/rag on chavs in england but every time I try to explain chaviness to americans I struggle to find the words. its like u have to see a chav to know what a chav is almost.