Since I watch Premier League football (we Americans just need to stop calling it soccer) and watch YouTube programs devoted to matters related to Tottenham Hotspur, I've been picking up a number of British slang terms and commonly used words as I watch the videos.
I'm interested in expanding my vocabulary by adding certain words and vulgarities/insults from the Brits.
Here's a list of them I'm targeting to add to my lexicon:
- Fancy: I like the word as an option for "like" or having a desire, such as "I fancy how you look today."
- Rubbish: It's a word for trash, but I like how it also means nonsense.
- Gutted: The term means that someone is extremely upset.
- Bollocks: This word refers to one's balls, but I guess it also is a general term for expressing anger
- Daft: It's a term for being a bit stupid or silly.
- Dodgy: The word mean something akin to "sketchy."
- Whinge: This odd term means to whine.
- Shambalic: Football pundits often use this word when a team's performance is terrible or in shambles, such as "their defense was shambalic."
- Knackered: It means exhausted. Alasdair Gold uses this quite often in his videos.
- Shag: Nooky. To make the "beast with two backs." To fuck.
- Box clever: This term means to do something smartly.
- Gaffer: This word means manager, coach, or director. In football, it means the head coach.
- Wanker: It's an insult meaning jerk or asshole. This is one of my favorites, you wankers.
- Mental: The word means someone has gone crazy, such as "He's absolutely mental."
- Muppet: The term indicates a stupid person, not one of Jim Henson's creations.
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