NEW WORD FOR TODAY

[MattyBoy100]

The new word for today is KNACKERED.

If you don't know what it means, I suggest you look it up cos I ain't gonna tell you!   

Here are some clues though,

"The donkey was KNACKERED after it ploughed Matty's field."

"Matty was KNACKERED after dialysis."

[Black]

The new word for today is KNACKERED.

If you don't know what it means, I suggest you look it up cos I ain't gonna tell you!   

Here are some clues though,

"The donkey was KNACKERED after it ploughed Matty's field."

"Matty was KNACKERED after dialysis."

Oh, the joy of learning colloquialisms and slang.

My best friend is from a rural area in the upper part of New York state.  Her family came from a French speaking part of Canada -- she grew up speaking French with her grandparents at home and American English in school.  She was raised strict Catholic -- never heard American slang, especially anything "naughty".  Since she teaches young children she rarely hears much at work.  (Though since she moved to K4 in a Title I school of mostly poor students here in South Carolina, she is leaning some new words.  )

We're on the phone one day talking about a movie I want her to see, "Flawless".  I mention that one of the characters is a "Drag Queen".  She thinks it's an auto racing term  so she turns to her race nut husband as he walks through the room and asks, "Bob, what is a "Drag Queen?"     She said his face quickly changed expression and I could hear him ask very loudly, "Who are you taking to?"  She stammers and tells him it's me and we're discussing a movie -- I can hear her husband laughing loudly as he's leaving the room and he tells her to ask me.  In between bouts of laughter I tell her and she asks, "WHY WOULD YOU WATCH A MOVIE WITH THAT IN IT?"  So I have to explain that Robert De Niro plays the lead and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is wonderful.  Several weeks later she watched the movie, and I had to pause it several times to explain some of the dialogue because of the street slang being used -- she is soooo funny   I love her dearly.

BTW, sorry you were knackered.  Oh, and here mules plowed fields. 

[Joe Paul]

We used to use that word after a long Friday night out. "We were all Knackered up last night".

[vandie]

My boyfriend is English.  He always uses the expression, "absolutely knackered." 
And in Engand isn't it always absolutely "chucking it down?" 
He has taught me rhyming slang, but it oh so inappropriate for the family hour.   

[MattyBoy100]

What do you mean by family hour Vandie, is this family time or something???

[vandie]

What do you mean by family hour Vandie, is this family time or something???

lol, oh no.   I just mean that some of the rhyming slang he has told me is probably innropriate; cuss words, body parts. 
I have a few clean ones.
How about "Have a butchers?" 

[jbeany]

family hour - prime time - the 8pm time slot when the family-friendly tv shows without bad language are supposed to be on. . .

While we're defining slang terms, how about this one - my gram uses "hornswaggled" a lot.  I just like the way it sounds. . . .(obscene, mostly, even though the definition isn't).

"I was hornswaggled on the deal."

[MattyBoy100]

Anyone know about telling PORKIES then???

[jbeany]

Anyone know about telling PORKIES then???

Bad idea this time of year - Santa will know!

[vandie]

Anyone know about telling PORKIES then???

I tell my kids never to do that. 

[okarol]

I am knackered... stayed up too late last night zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Joe Paul]

Anyone know about telling PORKIES then???

Bad idea this time of year - Santa will know!

Santa sucks, JESUS saves!

[vandie]

Anyone know about telling PORKIES then???

Bad idea this time of year - Santa will know!

Santa sucks, JESUS saves!

Oh my.  Well, doubt Jesus would like telling porkies either. 

[angieskidney]

When I went to MN a guy there was wearing a Hoodie and I said "What is a hoodie?" Turns out it is a tuque... NOW I know what a hoodie is Why couldn't that American just say TUQUE!! lol (I know .. I know .. I can just hear all you Americans now asking why I can't just say Hoodie lol)

[Black]

When I went to MN a guy there was wearing a Hoodie and I said "What is a hoodie?" Turns out it is a tuque... NOW I know what a hoodie is Why couldn't that American just say TUQUE!! lol (I know .. I know .. I can just hear all you Americans now asking why I can't just say Hoodie lol)

  Could have called it a "Bunny Hug", which, IMO, is worse.   First time I heard that from a Canadian employee, "I'm going to get a "Bunny Hug.", I didn't know what she was going to come back with.

[angieskidney]

When I went to MN a guy there was wearing a Hoodie and I said "What is a hoodie?" Turns out it is a tuque... NOW I know what a hoodie is Why couldn't that American just say TUQUE!! lol (I know .. I know .. I can just hear all you Americans now asking why I can't just say Hoodie lol)

  Could have called it a "Bunny Hug", which, IMO, is worse.   First time I heard that from a Canadian employee, "I'm going to get a "Bunny Hug.", I didn't know what she was going to come back with.

What part of Canada because I have never heard that one myself

[Ken Shelmerdine]

Here's a UK word. Good solid word this. <BOLLOCKS> It's slang for testicles but can be used in a number of contexts for instance
<LOAD OF BOLLOCKS>= Load of Bullshit, <DROPPED A BOLLOCK>=made a mistake, <BOLLOCKS TO IT!>= Oh stuff it! <A GOOD BOLLOCKING>= A good telling off, <BOLLOCKSED> (pronounced bollockst)= up sh*t creek, F****d.

[AlasdairUK]

Here's a UK word. Good solid word this. <BOLLOCKS> It's slang for testicles but can be used in a number of contexts for instance
<LOAD OF BOLLOCKS>= Load of Bullshit, <DROPPED A BOLLOCK>=made a mistake, <BOLLOCKS TO IT!>= Oh stuff it! <A GOOD BOLLOCKING>= A good telling off, <BOLLOCKSED> (pronounced bollockst)= up sh*t creek, F****d.

What about: The dogs bollocks.

[Ken Shelmerdine]

Here's a UK word. Good solid word this. <BOLLOCKS> It's slang for testicles but can be used in a number of contexts for instance
<LOAD OF BOLLOCKS>= Load of Bullshit, <DROPPED A BOLLOCK>=made a mistake, <BOLLOCKS TO IT!>= Oh stuff it! <A GOOD BOLLOCKING>= A good telling off, <BOLLOCKSED> (pronounced bollockst)= up sh*t creek, F****d.

What about: The dogs bollocks.

Nice one Alasdair didn't think of that one. I'm assuming that all our various euphemisms involving bollocks may not be widely known on the other side of the pond so I'll we'd better give an explanation. <THE DOGS BOLLOCKS>= The absolute best.. Top of the range....unbeatable.

[angieskidney]

What about: The dogs bollocks.

Nice one Alasdair didn't think of that one. I'm assuming that all our various euphemisms involving bollocks may not be widely known on the other side of the pond so I'll we'd better give an explanation. <THE DOGS BOLLOCKS>= The absolute best.. Top of the range....unbeatable.

Good thing you explained that one cuz I thought you were talking about dog butts

[kitkatz]

New word for the day:  Dicking

They were dicking around the other day.
Maybe the transplant team is dicking around with your tests.

[Black]

When I went to MN a guy there was wearing a Hoodie and I said "What is a hoodie?" Turns out it is a tuque... NOW I know what a hoodie is Why couldn't that American just say TUQUE!! lol (I know .. I know .. I can just hear all you Americans now asking why I can't just say Hoodie lol)

  Could have called it a "Bunny Hug", which, IMO, is worse.   First time I heard that from a Canadian employee, "I'm going to get a "Bunny Hug.", I didn't know what she was going to come back with.

What part of Canada because I have never heard that one myself

Don't know where she was from, just said she was Canadian (and she talked funny )  sounded British when she spoke English, but spoke fluent French, and pretty heavy profanity in at least two languages.

[angieskidney]

When I went to MN a guy there was wearing a Hoodie and I said "What is a hoodie?" Turns out it is a tuque... NOW I know what a hoodie is Why couldn't that American just say TUQUE!! lol (I know .. I know .. I can just hear all you Americans now asking why I can't just say Hoodie lol)

  Could have called it a "Bunny Hug", which, IMO, is worse.   First time I heard that from a Canadian employee, "I'm going to get a "Bunny Hug.", I didn't know what she was going to come back with.

What part of Canada because I have never heard that one myself

Don't know where she was from, just said she was Canadian (and she talked funny )  sounded British when she spoke English, but spoke fluent French, and pretty heavy profanity in at least two languages.

Probably Quebec then

[sandman]

When I went to MN a guy there was wearing a Hoodie and I said "What is a hoodie?" Turns out it is a tuque... NOW I know what a hoodie is Why couldn't that American just say TUQUE!! lol (I know .. I know .. I can just hear all you Americans now asking why I can't just say Hoodie lol)

Angie, a "hoodie" is a light jacket or sweat shirt that has a hood attached to it.

[angieskidney]

When I went to MN a guy there was wearing a Hoodie and I said "What is a hoodie?" Turns out it is a tuque... NOW I know what a hoodie is Why couldn't that American just say TUQUE!! lol (I know .. I know .. I can just hear all you Americans now asking why I can't just say Hoodie lol)

Angie, a "hoodie" is a light jacket or sweat shirt that has a hood attached to it.

But the guy when I went to MN said it was a hoodie what he was wearing. I figured he must know