I giggled and secretly vowed to use these words as I read them. Here's a recap:
1. Prat (a foolish person)
2. Twee (adorable)
3. Knackered (tired)
4. Jiggery-pokery (nonsense)
5. Plonk (cheap wine)
6. Chunter (mutter, mumble)
7. Whinge (whine)
8. Gormless (stupid)
9. Boffin (scientific expert)
10. Pukka (authentic)
Naturally, I must create a sentence using one or more of these delightful gems.
Ah, the twee babe is knackered, not from plonk, but from all the jiggery-pokery whinging over the pukka, but gormless, boffin.
Are you watching the royal wedding? Care to create your own atrocious sentence using British slang?
Have a terrific weekend!
Ah, you gotta add 'sodding' to the list! :o)
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite words is wonky - I don't know if that's officially British, but I got it from the Harry Potter books.
ReplyDeleteGot a kick out of your sentence, Jill!
Hilarious! I'll be off to work today and chuntering the whole way there. I was such a prat what with all the Plonk I had last night so I'm quite knackered this morning. I know I know...it was gormless.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm watching, and wearing. Check out my hat on my blog today. :)
ReplyDeleteI caught a little of the wedding though I really wanted to know what the weather here was going to be for today. Ta, cheerio, pip pip and all that other jolly stuff.
ReplyDeleteThat was like a foreign language. I thought they spoke Engish.....? I did not watch, I like sleep more.... :O)
ReplyDeleteHey Jill. Good morning! I didn't watch the wedding but I love british slang! Great list!!
ReplyDeleteI would try to use all the jiggery-pokery words if I weren't still knackered from my lack of sleep the past few days.
ReplyDeleteThe boffin's predictions were pukka--tornados ripped through here the night before last, and had me whinging in my basement (like a gormless sod after a bottle of plonk) until 3am.
Now, after a total of 6 hours of sleep in 2 days I'm still chuntering like a prat.
Your post is twee.
Hysterical! I saw that list just 30 seconds ago while hunting for an official definition of our "word for the day" at my office. I didn't click through all the popups, so I gratefully thank you for this post ;D
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Susan
Ha!! You're all brilliant! Love the use of top ten words AND the new words! Pip-pip, indeed!
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I've watched the highlights this morning and will, I'm sure, again and again today. There was a Canadian Romance novelist from my city who went to London to see the wedding, camping overnight to get a 'front' row view. In a way, I wish I would have had the nerve to do that! Great words! I'll need to check out your link.
ReplyDeleteLove the British slang!
ReplyDeleteHaving my spot of tea as we speak, viewing a DVR'd version of the wedding.
Lately I've been asking if the kids want privacy when they're in the bathroom. And I'm having fun pronouncing just as William and Cathryn might. ;)
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My favorite British word and activity is snogging!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love British slang and almost anythibng British. But, I haven't kept up with the wedding news so I am not watching this time around. I hope they are very happy.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Love it! I didn't watch, I was sleeping. :)
ReplyDeleteOne of my oldest and dearest CPs is from England. We've skyped a few times and it's awesome just to listen to him talk. He's given our group plenty of British lessons over the years, but I don't think any of them stuck with me. hehehe...
Ha! I am from England and those words make perfect sense. All bar Chunter. I'm not sure I've heard of that one before.
ReplyDeleteThere is also Plonker which also means Prat and that word was given to us by the great Del Boy. (Only Fools And Horses for non Brits to google).
Oh, wonderful!! I'm so in love with all things Britain! Thanks for the additional input and words. :)
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Great sentence, Jill, and very fun post! I picked up the use of the phrase, "That's lovely. Thanks very much." when I attended school in London for a year...and it's stayed with me ever since. Love that! I also enjoy hearing a Brit exclaim, "That's brilliant."
ReplyDeleteJill,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't get into this wedding. But I did enjoy your sentence.
I went to the grocery store this morning. I had earlier had trouble with my key fob buttons. I couldn't get the doors unlocked. A woman helped me fiddle with the thing. When I came out of the grocery store, I couldn't get the "boot" to unlock or open.
So knockered at all the jiggery-pokery happening across the pond. I'll chunter and whinge some more if I read one more article about this twee happening! (loved your post!) ps...love plonker...from my very favorite movie, A Good Year!
ReplyDeleteHi Jill -
ReplyDeleteWhew! And I thought they spoke English. :)
I didn't watch the wedding, but did catch the news coverage later in the day. The gown was stunning-very Grace Kelly-ish. (For those of you who were too young, she married into the royal house of Monaco in the mid-1900's.)
Blessings,
Susan
Cute, Jill! It's fun to share the joy of a nation we are so closely linked with. Kind of makes me wonder how that first Thanksgiving dinner-table conversation went. ; )
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