British Slang

In honor of the royal wedding--yeah, I'm pumped about Kate and William!--I'm sharing a fun link I ran across at Webster-Mirriam's website, Top Ten Favorite British Words. The words are fun, but you may have to navigate several annoying pages of pop-ups to get to each.

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!

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