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The Eskimos have over 40 words for snow... Yet we seem to have hundreds for being trolleyed/leathered/smashed/pissed/gone/pasted/toasted...
The Eskimos have over 40 words for snow... Yet we seem to have hundreds for being trolleyed/leathered/smashed/pissed/gone/pasted/toasted...
"Trolleyed" ... that's brilliant!
It's telly, lorry and nappy. Who are you, Dick Van Dyke?Put the 300 kilo tele in the lorrie chap
take the lift to the loo
Put a nappie on that child
Bonnet, Boot
Put the 300 kilo tely in the lorrie chap
take the lift to the loo
Put a nappie on that child
Bonnet, Boot
Kilo?
Pfffffffff
My favorite British colloquialism is "the mut's nuts".
I would venture to say that most young Americans think **** is a vagina not an idiot.
I would venture to say that most young Americans think **** is a vagina not an idiot.
Yes, lorry.
Large truck…
Mind you if they were loading a telly it'd probably be into the back of a van — most likely white.
Yes, lorry.
Large truck
Mind you if they were loading a telly it'd probably be into the back of a van most likely white.
Ah, thanks. But then apparently a "telly" isn't a telephone as I originally thought.
All in the interests of greater transatlantic understanding...Damn Skunk aren't you quite the grammar constable today.
The Eskimos have over 40 words for snow... Yet we seem to have hundreds for being trolleyed/leathered/smashed/pissed/gone/pasted/toasted...
A little known fact: the language with (by far) the most words for different sorts of snow is....
English.
I've always loved the phrase "going ballistic" - someone losing their temper.
The multiple uses of "piss" are always amusing:
Having a piss - urinating.
Taking the piss - to take advantage of someone.
Pulling the piss - Making fun of someone.
Pissed - very drunk/angry (US)
Pissed off - angry.
Piss-up - drinking session
Piss-artist - someone who takes the piss a lot.
Piss-ant - small, unimportant person (insult)
Pisstake - oddly means the act of pulling the piss.
Pissing - raining heavily.
Pissing on.. - treating someone or something with great disrespect.
Piece of piss - an easy task.
Pissing in the wind - futiley attempting a difficult (or self harming!) task.
The multiple uses of "piss" are always amusing:
Having a piss - urinating.
Taking the piss - to take advantage of someone.
Pulling the piss - Making fun of someone.
Pissed - very drunk/angry (US)
Pissed off - angry.
Piss-up - drinking session
Piss-artist - someone who takes the piss a lot.
Piss-ant - small, unimportant person (insult)
Pisstake - oddly means the act of pulling the piss.
Pissing - raining heavily.
Pissing on.. - treating someone or something with great disrespect.
Piece of piss - an easy task.
Pissing in the wind - futiley attempting a difficult (or self harming!) task.
There you go i did but don't mean i know them and yes i know flake & drift but you don't look out of your window and say " oh look it's been flaking "
different words for snow
yep funny but again you don't look out of a window and say " oh look it's been avalanching " you say its been snowing
That might be sleetly too much for me. I might just make do with an iceberg. I'm a bit of a salad hoar myself.