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* '''Y-fronts''': Men's briefs, so named for the distinctive shape of the opening.
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** There is a medieval origin to both. If a workman did a bad job, instead of being paid he was given a sack to take his tools away in. If a workman did a very bad job, said tools would be burned.
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** There is a medieval origin to both.both "sacked" and "fired". If a workman did a bad job, instead of being paid he was given a sack to take his tools away in. If a workman did a very bad job, said tools would be burned.
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* '''''Twock'''''. The act of "borrowing" a car for a joyride. An acronym for the criminal offence of ''Taking Without Owner's Consent''. In practice, any mode of mechanised transportation up to and including a hijacked aircraft may be Twockked.
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* '''''Thick''''': In Britain, ''intellectually challenged'', as in "dim" or "stupid", rather than "generously built about the hips". This can cause confusion. "Thick as two short planks" means "Remarkably stupid".
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** European birds of the genus ''Parus'', the same as the American chickadees, are commonly called tits. There are Great Tits, Blue Tits and Coal Tits, amongst others. Some people find this [[IncrediblyLamePun titillating]].
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** European birds of the genus ''Parus'', the same as the American chickadees, are commonly called tits. There are Great Tits, Blue Tits and Coal Tits, amongst others. Some people find this [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} titillating]].
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* '''''Scouse''''' / '''''Scouser''''': A resident of UsefulNotse/{{Liverpool}}. Short for 'lobscouse' (derived from Norwegian 'lapskaus' and similar words in other Northern European tongues), meaning a meat stew eaten by sailors that became popular in port cities such as Liverpool.
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* '''''Scouse''''' / '''''Scouser''''': A resident of UsefulNotse/{{Liverpool}}.UsefulNotes/{{Liverpool}}. Short for 'lobscouse' (derived from Norwegian 'lapskaus' and similar words in other Northern European tongues), meaning a meat stew eaten by sailors that became popular in port cities such as Liverpool.
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* '''''Scouse''''' / '''''Scouser''''': A resident of Liverpool. Short for 'lobscouse' (derived from Norwegian 'lapskaus' and similar words in other Northern European tongues), meaning a meat stew eaten by sailors that became popular in port cities such as Liverpool.
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* '''''Scouse''''' / '''''Scouser''''': A resident of Liverpool.UsefulNotse/{{Liverpool}}. Short for 'lobscouse' (derived from Norwegian 'lapskaus' and similar words in other Northern European tongues), meaning a meat stew eaten by sailors that became popular in port cities such as Liverpool.
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* '''Tired and emotional''': Drunk. Rather than being used in common speech, it's used as a diplomatic way for official purposes of referring to people (politicians, broadcasters etc.) where it would be improper to accuse them of being intoxicated. As such, it acts as a sort of official euphemism that avoids the word while letting everyone know exactly what you meant.
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* '''''Spunk''''': Semen. Of course, this one has double meanings, but can be hilarious when a character (especially female) is described as "[[HaveAGayOldTime full of spunk]]". ''Especially'' if followed up with "[[YouGotSpunk ...I like spunk]]".
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* '''''Spunk''''': Semen. Of course, this one has double meanings, but can be hilarious when a character (especially female) is described as "[[HaveAGayOldTime full of spunk]]". ''Especially'' if followed up with "[[YouGotSpunk ..."...I like spunk]]".spunk".
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Not true at all that "everything else" bar what was listed is measured in metric. As recently as 2015, 57% of British adults said they preferred feet and inches for short distances in general and only 36% preferred metres
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* '''''Stone''''': A unit of measurement equal to 14 lb, mostly used in the context of personal weight. So one says "I weigh 10 stone 4 pounds", not "I weigh 144 pounds" – to a Brit, the latter seems as odd as saying "I'm 74 inches tall" instead of "I'm six foot two" would.
** Brits usually measure their weight in stones, distance in miles, their height in feet and inches, and milk, beer and blood in pints[[note]]that's 20-fluid-ounce Imperial Pints, not those wimpy 16-fluid-ounce U.S. pints[[/note]], but everything else in the metric system. (Blood is also popularly measured in Imperial standard [[Series/HancocksHalfHour armfuls]].)
** Brits usually measure their weight in stones, distance in miles, their height in feet and inches, and milk, beer and blood in pints[[note]]that's 20-fluid-ounce Imperial Pints, not those wimpy 16-fluid-ounce U.S. pints[[/note]], but everything else in the metric system. (Blood is also popularly measured in Imperial standard [[Series/HancocksHalfHour armfuls]].)
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* '''''Stone''''': A unit of measurement equal to 14 lb, mostly used in the context of personal weight. So one says "I weigh 10 stone 4 pounds", not "I weigh 144 pounds" – to a Brit, the latter seems as odd as saying "I'm 74 inches tall" instead of "I'm six foot two" would.
** Brits usually measure theirwould.[[note]]Brits use a mixture of imperial and metric units, depending partly on age and partly on what is being measured, but for personal height and weight in stones, distance in miles, their height in feet and inches, and milk, beer and blood in pints[[note]]that's 20-fluid-ounce Imperial Pints, not those wimpy 16-fluid-ounce U.S. pints[[/note]], but everything else in the there is a general preference for imperial over metric system. (Blood is also popularly measured in Imperial standard [[Series/HancocksHalfHour armfuls]].)units across all age groups[[/note]]
** Brits usually measure their
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* '''''Sack''''': To fire, dismiss etc. As in "Given the sack", i.e. to put your belongings in. There was much complaining about "Americanisms" when the UK version of ''TheApprentice'' retained the catchphrase "You're fired!", but in reality that phrase is just as common nowadays, if not more so, as "You're sacked".
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* '''''Sack''''': To fire, dismiss etc. As in "Given the sack", i.e. to put your belongings in. There was much complaining about "Americanisms" when the UK version of ''TheApprentice'' ''Series/TheApprentice'' retained the catchphrase "You're fired!", but in reality that phrase is just as common nowadays, if not more so, as "You're sacked".
