British words

[azziria]

Merriam-Webster's two top ten lists of favourite British words made me smile (List 1 and List 2).

I use most of these regularly, except for dogsbody, shambolic and boffin, which I use occasionally, and jiggery-pokery and chunter which I use almost never.

Isn't language a wonderful thing?

Prat
Twee
Knackered
Jiggery-pokery
Plonk
Chunter (not to be confused with 'chunder'!)
Whinge
Gormless
Boffin
Pukka

Dodgy
Shirty
Chuffed
Peckish
Stroppy
Dogsbody
Shambolic
Wonky
Bollocks
Hard cheese

Comments

[marquesate.livejournal.com]

I never use chunter and don't actually know what it is, and I don't use pukka, because I can't stand it (thanks, Jamie Oliver...) The rest? All the bleeding time! Plus

thingamy
doodah
chav

and, since I live in Scotland, the ubiquitous

wee (not to be mixed up with "wee" as in pee)
ned