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

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

Brit English is all the love. All the love. I am very very protective of it. *protects it*

[eremite.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever used pukka, but I do use all the others - although with a tendency towards shambolical rather than shambolic :)

[kitmerlot1213.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love the word "dodgy" and I'm almost ashamed to admit to using the word "wanker" to describe my new boss on occasion--and I'm not even British :)

[maymorning.livejournal.com]

Not just chuffed, I was brought up to say "chuffed to little mint balls"!

[lj_stowaway]

♥ language

[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

[aguynamedrick.livejournal.com]

We have a small community named Wankers Corner. It used to contain a bar by the same name, but the bar has moved into town.