Producer Amy moving to Radio 1 Breakfast

[It's_me_Emma]

A few days ago I was watching reply videos on youtube. An American girl made a video called "emo/scene kids suck" and one of the replys was from a British girl who asked why she was taking their piss out. I had no idea what that meant... I'm assuming that it means to talk bad about someone.

What are some other slang words and terms that the British use?

[georgygalxx]

yeah it means don't make fun or mock 'don't take the piss' that expression is used a lot

[Emma]

It pretty much means taking the mick out of/making fun of, in a way. Slang and phrases vary from county to county, but I'll have a think of some northern ones I tend to say.

[Nik B.]

A few doays ago I was watching reply videos on youtube. An American girl made a video called "emo/scene kids suck" and one of the replys was from a British girl who asked why she was taking their piss out. I had no idea what that meant... I'm assuming that it means to talk bad about someone.

What are some other slang words and terms that the British use?

I imagine it was "Stop taking the piss outta them" ?

It's just more british slang, a more agressive way of telling a person to stop being mean to people.

[It's_me_Emma]

I imagine it was "Stop taking the piss outta them" ?

It's just more british slang, a more agressive way of telling a person to stop being mean to people.

Yeah I don't remember word for word.

[georgygalxx]

I never know which sayings Americans know and which you don't but here's a few..

Billy no mates

What has that got to do with the price of eggs

Gonna go see a man about a dog

Gorden Bennet!

Eyes are bigger than your belly

Bobs your uncle

[Nik B.]

Wow now theres a list of old ones... Haven't heard gonna go see a man about a dog ever I don't think.

[georgygalxx]

O i always use that one lol... i use them all actually

[DarkAngelMJH]

What's that gotta do with the price of fish - a variation i've heard

[DelDalek]

Wow now theres a list of old ones... Haven't heard gonna go see a man about a dog ever I don't think.

Ours replaces "dog" with "horse".

[It's_me_Emma]

I never know which sayings Americans know and which you don't but here's a few..

Billy no mates

What has that got to do with the price of eggs

Gonna go see a man about a dog

Gorden Bennet!

Eyes are bigger than your belly

Bobs your uncle

So what do they mean?

I just found this

http://www.effingpot.com/slang.shtml

[Nik B.]

So what do they mean?

Billy no mates -No Friends

What has that got to do with the price of eggs - *shrugs*

Gonna go see a man about a dog - Going to see someone

Gorden Bennet! - Expression of shock and/or surprise

Eyes are bigger than your belly - referring to leaving food

Bobs your uncle - alternative to there you go

[DarkAngelMJH]

What has that got to do with the price of eggs - *shrugs*

Think it means whats that got to do with it? Something irrelevant to the conversation?

[goldengirl]

There are soooooo many Scottish ones but they are only really understood in Scotland, a couple of examples being:

Hud yer weesht ~ Be quiet

Awa an bile yer heid ~ Get lost / Go away

Scunnered ~ Disgusted (but can also just mean bored or fed up)

Regular ones, that I can think of include:

Come a cropper ~ If something didn't end well

Banjoed ~ Drunk

Chips with everything ~ Monotony / boring

Daft as a brush ~ Stupid

Answers on a Postcard ~ Let me know your thoughts / ideas

Keep your hair on ~ Calm down

Keep your pecker up ~ Keep smiling

There are loads more, I just can't think of them just now

[DarkAngelMJH]

Put a sock in it - Shut up

[It's_me_Emma]

There are soooooo many Scottish ones but they are only really understood in Scotland, a couple of examples being:

Hud yer weesht ~ Be quiet

Awa an bile yer heid ~ Get lost / Go away

Scunnered ~ Disgusted (but can also just mean bored or fed up)

Regular ones, that I can think of include:

Come a cropper ~ If something didn't end well

Banjoed ~ Drunk

Chips with everything ~ Monotony / boring

Daft as a brush ~ Stupid

Answers on a Postcard ~ Let me know your thoughts / ideas

Keep your hair on ~ Calm down

Keep your pecker up ~ Keep smiling

There are loads more, I just can't think of them just now

keep your pecker up would mean something totaly different here! :shock:

[DarkAngelMJH]

Keep your pecker up ~ Keep smiling

Now why does this make me think of something else? :heh:

Never heard that one but have heard of keep your chin up

[SCOTTS NO1 FAN EVA]

Well there are just to many slang words to list and they change depending where you live.

[Gamesmaster18993]

Well there are just to many slang words to list and they change depending where you live.

Exactly, for example in Dorset Girt (- Big) is quite common

Yer- there there

Dorset and Somerset tend to share simular accents, it sounds a bit like Beccy

[goldengirl]

keep your pecker up would mean something totaly different here! :shock:

Kinda suggests the same here too' date=' but it is a saying all the same

[url']http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=keep%20your%20pecker%20up

There is also:

Shake a leg ~ get a move on

[Lucinda]

Gonna go see a man about a dog - Going to see someone

I always thought this meant to go to the toilet.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=see+a+man+about+a+dog

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=see%20a%20man%20about%20a%20horse

Seems to refer to going somewhere that you don't want to discuss, often the toilet/bathroom.

The use of the word "piss" is a weird one.

Pissed = angry in the US

Pissed = drunk in the UK (pissed as a newt)

Pissed off = annoyed in the UK

Take the piss = make fun of in the UK

"Piss off" = go away

Pissing down = raining

Many different uses for one word. Slang is strange, urbandictionary.com can be very useful.