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Old 02-26-21, 07:42 AM   #181
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Kerfuffle - Describes a skirmish or a fight or an argument caused by differing views.
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Old 02-27-21, 02:05 PM   #182
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Minging - Is an alternative to the word “disgusting” or “gross”.
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Old 02-28-21, 01:59 PM   #183
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Muck - Muck is a substitute for “dirt”
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Old 03-01-21, 02:49 PM   #184
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Old 03-01-21, 03:06 PM   #185
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In the radio earlier today I heard a local sentence I never have heard before.

To poop a snowmand Meaning = A person is really terrified or nervous.

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Minging - Is an alternative to the word “disgusting” or “gross”.



Interesting. I thought it meant petty or whining based on the usage I heard in the wife's beloved English mysteries.
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Old 03-02-21, 03:58 AM   #187
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Reminds me of the interesting [to me] difference between the U.K. and U.S. meaning of a certain word - which I'm not entirely sure is not too vulgar [in the U.K.] to post here:

 
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In the U.S. it refers to a person's backside. Apparently in the U.K. it refers to a woman's ... "frontside". I wonder how it got two meanings which are so far apart, and yet so close together.
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Old 03-02-21, 07:05 AM   #188
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Interesting. I thought it meant petty or whining based on the usage I heard in the wife's beloved English mysteries.
As far as I'm aware and for sure up in Northern England:

Whinging - complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way.
"stop whingeing and get on with it!"
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Old 03-02-21, 07:07 AM   #189
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Reminds me of the interesting [to me] difference between the U.K. and U.S. meaning of a certain word - which I'm not entirely sure is not too vulgar [in the U.K.] to post here:

 
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In the U.S. it refers to a person's backside. Apparently in the U.K. it refers to a woman's ... "frontside". I wonder how it got two meanings which are so far apart, and yet so close together.
Tis also a common christian name in many western countries.
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Old 03-03-21, 05:48 AM   #190
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As far as I'm aware and for sure up in Northern England:

Whinging - complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way.
"stop whingeing and get on with it!"

Maybe that's what I heard. It's difficult to make out what they are saying sometimes.
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Old 03-04-21, 07:34 AM   #192
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Pork pies - The expression is a synonym for ‘lies’.
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Posh - Generally, ‘posh’ denotes the English upper classes.
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Old 03-07-21, 05:15 PM   #195
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from the old trip to India during the Raj etc P.O.S.H. ie: "Portside out; Starboard home" referred to cabin arrangement on the vessel to and from India and Britain...generally first class passengers in the era before air conditioning was invented. Reportedly, it was marked on the steamship ticket in large letters. It was important in those days to avoid tanning in the sun-very not Pukka Sahib!.
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