LonesomePolecat Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 didn't see this one BRIT- suspender belt USA- garter belt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 This one popped up in the middle of today's crossword, and I don't think its been represented here before. BRIT -- Dear AMER -- Expensive, costly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 I don't have time to scroll the whole thread, but I don't think this one has been used here. BRIT -- Mean AMER -- Stingy, tightwad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 Brit -- Chemist Amer -- Druggist Brit -- Could you direct me to the nearest apothecary? Amer -- Where's the nearest drugstore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 BRIT -- Last card in the pack, looks like.* AMER -- Close to the end. ...*Verbatum from Cary Grant in *None But The Lonely Heart*, expressing his fear that his mother is close to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenetico Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I have to add this one. When Susan Boyle the singing sensation from the British Talent show, lost it recently, she used some "unmentionable" words. The British Newsman said "Her language was a bit fruity". So Brit: Fruity Amer: Cussing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 So-- BRIT -- fruity AMER -- salty, blue Message was edited by: cmvgor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 > {quote:title=cmvgor wrote:}{quote} > BRIT -- Demobed, on Civey Street > AMER -- Out of the Service; a civilian now. Another BRIT term with the same meaning: Cashiered. Peter Ustinov to Michael Crawford in *The Sundowners* : "Cashiered means they gave you another promotion, and you were out of the Navy all together." (paraphrased, not quoted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 BRIT -- I'll click my fingers.* AMER -- I'll snap my fingers. ...* Verbatum from a recent Network drama in which a Brit shrink used that method to bring a patent out of hypnosis. (third try) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 BRIT -- A Queue AMER -- A Line (People waiting for service at a ticket window, sales counter, etc.) (second try) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 BRIT -- Hire purchase AMER -- Finance, installment plan, easy-payment, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 BRIT -- I daresay we'll drop a rat down his trousers right off.* AMER -- We'll get rid of him pretty quick, no problem. ...*Verbatum from the BBC sitcom "Waiting For God", rerun on PBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 MILITARY CONTEXT: BRIT -- National Service (status) AMER -- Draftee (i.e, a person serving a government-mandated term of military service, as distinguished from a person who voluntered or who is a career member of the military.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 MILITARY CONTEXT BRIT -- To go on the General List AMER -- To go career military ...Said when a draftee, reservist or one-term volunteer elects to change status and become a career member of the military. In the TV movie biopic of Lady Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew used that term when he decided to become a career Royal Navy officer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 BRIT -- Knacker Yard AMER -- Glue Factory, Dogfood Factory ...The British series "All Creatures Great And Small" carried a couple of stories where Vet James Herriot was trying to save an animal, while a hopeful "Knacker Man" waited and watched. ...An episode of the BBC sitcom "Are You Being Served?" included dealings with an elderly employee unwilling to retire. He was told at one point, "(The boss) wants to take you to the Knacker Yard!" ...American CF: The mustang wranglers in The Misfits made reference to a dogfood factory as their eventual customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 MILITARY CONTEXT BRIT -- "Should you go sick? * AMER -- "Do you want to go on sick call?" ...*Verbatum from Michael Crawford in *How I Won The War* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 [click here for related article|http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090824/ap_on_fe_st/eu_odd_britain_rhyming_slang] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Yo, Dabb; Good information. Also, the BPS affiliate, on a fund-raising drive, is offering Brit slang dictionaries as a low-ball contribution reward for the fans of the BBC sitcoms that they broadcast. I personally am limiting myself to expressions actually read or seen in the media. I'll even settle for this one: BRIT -- "Fancy a crisp?" * AMER -- "Would you lie a potato chip?" ...* Verbatum from the GEICO Gekko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 How did we miss this one for so long? BRIT: MP = Member Of Parliment (To say 'My MP' is like saying 'My 'Congressman' or 'My Senator'. AMER: MP = Military policeman. As with any cop, can be a figure of oppression, or of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 BRIT: "Looks like I'd better pull me socks up."* AMER: I'd better get my act together, get my ducks in a row," etc. ...Verbatum from Andy Capp in the funnypapers. HAPPY CHRISTMAS, MATES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 BRIT: Sloane or "Sloane Ranger" AMER: Yuppie ...Young, urban, upscale. (Turned up in a crossword, and checked out on the Net.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 BRIT -- To slog one's guts out. AMER -- To work one's a*s off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 deleated. duplicate. Edited by: cmvgor on Dec 28, 2009 10:39 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 BRIT: To Let AMER: For Rent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 BRIT: He had his collar felt by the Bobbies. AMER: The cops busted him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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