A list of 20 words by uselessness.
- jolly well appears on just this list
- bloody appears on 45 other lists
- chap appears on 24 other lists
- i say appears on 2 other lists
- blimey appears on 35 other lists
- bollocks appears on 58 other lists
- governor appears on 15 other lists
- love appears on 320 other lists
- cheerio appears on 17 other lists
- good day appears on 3 other lists
- righto appears on 2 other lists
- spot of tea appears on 1 other list
- good lad appears on just this list
- wot appears on 12 other lists
- arse appears on 33 other lists
- good show appears on 3 other lists
- smashing appears on 22 other lists
- jolly good appears on 5 other lists
- sod off appears on 5 other lists
- wanker appears on 58 other lists
sionnach Brilliant! Everything is just tickety-boo, oojah-cum-spiff here at Greyfriars. Though Bulstrode is a bounder and a cad, Bob Cherry will give him a sound thrashing.
Hurree Jamset Ram Singh (Inky).
Meanwhile, that blighter House continues to impersonate Bertie Wooster on Sunday evenings on many public television stations.
Tootle-pip! Jan 21, 2008
yarb You've got two kinds of stereotypical Britishisms here: ones which are actually in common use, like wanker, bollocks, cheerio and good lad, and ones confined mostly to fiction, like jolly good, i say, spot of tea and good show. These were all current in decades past, but having been fossilised in the foreign conception of Britain have now (perhaps consequently?) become unpopular.
I think there are a few similar lists around for you to mine. I think arby has one? Jan 21, 2008
misterpolly Spiffing idea, actually, palooka. Well done that man/girl Jan 21, 2008
uselessness Yes, it is friendly, isn't it? I know they say mate in the UK, but to me that's much more stereotypical of Aussies than Brits. Come to think of it, I'm curious about the difference between sod off and jog off. Are they basically the same? I'll add jolly good, which is not the same thing as jolly well but belongs on the list nonetheless. :-) Jan 21, 2008
arcadia What's a list of Britishisms without mate, and the insulting: Sod off and wanker? This list is too friendly. ..And isn't it "jolly good" rather than "jolly well"? Maybe both. Jan 19, 2008
palooka Great list uselessness! I will jolly well favorite the whole bloody thing. Sep 28, 2007