American Reacts 10 British Words That Still Confuse Me!

[@KernowWarrior]

"I bagsy coffee" would be a coherent sentence if there was only 1 coffee, So if someone said "We only have 1 cup of coffee and 10 Teas" The first one to say "I bagsy coffee" would get the coffee.

[@antiqueinsider]

In the US they say '1st dibs'!

[@lesley585]

I think it derives from bags I the 'red one' or I bag the 'red one. When i was a child it wasn't pronounced bagsy it was 'bags eye'.

[@trickygoose2]

@@antiqueinsider British people will sometimes use '1st dibs'.

[@leenattrass]

@@lesley585 yeah it’s definitely a progressive speech thing because we used to say bags eye only 30 years ago, I think it was the late 90s early 2000s it was slightly shortened to bagsy.

[@tmarritt]

@@lesley585 I thought it was like bagging something, it's in my bag. I baggsy that thing, it's mine, in my bag.

[@fabshop6359]

Bollocks, “a load of bollocks” , something that is not true or quite right. “The dogs bollocks”, something that is the absolute best. Say your mate buys a new car and asks if you like it, you could say yes, it’s the dogs bollocks, sometimes shortened to “the dogs”, it just means the best. Love your videos, they’re the dogs bollocks! 😂👌

[@edwardsaj]

Also I certainly used to say dog bollericks (not sure how you'd spell it), but meant the same thing.

[@Matt09pearce]

Also, you can receive a bollocking. (Someone shouting at you)

[@anthonyg4671]

You forgot testicles, that explains the dogs bollocks .

[@tobytaylor2154]

Puppies privates

[@tobytaylor2154]

The muts nuts

[@tobytaylor2154]

This is funny as fuck, let's sit down and talk about what english slang means with two middle class English ppl 🤣.

[@t.p.mckenna]

What this discussion really points up is the American Marchioness is seeking precision, whereas casual English is flexible, indeed sometimes sloppy or immature. So, for example, if you talk about 'getting loads of sleep', well, sleep isn't something rendered in loads, as opposed, for example, to something that is delivered by the pallet-load, but people would know what you meant. For a word like 'chuffed', it's just one of many variants for a situation or outcome that is particularly pleasing. Others might be: eg. 'I was well chuffed', ''I was cock-a-hoop', 'I was over the moon', 'I was tickled pink', 'I was well pleased' or 'I was made up'. As for 'bollocks' - that has two different lives. First, as a common exclamation such as when you stub your toe on the bedpost, hit your head on the car bonnet (hood), or hit your thumb with the hammer ... 'Oh, BOLLOCKS!!!'; and second, as when you dismiss what someone is saying as rubbish e.g. 'you are talking complete and utter bollocks'. Although, many of the class divisions of old have vanished, a word like that is one that would really not be acceptable at the Queen's dinner table, much less from a marchioness. Gobsmacked is another of those -over-the-top terms that typify what we might call market speak, as opposed to dinner table talk, and evoke the English tendency for mock-outrage. Many of them from cockney English and with Christian roots, though not exclusively eg. Gor blimey (God Bless Me), Struth (God's truth). You really can't analyse these phrases too much as mostly rhetorical flourishes and exclamations that pad out the language. Finally, 'thick' is a word very sensitive to Irish people in Britain, because really not that long ago Irish people in Britain were regarded as the low of the low and uniformly regarded as of low intelligence. It was just part of the process of kicking people and keeping them down, so they wouldn't get above themselves. So, in my early years when my family came to London in 1972, we heard 'thick' an awful lot and I'm not going back there, thank you very much.

[@jlewwis1995]

All this discussion pointed out to me is that the woman in the video is completely brainless lol, from the very beginning literally all I could think was "this si giving such massive stereotypical overly privileged, chronically out of touch, culturally bankrupt, self important, NIMBY, middle aged white woman vibes" if you know what i mean. By halfway through it was becoming increasingly more difficult to watch because of how cringe it was lol

[@langdalepaul]

Let’s just be clear: the original meaning of the word bollocks is “testicles”. All other meanings derive from that. As to whether it’s a swear word, that depends on how you define “swear”. It is mildly taboo. When I was young my mother threatened to make me wash my mouth out with soap for using the word “balls” as an expletive, so I suspect “bollocks” would have been treated the same way. Over the years, like many expletives, it has become less taboo.

[@thecraggrat]

This was litigated for the Sex Pistols Album, "Never mind the Bollocks"; the argument was that it was a swear word. My admittedly somewhat hazy memory was that the adjudication was that a "bollock" derived from old english and was literally a small "boll", I believe that a boll was a ball or ball shaped article; and that hence a bollock was a small ball shaped article and was thus not a swear word (which was what the outcry had been about). This obviously makes sense as to why bollocks has an ancillary meaning that it has.

[@juliantompkins9650]

Bollocks came from church services and meant talking nonsense. The word began in church services. It is also the only swear word which does not require anything before or after it in any context.

[@langdalepaul]

@@juliantompkins9650 well that’s a load of bollocks! 😂

[@langdalepaul]

@@juliantompkins9650 I quote: Bollocks (/ˈbɒləks/) is a word of Middle English origin, meaning "testicles". The word is often used figuratively in British English and Hiberno-English in a multitude of negative ways… The word has a long history, with the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) giving examples of its usage dating back to the 13th century. One of the early references is Wycliffe's Bible (1382), Leviticus xxii, 24: "Al beeste, that ... kitt and taken awey the ballokes is, ye shulen not offre to the Lord ..." (any beast that is cut and taken away the bollocks, you shall not offer to the Lord, i.e. castrated animals are not suitable as sacrifices). The OED states (with abbreviations expanded): "Probably a derivative of Teutonic ball-, of which the Old English representative would be inferred as beall-u, -a, or -e". The Teutonic ball- in turn probably derives from the Proto-Indo-European base *bhel-, to inflate or swell.

[@langdalepaul]

@@juliantompkins9650 the only appropriate response to being proved wrong, in this case, would be to utter a swear word without anything before or after it in any context. Shit! 😂😂😂

[@markriley5863]

I love it when Americans try to tell us we are speaking our own language incorrectly.

[@keith6400]

The problem is that Americans use far fewer words from the English language vocabulary. An obvious example is collective nouns we say; a bunch of flowers, a herd of cattle, a flock of sheep etc. whereas Americans tend to say a bunch of flowers, a bunch of cattle, a bunch of sheep. English people tend to use words in a more restrictive way e.g. the lady said thick and wide mean the same thing presumably when thinking about measurement. Whereas we think in three dimensions and thick is closer to depth.

[@TheWizardOfEgo]

@@keith6400 context is everything. Also the localised variations in vernacular and colloquialisms is huge - My father is from the North East, mother from the South West, I was born on the South coast and grew up in the Midlands - so don't ask me the 'roll, bap, cob' question - I use man at the end of sentences not because I am a hippy but because the influence of my father- Call people 'my lover' not because I am bohemian but because of my mothers influence - people from all over the country use Cockney Rhyming Slang or Navy terms even they have never been to London or been in the navy -we are diverse and yet very connected at the same time -

[@dnorfed]

Amazing really, seeing as we sent it to America, and they change the spelling of most of the words 🤣

[@herrbonk3635]

@@keith6400 Is that a british/american thing really? We have the same variation in my native language, but on the personality or context level. Some tend to distingush between words like bunch, herd, flock, some never do. Some are precise with thick, wide, depth, etc., while others couldn't care less (to my disapointment).

[@keith6400]

@@herrbonk3635 The problem with reducing vocabulary is humour. You need lots of words which are ambiguous to misdirect initially then the punchline clarifies the situation and also phrases that cannot sensibly be translated. e.g. My friend has a gun. She could ask another person if they enjoy shooting or use a phrase like "Do you ever shoot, yourself?"

[@jamespasifull3424]

My uncle was run over by an old steam train, & although he was definitely unhappy about it, he was STILL 'chuffed to bits'!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@cossythepoacher]

Love it! hahahahaha!

[@letsbeavenue]

Boom boom

[@temporary_name7665]

I wouldn't say "well chuffed" is the highest of excitement or contentedness. They forgot " I'm chuffed to bits!" what a classic that one is among myself and family.

[@spanishpeaches2930]

To be robbed...there has to be an intended threat, usually by a weapon, including fists. Burgled , just means someone getting in your house and nicking stuff.

[@AndrewHalliwell]

But you do have to be in the house when it happens, for it to be burglary, in a legal sense. If the building's empty, it's house breaking, breaking and entering, theft, but not burglary. Burglary is (Or at least,was) considered to be a more serious crime because there were occupants present.

[@AndrewHalliwell]

@@group-music nope. There have to be occupants present. Otherwise, house breaking as I said. There doesn't need to be a threat of violence. The occupier hiding under the bed in terror muttering "Please don't come upstairs" is the reason burglary is more serious than simply breaking into an empty house.

[@captvimes]

@@AndrewHalliwell no it comes from German Burglar which means housebreaker. No stipulation of people being there. If there were people there it would be robbery because usually they would stop you inless they felt threatened and then it is robbery a higher crime.

[@clivegilbertson6542]

From the 60's on when working in theatre "Naff" was an expression meaning 'uncool' or boring and ho hum etc

[@johnwellbelove148]

"Cake-hole" is also another name for mouth. "Shut your cake-hole"

[@lornaanne9242]

'Chuffed' as ninepence, 'Thick' as two planks I was once 'burgled' Sending 'loads' of love Shocked or surprised ~ Gob smacked,(hand over mouth) 'Bloody' depends on what context it's used in.

[@Dan-B]

“Bloody” is sort of the gateway curse word. It’s technically swearing, but it’s probably the least offensive. It would only be seen by some people as not ok kids to say Also no one in Britain says “Burglarized” XD

[@pyeltd.5457]

We were Blitzzerized

[@raymartin7172]

Bloody is most likely a corruption of "By your Lady", a very mild Elizabeth phrase referring, I suppose, to the Virgin Mary. Today, I would call it a mild intensifier, akin to omg.

[@TheClunkingFist]

A lot of people have started to say burgalized, ironically. When you come back to your desk and your chair is missing, "I only went to take a dump, and while I was gone, I was burgalrized."

[@npe1]

Very true Dan B. I have never, ever heard anyone in the UK say burglarized (we'd probably spell it burglarised!) but burgled is common. But we only use the verb to burgle when it's a building that's been robbed - my house was burgled, our office was burgled - if you get robbed any other way we say "robbed".

[@herrbonk3635]

English is kind of peculiar then. Because, in my language, only words related to satan or the devil are curse words. Others are just rude, vulgar, harsh, or whatever we should call it.

[@Captally]

If you want to learn about mild British expletives mostly used for emphases, would it not be best to ask someone who knows and can explain?

[@tonycrayford3893]

Yeah the American needs someone working class

[@TheWizardOfEgo]

Yeah these people were feeble - they really had nothing to contribute

[@richarddickson747]

Basically it was the blind leading the blind. All a bit pointless really.

[@johnnorth4667]

Agree, no one over 6 uses 'bagsy' try using 'gharstly' sic down the pub.

[@TheWizardOfEgo]

@@johnnorth4667 No working class person (the majority of the UK population uses the word 'ghastly' and only middle class people with upper class aspirations use it

[@JG-fv9bv]

Bollocks is a wonderful word that can be used for many different reasons

[@isiteckaslike]

Gobsmack doesn't really mean "smacking your cheek" it means "putting your hand quickly over your mouth (gob) when in shock" - which is what people tend to do if they're really shocked/surprised/horrified by something and if done quickly it does make a small smack or slap sound.

[@odin741]

a: There's also "Naff off" which is basically "Fuck off" lol. b: Bagsy is shortened to just Bags. c: Lots would be loads or heaps.

[@finncullen]

"Bloody" was originally a blasphemous oath "by our lady" which ellided a few sounds to become "Bloody". It's nothing to do with blood. It's used in the same context as "damn" - eg "Get out of the bloody way," or "Where's that bloody dog?" "Naff" originated in the gay patois "Polari" (a subcultural language common when homosexuality was illegal) and means "worthless" - it originally meant "not available for fucking" - ie a straight man, eg "Don't waste your time, dear, he's naff" It's considered a very mild swear-word now that the original meaning has been lost which always amuses me. Another similar is "Berk" which means a stupid person and is now considered a mild word suitable for use with kids, even though the original rhyming slang (short for Berkshire Hunt) was ... considerably stronger in meaning.

[@speleokeir]

The updated rhyming slang for that is 'Jeremy'. e.g. 'He's a complete Jeremy'. Jeremy Hunt* = cunt. And he is. * For anyone who doesn't know Jeremy Hunt is currently Britain's loathed Foreign Minister. Before that he spent 7 years as Health Minister and is infamous for trying to run down/privatise the NHS whilst lining his own pockets. He's also a leading candidate to take over from Boris. Like Boris he displays most of the 20 personality traits listed on the psychopath test.

[@finncullen]

@@speleokeir Never was a politician more aptly named. I remember one poor radio presenter trying to introduce "Jeremy Hunt the culture secretary" and making the inevitable but accurate faux pas

[@tommy5675]

Isn't Bloody a contraction of "Buy Your Lady" meant as an insult to a gentleman by implying that the lady on his arm is a whore. Add 200+ years and it's become Bloody and is a general expression of exasperation

[@finncullen]

@@tommy5675 Nope it's "By our lady" referring to the Virgin Mary which was a common Medieval catholic way to swear but like a lot of religious expressions of the period it became altered to a less blasphemous form, in the same that that "blimey" started out as "god blind me" and the famous medieval cliches of "gadzooks" and "zounds!" started as "Gods Hooks" (meaning the nails that hung Jesus from the cross) and "God's wounds" meaning the wounds inflicted on Jesus. It began to offend people when the full things were spoken so they became what are known as "Minced oaths" - a modern equivalent would be someone these days saying "Gee" or "Gee Whizz" instead of "Jesus" or "Crikey!" instead of "Christ!"

[@tmarritt]

That "naff" thing is really interesting, I'm really gonna enjoy telling my gran that next time she uses it 🤣

[@mcpa2991]

Ahh those memories of our (Australia's) tourism ad getting banned (then re-allowed after the watershed) because the strap line was "Where the bloody hell are you?" Apparently it was also banned in Canada for the depiction of alcohol consumption and the word hell - and in singapore for bloody and hell. So there you go...

[@CMDRRustyDog]

You heard them say "Naff" a few times and you still went with "Narf" :) And yes, burgled (as in to 'burgle'). But burglarised?!! Just no. Thick isn't 'stubborn'. It's 'stupid'. Yes Bagsie is dibs. So no you don't 'bagsie coffee'. But let's say you're playing a game with family and you each have a different colour counter to play with. You can say "bagsie the blue one!" So you're wanting to lay claim to it. Just like dibs. We say 'loads' AND 'lots'. They are not mutually exclusive. Gobsmacked can be both positive and negative. The 'gob' is the mouth.

[@TheWizardOfEgo]

These people really annoyed me - who the hell bagsies a coffee - they had no clue what they were talking about

[@dmwallacenz]

Yeah, "burglarise" always sounds stupid to me. It's like when people say "utilise" instead of "use".

[@CMDRRustyDog]

@@TheWizardOfEgo Yeah :) This could only happen if a cafe waiter approached your table with a selection of random hot drinks, hehe.

[@terrycushway3248]

Thick is a bit dim,not too bright,not too sharp,bit slow off the mark.Not really the same as stupid,it's possible to be very intelligent and still do stupid things now and again but if you're thick you're just thick. e.g as three short planks

[@paulknox999]

you would not say I bagsy coffee in any context, bagsy is claiming something when there might be limited amounts, for example. say there are 10 people , 10 cups of a hot beverage but only 1 coffee the other 9 are tea. You might say I bagsy the coffee to claim it before anyone else does.

[@edwardt1941]

Australians kids would have said bags not bagsy however I don't think it is used much anymore

[@ganjiblobflankis6581]

Bollocks: Testicles. Bollocks: Expression of frustration. Bollocks: Nonesense. Bollocks: Third-person transative verb "Dave bollocks John" To tell off, to give a bollocking. Bollock: "I dropped a bollock" I made a silly error that is going to be a nuisance to rectify, mea culpa.

[@saintdon4461]

you forgot one..thats the dogs bollocks ...as in thats brilliant

[@steveallen3434]

And let's not forget I was bollocked last night

[@lindylou7853]

From this, I don’t imagine she’s ever met anyone from the UK.

[@lindylou7853]

Daft apeth. Two baps short of a picnic. … and that’s just a couple that apply to her.

[@JG-fv9bv]

She's married to the future Earl of Sandwhich , the Montague Family

[@JG-fv9bv]

Actually I think her husband has now inherited his title from his Father the former Earl

[@lindylou7853]

@@JG-fv9bv well, maybe she’ll become an expert in British baked goods, at least. So long as she stops trying to make a crust by taking the Mickey out of the rest of us lesser, non-viscountess mortals. It’s a cheap shot.

[@mazinwonderland3077]

LOL

[@higgsthebosun]

A person is robbed, a property is burgled

[@miketrevarrow9795]

Just watched this video again, and a guy from england, a rich guy had his car number plate changed to BOLLOCKS on his ROLLS ROYCE in L.A. - british humour. 🇬🇧🤣

[@isiteckaslike]

"Bagsy" is shorthand for saying "I'm having that one!" - so "bagsy coffee" wouldn't work, because you use bagsy to say you want a particular thing. So you could say "bagsy that coffee" because you want that one rather than any of the others. A child/someone might say it if their family moves to a new house e.g. "Bagsy this bedroom!". (i.e. "I'm having this bedroom so hands off!" ).

[@rbrooks2007]

The gob is an open mouth and a slang word which has come from forestry, the name of the open wedge section facing the direction of fall, first cut into a tree before felling it by then cutting the opposite side. Bagsy is like wanting or declaring the promise on something such as a favourite space in front of the TV so you could say "Bagsy that spot" as you point to it.

[@alicemilne1444]

Fraid that's not the etymology of gob. It's a word of Celtic origin. It comes from Irish (where it means mouth) and Scottish Gaelic (where it means beak) and is possibly related to the extinct Gaulish word "gobbo" (to gulp down).

[@andybishop6873]

NAFF is from Polari and stands for Not Available For F**king

[@bobbyboko6317]

It's the dogs bollocks , the best . The Sex Pistols had an album called Never mind the Bollocks , it went to court over the title and it was decided that bollocks was not a offensive word

[@letsbeavenue]

I think the Judge in this particular case said the word was Anglo Saxon origin and could be used in this context

[@daveofyorkshire301]

A lot of English can change meaning, especially swearing and dialects... So there are several meanings based upon context...

[@christineduckworth5712]

Thick from "thick as two short planks."

[@dutchroll]

Many of these terms are familiar to us Aussies too. “Chuffed” just normally means “really pleased”. “Bloody” is a very mild swear word which almost no-one is ever offended by. We say it literally all the time. It’s used for emphasis a bit like “damn” is in the USA, often in the form of “bloody hell!” or “bloody idiot!”, etc. “Bollocks” is very British and generally means “BS” though it can be context sensitive. “What bollocks!”

[@UkSapyy]

Or it can be good, i.e that's the dogs bollocks

[@danharrison1534]

Love your videos m, Connor, keep up the brilliant work

[@saintdon4461]

difference between burgled and robbed is a burglary is when your house has been robbed..where as robbed is more of a general term for having something stolen

[@andyp5899]

Bagsy is not just for reserving a seat. It is the oral equivalent of putting a sticker with your name on it on the item you are claiming. It is limited to saying it to family and friends. Chuff and naff with off after them have the same meaning as go away but are slightly stronger.

[@grizzlygamer8891]

A robbery and a burglary are different crimes. Chuffed is a funny one because it means pleased. But the Chuff is also a slang term for the lady parts. You might describe something as being "Drier than a nuns Chuff" 😂

[@peterfhere9461]

Robbed and burgled are not the same. Robbery HAS to involve force or the threat of force, and so you can't rob an empty bank....

[@jonnypaisley7736]

I always thought you burgled a house or robbed a bank?

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

The painting “the scream is a DOUBLE” gobsmacked painting. In Scotland gob is geggy 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lynnworthington8262]

Bagsy is a common word as it can be used to tell those around you which item you want in advance. If for example, you are all viewing a tray of cakes., you'd say bagsy the one with a strawberry on the top and you would be left with the one you wanted.

[@cyberdonblue4413]

Ha ha ha! I find it so funny that you'll say "bollocks" without hesitation but you feel that you have to say B.S. instead of "bullshit." It's completely the other way round here in the UK. "Bollocks" is a massive no no in polite company whereas you could probably just about squeeze "bullshit" into a statement and get away with it.

[@markaitcheson3212]

Bollox is a massive no no? Where in the UK is that? Its not a no no here ha ha.

[@cossythepoacher]

@@markaitcheson3212 Nice one Mark! I'm from Manchester! It's every other word here! lol!

[@pyeltd.5457]

Because of the sh word after Bull?

[@jerry2357]

At work, I would happily tell a colleague that they were talking bollocks (provided, of course that they were talking bollocks ;-) ). Mind you, the tone of voice matters, and I might say “oh come on, that’s bollocks” rather than “bollocks!”. I would be more reserved about using the word bullshit.

[@steddie4514]

Burgled refers to a property i.e. a house and becomes robbed if said house is occupied when the burglery occurred.

[@bw4t]

Curious about "ghastly." It is (or was) in regular use in American English. I grew up with the word in the 1970s. It was a regularly used adjective in American newspaper articles describing tragic events.

[@simonbudden662]

Bollocks is O.E (old English) meaning small balls, during medieval war fair a bollock knife (small knife) was used as it was able to get between a enemy's armour.

[@Mark_Bickerton]

Normally in UK English to be ..."ized" means to be turned into that thing. I always used to laugh at 70's US tv shows when someone said they had been hospitalised or (hospitalized) I imagined a harry potty type figure casting a spell and turning them into a hospital! Maybe I'm the product of my era, but that was how I viewed it when I was growing up, maybe things have changed now.

[@jimbo6059]

Some people do use the term Naff off, it is another way of saying, please go away. Chuffed means pleased, happy as a rule, but you can use it again as exasperation like chuffing nora. Good old gobsmaked is like what you stated, can be positive or negstive as well.

[@stavperides2060]

Bagsy is used only when there are limited options. For instance, 3 kids are given some fruit, but there is 1 apple 1 banana and 1 orange. 1 kid might say bagsy banana as a socially binding legal contract of first right to that option. We often used it on the play ground too I.e bagsy not IT, in a game of TIG/TAG.

[@thehonestcritic6577]

When i was a kid , we used to say when accused of swearing , Bloodys in the Bible Bloodys in the book if you dont bloody believe me take a bloody look

[@andrewlaw]

You'd use "bagsy" when in a group of people and you want to do something or go somewhere first. You'd typically say "bagsy I go on the roller coaster first" or "bagsy I get the choice of beds in the hotel".

[@chrischarlescook]

They totally glossed over "bollocks". If you were fixing something and you made it worse, you might say "oh bollocks". If you knew someone was talking nonsense, you might say "you're talking bollocks". If your friend showed you their new car with electric doors, you might say "thats the bollocks or thats the dogs bollocks". Dogs bollocks is only ever a positive. Hope that clears it up 🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffnorwood-brown8407]

On a gameshow in the 80's Princess Anne used the term "Naff Off" to mean "go away" or "f@*k off". So naff became associated with a very posh way of getting rid of someone or telling them to shut up. Naff on it's own is used by us commoners occasionally to refer to something a bit rubbish or cheap e.g. "The latest Taylor Swift album is a bit naff". As well as 'gob' meaning 'mouth' it's also a synonym for 'spit'. So if you're 'gobbed on' someone has spat on you. "We got robbed" is more usual - burgled is a bit old fashioned. We wouldn't say 'hositalized' normally either. The 'ized' ending on words can be seen as American and a bit naff. And it is possible to use the sentence "That load of firewood weighed loads". Chuffed tends to be used as 'pleased' as in "Mate, I'm chuffed for you". Hope this helps.

[@lesjames5191]

Bollocks is a very old English word, it goes back at least to the 1500 hundreds. There's a knife called a bollock dagger the hilt resembles a willy and a pair of bollocks, check it out on you tube.

[@terrytt5067]

I was living in Minnesota aged 7-10 years old in the early 1960s! If you got a nose bleed we'd say " I've got a bloody nose"! On returning to England I got a nose bleed and exclaimed, " I've got a bloody nose " to which my DAD scolded me for swearing ! A case of the same expression meaning 2 different things depending on which side of the "pond" we live in!

[@rickybuhl3176]

The Aga stove in the background. That's British enough for my liking.. Edit - yeh bagsy is like dibs

[@MrBulky992]

In formal English, we in the UK say "a lot of" or "lots of". Colloquially, we can say "a load of" or "loads of".

[@robertobrien5709]

In the UK lots and loads are usually used quite differently an example would be "I've got lots of chocolate here I need to use both hands to carry them" whereas "I've got loads (literally loaded down) of chocolate so much that I need to carry them all in a carrier bag".

[@steevenfrost]

Chuffed To Bits is also used. someone who's loudmouth is called Gobby.

[@suejaneuk1681]

Gob is a great word. And bollocks is usually used when someone is passionate about something, whether positive or negative.

[@dirkdiggler0372]

That English pair didn't have clue!

[@keeperofthecheese]

watch the film "Goldmember" with Austin Powers - when someone throws a cupcake at Doctor Evil, you hear them shout "Shut your gob!"

[@virginiatressider5753]

'Bloody' is basically an intensifier. Something can be bloody good, or bloody awful (or it can be bloody raining'. And it's a corruption of an old curse: 'by our lady'. Naff, on the other hand, is back-slang from 'fanny' (which does NOT mean 'rear end'.

[@philiphudgens4726]

Bagsy is used in a competitive scenario. When two or more people want something; for example, three kids are going somewhere with their dad in the family car & they all want to sit in the front, one kid might say "Bagsy the front seat" before the others to get first dibs on it.

[@ericevans4040]

Gob is a mining term refering to the void left beind after the coal has been removed, so the entimology would be "they have a mouth like the gob"

[@samb1123]

Bloody is a contraction of "By Our Lady", was perhaps more offensive historically since it is a religious reference. Thick is a word I hear used here in Canada. I've heard people say "Thicker than two oak planks."

[@MrCloe333]

Can't seem to see this anywhere in the posts, but "bollocks" was a originaly a slang word for "testicles". When i was young I used to hear it in fights in the playground from other kids watching. They would often shout out "kick him in the bollocks" lol :) Connor I think your right in saying "bagsy" means "dibbs" as well. :)

[@wepntech]

2 words bro, home gym. and backyard gym if you have a yard. a tire and sledge hammer or something would be a good option for example. Also something for a staff to practice staff fighting techniques.

[@101steel4]

I used to use bagsy all the time as a kid back in the day. Bagsy front seat. Not heard it in ages though. Chuffed to bits, still used all the time. Had no idea gobsmacked wasn't used in America.

[@keegan773]

It’s not just the word. It’s the context in which it is used and how it’s spoken.

[@Cobalt-Jester]

Bagsy is a tough one to explain. It often happens within a group of options where one option is the best. Sitting in the passenger seat of a car rather than in the back is a good example. Or a group of kids in the playground playing dice one might say "bagsy I go first". It can also be for the opposite. You have to stand in front of your class for show and tell or to read out your short story it would be 'Bagsy I go last'... It's mainly kids stuff. Bagsy hasn't made it into adult conversation.

[@wepntech]

Oh yeah, robbed is a general term for well being robbed, as in someone thieving your stuff stealing your property. House is burglarized or burgled, never used the latter. A car might be jacked as in high jacked or stolen. To say your house got burglarized is redundant, the house being robbed is the burglary.

[@Sorarse]

I think bagsy can be interchanged with dibs, if that makes it easier to understand when/how it would be used.

[@simply_psi]

Your spot on Connor bloody and bollocks are similar level cuss words as dam and blast. Bagsy is only used when there is a limit number of something and someone wants to claim it, say there is one burger patty left at a BBQ and someone would say I bagsy that burger, or bagsy the front seat ie calling shotgun ie claiming something others may want, rather than just to aqure, or want something it has to be something covered or wanted by others by bagsying it you are laying your claim on it.

[@steventhomas231]

Which class you come from would also be a big determining factor in which slang words you would use and how you say them.

[@doughaslehurst5108]

You were right about bagsy, it's similar to dibs as in I bagsy the front seat or I have dibs on the front seat

[@claregale9011]

Or we sometimes use bloomin heck but pronounced without the h in heck, bloody is not considered that much of a swear word here .

[@timglennon6814]

This was a great video.

[@wrorchestra1]

I'd say bagsy requires a limited amount of the thing you want ie having one front passenger seat in a car.

[@rolandstinson4887]

most off the words mentioned can be used in combinations ie bloody bolllocks or bloody naff lots or lods of bollocks or bloody bagsy that .serivce men and women have breaks durring the day callled NAAFFI BREAKS so one can be cuffed to NAAFFI BREAKS

[@judithhope8970]

You bagsy something, which means you have asked for it first meaning you can have it. A group of kids getting in the car, one might say, I bagsy the front seat, and if they say it first they get to sit in the front. Loads means a bit more than loads. If you have a lot to do compared to someone who has loads, they are busier.

[@davehopkin9502]

Loads/Lots are both used interchangeably in the UK Gobsmacked is neither negative or positive, all depends on the circumstance, but probably more in a positive context

[@0utcastAussie]

If you've ever watched "Supernatural", Crowley (The King of Hell) used "Bollocks" all the time !

[@annedunne4526]

In British English you could say your house was robbed but that refers to any building like a bank or a post office. Your house is burgled.

[@Wabbit_Hunta]

So much slang in use, from both sides of the pond. Ever since the internet came in to being, slang words, phrases, and more, are being used every day on both sides of the pond. My relatives, in the USA, now understand me far more than they used to, as they now use some, but not all, of the "stock words/phrases" in use on my side of the pond. Some I won't even use, especially in front of their children! 🤐

[@antoineduchamp4931]

You made a good effort indeed when pronouncing 'ghastly' - sounded very posh Brit!! well done Connor.

[@GeekBatman]

The opposite to chuffed would be miffed.

[@jamesward6175]

I find that New Englanders and the northern colonies of the original 13 are much closer in their vocabulary to the uk than most other states. Also, we would say 'a lot' much more often than we'd say 'lots'

[@cossythepoacher]

Yeah..I can have that! Communities didn't travel much back in the day and the Old English words/expressions would have become ingrained into the New World speech.

[@kingcountrykiwi7429]

In New Zealand we use all the British terms, we even shorten Bagsy to say just Bags. Also the “Loads and Lots” debate. If someone uses “lots” with me I would think it’s a fill in word and a sign of poor English. I love being grammar police when anyone uses “lots” lol.

[@neilpaine9063]

Used to love the army phrase," Chuffed to NAAFI breaks". This was about as happy as you could be but also used sarcastically as a lot of phrases were😁

[@kenhewitt7357]

Bagsy is used when there is a group of 2 or more and you want whatever it is that perhaps only one of you could have, like the front seat or maybe the last ham sandwich on a plate of of mixed sandwiches, etc oh and it would be I bagsy the last coffee.

[@christopherfairs9095]

Our American friends never use the T endings for past participles, preferring the -ed versions viz. learned, earned, leaned instead of learnt, earnt and leant that are the more usual versions in the UK (esp scially among older people)

[@ripsnort8194]

Lot to learn man

[@traceywright6510]

You would say bagsey - eg you got there first so you get the first choice (first dip ! another word for first choice!) of cakes and you really want the eclair!"" Bagsey the eclair (to get in before anyone else) if that helps :) .Very few people also use the word Ghastly unless your posh!

[@cossythepoacher]

Brilliant! ..and that doesn't refer to brightness. It simply means that was great!

[@ct5625]

Bagsy is dibs. They didn't explain it well. It's not just about something you want, it's something you want that you're competing with someone else for. Like the last biscuit, you'd say "bagsy!" and snatch it before you sister did. Bagsy for the front seat is a specific example comparable to calling shotgun, but it's more diverse than that and just be said in any circumstance where you're taking something before someone else. So, unless there's only one cup of coffee that someone else is about to take you wouldn't use "bagsy" in that context.

[@nadeansimmons226]

In Yorkshire we would just say Bags as in eg. 'I bags the last sweet"

[@chrismackett9044]

In the UK, ‘rob’ means to take something physically from a person e.g. mugging someone in the street and taking their phone. To burgle is to enter someone’s property to steal or attempt to steal things. Burglary used just to be the term for doing this at night. If you did the same thing during the day, it was called ‘house breaking’, and carried a lesser sentence. However, the law was amended and the offence is now just burglary and the sentence is the same no matter when it is committed.

[@audibleadventures9004]

Burglary can include rape, and also installing surveillance equipment

[@audibleadventures9004]

Sorry cant edit my comment on here, meant to add that's on the isle of man, but it can also mean inflicting grievous harm in the uk, bit of a weird one.

[@chrismackett9044]

@@audibleadventures9004 hiya. If another crime is committed during a burglary or if a weapon is used, then it becomes ‘aggravated burglary’. Actually I should have said ‘In England and Wales’, rather than ‘In the UK’ because I am far less familiar with the criminal law in the other jurisdictions.

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

BLOODY is a mild swear word used by many so as not to offend as much as say the F word.

[@viviennerose6858]

I'm a southerner/Londoner, and wouldn't think twice about saying Naff. That lady must mix in different circles!!

[@kerryanngibbs9645]

I’m well chuffed you made this video 🇬🇧

[@carolinethompson376]

There's a lot of variation in the words people use depending on where they come from.

[@markthomas2577]

If your Mum brings a chicken to the table you might say 'Bagsy a leg' ! ........ it's putting your marker down that you want a specific thing which is in short supply or you want to claim something...... and the rule tends to be that if you bagsy it you get it!. First come first served

[@npe1]

We even use gob as a verb which means to spit on someone or something. "That dirty bastard just gobbed on me".