American Reacts to British Words that Confuse Americans

[@TheJaxxT]

Cheeky can also mean behaving in an impish manner. Or you might call someone a cheek sod if they have given you some quick, kinda insulting banter, but in a friendly way. It has a number of meanings

[@MrBulky992]

Yes. The traditional meaning of "cheeky" is "impertinent" or "mischievous". All the other more modern, additional usages of this word stem from that core meaning.

[@jemmajames6719]

Going for a cheeky pint, or maybe a pizza isn’t really going for a quick pint etc it’s when you go knowing you really shouldn’t. Cheeky also means someone has said or done something mildly naughty.

[@robertcreighton4635]

Any one fancy a cheeky nandos. Is this across the UK or just in South London 😂

[@robertcreighton4635]

I've just remembered a short lived humour comic for kids in the 70s was called cheeky. Similar to beano or dandy. Any other brits remember?

[@robcrossgrove7927]

@@robertcreighton4635 Are you thinking of Krazy Comic? It had a character in it called Cheeky. He was also a kind of narrator. There was also another character called Brainy, (isn't there always?), and a female known as Gloomy Glad. She was always quite miserable and had a raincloud over her head. Not that I ever used to read comics, you understand.

[@neuralwarp]

Builder's tea is nothing to do with how much milk. It means you stew the tea leaves for a long time, so all the colours, tannins, and acids come out. A vicar's tea is light and pale, and only sees the water long enough to draw out the golden aromatic components.

[@MarkKnightSHG]

It's how I take mine... NATO Standard, 2 sugars, only a splash of milk, but leaving it to stew so it becomes so strong you can stand a spoon up in it... Luvvly Jubbly

[@DougBrown-h1n]

Round my way it's usually a "builders brew".

[@Ollybus]

We Brits are very clever at coming up with new words. We’ve done this for centuries!

[@mikesullivan3420]

Builders tea is strong as there is very often only one pint of milk on a building site to share around everyone. Nothing to do with how long it’s been brewing.

[@c_n_b]

I just use 2 teabags 😁

[@DruncanUK]

"Bob the construction worker, Bob the construction worker." Just doesn't have the same ring to it. LOL.

[@sharonlock6452]

I'm embarrassed as a brit that it took me a while to understand what you had put . Lol .must be my age .

[@nolajoy7759]

😂

[@MajiSylvamain]

😂👍

[@nathangamble125]

Mailman Pat Mailman Pat Mailman Pat and his black-and-white cat.

[@steve_and_lolas_hikes]

😂😂

[@sarabazlinton9820]

I can confirm, builders are definitely fuelled by strong tea, almost always with milk and two spoonfuls of sugar and a handful of biscuits. We had two extensions built on our house, and while the work was being done, my kettle was almost constantly on, and I went through around 140 tea bags a week plus countless packets of biscuits. Well, if you want a good job done you have to look after the builders 😂

[@ginak921]

and you drink it out of a Mug not a cup.

[@Arnette_89]

I think builders/tradesman are powered by packet these day not tea lol

[@sluggo206]

@@Arnette_89 Powered by what? Is "packet" a new British phrase? My first thought is drugs, but that would be an issue if builders were tweaking on the job.

[@SteveWhipp]

No, you're right about your understanding of Cheeky. It's just that the usage described is relatively new. The longer form would be "It would be a cheeky thing if we had a pint, right now." Cheeky still means "sassy".

[@prod.sr7186]

cheekys one of them words where it entirely depends on the context. cause i call friends cheeky cunts when they insult me. but i will say might go for a cheeky pint lol

[@LordEriolTolkien]

the phrase 'cheeky monkey' was a common phrase directed at misbehaving children form amused parents

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@prod.sr7186 Exactly, CONTEXT is everything... 😎

[@JarlGrimmToys]

@@prod.sr7186 I think Americans might have a problem with understanding a meaning based on context. They seem to need more explanatory language. Tyler seems to struggle with the concept that words can have multiple meaning. He’s been baffled in multiple videos with us having both savoury and sweet puddings, and thinks it would be confusing for us. It’s because in Britain pudding can mean a way of cooking, but it can also mean a sweet dessert. But in America they only use the latter definition. There was a whole thing on Twitter with Americans accusing Brits of racism. Because of videos of Brits “getting a Chinese”. Apparently the Americans thought it was racist because Brits were not specifying they were getting Chinese food. It was pointed out to them that Brits talk in short hand, and they understand each other based on context. If we say “what do you fancy a Chinese, Indian, Italian” there’s no confusion. We say full English without having to specify we mean breakfast.

[@prod.sr7186]

@@JarlGrimmToys oh yeah 100% as i game with americans alot i confuse them all the time with shortening thing, oh jesus you wanted hear it when i said ''back in min, going fa fag'' they were near screaming at me thinking im being homophobic

[@MarkKnightSHG]

I think there's more to chav than just being poor and uneducated. Mostly, in my experience, it referred to a particular type of person, normally a youth, who was a kind of lout or yob, hanging around in parks or on street corners wearing tracksuits and generally being obnoxious. There's a lot to that word, and you have to had been around when it was invented to really kinda understand it fully. Words don't really do it justice as there's a lot to what a chav actually is...

[@michaelhodkinson8866]

I heard council house and violent.

[@mertaksac9718]

​@@michaelhodkinson8866 That's an example of a backronym, an acronym that was made up long after the actual word

[@0x2A_]

Poor and uneducated is an awful definition for chav in my opinion, it's unfair on the poor and uneducated that are not chavs due to the general negative connotation that comes with the term.

[@MrsRobsDan]

I think saying someone is trailer trash in America could be similar chav

[@jenniferfox301]

​@@michaelhodkinson8866I heard Council House And Vocal, meaning loud/obnoxious. I've been unlucky to share a bus ride with quite a few.

[@strats4life1]

Cheeky is one of the more versatile british words. Its mostly referring to anything slightly naughty but we do use in the way Tyler describes too

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Iced tea is quite rare in Britain. British tea tended to be "`hot, strong and sweet, " but the days of "three sugars please! ' seem to have passed, but milk does still tend to be essential.

[@grantmcmurray83]

Cheeky primarily means mischievous. A cheeky pint as you shouldn't really but hey, let's do it. You may call a kid who talks back to you as cheeky again the subject is more mischievous. If you just had something quickly it would not necessarily be cheeky unless there was a mischievous element.

[@cliffordhurst2564]

Much of the confusion arises from. British and Americans using the same words but giving entirely different meanings to them. For example, send an American and a British man out to buy a vest and pants, and they will come back with completely different items!

[@speleokeir]

Also a tank top. And saying your going out to smoke a fag is VERY different. UK = to smoke a cigarette. US = to shoot a homosexual.😬 And of course words like 'fanny' have very different meanings too.

[@nodiggity9472]

A Duff is a pudding, like a Plum Duff. There's lots of English 'pudding' analogs for pregnant. Puddings were usually round, and boiled in a cloth. So if a woman is obviously pregnant, she's said to be ''in the pudding club'' because it looks like she's carrying a pudding. Probably has the same root source as the ''bun in the oven''too.

[@viviennerose6858]

I've heard a pregnant woman being referred to as 'up the duff' !!

[@rosahutchison3684]

I've never heard of bant. Must be a regional dialect.

[@chriswebber1980]

​@@rosahutchison3684 I don't hear much coming from Yorkshire. I think it's mainly a southern term . That's owt south of Birmingham not Watford gap lol

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

Chavs aren't perceived as only poor and uneducated. The term is used to refer to people who exhibit anti-social behaviour. In the past, the equivalent was yobs or oiks. They're all rude, dismissive and they're ridiculous generalisations. I suppose some people in the USA might use rednecks in the same derogatory way, though the word doesn't mean the same.

[@elizabethnuttall5374]

In US a chav is a Hoosier. At least in the Midwest.

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Where I taught in the 1960s there was a amp where two or three families of Romany speaking gypsies over wintered each year, and they had their own slang. One phrase was"dimlo chavvy " or chav, which meant stupid boy!

[@lesleyhawes6895]

For 'amp, read ,camp. But since people were using that phrase a lot at the time for those who wore cheap clothes, particularly knock offs for expensive stuff like Burberry, I assumed that's where 'chav' came from.

[@doctordunc]

@@lesleyhawes6895 Yes, a chavy is just a kid.

[@doctordunc]

@@lesleyhawes6895 I think it comes from Romany gypsy term for a kid / young person. (I know people used to claim it was some sort of acronym, like "council housed and violent" or whatever, but I think that was people trying to come up with a reason after the fact).

[@LordEriolTolkien]

You hafta always remember that we have been speaking English for over a thousand years and have been added to by any number of other languages. Whenever you are confused about anything with historical roots, just stop and think what a thousand years does to anything

[@JarlGrimmToys]

Exactly I think a lot of Americans totally forget we have such a long history of our language. I’ve heard Americans say that they had the same history. That the English settlers just carried on speaking the language after they emigrated to the Americas. But it’s not entirely true. Many settlers were of British and Irish descent. But also many German, French and Dutch. All with their own languages. But English was the dominant language, so quickly for so many none native English speakers. That American English to me seems like a simplified version of English. They don’t have optician’s they have eye doctors, they don’t have pavement they have sidewalk. Tyler is regularly confused by British puddings. It confuses him that we can have sweet puddings like sticky toffee pudding, or savoury puddings like Yorkshire pudding or black pudding. He can’t wrap his head around pudding having multiple meanings.

[@JarlGrimmToys]

Even in this video Tyler becomes baffled by the word cheeky. He thought it meant mischievous, rude but in a funny way. But cheeky pint meaning an impromptu unplanned drink. It means both and I think that’s what confuses him.

[@Felix-Sited]

Hafta?!!!

[@JarlGrimmToys]

@@Felix-Sited “Hafta: (Colloquial term) contraction of “have to”. Third-person simple singular present hasta, past singular hadda.” It’s an informal colloquial contraction. Like saying yeah instead of yes, gonna instead of going to, kinda instead of kind of.

[@Felix-Sited]

@@JarlGrimmToys Never seen it used. I'm from West Yorkshire BTW. Leeds and I'm 46! You live and learn I suppose.

[@danielferguson3784]

Words in English can have different meanings according to the context in which they are used. They do not always have a single fixed meaning. Also many different words can mean the same thing, again this is according to context, & the way they are said.

[@jacquilewis8203]

Slagging, taking the piss, taking the Mick, banter, and many more are common terms throughout the UK and Ireland. We learn as children to do it. You should look at Little Britain, you'll see Chav and Toff characters and many more. Great show.

[@andrewcoates6641]

Chock-a-block originally was used in the days of ships powered by sails. The sails were pulled into position by hauling on the ropes attached to them and the ropes were passed through pulleys to increase the strength of the pull on the ropes. The pulleys were wooden wheels encased in wooden sheeves or blocks and if two or more blocks were pulled together so that no more movement was possible then the rigging was said to be chock-a-block, or immobile.

[@laughingoutloud8612]

I’ve just learnt something new 😊 thanks for sharing.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Absolutely correct... I have been in 'discussions' (read 'arguments' LOL) with a few people in this comments section, who obviously have NO nautical or British Naval knowledge. They have not visited the National Maritime Museum or looked into famous sea battles of people like Nelson et al!? When they hear the word 'sheets', most think it refers to the 'sails', NOT realising that the word is actually referring to the 'ropes'... Thus exposing their blatant ignorance of British naval knowledge and the source of certain terminology.

[@gdj6298]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 I was born and bred in Portsmouth, and one of the old chestnuts to ask visitors was "How many ropes do you think there are on HMS Victory ?" To which the answer is ONE (it's attached to the ship's bell). All the rest are sheets, cables, hawsers, etc.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

Chock a block may be related to the 'chock' in 'chocks away'. The connotation being 'so full it can't move', and a chock is the block placed under an aircraft's wheels to prevent it from moving. Additionally, here in Australia the 'Choc a Block' was/is a chocolate coated chocolate icecream bar that is chock full of choc

[@madyottoyotto3055]

Incorrect A chock block is a wedge of wood used to trap something leaving no space for said thing to move

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Originally, this was a British Navy phrase for pulley blocks (to raise the masts etc.) that were 'touching' each other, which led to it meaning crowded and dense. Chockablock means about the same as "chock full." It was then used by the airforce (as you mentioned), in a phrase 'chocks away' (but only because the last thing to be removed prior to to the planes moving off the runway were the 'chocks'. Chocks were any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling forward or backwards. Now it can be used to say, for example, the lift car was chock-a-block with people or meaning 'crowded'.

[@texbankuk]

Another way of describing a full room or something is Chocker or Chock full I suspect the proper words Choked and Choking may also be apt?

[@madyottoyotto3055]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 incorrect A chock block was first used in relation to the chocks/wooden wedges used by coopers to hold wooden barrels for stacking Given that coopers go back a lot further in time than any kind of navy I would says the coopers/barrel manufacturers of yesteryear where responsible for coining the term Thanks for the added uses within the navy haven't heard of some of them

[@0x2A_]

@@madyottoyotto3055 This conversation is about where the term 'chock a block' originated, not what a chock block actually is or where a chock block came from, or did I miss something? How can Coopers be given the credit for coining the term 'chock a block' when it was first used by the Navy?

[@PaulBennett-e2u]

"having a laugh" is also one that can mean a whole range from "you're joking haha" through to a menacing "sure you meant that?" just driven by the tone of voice.

[@eezablade]

‘Are you having a laugh’ can be quite aggressive too. If someone has done something that you perceive as wrong you’d look them right in the eye and say ‘Are you having a laugh?’ It means the same as ‘are you taking the piss?’

[@dianeknight4839]

Meant to say we do not use the word Construction, Building workers of all trades work on a Building site. Brick layers are known as Brickies, Carpenters are Chippies, unskilled workers are known as Builder's Labourer's. The overall boss of the workers is the site agent.

[@MarkmanOTW]

Tyler, in the UK a word or phrase can have multiple meanings depending how it's used. It's all about the context. Also there is slang and how different generations appropriate words using them in a new context - 'cheeky' is one such example. A recent adoption that takes the 'naughty' aspect and applies it in a new way e.g. going for a quick beer after work on the way home - ' going for a cheeky pint' 😊

[@Pumpydog98]

You want to go for a cheeky Nando’s? 🤣

[@rosalynadams3758]

I have known the word chavi for a long time as I lived in a village, during the 70s, with a fairly large population of settled travellers. Apparently it was used in the Romany dialect to mean child before becoming widespread and shortened to chav with a changed meaning.

[@mastokbreedtbg1398]

Chav in my area isn't about being poor or uneducated. It's used to describe an unsavoury person who would typically be wearing matching sweatpants set that does workout. The type of person you would avoid. The term ugly mug is also used in the same way.

[@keithwindow4435]

CHAV=Council House And Violent

[@teostarmer3478]

The good ‘ol chatham chav. A lot of rude boys refer to each other as chavs. Alright chav, what’s up chav.

[@rufus1346]

@@Ross-df6ge It does mean that. It describes a violent toe rag. Nothing to do with how much money you have.

[@michaelmardling3152]

hope your refering to the UK Chatham, not any other Chatham, although it could be used here in my city of Chatham Ontario@@teostarmer3478

[@lesallen1557]

I believe this use of the word cheeky. Is being used as a modern term. But we do use cheeky to describe like a person who is a bit naughty but in a good way.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

You're right about cheeky! He was giving another, more modern meaning. It can have many meanings, it depends on context.

[@Angusmum]

We were once on an American cruise and the cafeteria ran out of tea bags. When I asked the waiter for tea (meaning TEA) they brought me blackcurrant tea, then green tea, then mint tea and then the box of varieties of tea but no Breakfast tea or similar. We were at sea and I couldn’t go shopping in the town. Since then I’ve always packed a box of tea on all our cruises.

[@frankmitchell3594]

Ran out of teabags! Did you get a full refund?

[@Angusmum]

@@frankmitchell3594 You’ve made me laugh 😊. No…I didn’t ask for recompense at the time; I was very stoic.

[@DB-stuff]

It's about context, "Cheeky" meaning is determined by the way it is use

[@maximushaughton2404]

Chav in the US would be like calling someone trailer trash, but they are wearing classy clothes. We use the word Chav to discribe someone between the ages of 13-30, who is not so bright and wears named brand clothes esp, Burberry from head to toe, or Addidas track suits all the time. Toff come from another thing. When you graduate in the US, and the cap they wear, then throw in to the air. Well the tassels are called Tuffs, and that was corrupted to Toff. And from Toff, we get Toffee Nosed, meaning snobbish, supercilious, and stuck-up, you may even hear Toffee nosed git said at times. Are you having a laugh, are you pulling my leg. You may use are you joking, are you pulling my leg, or are you serious. Brits may also say are you having a Giraffe. Mug can you mat hear after are you having a laugh. EG you paid $100 for that t-shirt, are you having a laugh, you mug. We also use mug to mean face as well, so be carefull how you use the word mug. Look at their mug (face), your a mug (supid), if you get arrested by the police and they will take your "mug" shot (pic of your face). In the UK we'd say builder, to cover anyone that builds buildings, on a building site, or a basicly build anything, like a wall, or even do repairs to a builing. But that does not include people that make furniture. A carpenter is a builder, but a cabinet maker is not a builder, but they are both woodworkers.

[@stuartfitch7093]

I hated it whilst living with my parents when my dad would make the cups of tea. I call the way he makes it "showing the bag to the water". It was like drinking dish water. 🤮 I like tea to be like builder's tea. Dark brown because the bag has been brewed for a good length of time, only a dash of milk and plenty of sugar. The stronger the cup of tea the better in my book.

[@MarkKnightSHG]

I always ask people how they like their tea before I make them one. I remember I used to work for a retail chain and I made a cuppa for my boss for the first time. I ask how she liked it, and she said 'just don't make it like bloody dishwater' 😄

[@julianbarber4708]

My dad used to call it 'Shamrock Tea'.....4 leaves in the cup!

[@michellejones5541]

I'm with your dad 😂I say just scare the water with the bag mostly because I'm a coffee drinker but I'm fussy about my coffee 😊so if I am at someone's home who only has naff coffee I will have the weakest tea possible rather than tell them their coffee isn't nice

[@lottieew135]

I've had my great aunt ask for me to leave "shark in' water" 😂 that was mainly because I would make it weak, like I did mine 😅

[@michw3755]

You were correct about cheeky he was just telling you about another way it's being used now, also mug is really a word for someone naive who's easily taken advantage of so if someone's paid a lot of money for something cheap you'd say "you've paid £100 quid for that you mug" or if you've taken advantage of someone you've "mugged them off"

[@entirely-English]

True; such a shame Tyler can't be bothered reading the comments, then he might actually learn the truth

[@cookingfat1]

you are right, "up the duff" and "knocked up" are the same. Both very informal.

[@EmilyCheetham]

In UK you can use cheeky for 1. a child/teen doing something they shouldn’t be doing but is funny, 2. asking for say an extra cookie 🍪 or asking for something before you have been offered, 3. outwitting someone (like you said with a movie in a game), 4. you can have a cheeky……. (Food/drink) such as a cheeky pint down the pub or a cheeky take away, 5. Can call someone a “Cheeky bugger or sod” if they ask for a discount on something you are selling when they haven’t been offered one/aren’t entitled to one.

[@jillhampton7209]

He is close to getting it almost right but he misses most of the time. It basically means a little bit naughty but not in a bad way.

[@paulcharleton3208]

Crafty can also be used where cheeky is used too. So you can go for a crafty pint

[@BillCameronWC]

There’s a similar meaning word to ‘chav’ in Scottish English, particularly in the Glasgow or Central Belt area of Scotland and that is ‘Ned’, it stands for non-educated delinquent, a lout or a thug. As with chav it’s not a word I would ever use, but you might possibly hear it in certain less salubrious areas, or on some popular tv programmes.

[@jerry2357]

If you check the Oxford English Dictionary, it says that the derivation of the word is uncertain, possibly from the name Ned. So your explanation is a backronym (in other words, someone has made up an expression to fit the letters of the existing word).

[@evelynwilson1566]

I grew up in Clackmannanshire, on the edge of the central belt. I first heard Ned in the nineties but I remember my Dad ( a retired policeman) telling me it derived from Ted, short for Teddy Boy. I think they had a bad reputation back in the day - like the Mods and Rockers

[@jerry2357]

@@evelynwilson1566 The first quote in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1910, so the timing doesn't work for that one.

[@chrisgb4645]

Chav is a word that came out when I was younger and it was actually more specific, it was someone who lived on a council estate, wore alot of fake gold chains and Burberry and would hang around in groups normally outside the local shop, I don't know where the modern definition came from

[@MrBulky992]

Anywhere can be chock-a-block, not just roads: shops, pubs, any place where people gather. I think it can be used with inanimate objects too, perhaps anything?

[@archiebald4717]

You are absolutely correct about the meaning of 'cheeky'. He is describing a very recent added meaning.

[@MrBulky992]

A phrase related to being a mug in the UK is "they saw *you* coming!". It means that, for example, you spent a lot of money on something which was poor value for money and the seller had seen you coming, made the judgment that you were a mug and were successful in parting you from your money! Other people on hearing how much you spent will say "they saw *you* coming!".

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

Yes, being a mug implies that you have been played....or taken for a mug.

[@audreybunyan1493]

I also prefer builders tea. ‘Construction’ workers would take their tea to work in a thermos so, as the day went on the tea would get stronger.

[@gdj6298]

My Uncle was off work for two years with a broken flask.....

[@pjlightning1995]

Builders' tea - not just strong but super strong. Like 4 teabags in the mug, left to stew. Strong enough to paint walls with. And yes, builders are construction workers. I knew a guy who liked his tea so strong, we used to make tea in a pot for everyone else, and pour some of that tea over a tea bag in a mug to make it strong enough for him. Nothing to do with the amount of milk.

[@stephendukes6582]

Posh is an acronym used by people going out to India by boat which is Port Out, Starboard Home refers to the side of the ship where your cabin is so you do not get cooked by the sun. Used most by Senior army officers or diplomatic staff before independence.

[@Tcoldsteel]

It’s almost like we invented the language 🇬🇧

[@cerithomas2032]

😂

[@chriswebber1980]

Don't be such a tool we all know English is just American lol 😂

[@yggdrasil7942]

Yeah. Go figure.

[@rosaliegolding5549]

🤣i go with a group of Australian friends monthly to meet up for lunch and they were discussing a Christmas Venue and one of them said why not come to her house for a change , well being English immediately said “ oh no I don’t want to go there can we go somewhere else instead “ well they knew it was Banner and all quickly gave back a smart reply and gave me back oodles of banter 🤣👍and laughter ensued and more Banter ++🤣so yes its definitely has to be with people who know you and have the same sense of humour and the Australian’s have tons of it 🤣and yes I’m going to enjoy the company of all that participated in that banter at Christmas 🤗👏👌

[@keefsmiff]

His definition of cheeky has only existed for 15 years amongst younger people ..your definition was correct

[@scragar]

It's existed for way longer than that. My parents used his definition when I was a kid 30 years ago.

[@keefsmiff]

@scragar yeah because you were a cheeky kid ..but I mean using it in "cheeky pint" or cheeky nandos ..a person would be cheeky .. not a bit of chicken

[@sillymoomoomoo]

I’m 48 and have been using cheeky this way all my life, I suspect that some folks think it's new due to regional variations. I.e it's been common round my way (north london) for donkeys (another nice little slang for Tyler) but has only recently arrived elsewhere.

[@mudgie069]

My two favourite sayings are "That's the dogs bollocks or that's the absolute dogs bollocks" which mean it's top notch, best thing ever. The second saying "Fuck a duck" which means you are showing some sort of surprise, frustration or anger towards something or someone.

[@thedoobieshrew0244]

Fuck-adoodle-doo and soppy bollocks are great too.

[@robertcreighton4635]

American TV phrase confuses me actor says 'I'm off to bed I'm pooped' 😂 In uk pooped Is kinda something you say to toddler's while being potty trained In usa people can be called Randy. In uk Randy means you're hot for sex. Imagine the confusion 😂😂😂

[@sydneycopsey1190]

Chav It’s like an American calling someone red neck or trailer park guy! Toff is Downton Abbey type lords and ladies people! Posh is named for cross Atlantic sailing The rich wante Port Out Starboard Home meaning they booked the cabins that were better for travelling in, Chock a Block is a sailors term in old times for riggings pulley blocks that we’re crowded together! A lot of slang .terms come from sailing. Look things up on the net you’ll learn a lot! Up the duff led to the pudding club a plum duff being a Christmas type pudding! ‘Are you having a laugh?’ is also like ‘are you pulling my leg?’

[@iangt1171]

Tyler. Please bear in mind that words can have more than one meaning so cheeky has the meaning that you described and it also has the meaning as described by Teacher Tom, the guy in the video. 😊😊 The ultimate example of multiple meanings is the word "set" which has over 400 definitions! '😱😱

[@YummyBrummy]

When lifting tackle is used like block and tackle when the 2 blocks come together and is at the limit ot cannot move anymore. This is called chock-a-block. Or chocca.

[@fibrown444]

You need to check out Scottish slang lots of words for calling someone an idiot. My favourite is the word numpty...and I even went to the launch of the English dictionary when it was added!

[@LindaRolph-e6g]

I love the way these words confused you and you have really made me laugh today, thanks

[@dee2251]

Chock-A-Block is 18th century nautical in origin. It’s two pulley blocks that were so close together that they were touching, hence evolving into crowded & dense in today’s language.

[@donmaddox8898]

Duff is derived from dough as in baking hence bun in the oven

[@jillybrooke29]

I knew someone posh who had broken mugs specially for builders if they came to their house. Duff was a pudding like plum duff, not used much now. Chock-a-block now shortened to chocka mostly or chock full. A mug or a muppet, a dickhead, a plonker. Take your pick 🤣 My nan used to call people muggins if they were idiots.

[@karengray662]

Plum duff also equals ‘pudding club’ of course. No idea which came first 😄

[@jillybrooke29]

@@karengray662 TYhe pudding came first I think

[@tersse]

we used to say, if the spoon didnt stand up in the tea, "it's too weak".

[@ellenwatts4809]

Cheeky is both, ive always said and heard cheeky chops too

[@ellenwatts4809]

​@teiegram.me..TylerRumple shwmae(welsh for hi😊)pronounced shh my, smoothly into one word. Another word that means the same as cheeky chops is being chopsy which means someone is talking too loud and irritatingly, its used more in wales.

[@PaulHaigh072]

17:46 Toff is short for Toffee Nosed, which was slang for the brown snot that dribbled out of the noses of snuff-takers.

[@MrBulky992]

A word related to mug is "muggins" which has a similar meaning. You might say "Muggins over there thinks he can dance!" It is also often used in a self-deprecating way to refer to one's self (instead of saying "I"): "Muggins here will no doubt be expected to pay for the drinks, like last time".

[@coldwhite4240]

Yes, he's completely wrong to say "mug" was 'popularised' due to Love Island. It's been around, and widespread, a LOT longer than that. It's quite a mild insult, although said in an aggressive tone it could still offend. "Wally" is a very innocent insult these days, the kind of one that it's ok for young kids to use. "Prat" (or "Pratt") is another one, also considered quite mild today. "Plonker" is slang for a penis (again, most insults are linked to genitals, which is true for US English too, of course) and that was certainly popularised by a TV show: "Only Fools And Horses", which was mentioned in the video. "Prick" is another one which is slang for penis, and is considered more serious or offensive. Other insults which are mild ways to call someone an idiot but actually originate from vulgar slang include "berk" (as in "He's a total berk") - this is Cockney rhyming slang: "Berk" short for "Berkshire hunt" (or "Berkeley hunt", there is a debate over which is the true origin), which rhymes with a certain C word that is still considered very rude! One old word for an idiot which I would love to see revived is "Charlie", as in "They look a right couple of Charlies". It was quite common until the end of the 20th century. Like "wally" and "prat", it's not really considered offensive, more humorous. It was frequently used on an old BBC radio comedy, The Goon Show.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

Builder's (workman's) tea : basically over-stewed and then over-sweetened.

[@BKKMekong]

American version of Chav is Trailer Trash

[@chrisicotec7652]

in glasgow, scotland a chav is known as a ned (non educated delinquent), the female version is called a senga

[@stevefrost64]

I'm a nearly 60 year old Brit who has never heard the word Bants in my life!

[@robertcreighton4635]

Hi I'm 49 bants is slang for having a laugh. Or teasing someone. I have teenage cousins who teach me new words. it helps 😂😂😂

[@davidjackson2580]

I'm 65. Same here. I don't only know or come across people of similar age either. Perhaps it's a regional thing.

[@scottosborne2915]

iv only ever known it as banter it must be a new thing just like this one a minute meaning a long time but a minute is just 60 seconds

[@prod.sr7186]

@@scottosborne2915 its just short for banter innit, my gen loves shortening words that dont need shortening lol

[@robertcreighton4635]

@scottosborne2915 my wife getting ready 'I'll be a minute"' Ten minutes later still waiting silently fuming at the door 😆 🤣 She crazy 🤪

[@norflondonboi81theraver33]

The videos use of the word cheeky is pretty modern way of using the word but you’re understanding of cheeky is spot On

[@neilgayleard3842]

The original meaning of chav/ chavy is Romany gypsy for child.

[@rickywood8805]

You took the last slice of cake?? That was cheeky

[@catsaremylife8946]

I'm from the West Midlands and I have never heard the term Bants in my life

[@yggdrasil7942]

I'm from Cambridgeshire, and I've never heard of it before. It's most likely modern for teens than it is for people from the 70s.

[@catsaremylife8946]

@@yggdrasil7942 You might be right there

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

The main kind of tea we drink here in Ireland (and the UK) is supposed to drank with milk. I can't drink mine strong, or without sugar. I'd rather give up tea altogether than give up the sugar or use too little milk.

[@dee2251]

I like my tea very well brewed (not stewed) but milky, so it’s not dishwater, but still has all of the flavour. I remember back-in-the-day, my great aunts and granddad would make a pot of tea and leave it stewing on the gas stove 🤮But they were from the era of the depression and WW2, so absolutely nothing went to waste. Recycling and up-cycling was their forte. They were doing it long before the present generation.

[@carolemoores2480]

With sterilised milk! Take the coat off your tongue and put hairs on on your chest in one fell swoop!

[@EmilyCheetham]

Toff is insulting but can be used in joke way if say you friend dresses up really posh when it’s unnecessary you can joke “you’re a toff.”

[@neilgayleard3842]

Duff is slang for dough/ bread. It's a old British saying not Australian.

[@mikestanley8605]

Chocka Block was a "Nautical" term to indicate when the Pulleys (Blocks) in a Block and Tackle where up against each other. The tackle was Choked or Chocka Block. To haul a tackle to this position was said to be "Two Blocks" or Chocka Block avast (stop) hauling. It came to be used ashore to mean a place was packed tight.

[@JarlGrimmToys]

Tyler I think your problem is you struggle with words that have multiple meanings, based on context. Cheeky means rude/ naughty, or mischievous. But also a cheeky pint also means an impromptu drink. I’ve seen you do it with pudding as well. Pudding is a way of cooking something and can be savoury or sweet. But a pudding can also be a dessert after a meal.

[@donmaddox8898]

Check a block is an old naval term for when sail blocks jam together

[@lailachopperchops9290]

Toff is short for Toffee Nosed .A person who is pretentiously superior; a snob. "pushy upper-class toffee noses You having a laugh is the same as you taking the piss

[@djtwo2]

Back in the time of written detective stories, there was a fictional private detective known as "The Toff", an upper-class character dealing with ordinary people.

[@jerry2357]

Not according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which gives the etymology of "toff" as being: "Perhaps an alteration of tuft n., as formerly applied to a nobleman or gentleman-commoner at Oxford."

[@David_K_Booth]

@@jerry2357 Yep: so far, their researchers have found "toff" in print in the 1850s, but "toffee-nosed" seems to appear after 1925. I would post links if I could, but IME KZbin deletes the whole comment if I do.

[@mikec811]

Toff is the abbreviated version of Toffee-nosed, meaning wealthy, pretentious class of person originating from the brown drips on the end of their nose after using snuff .

[@David_K_Booth]

@@mikec811If you can find a record of "toffee-nosed" earlier than the word "toff", send it to the OED and they'll be happy to add the citation.

[@karenbeveridge3872]

I was absolutely creased at your reaction to up the duff couldn’t stop laughing 😂

[@Spectre95]

i like the use the word "Twonk" for idiot

[@AmethystRock]

Calling someone a "mug" you can also use it like "are you tryna mug me off?" "He's mugging me off" means when someone is telling you an excuse/lie or trying to deceive you in some way - they think they can put one past you cos you're stupid. "Don't mug me off like that"

[@PeterDay81]

Chock a block.late 18th century (originally in nautical use, with reference to tackle having the two blocks run close together): from chock (in chock-full) and block. And for blocks fighter planes wheels.Blocks away. Plum Duff Pudding if you are pregnant you are in the pudding club up the duff.

[@RoboCario]

Another example of choc a block that ive used a lot, is "That bus is choc a block" meaning the bus is packed full of people and theres bearly any room to get on.

[@segazora]

the Toff and Chav thing is definitely more of a thing here where we have a class based culture. You know what someone's upbringing was like just by their voice, your life is essentially pre determined by your class while America has the idea that you can change your socio-econimic situation and leave your class to join another.

[@MajiSylvamain]

To clarify, toff is what we Northerners call most southers, but mostly aristocrats... But he did say the words are colloquial which means word meaning can change depending on what part of Britain you are.

[@katydaniels508]

Cheeky is both, you weren’t wrong

[@mikec811]

One thing to bare in mind is that England also has a North / South divide, usually considered being North or South of the town of Watford . Even some common words in the North are not used or even understood in the South for example a breadcake is common in the North but the nearest thing in the South would be a Balm cake or a bap. my favourite laughable Yorkshire word is still "t'intintin" the shorter version of It is not in the tin can.

[@sharonmartin4036]

Going for a 'cheeky pint' actually means going to the pub when you REALLY should be doing something else whether you do it quickly or not. Cheeky is also what you might call a child who is being precocious, as in "Don't be so cheeky!" Also used as you said, you were not wrong. Never heard of 'bants' and I'm over 70, and I've been all over Britain in my lifetime. Same with 'chav', never heard it used as Brits are too polite, normally, to say things like that to people. 'Toff' is not an insult. It is used to describe people who are rich or upper class people, but is not derogatory at all! 'Choc-a-bloc' is derived from choked up and/or blocked.

[@carolineskipper6976]

I would disagree about 'Toff'. It's a term used for very upper class people by people who think of them as out of touch, and faintly ridiculous, and is meant to be critical. Jacob Rees Mogg would be described as a Toff by his enemies, whereas someone generally liked, like David Attenborough, would be referred to as 'Posh' rather than a Toff.

[@sharonmartin4036]

@@carolineskipper6976 Yes, but if you called someone a toff to his face he wouldn't want to punch you in the mug, right? It's not an insult.

[@carolineskipper6976]

@@sharonmartin4036 I think he wouldn't warm to you though......I would still consider it derogatory, and therefor an insult.

[@sharonmartin4036]

@@carolineskipper6976 😅🤫

[@pauliosantos6379]

@@sharonmartin4036 If it's really a toff, they would be terrified of their own glass jaw

[@RogersRamblings]

"Cheeky" as in "a cheeky pint" is very recent. The earlier meaning is showing a lack of respect or politeness in a way that is amusing or appealing. Example: a cheeky grin

[@danielkirk5660]

chav should be c.h.a.v = council house aggressive and violent - often wears Burberry baseball caps and goes round saying "innit bruv, ya get me" all the time oh and they have a Pitbull or Staffordshire bull terrier

[@speleokeir]

Builders: Spmeone who builds buildings. A construction worker, e.g. a brickie, chippy (carpenter), sparky, (electrician), etc. British builders are notorious for having a lot of tea breaks rather than getting on with the work.😄 In contrast polish builders, plumbers, etc are known for being hard workers and doing a good job rather than being a cowboy. A cowboy builder is one who does a bad job and charges you a rip off price. Cheeky: this can be used in a number of ways:. - It generally means something that's a little bit naughty or that you shouldn't really do, but isn't too bad. - A child that's a bit naughty/rude and sticks their tongue out at you or is impertinent is being cheeky. = If you're taking the piss out of (poking fun a)t a friend they might call you a 'cheeky bastard'. However if a stranger calls you a cheeky bastard in an aggressive tone, then that means they've taken offense at something you've done e.g. pushed into a queue, cut them up in your car, tried to chat up their girlfriend or taken the piss/advantage of them in some way. - Doing something impromptu and a little bit naughty e.g. Having a quick pint in the pub after work instead of attending lectures, going home to the wife , etc Chav: The nearest American equivalent would be trailer-trash, though it's a bit different. it's fairly derogatory. Chav's tend to be poorly educated, from poor council estates, aggressive and confrontation.They often wear Burbury clothing, lots of bling and generally have poor taste. If you've ever watched the film 'The Kingsman' the main character is a chav and the other trainees are toffs. Up the duff: This is a very old expression, though still in common useage, NOT from Australia as he said, they got it from us. Duff is an old word for a pudding.e.g. a plum duff. A pregnant woman has a pudding shaped belly. Having a laugh: You could also say "Are you taking the piss/Micky?". Taking the piss can mbe used in a number of ways. If someone is trying to rip you off or take advantage of you they're 'Taking the piss/Micky'. Mug: Mug is also slang for your face. e.g. A prison photo is a mugshot. 'Mug can also refer to a gullible/naive person who's easily taken advantage of. e.g "£100 for that! Do you think I'm a mug?!" Plonker: This is actually slang for a penis. e.g. "I had to see the nurse today and she told me to get my plonker out and cough!". Plonker is often used in a similar way as calling someone a dick or a cock. However it's a mild insult, mainly used to refer to someone being a bit of an idiot/daft.

[@BKKMekong]

Duff is a Northern English word (hence the reason the Southern presenter does t know) meaning a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag. Word may mean dough. So Up the Duff very similar to Bun in the Oven. I don’t know where he got Australian from, but then again he is a Southerner haha.

[@oursharon1001]

Maybe he heard an Aussie say it. It is a phrase we also use in the same context.

[@trevorgoddard2278]

A lot of British slang words and phrases were "transported" to Australia (and some new ones came back to enter British slang), so if you heard it first from an Aussie you might assume that's where it originally came from.

[@BKKMekong]

@@trevorgoddard2278 Well I did say the original video was by a Southerner and the 85,000 Aussies in the UK tend to hang out down there maybe he did. That being said, pretty poor research from someone making purported statements about the English Language, Use and Origins. It’s not the first video he has made errors in.

[@chrisginger3475]

Posh.... Port Out, Starboard Home derives from sea journeys to and from India where cabins were cooler on the port side on the outward journey and starboard on the homeward bound. These cabins were more expensive therefore usually used by the 'upper class'/POSH.

[@seanmc1351]

The only one i have never heard, im 60, is bant's, i have lived oxford, isle of whight, poole bournemouth, sunderland and durham never heard bants'....banter yes

[@neilgayleard3842]

Because it's a London term.

[@davidjackson2580]

Agreed. Banter, yes definitely, but not shortened to bants; not in Cheshire anyway.

[@seanmc1351]

@@neilgayleard3842 didnt realise i missed london of my list of places, i was london for 10 years north west london, in harrow, worked in greeford

[@neilgayleard3842]

It's come in over the last 10- 15 years. Mostly by black people. I don't live there but not far away.

[@seanmc1351]

@@neilgayleard3842 i would say 15, i have been left london now, for 13 years and heard it when i was there, but heard it mainly from white british or europeans,, becaus of the shop i worked in 80% of customers were black, nigerian, carabean, jamaican and west indies type of culture, plus customers fro the east, iran, iraq, india, never heard it from them, might have been community thing

[@AndyPipkinOfficial]

chock a block = it means when beings or things in general are crammed so tightly together, movement is prevented originally a seafaring term Chock-a-block is literally when rigging blocks, which are so tight against one another, cannot be further tightened - i.e., chock to block. Rigging chocks are thick blocks of wood fixed outside the rails to take the chain plates for the shrouds. The blocks are from the block and tackle pulley riggings used to hoist the sails and help keep them in place

[@stevenh1989]

A chav is a British slang Disparaging and Offensive. a young person who wears fashionable sportswear or flashy jewelry but is regarded as badly behaved or as having lower-class taste.

[@markthomas2577]

We also use 'cheeky' in the manner you do over there ...... and also as an admonition, eg a child arguing when his Dad asks him to do something might get 'don't be cheeky, do as you're told''

[@TheJohnboyhunter]

I've lived in the UK for well over 40 years, and not once have I ever heard anyone use cheeky in the way it's being described. I also had no idea what "going for a cheeky Nandos meant" as again, I've never heard anyone ever actually say that.

[@JoannDavi]

Tyler is a 🤡who makes me 🥱 (Confusion is your natural state, Tyler.)

[@atorthefightingeagle9813]

Like a lot of Yanks especially the semi-literate ones who use emojis.

[@tmac160]

Stalker Alert ! 😂

[@RAGING_MIRAGE]

​@@tmac160Definitely lol. This person really does need a straight jacket..

[@Aloh-od3ef]

In North America you would call it a construction worker. Or a construction site. In the UK we say building instead of construction workers and a building site. Instead of a construction site 😉

[@alysonhopkins2037]

"Toff" is now old fashioned and comes from "Toffee nosed" meaning snob, posh for upper class people. "Chock a block" is crammed. A cupboard - can't get any more in. A room can be "chock a block".

[@deanhodgson5322]

Chav can sometimes be used for different meanings in different areas. I live near newcastle and i would use chav for someone who would stereotypically appear to be from a council estate. They tend to wear tracksuits and caps, speak rough and swear alot. I wouldnt attach it to intellect though

[@feldegast]

Chock-a-block we use in Australia, Up the duff is used in Hot Fuzz....

[@Denzil1969]

It can be used for so many different reasons If someone cuts the Queue you’d call them a Cheeky blah blah if someone particularly a younger person said something for example the kid says wow your old you call them a cheeky little git or other words They are so many different ways you can use the word cheeky

[@helenjacobs9207]

Chock a block is another meaning for traffic jams, from an accident on the motorway and then the local ring roads are affected by the excessive amount of congestion this is quite common and often not included when it’s Ascot / Royal Ascot racing week . Windsor Lego land ( formerly Windsor Safari Park as I remember the original use of the land growing up).. 😂