KF's British idioms explained
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Never mind that hairy-toungued mockney prick jamie oliver's recent use of the word, bosh was term for doing a quick manual job, often a relatively low skilled trade such as plastering.
It was used frequently by Harry Enfield's aformentioned 'loadsamoney' character (who was a plasterer, satirizing the the fact that in the booming 80s in Britian, low skilled working class guys were earning amounts of money comparable with that of the 'yuppie' city traders)
Bosch tools are german made tools, the green ones which are cheap and often DIY level but somewhat better than black and decker (the blue ones) but certainly no way as good as Hilti (the red ones)
Scarpa flow is an immense natural harbour of a scottish isle used as a main Royal Navy base during the 2 wars and was the location of the scuttling of Germany's WW1 fleet -
It rhymes with go, and like most cockney slang gets abbreviated to the 1st word.
It was used frequently by Harry Enfield's aformentioned 'loadsamoney' character (who was a plasterer, satirizing the the fact that in the booming 80s in Britian, low skilled working class guys were earning amounts of money comparable with that of the 'yuppie' city traders)
Bosch tools are german made tools, the green ones which are cheap and often DIY level but somewhat better than black and decker (the blue ones) but certainly no way as good as Hilti (the red ones)
Scarpa flow is an immense natural harbour of a scottish isle used as a main Royal Navy base during the 2 wars and was the location of the scuttling of Germany's WW1 fleet -
It rhymes with go, and like most cockney slang gets abbreviated to the 1st word.
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Scarper is a british slang term. Yes it does mean to flee or escape... although I like your definition better. I'd guess it was a Brit chasing after Paul_Revere before realising he was too late to stop him and "scarpered" away from the charging yanks
EDIT: Oh didn't notice this had carried over to another page
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Scarper is a british slang term. Yes it does mean to flee or escape... although I like your definition better. I'd guess it was a Brit chasing after Paul_Revere before realising he was too late to stop him and "scarpered" away from the charging yanks
EDIT: Oh didn't notice this had carried over to another page
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well not really, it is simply rhyming slang for the word 'go'
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In fairness thou it has been correctly said that it means to leave abruptly as in "Get out of here, run!!!" rather than just go - you wouldn't for instance say "i'm gonna scarpa down the supermarket"
But i was just pointing out the origion of the phrase
But i was just pointing out the origion of the phrase
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Go to hell! Us Swedes may have some dumbass manufacturing company (smeg), but it is far from being grounds to hate us swedes! I mean come on, we used to be the same country for hundreds and hundreds of years, until those Russians (also descended from the Swedish Rus tribes who colonized after the Slavs moved in). We should be friends, not enemies! We both come from the same ancestry after all. We should hate the soviets if anything for their abuse of the Finns, or perhaps the Danish for their assaults into Swedish/Finnish territory, or even the Karelians, cuz nobody likes em!
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Go to hell! Us Swedes may have some dumbass manufacturing company (smeg), but it is far from being grounds to hate us swedes! I mean come on, we used to be the same country for hundreds and hundreds of years, until those Russians (also descended from the Swedish Rus tribes who colonized after the Slavs moved in). We should be friends, not enemies! We both come from the same ancestry after all. We should hate the soviets if anything for their abuse of the Finns, or perhaps the Danish for their assaults into Swedish/Finnish territory, or even the Karelians, cuz nobody likes em!
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Cyril knowles was an England and tottenham Hotspur left back who inspired a fan song ( that was recorded and released in the early 70's ) called 'nice one cyril'
nice one cyril
nice one son
nice one cyril
lets have another one.
Not the smartest football lyrics going but remember this is tottenham we're talking about.
nice one cyril
nice one son
nice one cyril
lets have another one.
Not the smartest football lyrics going but remember this is tottenham we're talking about.
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Haha aye, its actually more of an stereothype or such that Finnish ppl hate swedish. I do have many good finnish-swedish friends irl and a few "real" swedish friends on steam/xfire.
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Funny thingy , for almost all the spanish players that word "Skarpa, Scarva, or, Skarfa" clearly sounds like " Escapa !" wich precisly means " escape ! " or " Get out of there!!" or just " Run!!"
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Haha great thread brah. I didn't know like 3/4 of those. They're just fun to say on voice chat lol.
You might also want to add "who do you think you are? bleeding action man". Gotta be my favorite insult. I looked it up and apparently action man is like a British GI Joe. Its the bee's knees there I bet lol.
You might also want to add "who do you think you are? bleeding action man". Gotta be my favorite insult. I looked it up and apparently action man is like a British GI Joe. Its the bee's knees there I bet lol.
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some cockney slang goes back over 150 years, theres a lot of recent stuff on your list i have to say i like the classics myself.
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Have to say these are right in my mind
Doesnt just mean prostitute or whatever can also be used for such things like 'that politician is all fur coat and no knickers', full of empty promises.
I also had a fun week last year making up my own rhyming/non rhyming slang, it was fun to annoy people.
Doesnt just mean prostitute or whatever can also be used for such things like 'that politician is all fur coat and no knickers', full of empty promises.
I also had a fun week last year making up my own rhyming/non rhyming slang, it was fun to annoy people.
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