American Couple Reacts: 60 Sayings ONLY REAL British People Know! FIRST TIME REACTION! We Guess Too!

Several of Our Patrons sent us this video, so we had to do it! We pride ourselves on learning and guessing British phrases and slang. These were interesting! See how we did! We wonder if you use all or just some of these? This was a super fun video and it really had us laughing LOTS!! We hope you enjoy it too. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!

"Swot" is specifically "studious." It's not just being a nerd, it's having your head in a book. One might be "swotting up" ahead of an exam.

I am a 64-year-old Englishman & have never heard “Dench” or “Par” used as he suggested!

"Chuffed" does not mean "full of pride". The man here was right: it just means pleased, happy. "I was well chuffed when I won the lottery!"

Born and brought up in London, in an area where cockney rhyming slang was actually in common use, and as an adult have travelled all over the UK, lived in many towns and regions... I have never heard 'par' as derived from 'faux pas', anywhere, ever. If it was used by someone trying to make it a thing, I assure you most Brits would be as perplexed as anyone else.

The difference between "zonked" and tired, exhausted, knackered, is that it is usually used in the phrase "zonked out" meaning asleep or unconscious, out of it, "zonked". Someone who is zonked is too exhausted to say it themselves, and it is always applied to someone else - "John's zonked out on the sofa"

Holy shit I nearly choked to death on a piece of fudge when you mispronounced minging 🤣🤣🤣

When I use the phrase "cack-handed" I usually mean they are left-handed, but it's probably as a result of the person being clumsy whilst attempting to use right-handed tools

I am a 64-year-old Brit and I have never heard anyone here say "Dench" in my entire life.

Loved the "tinkle on the blower" reaction both from yourselves and from the video you're reacting to. "The Blower" is old slang for a telephone, and a " tinkle" (in this context) is the ringing of small bells, from the tinkling sound, so is ringing someone's phone. Old slang, but still 100% usable and legit today.

59 yr old Londoner here. I’ve also never heard of “dench”. And also have never heard of”par” used in the ways described. “Sod’s Law” to me is not the same thing as Murphey’s Law. Instead, Sod’s Law is the phenomenon or (fatalistic) expectation of the one thing that could screw the situation up - no matter how unlikely - will be the very thing that happens. This is kind of a complement to Murphey’s Law. Example: it’s Sod’s Law that the one time I didn’t bring an umbrella, it (of course) rains. Sod’s Law isn’t just about things that can go wrong going wrong. It’s about Fate selecting the precise thing to screw the situation up.

The 'blower' was the communication tube used on ships to speak between decks. They had a whistle plugged in at each end. One would remove the whistle from the calling end and blow into the pipe, sounding the whistle at the receiving end. The person receiving would remove their whistle and they would talk through the tube. Yet another old military term that refuses to go away, like 'hang fire', 'flash in the pan', and many others.

I was told Anorak was a Nordic word for a waterproof hooded coat or jacket The word became synonymous with the people who stood out in all weathers noting the railway engine numbers

As a true Brit with more on the the clock than both of put together I knew all of these. Just so you know, skiving comes from harness making or leather working. It comes from the slope on the end of a strap that is folded back when a buckle is fitted. Apprentices used the job of cutting them as an excuse to sit outside in the sun and laze. Thus they were skiving.

Anorak was definitely British slang in the 80s, but pretty much never used after that. It is literally named after the Anorak coats (very similar to a Parka) that train-spotters would wear in all weathers, and thus applying the term to a person who was obsessively geeky about something very mundane (often boring to anyone else) became a thing.

If you want to know what waffle means in that context just look at our former London mayor and then Prime minister Boris Johnson. He has an astounding ability to waffle that has surpassed anyone I can think of in my many years on this earth.

A American friend loves the term "higgledy-piggledy" and loves to says it when he goes home alot, it means when somethings are all mixed up in confusion or disorder.

I remember a work colleague from the Philippines innocently ask me out of the blue what a minge was. I explained after my sides stopped splitting 😂

Only one that left me clueless was DENCH. The phrase Chock-a-Block comes from the days of sail ships and refers to having hauled a set of tackle as far as possible, so that the the two pulley blocks that you are using, have been pulled together and cannot be moved any closer together and need a wedge of wood inserting between the blocks in order to separate them from each other. Simply put it means that there is no room for movement in either direction.

The bees knees is the dogs bollocks. 😁
TRUE!

I'm English, 54 years old, and I have to say that "dench" and "par" (in that context) are new ones on me. All the others are fair game.

Never heard of Dench, or hear of Par used in the context outlined here. As you discovered, quite a few were not unique to the UK, but we do have our fair share that are, even if some are not so commonly used now. If used at all, "give me a tinkle on the blower" is usually shortened to "give me a tinkle." It's a reference to the tinkling bell of a ringing phone. Quids in doesn't necessarily involve investing money. It can also refer to someone who has lucked in to something extremely fortunate financially. Murphy's Law and Sod's law are both used here pretty inter-changeably, but Sod's Law adds that if something goes wrong, it will do so in the worst way possible.

Cream-crackered may be cockney rhyming slang for knackered, but knackered is also a slang term for tired and worn out.
It's a shortened version of the phrase, "I'm fit for the knackers yard", meaning either "i'm tired", "i'm old and worn out".
Before cars and trucks, people and businesses used horses, much like they did in the US.
When a horse got old and worn out, it was normal to just get rid of the animal and would be taken to the knackers' yard for disposal. The Knackerman would then render the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow (yellow grease), glue, gelatin, bone meal, bone char, sal ammoniac, soap, bleach and animal feed.
The Knackers is also slang for testicles, coming from one of the jobs of the knackers yard, to castrate young work animals.

You did very well. Interesting fact, Did you know Hank Marvin was a famous British Guitarist in the 50`s and 60`s from the band The Shaddows. He influenced many great British guitarists including Brian May.

My son fell off his chair laughing when someone on an American show said he was going to wear "cacky pants" It has a whole different meaning in the UK.

I'm 52 and born and bred in East London. Cockney Rhyming Slang is part of my vocabulary, I use it everyday. I have also worked on London Underground for over 30 years and speak to people of all ages and Nationalities but I have never heard anyone say Par or Dench. An Anorak is the nickname given to Train/Plane/etc Spotters because they wear hooded waterproof rain jackets. We actually get Anoraks on Tube Stations standing at the end of platforms with their cameras and note books; they are a pain in the arse because train drivers think they are Jumpers (suicidal) and stop their trains. 🙄

Hank Brian Marvin is STILL a musician, singer, songwriter. He is widely known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the backing band for Cliff Richard.

Huge fan of yours ! I’m a South African living in England, most were familiar to me because of the British influence . I’m in Sussex & notice that most people when mentioning time especially on the half hour say “half ten” instead of half past 10! Also if they say someone is minted they mean the person is very wealthy!

'Peeping Tom' is also an English phrase, it comes from the legend of Lady Godiva. Tom was supposed to be the only person that watched Godiva ride through the streets of Coventry when the rest of the town turned their backs out of respect.

As a 70 plus yr old I have never heard of some of these. Especially par. Some of them are derived from advertisements which tried to make it popular like Hank Marvin for starving, which never really caught on.or from comedy shows which used the sayings as funny alternatives. Cockney rhyming slang is responsible for a lot of sayings like butchers hook meaning take a look shortened to butchers. Or apples and pairs meaning stairs. ❤️❤️❤️

This has to be one of my favourite videos you've done ladies. So funny 😁 I've never heard Par used in that way though. Par for the course yes, you got parred? Never!
You both did very well, about the same as the guy presenting, and he's lived here for 10 years!
P.s never pronounce it Minge - ING. It's definitely Ming- ING. A minge is something else entirely!!!!🤭

Before text or Whatsapp, your family ( Mum ) would say give us 3 rings to let us know you got home safely. So you would give her a bell, let it ring 3 times and hang up. Ah the good old days :)

As an Aussie I identified all of these! Mind you, I am of “a certain age” and had more British influence as a kid on the 70s and 80s than younger ones do now. Especially the rhyming slang. We have a lot of that over here.

I just have to say. Don't feel so bad about not recognising the meanings of these phrases. I am English born in the north east of England but moved to the Midlands when I was 18. It still took me five years to stop hearing words I didn't understand. My friends took great delight in explaining them to me. Some slang and dialects can be very regional.

Love this 🤣 My husband and I race every 1st of the month to pinch and punch each other (all in good fun!) and i like to annoy him with a whole rhyme that I've been saying since i was a child: pinch and a punch first of the month, punch in the eye for being so sly, punch and a kick for being so quick, white rabbits white rabbits white rabbits! No idea what it means!! 😂

Great video! I’m English and in my late 50s. I knew them all except ‘Dench’ and ‘Par’. ‘Faux Pas’ yes but not Par. ‘Under par’ can mean you’re not feeling or performing as well as normal. “Im feeling a bit under par today”

I've always seen Sod's law as a more extreme form of Murphy's law.
While Murphy's law is "if something can go wrong, it eventually will", Sod's law would be more "If you've prepared for things to go wrong, it'll go wrong in the 1 way you've not prepared for"

The first time I visited the United States, I was in Disney world in Florida, late July, sweating like a badger, and what do I see but a room called a restroom! How civilised thinks I, a place to get out of the heat and freshen up a bit. Imagine how my aunt laughed when I suggested we go for a rest! It's not only the Irish who have polite euphemisms, I've never understood why the Americans call them restrooms!

Hahaha!!!!! Your reactions to our sayings is brilliant!!! ‘Tinkle on the blower’ … This actually originates from old ships that had tubes that you spoke down instead of telephones, certain tubes would run from the bridge to say the engine room etc and you would communicate through them by speaking into it then putting it upto your ear to hear the replies .. You would alert the person at the other end by ‘blowing’ down it, they would hear it and commence with the conversation … the tinkle bit I’m not too sure of but I think someone commented that this could refer to the phone ‘ringing’ as old phones used bells to alert us that there is a call coming in. We still use this saying today!! It can just be cut down to ‘Just give me a tinkle’ just give me a call on the phone … Anyway your reactions are priceless!! Actually hearing Debbie say it in her American accent made me really laugh!!! Oh I do love you 2!!! ❤❤❤

Scunnered. A Scottish word for being annoyed at someone or something. He Scunnered me. I'm scunnered at the Weather. Or even, What a wee Scunner he is. Don't Scunner me. So many reasons we can get scunnered. It is a very old Scottish word that may be dying out with generations. I hope not. I think it describes the feeling of being pissed off. 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Thanks for this fun podcast 😍

😂😂😂 Bless your innocence, mingeing means something a little bit different. Love the video ladies 👍

The creative way brits play fast and loose with language is a defining cultural identifier. Since Shakespeare who invented many word words still used today. Like bandit, critic, dauntless, lacklustre green eyed, and many more.He is said to have had the largest vocabulary of any writer in English some 30,000 words. We all study Shakespeare in school and slurs like these " thine face is not worth sun burning". "Were thou clean enough to spit upon". "An eater of broken meat", give a taste of his creative expression.
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Wally comes from the hindi word for sales woman (a male is a wallah). Give a tinkle on the blower comes from 2 factors: before the telephone (& after) ships communicated between decks via a tube which you needed to blow down to set off a whistle to alert the deck of a message from the bridge: hence 'blower'. The 'tinkle' bit comes from the 1st telephones which had tinkling bells when ringing.

Oh loved this 😂 born in south London now in Kent we still use rhyming slang on the daily, not only have you made me realise how crazy we must sound but really enjoyed your interpretations 😂🙌🏻

There was a poster at Live Aid saying "Ethiopia, Bob's your uncle" Genius

'Bender' was also, at least in the 60s and 70s, offensive slang referring to a gay man. No one has had a 'tinkle on the blower' since the 50s, but most brits over 40 would recognise the phrase - not too sure about the youngsters though. You'd more often see them used eperately, with 'blower' meaning phone, and 'give me a tinkle' being a playful way of asking to be called.

I've never heard of 'Pulling a blinder' but you can say 'he's having a blinder' or 'he's playing a blinder' - Meaning he's playing really well.

Choc a block means really full. We use it here in NZ too

Just for your information, the term 'Bog Standard' was originally used within the manufacturing industry and in particular in the Ceramic Toilet Bowl Industry as the basic plain white toilet bowls were classed as being your 'Bog Standard' ones as a 'Bog' to us Brits is the Toilet! Hence the use of the saying 'Bog Standard' coming from the toilet manufacturing industry originally, before over the decades it started to be used elsewhere too where it was used to mean the basic or base model of something, anything from 'Toilet Rolls' to a 'New Car' but the most basic of versions or models. I hope this clarifies the reason for its usage both today and the original derivation of the term too!

'Has full of beans' Oh my days Debbie

"Debbie likes toilet humour" - Debbie needs to watch Carry On Up The Khyber/Screaming, etc, etc...

The Full Monty means everything, in the context of the movie it's basically saying they take everything off as opposed to leaving something on to cover their modesty.

"The dreaded lurgi" (pronounced with a hard "g", not a "j" sound) was a fictitious disease popularised by comedy legend Spike Milligan in his 1950s radio series "The Goon Show". It quickly became common slang for just about any illness: "Sorry, I can't come into work today, I've got the lurgi".

Sod's law is a situation where you're looking for something you need, i.e document, Passport etc, for a transaction, proof/evidence etc, which you think you think you've put somewhere, but then can't find it. You then complete your business/transaction using alternative means. You get home, look for something else, & then find what it was you were looking for, was placed elsewhere. Not where you thought you'd put it.
It's Sod's law you'll find it/something when you don't need it.
Murphy's law is "If anything can go wrong, it will".

That was really fun, I had a blast trying to guess some of them. Was great to see everyone on live chat trying to guess too! Have a wonderful Easter ❤

I found out that bangs for a fringe comes from a hairpiece fixed in front with curls/ringlets hanging down over the forehead. It was in an old British movie where two girls got dressed up in a theatre to go for a night out. One girl gave the other bangs to make her look better. The film was 'Fanny by Gasslight', made in 40s but set in Victorian/Edwardian times. Seems US has adopted this for any forehead hair, while this has not happened in U K. Strange twists in English language uses.

My dad is the only only person I've heard use 'shirty'. When I moody as teenager my dad used to say 'don't be shirty Gurty' and it always made me more angry 😂

I’m absolutely dead at 5:34 the man in the videos shirt says do it for the bender 😂😂😂

"Minge" is a female body part here in the UK, so pronunciation on "minging" is vitally important. 😂

I'm English (and old) and have never heard of 'par' (no doubt that's because I'm old though.) I was crying with laughter at times. Such a great video, thanks Natasha and Debbie.

Loved this! Thought you would be interested to know that in medieval times, it was accepted that you used your left hand to wipe your butt after a poop. Another word for poop in UK is cack… which is why the left hand is called your cack hand. Saying something looked cack handed means it looks like it has been done using the left hand, a big faux pas. This is why we always use our right hand to shake hands. Using the left is a big no-no.

A lot of these idioms and terms are quite regional and I assume the same in the States. For instance, a lot of the UK say pants for underwear, but here in my region pants are trousers. At the end of the day, the meaning of a lot of terms are explained by the context of the rest of the sentence. For instance, if somebody was trying to squeeze in next to you and said "can you budge up, or budge over a bit?" you would have understood.

I actually grew up with some Old English terms from living in a Geordie regiment (15/19 Kings Royal Hussars). Terms I grew up with was "..gan leik..." which is old English and heralds from Old Nordic I believe which means "...go play...", "...baitbox..." though probably spelt differently was "food box/lunch box". Some other terms used like "mind yer pash", mind pronounced as in and not eye and yer as in yur which means to "curb your enthusiasm". Some phrases were more Proto Indo Germanic. Yes, the North East of England still uses Old English at times, some do anyways and it's great. It's why some Scandinavians will actually understand some words from the North east of England and vice versa. Tyek is take and myek is make (Geordie) mack and tack is Mackem which are literally only a couple of miles apart. Hyem or hem is Old English for home. Dee for do. Thon for that. Some words many still use though that is now much smaller than the North East use them.
Ket (no not short for ketamine) is old English from Old Nordic and I believe meant meat, but, means sweet and in kids sweets so when someone in the North east says then need to get some ket you know they means sweets. Bullet (no not something you fire from a gun) means a hard boiled sweet. Chok-a-block think = choked, a blockage.
The town I live and have ancestry from, Sunderland which was world famous for Ship Building and the Captial of Ship Building at one time, used some Old English but also dropped consonants. Like the saying me grandda telt me, "oy yer ammer ower ere", which was "'oy yer 'ammer ower 'ere" where the ' is a dropped consonant and this meaning Hoy yer hammer ower here, being throw your hammer over here, it also had speed so become difficult for most to understand. I still use 'ere as in air. It gets confusing for most for the Old English and pronunciation. Hoy is Old English though most won't know that, but it is.
(Since you're into military things)
Geordie means George and comes from "King George's Men" being a military thing, they wear a sort of red colour trousers from Prince Albert. My family was in the army from 1761 to 1991 in an unbroken chain making us the oldest serving family in that regiment, without surname found on a Roman tablet dated circa 2,000 years ago and also someone with our surname as one of the 20 kings royal archers at the Battle of Agincourt. Also with Naval history potentially and unconfirmed is Richard Pickersgill (some places named after him) who was captain Cook's Cartographer who became a captain of his own ship himself, died while drunk boarding his ship and falling into the river Thames and drowning last I heard. How true is that about Richard Piskersgill? being related? well. we are related to the Pickersgills who also had, I think the largest ship building site on the River Wear. Not forgetting George Stephenson and his brother from Sunderland area who, when last found out, a very distant cousin of mine, obviously distant as he is dead. And yes, we are related to the Stephensons. My mother's maiden name is Rankin and her uncle, my great Uncle was one of the 2 engineers who could work on the water pipes, who went to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, unfortunately the liberation was 2 months too late for Anne Frank who died of Typhus. They cleaned up the water from Typhus that was lurking there by making the water pipes flow again etc. He would never talk about it.
(Just general history of the place)
Sunderland, contrary to what most believe and especially Americans, is where the safety lamp was invented and also the electric light bulb by one Joseph Swan who got his patent 18 months before Edison and they teamed up, after Edison lost his law suit, to form Ediswan or Edison and Swan Electric Light Company and Edison was GIFTED the North American Patent by Joseph Swan. Court records in England prove this as this is where the law suit was done and lost to Joseph Swan.
(Significance of George Washington and this area)
By the way, Sunderland is near Washington, why do I mention that? because it has Washington Hall which is the Ancestral home to George Washington, yes, that's right, the man who become President George Washington. This, as stated was the Ancestral home. Washington next to Sunderland is where George Washington's family gets their name. A 13th century Manor House. William de Hertburne (originally William Bayard), an ancestor of George Washington, assumed tenancy of the Wessyngtonlands from the Bishop of Durham in the late 12th century. Soon after, he changed his name to William de Wessyngton (later Washington)
So Sunderland and Newcastle still use Old English though many do not realise it. It is getting watered down now though unfortunately.

Loved it. Yep we do use most of them, but rhyming slang has survived as a result of TV programmes like ‘Only Fools and Horses’ (or ‘Orses)

Inuits, in fact, invented the anorak for hunting and fishing, from seal and caribou skin coated with fish oil. The Kalaallisut language, from Greenland, used the word anoraq, which became anorak in the 1930s.

"Like your Barnets girls!"
= Barnet Fair, or just Barnet = hair/ hair-do (Barnet Fair was a big horse fair, in what was then the countryside, now North London)
"Going to be a big cabbage tonight"
Cabbage = farty = party
"Up the apples"
= Up the apples and pears = stairs
And not Cockney, but I've always liked saying:
"Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire"
= Going upstairs to bed

"He's an anorak" or He's a right anorak" used mainly when referring to geeky people (train spotters, aircraft spotters etc). 🙂

I've not heard of Dench or Par, but would use all of the other expressions almost daily.

Please please please, a born and bred Brit (Scotland) PLEASE start approaching people here saying “tickety-boo” in place of hi/hello/alright etc.
This would be the cutest and funniest thing ever 😂

Great show Natasha and Debbie. Happy Easter from a little village in England. I think older people say Half past or quarter past/to , is b cause we grew up with actual clocks with hands, so if the big hand points down to 6 it's half past the hour. Younger ones (I'm a great grandma so apologies to anyone under 70) grew up with digital clocks that show numbers.
So 8.30 shows as numbers on a digital clock face, but on a clock, the big hand is half way round pointing down, and the shorter hour hand would be between 8 & 9. ;-)

Funny vid ladies.
I was waiting for “dogs bollocks” which of course means the best,top of the range,gold standard.
ie: I bought a pair of shoes in Harrods today,they’re the dogs bollocks.
But we have shortened it to ‘they’re the dogs’ OR, ‘they’re the bollocks’
I met up with an old mate of mine from London when he came down here to Cornwall,and there was an American couple in the pub we were in right next to us at the bar.
Me and my old mate were in full flow using slang most of the time,eventually the American guy leans over and says “we haven’t understood anything you’ve been saying,it’s kinda English but not any English we’ve heard before’
Explained that that was the original idea for slang,to confuse the old bill (police) or anyone listening.
He was fascinated and said is there slang for Americans,of course said I.
Yank is the obvious one but when using rhyming slang,the rather insulting word of “septic” is used…..septic tank = yank.
It’s all good fun and they took it that way.
We even taught them a few for when they go to London.

“Lurgy” (lur-gee) is basically an exact synonym of “Cooties”
but it’s also used playfully as a word for nondescript mild illness, like having a cold.
Also I’ve literally never heard any Brit use “Par” in that way, It isn’t something anyone says 😝

When I was a child, public toilet cubicles were fitted with a lock that required a penny coin to unlock. Hence going to the toilet was "spending a penny". An old penny was 1/240 of a pound. Today, some railway station toilets have turnstiles that require 40 new pence to operate, i.e. 96 old pennies. People still say, "I'm going to spend a penny".

I laughed so much, i'm chuffed to bitz you guys are interested in the British way's, keep em coming 🤣
Ok, so I have to edit this reply after the Give me a tinkle on the blower phrase. Girl!!!!!! I was in stitches with your guess and reaction, wow!!

Good good Friday ladies hope you both have a great Easter love this video 😊

"Gaff" can also mean "mistake", as in " I went to my in-laws and complimented my mother in law's new wig. Turns out it was her hair. So that was a bit of a gaff on my part..." Also, Dench is not a thing I have EVER heard, that was bollocks. As is "par"...never heard that outside of saying something is "on par" or "par for the course".

first of all i want to thank you two for making me smile after an awful day at work,the only word i would refute is Dench! unless you are in the rapping circles dont think its ever been used.
and secondly,yes Natasha,you are full of beans 🙂
pelase keep up the good work of cheering this brit up ✌

Minge is a word for a ladys parts.. im dying laughing 😂😂❤

No one in the uk will ever pronounce minging like that 😂 minge is lady parts.. nearly fell off my chair 😂

A few not mentioned on the video but pretty common are "The cats whiskers" meaning an excellent person or thing. "Pukka" meaning something really good.

Your show is the dog's bollocks! Happy Easter! James from Wimborne xx

My grandma would always say to me before I left her to go home “give me a tinkle when you get home” (translated = give me a phone call when you get home) 😂

Ello ladies. I'm 55 yrs old originally from south london, now down south west of england for the last 10 yrs. I gotta say that was very entertainin to watch, had me creasin up especially with mingin. I also along with other viewers have never heard of the par or dench ones though. I spose dench could have been bench or stench (no disrespect to dame judy) but you get the idea. I still use some slang quite often and oddly enough some of the girls down ere love it when they hear me talk..they dunno what i mean but i do try to explain. Thank you very much for the laughrer..was much needed. ❤

Never heard of Dench! Quite a few were London cockney origin. In the north we have words and phrases which are not comely used in the south as they are derived from Viking words and many are being lost from the dialect due to the influence of the internet. Tickety-boo was an upper class phrase derived from the days of the British Empire coming from a hindi phrase. We also got veranda, bungalow and jodhpurs as words from then too. In the same way, the conquering Normans brought mouton and beef into Britain.
The English journey of the English language is fascinating. You can bet your bottom dollar it will continue to evolve.😂

Loved your reactions! UK slang terms can be tricky, especially when so many of them are regional colloquialisms. I'm from South Wales, so we have most of the usual sayings plus a whole set of "Wenglish" terms.

Brilliant video ladies and so much fun looking forward to seeing the next video on Monday x have a great weekend x

Anorak is quite a common name for a waterproof coat, although it mostly older generations who use it. Use of the term in a disparaging manner likely derives from Train Spotters (and similar) who would spend hours in all weathers dressed in a waterproof.

How about - "give it a welly"?
Or "stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea"
or "bangs like a shithouse door"
or "popping out"

I subscribed. You guys are hilarious, it was great watching you two trying to guess our slang/sayings and even i didnt know what some of these mean and im from england😂❤

The phrase Full Monty predates the movie and it does mean "going all the way" or "everything included". The movie title was referencing the phrase - they took all their clothes off so they went the Full Monty.
And a gaffe can also be a mistake.

I've figured it out, I'm a Natasha and Debbie anorak😁

Another great video. Gotta say, other than the name of the great Dame Judi I have never in my life heard the word Dench.

Saying I' popped in the pub for a tipple' doesn't just mean a shot of whisky, it also covers you if you consumed 10 pints of 'snake bite'‼️' 😂😂😂

I love how much you both got right, well done ladies, as a British, I tip my hat to you both xxx

An Anorak is originally an Inuit word, for a protective coat.

Natasha saying "Bollocks"
Twice.
Made me giggle.
I'm 56.

Being British I obviously understood every one of these but I have to say you ladies did very well, great fun video ladies 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧

Fun video - not going to go through all the sayings but just one of note;
Cream crackered - knackered. The word 'knack' or phrase 'to knack' has to do with making a sharp noise. However, the context here for 'knackered' relates to sending a horse [or other animal] to the 'knacker's yard' to be slaughtered because it is badly injured or in other ways no longer of use. So 'knackered' means - worn out or past its best or exhausted.
As with many sayings, there is the context of the saying in how it relates to the situation.
If something is worn, broken, no longer of practical use you could say "That thing is knackered - through it away."
If someone is really tired / exhausted and asked to do some task, they could say, "I'll do it in a minute - I'm knackered."
There is also the term 'Knackers' meaning a man's private dangly bits and some say that comes from the knacker's yard also - where a knacker would cut off the dangly bits of a horse. There is more to it than that - I just covered the very basics.
note - had not read all the comments when this was posted

Lurgy comes from the 60s comedy show The Goon Show, give that a try.

You guys are great. Saved up a couple of weeks of content to catch up on today . The sun is shining so I am just going to faff around my gaff and finish off an art project that needs sorting as I over egged the pudding and it's too fussy.