I don't disagree, but it's difficult explaining to Americans how "you have a head consisting of the congealed semen and other matter scraped from underneath someone's foreskin" is only a mild insult.
Particularly when with a decent proportion of them, you first have to explain what a foreskin is.
Well "smeg" is just from Red Dwarf but "smegma" is an actual word, and that's where they got the word from. They needed a futuristic swear word - Lister can't be someone who doesn't swear, but this was 1980s BBC - and they came up with that.
Pillock and plonker are rude, meaning cock either way, but it’s kind of archaic and lost the emphasis.
Berk on the other hand is full on rude, but used lightly compared to its direct translation from rhyming slang
Yeah, I wouldn't allow it, personally. I find it's a bit of a weird one, like "pussy" - i.e. ruder than it should be, given that you can read the word in children's books.
I haven't heard of that but given that Scottish Gaelic is pretty much just a dialect of Gaeilge, it's possible. Although as an insult its more common in Munster which is at the least-related end of the dialect scale from Scottish.
I need some of these phonetically. Also eijit sounds like something very common to like hillbilly type talk from the us. Also I totally need something to use for flag wavers in general. Stupid showy nationalism instead of caring about the true core good philosophies around the best of a society.
Warhammer is made by a British company headquartered in Nottingham, where wazzock is a common local phrase that is believed to have originated a bit further north
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speendle@feddit.uk · 32 pts · 268d
Maybe they didn’t know the origin of berk (Berkeley Hunt in Cockney rhyming slang)…
sevenism@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 268d
Prat Div Twit Twerp Smeghead
Are some other mild ones that I don't really hear anymore
HermitBee@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 266d
I don't disagree, but it's difficult explaining to Americans how "you have a head consisting of the congealed semen and other matter scraped from underneath someone's foreskin" is only a mild insult.
Particularly when with a decent proportion of them, you first have to explain what a foreskin is.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 265d
wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. smeg is an actual word. its not just from red dwarf???
HermitBee@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 265d
Well "smeg" is just from Red Dwarf but "smegma" is an actual word, and that's where they got the word from. They needed a futuristic swear word - Lister can't be someone who doesn't swear, but this was 1980s BBC - and they came up with that.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 265d
still. I was not even aware of its root word connotation. thanks for the insight.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 268d
Is dipstick a british thing? I've heard it plenty in america. The rest are definitely foreign to me.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 268d
Came in to say the same thing. Dipstick is probably the first insult I learned.
waz@feddit.uk · 13 pts · 268d
Pillock and plonker are rude, meaning cock either way, but it’s kind of archaic and lost the emphasis. Berk on the other hand is full on rude, but used lightly compared to its direct translation from rhyming slang
Maiq@piefed.social · 11 pts · 268d
Where does wanker fall? Is it a curse word?
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 15 pts · 268d
It was considered a swear word, but fairly mild.
OiMate@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 268d
I think of it as more of a vocation.
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 268d
A hobby, if you will.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 268d
Avocation to be more precise.
Ain't no one payin' us...
Quicky@piefed.social · 11 pts · 268d
What melt made this list?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 10 pts · 268d
Would knobhead be without cursing? From my understanding, "knob" is basically the same as "dick."
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 13 pts · 268d
Knobhead is a mild swearword. Although knob means penis, it's one of the milder words for it (maybe one step worse than "willy" or "todger").
Note that wazzock, pillock, dipstick and plonker are all, at some place and point in time, also words for penis.
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 268d
I prefer ‘helmet’ myself.
hellequin67@piefed.social · 4 pts · 268d
or bellend, haven't hear that in a while though
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 268d
Bulb
HermitBee@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 268d
Yeah, I wouldn't allow it, personally. I find it's a bit of a weird one, like "pussy" - i.e. ruder than it should be, given that you can read the word in children's books.
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 267d
A wizard's staff has a knob on the end
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 1 pts · 268d
Isn't knob the one on the doors?
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 268d
Irish list if you want to take it from us like you took everything else from us
Edit: Lemmy markdown doesn't let you count down but as a lazy half-arsed Irish stereotype I'm not fixing it
NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 268d
Is it the Scots that often say "you absolute gowl" or do they use a similar word to that?
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 267d
I haven't heard of that but given that Scottish Gaelic is pretty much just a dialect of Gaeilge, it's possible. Although as an insult its more common in Munster which is at the least-related end of the dialect scale from Scottish.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 265d
I need some of these phonetically. Also eijit sounds like something very common to like hillbilly type talk from the us. Also I totally need something to use for flag wavers in general. Stupid showy nationalism instead of caring about the true core good philosophies around the best of a society.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 268d
Are some others. The first three are personal favourites.
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 268d
Pudding is an insult?
crapwittyname@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 267d
Yep. I don't think it would work if you pronounced the 'g', though. You great puddin, ye. Bit old fashioned but it checks out.
thehatfox@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 268d
Could have included git as well.
theo@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 268d
Unfortunately this list is proprietary.
Rokin@leminal.space · 5 pts · 268d
Thank you, Only Fools and Horses, for introducing me to plonker and wally!
WALLACE@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 267d
Rodney you plonker!
hactar42@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 267d
Why does this read like a pip requirements.txt?
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 268d
TIL that wazzock is a British word. I've only heard it as a Dwarfish word in Warhammer universe.
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 267d
Warhammer is made by a British company headquartered in Nottingham, where wazzock is a common local phrase that is believed to have originated a bit further north
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 267d
Now I'm Im curious if any other words from this list https://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Khazalid_lexicon are actually British English words?
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 267d
Skree or scree is a real word for loose rocks on the side of a hill.
Also grim to describe harsh, we would say "its grim up north".
The rest are quite possibly a mix of old english/norse and also seems like there might be some asiatic in there like "kuri"
WALLACE@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 267d
On that list i'd say chuff, git and skruff
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 268d
It's an excellent word, a favourite of mine
Zombie@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 268d
What are you doing promoting X on the Fediverse? You dafty! If you're not careful people will start to think you're a gype!
You don't want to be associated with this bunch of cider swigging reprobates!
https://gype.bandcamp.com/album/gype
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 267d
Bellend
Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 268d
Very location specific but I enjoy dinlo
Schal330@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 267d
How about "Prick"
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 265d
I need to save this.
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 268d
Mug needs to be #1
ns1@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 267d
Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 268d
Twunt