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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

10 British Phrases That Confuse Americans

The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Audacy

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

Let's back up just a little bit back to heritages and all that stuff.

0:03.6

Slang also falls into certain demographics and certain geolocations there.

0:09.2

So, there's a handful of slang terms that actually don't come from this date that we quite frankly have no idea what they means unless your name is the Ted Smith.

0:17.3

So, let's see if Ted can get them all on today's...

0:20.2

10. British phrases that always confuse Americans. How about bangers and mash? What a disappointment that was.

0:37.5

Imagine the look of my face when I discovered their meaning for a boiler, a little harsh, but one I can get behind is having a good chinwag.

0:50.0

I was having one here today while chatting with a co-worker and taking in the tarts out on Fifth Avenue. Blimey indeed.

1:01.8

So, these are British phrases that always confuse Americans, uh, dodgy.

1:11.0

What? Dodgy. Something can be dodgy. A guy's kind of dodgy.

1:16.0

Yeah. A little suspect. Correct.

1:19.0

That'd be sus, Ted. Come on, get it with the times.

1:21.0

Right. It's unsafe. It's untrustworthy. It's dodgy.

1:24.0

Dodgy. Dodgy. How about when someone pops their clogs?

1:28.0

Pops? They're dangerous shoes? Oh, yeah.

1:31.0

Not clogs. Pops, they're clogs. I don't know that one. Is that mean...

1:35.0

My daughter went to the bathroom and they're in their bathroom and they had to plunge it.

1:40.0

Oh.

1:42.0

As you say, somebody, a foreigner from the Netherlands is dancing.

1:47.0

You know, recently, Bob Buckery went nothing, popped his clogs.

1:50.0

Oh, died. Oh, died. Basically, like kicked the bucket. Wow.

1:53.0

All right. Popped his clogs.

1:55.0

I like that. It's easier when I say it.

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