Words Brits use that Americans don't?

Yep vagina
Also known as fur purse

 

haven't read the whole thread, so may have been mentioned before, but 'beaver' has more than one meaning in the US that in my innocent youth was unaware of. Consequently i managed to upset my friends american girlfriend when i described her as an eager beaver !

 

Boris = Pathological Liar. One who subconsciously tells porkies to another.

 

Porkies = Boris

 

Really? Here 'fanny' is the butt. And there are a thousand words for a lady's nether region. And in many cultures. So apparently it's a universally-accepted favorite area for discussion, by both males and females.

 

You can tell what are the most important things to a culture by which words have the most synonyms. In Amurica it's money, tits, ass, pussy, and penises. How many slang words can you name for those five?

 

Laddie/Lassie: = Boy and girl, usually on the younger side. Often said with endearment.

 

Tidy: = The ultimate seal of approval, expressing one’s appreciation for something.

 

Would these be more of a Scottish thing?

 

Yes, that is true - but I've also heard it (being) said in Yorkshire too
(Also the Thread title is 'Brits', so - Welsh and Irish sayings are also applicable)

 

Steaming: = Very, very drunk.

 

Nah that's Brahms & Listz to rhyme with Pissed !!!

 

May be a Southern (Cockney rhyming slang), 'Steaming' is often used in my locale

 

Mither: to bother or pester someone.

 

Crumpet:(1/2)
A thick, flat, savoury cake with a soft, porous texture, made from a yeast mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered. - Other accompaninements can be Jam,Honet, or Egg, Cheese

 

Crumpet:(2/2) (Informal)
People; though mainly women, regarded as objects of sexual desire.
. . . .

 

Tor:
'Generally held to be Celtic', = A ‘hill of an abrupt or conical form, lofty hill, eminence, mound, grave, heap of ruins’.
(See Glastonbury Tor.)


Often used in Devon.

 

'Dead'; (Northern English -slang)
Used to mean 'Very' = As in, "That Film was dead good"

 

I'm sorry Wolf Angel, but there are a million more men I'd use as an example of male crumpet before Vladimir Putin! Spot on with Helen Mirren, though.

 

Well, I'm not sure who/what the Girls go for in a Hot guy (so I went for 'tongue in cheek ((For to LOL))),

Whereas us 'Boys' all know. "Helen Is definitely a Hottie"