Words Brits use that Americans don't?

I've been trying for years to correct people as to that. When they say, 'shovel', I say, with a round tip, it's a shovel, a square end is a spade. Usually I get, 'oh'.

 

Fag for cigarettes

 

Oh my ....one would actually have to go outside to know the difference! ( a gardener am not)

 

Me neither darlin', in fact I don't have a garden at all (thankfully !!! )

 

Pudding club - Pregnant

 

That one opens a can of worms.

The ancient and from both sides of the pond, 'in the family way' and 'with child' or 'a bun in the oven' and the simple 'expecting'.

More modernly, 'preggers'.

 

Or simply - Up the duff

 

Boxing Day.
Apparently you Americans don't have it????

 

spend a penny ------------ going for a peeee

 

Decimalisation of our currency and inflation have largely made this phrase redundant now.

 

same as ,cheap as chips ...as chips aint cheap anymore ,but they must have been cheap at one point ,for that phrase to be used

 

Yes, many. many many years ago when fish 'n chips were the only 'fast food' available.

 

Wooden Hill - Stairs

 

Yes Candy darlin' - Up the wooden hill to BEDFORDSHIRE. or the cockney back-rhyming slang - Apples & Pears (rhyming with stairs).

 

Fancy – Fancy holds its a typical meaning for something high-end, but more typically, it is used to describe something you want to / or have to do. It can also be used to say you are physically attracted to someone, like a celebrity or the new guy in town.

Chippy – A fish and chips shop. Basically the most stereotypically British of foods. Battered fish and deep-fried potatoes are eaten all over the UK.


Jacket Potato – As you can see by now, British people really like their potatoes. A jacket potato is a baked potato. It can be served plain or with the works.

 

"...Jacket Potato – As you can see by now, British people really like their potatoes. A jacket potato is a baked potato. It can be served plain or with the works...."

Over here they're sold as 'loaded' baked potatos. Personally, I likes mine more natchul, with butter and salt and a few chopped onions.

 

Hmmmm - sounds good, but try slicing the potato in half, scoring the two halves, adding a knob of butter on each half, then placing slices of Cheddar cheese on top of the butter and letting it partially melt - absolutely delicious !!!

 

they aint potatos ,,,there spuds

 

True x

 

Potatoes, 'tatoes, spuds....you'll likely hear that and more over here depending on which part of the US you're in.

And never plant yer 'maters where last year you had 'taters!