Question for the Brits

[Jessica 0]

What exactly are "bollocks"?
Is it a noun?
"That's just bollocks."
Or a verb?
"He'd just bollocks it up."
Am I using this word correctly? Please reply soonest. I'm really wondering about this.

[Greg 0]

Not a Brit, bit I would assume that it means roughly the same as the old yankee term Bull S**T.

[Zennie 0]

Looked it up on Merriam-Webster online and they didn't have it, so I did a Deja search and came across this...
Depends on how you say it..... examples......
"you talk an incredble amount of bollocks don't you" - meaning you talk an incredible amount of shite
"That's bollocks!" - meaning that is shite or, more politely, rubbish.
"That's really the dog's bollocks!" - meaning that's really great!
"oh bollocks" - meaning a more polite way of saying "oh fuck", yet not managing to lose your street credibility...
At the end of the day it's all a load of bollocks anyway.......
Someone said it's origin is a reference to the...um... container of certain parts of the male anatomy.
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Blue Skies!
Zennie

[skreamer 1]

Balls, people, it means balls. It is normally always used in a derogatory fashion when used on it's own. But when something is the *dog's bollocks* or the *mutt's nuts* that means it is really good. Trust me, I had to pick it all up in the last 5 years. Then of course there is Cockney rhyming slang :
A woman can have a nice boat. Boat-race, race rhymes with face. ie the chick has a nice face.
Give someone a ring on the dog. Dog bone, bone rhymes with phone.
Go out for a ruby after the pub. Ruby Murray, murray rhymes with curry.
No wonder the yank tourists are always wandering around London looking so confused... lol
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[PLFKING 4]

Skreamer --
I'm not in London, but after reading your post, I am now walking around looking confused !
Btw, I've seen the term " ng " used on the forums -- what does THAT mean ?
The "puzzled" PLF King

[skreamer 1]

ng=newsgroup=forum
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[Slowfaller 0]

Since there seems to be a stupid question theme to this thread, i might as well ask....what does rof mean at the begining of rof lmfao?
blue skies, cold beer
chris

[Zennie 0]

rof = Rolling On (the) Floor
lmfao = Laughing My F#$%ing A$$ Off
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Blue Skies!
Zennie

[SkySlut 0]

rolling on the floor i believe...i am so ashamed that i know that...what a geek! I think that I may have to kick my own ass.
"I'll jump anything!"

[Slowfaller 0]

Right on!!

[propblast 0]

Heres another for our british brethern. Any new Wallace and Gromit cartoons coming out my girlfriend loves those
-e

[miked10270 0]

Nope...
I think they're still busy with the marketing hype & by-product sales from the last lot!
Mike D10270.

[Geoff 0]

I think Chicken Run was a kind of follow-up to Wallace and Gromit. not sure they're planning to make any more W+G stuff.
BTW here's my 'question I was always afraid to ask' - what's 'lol' ?
Geoff

[skreamer 1]

lol laughing out loud
imho in my humble/honest opinion
wtf what the f@ck?
btw by the way
There are loads more, but just keep asking as you come across them.
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[wingnut 0]

i still never got the term nappy explained to me....why is it the name for a diaper in the u.k.?
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[skreamer 1]

Don't you mean why is diaper the name for a nappy in the USA?
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[Geoff 0]

Thanks for that - I was guessing 'lots of love' or 'Lord oh Lord', but they didn't seem to fit sometimes.
So now I know and I can sleep soundly at night.
bktm
Geoff

[Hellian 0]

Want some more? I'll list all i can think of, although some were above :o)
lol = laughing out loud
rofl = rolling on (the) floor laughing
lmao = laugh my a$$ off
lmfao = laugh my fking a$$ off
roflm(f)ao = rolling on the floor laughing my (fucking) ass off
im(h)o = in my (humble) opinion
btw = by the way
g2g = got to go
bbl = be back later
bbiab = be back in a bit
bbml = be back much later
cu = see you
w8 = wait
l8er = later
gr8 = great
wtf? = what the fk?
nn = night night
ffs = for fks sake!
wb = welcome back
ty = thankyou
I really do spend tooo much time on irc (internet relay chat, heh) doh!
Ed

[skreamer 1]

Ed
Here's one I made up (and I'm pretty proud of it too!) :
roflmfaopimp
the pimp is for pissing in my pants
Pretty cool, huh?
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[skydiverkaz 0]

Useless bit of information for you.. a nappy is called a nappy because it is actually short for napkin... and you use a napkin to catch the crap that you spill if you are a messy eater, with the skills of a four year old, and a nappy does the same on a baby's rear-end!

[Hellian 0]

/me worries about you
hehe, might have to use that sometime and wait for people to ask what it means
Ed

[SpeedRacer 1]

I thought that what we call a "napkin" the Brits called a "serviette".
Speed Racer
"Blue Skies, Red eyes, Sore thighs!"

[BenW 0]

What's all the renewed interest in speaking correctly all of a sudden??? Are we getting an elightened US contingent?
You can keep your English(US). I'm keeping English(UK). Damn microsoft!
LOL

[Zach 0]

I lived in London for six months, and I understand most of it, but what's a toss? As in "You f-ing toss!"
I was on my way home from work on the night bus (which is always eventful, if you've ever takin it) and this dude got all pissed off at someone else, and called him a toss....I think it was because he was drunk, and pissed in the back of the buss, and it got on this guys jacket or something. So, anyway...

[Hellian 0]

/me apologises for the content, don't read on if you don't wanna know the answer
toss is short for tosser, which is another word for w@nker, which over here is not used to describe someone who actually is a w@nker, it's merely a crude insult.
Ed