Battra92 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Battra, you watch The Inbetweeners? Wow. Well I did when it was on BBC-A. That show is so wrong and yet incredibly funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'm just surprised it 'makes sense' to anyone who hasn't been a teenage boy in Britain; although, I guess you don't necessarily have to be British... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Teenagers are almost completely universal in their idiocy and awkwardness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Wheelie Bin = In regards to pets (and sometiems humans- Jabs = Injections. Though normally it you jab someone it's like a sharp poke. You can see why the word is used for those two things, I'm unsure which came first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 A Jab in the US usually refers to a short punch e.g. "Little Mac hits him with a left jab and the uppercut!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah, that would be known as a boxing term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah, when not talking about fighting specifically "jab" is used as a generic term for any starp strike, but usually implies more of a poke than something than would do actual damage. So for instance, someone might jab you with their finger, as dean said, or a pencil, or pretty much any hand-held object. If they jab you with a knife it would imply that they just got you with the tip of it, and while you might be bleeding it's probably not terribly serious. tl;dr: "jab" seems to mean the same thing in the US and UK, with the exception that we don't use it to refer to getting injections. An injection here is "a shot." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Ah, so when a racing horse gets a broken leg you guys think we're giving it injections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 tl;dr: "jab" seems to mean the same thing in the US and UK, with the exception that we don't use it to refer to getting injections. An injection here is "a shot." Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Took me a while to read this whole thread, but it was fun, lots of interesting stuff here, reminds me of when we discussed the Spanish language in school (differences between regions, countries and more ). Anyway, based on that list that was posted by Dean when he started this thread, I can say I mix both, I use both words from American English and "UK English", probably because my school had English teachers from all over the world. Still, there are some words there that were completely new to me. Also, going back to the "Cornetto" thing we have Cornetto and Magnum here, so if you ask for a Magnum you'll get this: As for pronunciation and stuff, it was cool to hear dudes speaking, interesting way of learning more about you guys. I used to speak without an accent (as in, without a "Mexican" accent) back when I was in school, but since then I haven't used English in conversations with other dudes so I'm sure that has changed a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Also a magnum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheMightyEthan Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Ah, so when a racing horse gets a broken leg you guys think we're giving it injections? lol, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I was making a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindo Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Last time you made a joke, a guy rage quit Steam. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 To be fair, he was part-French. They like to flee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I was making a joke I know, hence the lol and the Apparently I'm bad at responding to jokes online in a way that communicates that I got it was a joke (this has happened with you and I several times before). Also, what happened in Steam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Also, what happened in Steam? http://board.pressxordie.com/topic/83-steam-chat-hall-of-fame/page__view__findpost__p__40076 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Also, what happened in Steam? Check the Steam chat thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshi Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I have joined this chin wag to learn more british slang, as I was chuffed to bits in steam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pirate Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 I have a friend who is a Japanese gal living in England. Today she taught me that 'knob' doesn't mean doorknob where she lives. It's about the same as being called an asshole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 I have a friend who is a Japanese gal living in England. Today she taught me that 'knob' doesn't mean doorknob where she lives. It's about the same as being called an asshole. Knob = Dick So pretty much similar usage to dick in informal slang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Knob... well, I can't unsee it now. Thank you British folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) It can also be a verb pertaining to intercourse of the sexual variety, as in 'I'd knob Lil' P's friend'. Edited March 6, 2011 by Hot Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slithy toves Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 i, too, would knob lil p's friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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