#192: Don’t use these everyday American words in Britain!

In today’s podcast Ethan and Andrea talk about hilarious everyday words in American English that you shouldn’t use if you visit the UK!

Topics:

  • Thick
  • Randy
  • Pants
  • A bum
  • Fanny
  • Knob
  • Shag
  • Tart

Words You’ll Learn:

  • Wicked (Br. En) / awesome (Am. En.): excellent.
  • Massively: very large, extremely.
  • To butter (someone) up: to praise or flatter someone excessively.
  • To go on too long: when something continues for a very long time.
  • To bear fruit: to produce successful results.
  • Inherit: to take or receive something by succession or will.
  • Get by: to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty.
  • Dated: old-fashioned.
  • Arse (Br. En.) / butt (Am. En.): ass.
  • Fanny Pack: a small pouch on a belt, for money and small articles, worn round the waist or hips.
  • Pouch: a small flexible bag.
  • Bit: a small piece of something.
  • To fancy (something): If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do it. 
  • Piss (someone) off: to annoy someone.
  • Slut/whore: prostitute.

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  • tola says:

    I really like this podcast !!!

  • Kade says:

    Knob always was my favorite British word lol As an American, it still makes me giggle.

  • Jack Milgram says:

    Oh.. I didn’t know about knob…