DialectLanguageLists

Funny English Words

This goes under the heading of two countries divided by a common language!
  • Chin Wag – chat
  • Chuffed – pleased
  • Cracking – stunning
  • Fell – mountain (Cumbria)
  • Flush – instant wealth.  “He was feeling flush because he’d just been paid.”
  • Fortnight – two weeks
  • Gobsmacked – astonished
  • Gutted – upset
  • Having a butcher’s – having a look
  • Knackered – tired
  • Knickers – underwear
  • Nowt – nothing (Yorkshire)
  • Oldy-Worldy – looking as if from another era
  • Orangery – sun room
  • Owt – anything (Yorkshire)
  • Pants – underwear
  • Stone – 14 pounds of weight
  • t’ – the or to (north). Note that many times, the word “the” is dropped and then t’ ends up meaning “to”.  Going t’ hospital is going to (the) hospital.
  • Ta – thanks (North)
  • Tara – goodbye
  • Thissen – yourself (thyself) (Yorkshire)
  • Trousers – pants
  • Twee – Sweet
  • Welly – Wellington boots

 

There are tons more!  For a giggle, you might want to make up your own list of funny English words!
Well, I’ll be gobsmacked!

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