In Ben Yagoda’s wonderful book about Briticisms, GOBSMACKED, I just found my new favorite word: “shitgibbin.” (Also? I call dibs on the title.)
March 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
In Ben Yagoda’s wonderful book about Briticisms, GOBSMACKED, I just found my new favorite word: “shitgibbin.” (Also? I call dibs on the title.)
And pear-shaped, to cite one of my favorite Briticisms I'm surprised we of the U S of A have never imported.
July 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
And pear-shaped, to cite one of my favorite Briticisms I'm surprised we of the U S of A have never imported.
Also I know Briticisms have leaked into American English ("jab" during covid) but "full stop" rather than "period" made my eyebrow raise a bit
July 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Also I know Briticisms have leaked into American English ("jab" during covid) but "full stop" rather than "period" made my eyebrow raise a bit
I think a lot of Briticisms sound silly, but they really nailed it with "torch" instead of "flashlight."
April 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I think a lot of Briticisms sound silly, but they really nailed it with "torch" instead of "flashlight."
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOO England? I LOVE England! [Briticisms] the peas are so awesome, and oh, the English breakfast, and SpOt Of TeA?"
January 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOO England? I LOVE England! [Briticisms] the peas are so awesome, and oh, the English breakfast, and SpOt Of TeA?"
I finished the demo but Hask has fallen in love with Saelim without any prompting
I also think it is VERY funny that they've clearly included Briticisms for the UK version like he announced he "fancies" Saelim
I also think it is VERY funny that they've clearly included Briticisms for the UK version like he announced he "fancies" Saelim
March 26, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I finished the demo but Hask has fallen in love with Saelim without any prompting
I also think it is VERY funny that they've clearly included Briticisms for the UK version like he announced he "fancies" Saelim
I also think it is VERY funny that they've clearly included Briticisms for the UK version like he announced he "fancies" Saelim
Some incredible quotes in here too. A real banger of a piece.
![Last year there were four separate announcements in the space of a month with OpenAI connected to them. When Oracle announced a five-year-long, $300 billion contract with OpenAI that OpenAI cannot afford and Oracle has not built and cannot afford to build, analysts were on the call being like, “We can’t believe this. This is incredible. We’re really impressed.” These are the people we’re meant to trust. These are analysts, and they’re hot and heavy like a teenager seeing their first boob. It was insane. And the stock ran [up] 30%.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qc6xzgctorfsm35w6i3vdebx/bafkreicuvbv2467j6wwwces6mbhqsb3e7vw4zgxyfao5cyo7pexycagcte)
September 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Some incredible quotes in here too. A real banger of a piece.
It is actually almost distracting how many Briticisms they have injected into the UK version of this game like why are they saying bobs your uncle
April 18, 2026 at 1:09 AM
It is actually almost distracting how many Briticisms they have injected into the UK version of this game like why are they saying bobs your uncle
I have a British ex and I'm immune to a lot of Briticisms but this is a brand new one for me
August 11, 2024 at 2:26 PM
I have a British ex and I'm immune to a lot of Briticisms but this is a brand new one for me
I think one of my favourite Briticisms is "prang"
Fuck ups, a list. Start as we mean to go on 🤣
1. Our mate boked us on a transfer, bot to the chalet but to a town nearish. He managed to save the day by coming to pick us up for the last leg.
2. He wanted to go do a big shop. Bad news: the shops are shut on Sunday evening.
1. Our mate boked us on a transfer, bot to the chalet but to a town nearish. He managed to save the day by coming to pick us up for the last leg.
2. He wanted to go do a big shop. Bad news: the shops are shut on Sunday evening.
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I think one of my favourite Briticisms is "prang"
Scrabble says it's not a word.
I say they're a lot of dirty wankers.
Not sure how to hashtag this #briticisms #hyuckHyuck
I say they're a lot of dirty wankers.
Not sure how to hashtag this #briticisms #hyuckHyuck
March 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Scrabble says it's not a word.
I say they're a lot of dirty wankers.
Not sure how to hashtag this #briticisms #hyuckHyuck
I say they're a lot of dirty wankers.
Not sure how to hashtag this #briticisms #hyuckHyuck
What I want to know is why alien foreign Briticisms are creeping into our All-American English. For example... why is an injection now a "jab" when it always used to be a "shot?"
October 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What I want to know is why alien foreign Briticisms are creeping into our All-American English. For example... why is an injection now a "jab" when it always used to be a "shot?"
Two Briticisms I like are "dodgy" and "fancy"
Also learned a "jazz" magazine is not necessarily about jazz music.
Also learned a "jazz" magazine is not necessarily about jazz music.
April 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Two Briticisms I like are "dodgy" and "fancy"
Also learned a "jazz" magazine is not necessarily about jazz music.
Also learned a "jazz" magazine is not necessarily about jazz music.
i think the british people are better than their monarchy, abolish it
also, brexit was next level stupidity
those are my couple of briticisms
also, brexit was next level stupidity
those are my couple of briticisms
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
i think the british people are better than their monarchy, abolish it
also, brexit was next level stupidity
those are my couple of briticisms
also, brexit was next level stupidity
those are my couple of briticisms
So I'm listening to the BBC learning English podcast (to learn quirky Briticisms) and January 27ths episode is about Shipping, in the romantic fiction sense. -_-;
February 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So I'm listening to the BBC learning English podcast (to learn quirky Briticisms) and January 27ths episode is about Shipping, in the romantic fiction sense. -_-;
"Pub-crawl" and similar phrases ("bar-crawl") were mostly Briticisms until roughly the 1980s, when they caught on in the U.S. Ben Yagoda has more notoneoffbritishisms.com/2025/01/06/p...
“Pub-crawl”
Back to H.L. Mencken and his book The American Language, he says in Supplement One (1945) that one of the Britishisms “that deserve American adoption” is “‘pub-crawl’ …
notoneoffbritishisms.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Pub-crawl" and similar phrases ("bar-crawl") were mostly Briticisms until roughly the 1980s, when they caught on in the U.S. Ben Yagoda has more notoneoffbritishisms.com/2025/01/06/p...
Oh I have little doubt the King will have a few choice Briticisms. They are the masters of the subtle insult, after all, the kind where the target doesn't get it and just smiles and nods.
March 31, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Oh I have little doubt the King will have a few choice Briticisms. They are the masters of the subtle insult, after all, the kind where the target doesn't get it and just smiles and nods.
I hadn't know it was out this week!! I do want to play F at some point but all the briticisms I've seen are so funny, need to play asap
September 25, 2026 at 5:04 AM
I hadn't know it was out this week!! I do want to play F at some point but all the briticisms I've seen are so funny, need to play asap
(empty spaces right before this one sets up the song)
will some woman in this desert land
make me feel like a real man?
take this rock n roll refugee
ooh babe set me free
"run like hell" is full of briticisms which are pretty cool.
will some woman in this desert land
make me feel like a real man?
take this rock n roll refugee
ooh babe set me free
"run like hell" is full of briticisms which are pretty cool.
Random Rock Song Of The Night
Young Lust
by Pink Floyd
Along with "Run Like Hell" and "Comfortably Numb," this is one of three songs on The Wall where Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour shares a writing credit with Roger Waters. 🎶🎤🎸🤘
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
youtu.be/-bWdWZLSTio?...
Young Lust
by Pink Floyd
Along with "Run Like Hell" and "Comfortably Numb," this is one of three songs on The Wall where Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour shares a writing credit with Roger Waters. 🎶🎤🎸🤘
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
youtu.be/-bWdWZLSTio?...
Pink Floyd - Young Lust (Live)
YouTube video by Domokon
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
(empty spaces right before this one sets up the song)
will some woman in this desert land
make me feel like a real man?
take this rock n roll refugee
ooh babe set me free
"run like hell" is full of briticisms which are pretty cool.
will some woman in this desert land
make me feel like a real man?
take this rock n roll refugee
ooh babe set me free
"run like hell" is full of briticisms which are pretty cool.
It's an obsession, and I don't think Calvin Klein caused it.
(You didn't have that ad over your side of the Pond, did you?)
Anyway maybe he or somebody in his camp are confused because I use some Briticisms by habit these days?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(You didn't have that ad over your side of the Pond, did you?)
Anyway maybe he or somebody in his camp are confused because I use some Briticisms by habit these days?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
August 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It's an obsession, and I don't think Calvin Klein caused it.
(You didn't have that ad over your side of the Pond, did you?)
Anyway maybe he or somebody in his camp are confused because I use some Briticisms by habit these days?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(You didn't have that ad over your side of the Pond, did you?)
Anyway maybe he or somebody in his camp are confused because I use some Briticisms by habit these days?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've been watching a lot of 1990s TV from the UK and have decided to start making up my own faux Briticisms:
"You can't just show up looking all Tommy Buttons."
= Whatever you are planning on doing, don't do it because you will look like you are desperate and trying too hard.
"You can't just show up looking all Tommy Buttons."
= Whatever you are planning on doing, don't do it because you will look like you are desperate and trying too hard.
January 31, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I've been watching a lot of 1990s TV from the UK and have decided to start making up my own faux Briticisms:
"You can't just show up looking all Tommy Buttons."
= Whatever you are planning on doing, don't do it because you will look like you are desperate and trying too hard.
"You can't just show up looking all Tommy Buttons."
= Whatever you are planning on doing, don't do it because you will look like you are desperate and trying too hard.
Not quite yet;) Taking me awhile because work/family. 🤬
The Briticisms where there should be Americanisms and anachronisms in B’s POV (spirits, sweets, etc). And vice versa for the European sections. Pedantic, but as a Yank who lives in the UK who had a dad born before Bucky, they irritate me.
The Briticisms where there should be Americanisms and anachronisms in B’s POV (spirits, sweets, etc). And vice versa for the European sections. Pedantic, but as a Yank who lives in the UK who had a dad born before Bucky, they irritate me.
April 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Not quite yet;) Taking me awhile because work/family. 🤬
The Briticisms where there should be Americanisms and anachronisms in B’s POV (spirits, sweets, etc). And vice versa for the European sections. Pedantic, but as a Yank who lives in the UK who had a dad born before Bucky, they irritate me.
The Briticisms where there should be Americanisms and anachronisms in B’s POV (spirits, sweets, etc). And vice versa for the European sections. Pedantic, but as a Yank who lives in the UK who had a dad born before Bucky, they irritate me.