Yank word translation thread

[dizlal]

Yeah Jacobs are nutts.

Jacobs cream crackers=knackers=nuts, rhyming slang.

 

[davo]

rhyming slang is just cockney, i wouldnt say it was english lol

 

[RowingMunkeyCU]

how about this one?

"So I tell the swamp donkey to sock it before I give her a trunky in the tradesman's entrance and have her lick me yardballs!"

what would be the american translation? lol

 

[guppy]

If knackers are nuts then how come being knackered is just being tired?

 

[davo]

how about this one?

"So I tell the swamp donkey to sock it before I give her a trunky in the tradesman's entrance and have her lick me yardballs!"

what would be the american translation? lol

mate, i don't even know what all that means!!!!!

o yea we do not say sneakers- we say trainers

 

[dizlal]

how about this one?

"So I tell the swamp donkey to sock it before I give her a trunky in the tradesman's entrance and have her lick me yardballs!"

what would be the american translation? lol

WTF:- swamp donkey=her in doors
sock it= shut up
trunky=?
tradesmans entrance=what the yanks call a fanny. The choclate starfish bit.
yardballs=?

 

[wannaarro]

I think I'm getting my sides of the pond confused--jumper. Why is it called thus? To us, a jumper is a simple dress.

And biscuits. Never got that one, either.

 

[wannaarro]

ponce---i love this word. what a great sound it makes spoken aloud:"ponce"

 

[davo]

biscuits is the REAL word for cookies. although i think in real life they are slightly different things. jumper- a sweater?

 

[guppy]

I am not sure why but the word "boffin" has always amused me.