[andymania]

Martin,

What's a bottle of Plonk?

-Andy

 

[Martinelv]

Slang for a bottle of wine.

 

[Guest]

Martin,

What's a bottle of Plonk?

-Andy

Similar to a Carton of Clang...but tastier.

 

[Martinelv]

Or a bag of gak.

 

[Tom Servo]

So what's a 'plonker' then? A Wino?

 

[Guest]

So what's a 'plonker' then? A Wino?

A fool basically

 

[Guest]

but you brits smoke...

 

[Guest]

but you brits smoke...

Yeah. The KY and perfume lends them an aromatic, smooth feel which is more palatable than 'straight' cigarettes.

Can I bum a *** off you? Oh, and a cigarette, too. Ta.

 

[Brainsilence02]

Can we keep this thread/topic as a mean to ask slang or weird words?

Here is mine:

"Bloody". I think it means damned/cursed/lousy/boring.

Does it?

 

[Guest]

Can we keep this thread/topic as a mean to ask slang or weird words?

Here is mine:

"Bloody". I think it means damned/cursed/lousy/boring.

Does it?

Yup - not sure about boring though! But you could say "This customer service course is bloody boring."

 

[Tom Servo]

I want to know what a "duffer" is. I know it isn't something good.

Was anyone outside the US able to understand "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey"?

 

[Brainsilence02]

Well then, it just gives emphasys (superlative) to the following word?

Like "freaking"? Or the americans use "f**ken" a lot. Well, greeks also

 

[agentcooper]

why do you brits say "and bob's your uncle..."?

 

[Guest]

why do you brits say "and bob's your uncle..."?

:lol: Google is my friend. I had no idea!

This British catch phrase, meaning all will be well or all will be taken care of dates from the 1890s. Popular etymology says that it derives from a particular act of nepotism in the British government. Robert, Lord Salisbury, the prime minister appointed Arthur Balfour, his nephew, to the post of Secretary for Ireland in 1887. Balfour was, at the time, considered young and a political lightweight, and the post was a high-profile, political plum currently embroiled in the question of Irish independence. Aside from the dates, there is no evidence, either way, to link this act with the origin of the phrase, although the phrase's specificity makes this hypothesis appealing.

 

[Martinelv]

A duffer is usually an mildly unkind reference to a old person, i.e - "look at that senile old duffer."