EITM: Never Mind The British Slang 7/30/24

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Episode Transcript

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That's just Frank from the plate ofMaryland. Hey, how are you doing?
So? I when I think British, I think la Plata exactly,
and the wonderful way of Southern Maryland, redneck we call it. Hey,
what is the are you? Areyou British? Yes? I am.
I was born in Great Britain.My mom and dad divorced when I was

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two, and then my mom decidedto go on a week vacation, found
her dad abound her lever over here, and I moved over here when I
was fond Oh wow, no kidding. So now let me ask you this.
Do you still I mean, obviouslyyou've I mean, so you've grown
up here. I get that,But do you still do you still have
I've always had family, and we'vealways had family in Great Britain, So

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we traveled back to the London.I got family in London, family in
the in the Midlands, family inScotland, Stille. So do you do
you still have a fondness for England? Oh? I love it, right
of course, of course. Yeahthat makes sense. Hey, well a
couple of things. Number one,doesn't Andy Murray play today? Doesn't Andy
Murray doctish? Oh? But he'steam in Great Britain. Yeah, well

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that is true. He is teamGreat Britain. That is true. That
is true. A week compared,we can never compare Couplish, the Scottish,
Welsh or Northern Irish people the Olympicsdoes so wait a minute, so
so you so are you anti AndyMurray? No? I love Andy Murray's
great. Hi. Oh okay,but is I think he plays today?

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Doesn't he doesn't? He have hisdoubles match today? He does? And
if he is double match, Ithink he's in the gold medal final,
right, he is not playing fora gold medal. Andy Murray's playing the
No way, the doubles are alreadyup to the gold medal. There's no
way. I don't even think he'splayed a match yet. Yeah. No,
they won a ready, oh theydid they Okay the first round,

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second round today? Oh, secondround for them is today. Yeah.
So if they lose and then that'llbe it for him. He's done.
You know what, you know what? You know what? Yes, he
is? It should have the no, no, you know what, you
know what's a little bit sad.I can't name like I'm trying to think
of other Brits or Team GB thatare in the Olympics. And by the

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way, this isn't I'm not askingfor British people to talk Olympics, but
just Andy Murray came to mind.I can't think of other like, oh,
you know what the diver, thediver guy Tom Daily. I was
trying to think, like, canI think of anybody else that's famous British
in the Olympics. Oh, andisn't p d is he? Is he
British or is he Australian? No, he's British. But he just got

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COVID. He got COVID. Yeah, I don't know why he tested,
but yeah, he he just gotCOVID. He's a big breaststroker. So
wait, say again, we havea creative questionamam on the horses. Okay,
I mean, I'll give you that. I don't know anything about it,

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but yeah, I'll give you that. That could be. I don't
know anybody who's an equestrian. Ijust saw that video of the person who
ate it yesterday and that was it. Hey, By the way, can
I tangent for one second? Youknow who else I think plays today,
not in the Olympics, but inDC Open. Yeah, does it is
Genie playing. Yeah, it's likeand by the way, they added a

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name to it. It's like thesomething city open, like Magda Bella City
Open or something that's it or isthat like Illumineomium or whatever it is the
Yeah, No, Jeanie Bouchard isplaying today. I don't know what time.
I don't know that I'll make itover there, but yeah, I
think she plays today. Yeah,it's the move A Dalla City Open,

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right, but say it like reallyfast. So if you're not familiar with
the investment company, if I'm notbased out of Abu Dhabi, if you
don't know the company, you donot know what they're saying. Oh,
I had no idea. I knowobviously because I just went with move Gidela.
But yeah, no, it's thecity open anyway, Yes, I
believe gen he goes today at somepoint. Anyway, sir, back to

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you. The other day, Imentioned the term when we were talking about
being on the dating apps. Iand like cringey things that that people will
say right off the bat. Iwent with farr is that a is that
a British saying? Yes, it'swe have a whole bunch of British fans.

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But yeah, four is a Britishsaying. Okay, very good because
somebody sent me an article about likeBritish sayings and British slang and I don't
know if it was you, butpart of it made it sound like there's
part of like British slang that's almostdying off. Well, we have a

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lot of old English and Scotland andCeltic things that were like we coming like
if you go to Scotland, theyhave a whole bunch of bad things that
you would say about something. Younever know what they're saying about Jen that
I believe this morning, Diane said, Way, Diane went with wanker this
morning. Oh that's a good one. Don't be a wanker. Winkers a
penis, right or isn't it?Uh So you called if you call people

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a dick over here, you callthem a wanker. Yes, I thought
penis? Yeah I got it.Yeah, well well no more penis is
willy? What's you're willy back inyour past? Oh so so so someone
who is whose behavior is being adick is a wanker, but the actual

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penis is a willie? Yes,what is a tushy tush is your have?
Well? I know what that isin America? What is how?
What is the British slang for for? But no, you're gonna say it's
got a nice nice ours ours ours? Well, no, you're a pirate?

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And then is it in front butt? Is fanny right? I don't
know what to say there? Yes? Why is it dying out? Or
that the the going theory? Soit said stone the Crows. British slang
isn't what it used to be,it says, while Americans might enjoy grappling

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with the alternate universe of what peoplesay on the other side of the Atlantic.
What is what is chip? Buddy? Uh? Anyway, it says,
many of the phrases the English grewup with are fading away as the
younger generation plugs into TikTok and otherplatforms where they learn to call each other

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karen and basic like any other rando, instead of sticking with tried and tested
indigenous slurs. I don't like theuse of the term slur. I don't
like that. I don't like that, but at least they're right. I
mean social media. Social media's killedeverything. If you go to a pub,
whether you're in the uk or areyou're gonna go? You still shash

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a lot of the old terms.They said sixty percent of of the gen
Z population in England, which Idon't know. I know we defined ages,
I don't remember when that is,Hey, hold tight, one second,
hold on one second, Thank yousir. Sixty percent of the gen
Z population in England haven't heard theinsult lummocks less than half No what a

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nini is? Only slightly more ofthem are familiar with Pratt or toss pot.
Never heard of either those, Chris, Chris, what a bunch of
plankers? So nini is like cottonheaded Ninny Muggins. It just means like
an idiot, right, I thoughtNINNI was titty. No, yes,

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not for this, no, butinstling that's where it comes from, right,
I'm more meaning with Tyler, withwith what he ninny like like it
being like like an idiot? Whatwhat did you say? It's a from
elf? Yeah, an idiot?Oh? I always thought it was a

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booby. No, well not justthe nipple, the booby, the breast
a ninny I've heard you refer tothat's chest in that way. But yeah,
like show me your ninnies. Waitso which one is it? It's
got to be a dummy or anidiot? What is the origin of ninny

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that you're saying? And dear God, I hope it's not rachel. Wait
say again, what do you mean? What is the origin for for breast?
Like? Why do you use thatfor breast? I don't know,
Like, why why do you whydo you use anything for breast? Why
do you use titties? It comesfrom ninny? Go? No, further,

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isn't that redundant? Wait? Soit's wait, wait which one?
Wait? Ninny jug is for idiot? No? No, that's for for
boobs. Yes, yeah, that'sthank you jugs. But ninny in British
slang means an idiot or a Ithink a weak minded person came out idiot
dummy? But where does that comefrom? The ninny jug? I don't

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know. You drink it from thenanny jug? Son? Son? What
is a pratt that one? Idon't know. I wouldn't even have a
guess. Is that where we getpratfall from? Yeah, that's what I
was thinking too. What's the originof that term pratt fall? Yeah,

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prit jug pratt Wait, but apratfall is like, like you but like
a fake fall almost like like you'retripped, like stupid, but you're an
idiot. You you didn't an autumnin there, dummy. But prefile doesn't
have to be done, yeah,it doesn't be done on purpose. It's

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people have come to think that becauseyou often see actors who are to do
pref falls. Right, but itcan literally just be a clumsy stumble.
Right, okay, so an idiot, So prattle also means dummy, That's
what I'm going with. How manywords did the Brits have for stupid?
I don't know, Wanger Willie yourslummix slummox means an idiot? Right?

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Oh I don't know, Diane,what's a lummox? Oh yeah, well
no personal low intelligence? Okay,well what's a toss pot? I don't
know, toss pot a stupid person? Name? What is a I don't
know what a toss pot is,but that gets mentioned it's a stupid person.

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Oh my god, England, comeon, do you think like,
oh man, some this language justlike a Hungarian? But do we have
a lot so hard? But itwould be the slangs that I would struggle
with, like is this person thattype of idiot or that kind of dummy.
But do we do in America?Do we have do we have that
many turns? There's idiot, moron, dummy, stupid, dumbass, stupid

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head, dumb ass, Ninny showme him. Uh oh, line four,
I could do that. I kindof understand why the kids just go
with your basic and you'r a Carrien, Karen and I have Karen your mouth,
shag your mouth? Hi, Elliein the morning, morning, do

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you want it? Do you wanta chip? Chip? Butty? Oh
what you asked? What that was? Wait? Which one you said?
What's a chip? Buddy? Oh? What's a chip? Buddy? It's
a French fries in the sandwich?Oh, okay, chip. Oh that's
right, because y'all do fish andchips, y'all y'all they don't understand that
fish and chips. But what isOh, so fries are the body of

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the sandwich? There they go withthe sandwich. Yeah, correct, better
on some fries in the middle,bread and butter with fries in the middle.
Color me there, and they saythe Brits have bad food. Hey,
what was the one? Yeah?By Willie? What was the what

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was the one you said before?Before? Chip buddy? Plunker? It's
it's very real. Flung is veryregional. You'll get a lot more slung
in London and done in the yokWhales of Scotland. Hey, what is

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the what is what is a toerag? Um? Uh? Can I
describe that somebody you don't like?A toe rag is someone I don't like?
Okay, that's fine, I mean, but how would I use that
in a sense like when I say, like, who's somebody I don't like?

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Who's somebody I don't like in thebuilding? Yeah? Just in general?
General general Robert England, Yeah,yeah, Robert England, also British.
Robert England's a toe rag? Okay? All right, all right,
I like that one. Hey doyou agree though that the and I understand
what you mean, like slang couldbe regional in different parts in London and

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stuff like that. Yes, howin tow rag? Hopefully Robert gets that
he was born in Glendale, California? Yes, hey is? But would
you would you agree that that slangis kind of or at least like part
of slang has died off in England? Is that true? Thirteen years so

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it could be Rightick? What isaicky? Oh? They make it sound
like the way that it's written inhere is that it's another stupid person.
Oh my god, you love justcome up. Just what's wrong with dummy?

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It's a stupid or incompetent person,a jerk. All right, very
good, very good. I appreciateit. Thank you, planker, thank
you. You know what phrase Ilove? And oh the cats meow no.
And they just used it in thepapers with the Olympics flag being upside
down. But the problem is ituses a word that people clutch their pearls

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at no matter the context here,except for when you're talking about roosters.
So if I were to say this, and I'm just describing messing something up,
it's totally fine, Like it doesn'thave to be dumped, it doesn't
have to be censored. But ifyou were like where this is going,
if you were to use this inconversation, like in a meeting, right,

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the entire office would be like,oh my god, I can't say
that this in the art word No, no, no, I I can
say it. It doesn't have tobe dumped. Okay, I cocked it
up, Diane. See that wordis like a glass of cold water thrown

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on that. Come on, See, how do I say it. How
do I say it? What amI talking about? Like yesterday when Kristen
and Diane nearly burnt the c whata cockup? And that's you don't have

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to dump that or censor, butyou just don't have the confidence that the
group you're about to unleash on.But didn't you see that used during this
opening ceremony? No, they saidit, what did what did? What
did? Mike? What did?No? The headlines out of the British

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papers, That's how they described andit was perfect because that's exactly what happened.
They based the flag upside down andso they said it was that leg
it put the flag upside down.If that ain't a cock up, let's

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just start using it and normalize it. Okay, you know like Spanish has
like the like the male version andthe female version. Is there a female
version of that word? Not thatI'm aware of, damn it. Line

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two, Hi Elliott in the morning. Hello, Hello Elliott. Oh,
I'm doing great. How are you? Sir? Very well? So did
you figure out what to what awho a toss pot to? Oh?
A toss pot? No? Idid not, I did not toss pot.

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That's him doing his American accent.That's fine, that I understood.
Hey, what what is it?What is it? So a tosspot is
is it's the same as a wanka. Oh so it's no no, no,
but it's but it's being a dick. It's not the penis no no.

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Yeah, right, So that oneguy had a little wrong. So
like to wank is to like it'sa doing. Word. To wank is
like the pleasure yourself. Oh yeah, I do that right, right,
and then right and then a totThat would be like a part of all
the toss all that comes up though, Okay, that's the buttom one,

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that's good. I use that likea spitoon. Hey, how long?
How long? How long have youbeen here? I've been here from like
twelve thirteen years, and it haschanged the laws so when I go home,
like you know, it's five sixyears in between. I still use

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slang words that my friends don't useanymore. Oh really, so they've moved
on to things like karen and basicexactly. God, that would be weird,
you know what, like for asmuch as for for as as universal
he thank you, sir, howdo you say thank you? What's slang?
What slang for thanks? In England. Jeers mate, cheers mate,

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excellent, excellent, Ninny, allright, appreciate it, thank you to
spot the no. But you knowwhat, like for if I heard anybody
here say, oh my god,Karen, like everybody knows, yes,
if I were, if I wereon the subway in in England and then
somebody's like, ah my god,look at Karen, I'd be like,
oh my god, what are theydoing? The talk just like us?

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No, you know what, Like, wouldn't that throw you off? I
guess now they'll go eat a Frenchfry sandwich. Now you get a chip,
buddy, Like I want to hearthat and go I have no idea
what they're talking about. Line four, Hi, yellye in the morning.
Yeah, Hi, who's this?Hey? This is Doug and Richmonds.

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You ain't British. I definitely amnot. But I wanted to tell you
guys about a song. There's aBritish punk song by a band called Snuff.
The song is called art Hole right, and the whole song is basically
listing off British insult. It's asuper fun song. Oh, I got

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it. All the ones that you'vetalked about, like Tosspot and lanker and
all that stuff. Oh so itkind of like teaches you. It's like
schoolhouse kind of. Basically the songis what a wanker? What a toss
pot? What? And it wasthem all but uh, the best one
that you guys haven't gotten to yet. The best insult that they say is
a fart in a jar? Afart in the jar. That sounds American.

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I know you would think so.But anyway, check out the song
if you can play it on abreak or whatever. It's correct. All
right, very good, very good, Thank you, sir, thank you.
What is stone? They keep inhere? They keep saying, oh,
stone the crows, Stone the crows. I don't know that one.
What is that? I don't knowwhat that is though, but they keep
saying, oh, stone the crows, Stone the crows. Do you have
a sentence so we can try tofigure it out. Yeah, Stone the

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crows are Lingo's all gone like ohman, so yeah, well okay,
says an expression of surprise or dismay, Well, definitely dismay. Oh I
see it tied to Australia or rightback to ac DC. What is the
But how would you use it in? Like I walk in everybody else happy

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birthday, and I yell Stone theCrows. If it's a surprise party,
it is it is Okay, Ididn't hear you. Yeah, I walk
in and everybody's like, happy birthday, I have Stone the Crows. What
oh god, ah, we cockedit up. Hi Ellie in the morning.

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Yeah, Hi, who's a Hey. My name is Gary. I
actually grew up in Saltland right onpryl. Oh. Yeah, that's very
much. That is that's the USversion of Scotland. Yes, sir,
real quick, real quick. Whatcan I do for you? So I
got a really good one for you, so like instead of a winker thought,

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okay, very good, thank yousir. In America, Red Peters
had a similar song, What didhe do to the bit? Elliott?
What are you think? Because you'regoing to hear the audio right be all

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messed up now, So people aregoing to think, oh, no,
they've decided that we can't say that. I don't want to say it in
a way that makes it seem likeyou can't let it go at the office
today. But you can't. Youcan't of course. So you're not hearing
this because of me, No,it's because of what that guy did Red

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Peters you know? Oh no thecaller? Yeah, what he do to
the bit cocked it up? Youknow what. I can't wait to go
tell Alice she made an estate