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I don't see the word nobhead so I consider it inaccurate

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[-] speendle@feddit.uk 31 points 3 months ago

Maybe they didn’t know the origin of berk (Berkeley Hunt in Cockney rhyming slang)…

[-] sevenism@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 months ago

Prat Div Twit Twerp Smeghead

Are some other mild ones that I don't really hear anymore

[-] HermitBee@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

Smeghead

I don't disagree, but it's difficult explaining to Americans how "you have a head consisting of the congealed semen and other matter scraped from underneath someone's foreskin" is only a mild insult.

Particularly when with a decent proportion of them, you first have to explain what a foreskin is.

[-] waz@feddit.uk 13 points 3 months ago

Pillock and plonker are rude, meaning cock either way, but it’s kind of archaic and lost the emphasis. Berk on the other hand is full on rude, but used lightly compared to its direct translation from rhyming slang

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 months ago

Is dipstick a british thing? I've heard it plenty in america. The rest are definitely foreign to me.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

Came in to say the same thing. Dipstick is probably the first insult I learned.

[-] Maiq@piefed.social 11 points 3 months ago

Where does wanker fall? Is it a curse word?

[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 15 points 3 months ago

It was considered a swear word, but fairly mild.

[-] OiMate@feddit.uk 11 points 3 months ago

I think of it as more of a vocation.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 11 points 3 months ago

A hobby, if you will.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 months ago

Avocation to be more precise.

Ain't no one payin' us...

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Irish list if you want to take it from us like you took everything else from us

  1. Gom : mostly harmless fool
  2. Pleidhce (ply-kah) : unserious fool
  3. Eejit : idiot, but nice
  4. Jackeen : a waver of miniature union jacks
  5. Gom(b)ee(n) : a mostly harmless fool who is also small either in stature or importance.
  6. Mog: a backwards gom
  7. Headwreck : annoying, frustrating
  8. The Notions on him/her/them/etc : someone with a grand personal image
  9. Gowl : (a junction, specifically that between your legs)
  10. Langer (long story, TLDR don't shoot monkeys)

Edit: Lemmy markdown doesn't let you count down but as a lazy half-arsed Irish stereotype I'm not fixing it

[-] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

Is it the Scots that often say "you absolute gowl" or do they use a similar word to that?

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

I haven't heard of that but given that Scottish Gaelic is pretty much just a dialect of Gaeilge, it's possible. Although as an insult its more common in Munster which is at the least-related end of the dialect scale from Scottish.

[-] Quicky@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago

What melt made this list?

[-] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
  • Melt
  • Helmet
  • Weapon
  • Prat
  • Git
  • Gimboid/Smeghead
  • Divvy
  • Pudding
  • Bute
  • Nincompoop
  • Twunt

Are some others. The first three are personal favourites.

[-] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago
[-] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

Yep. I don't think it would work if you pronounced the 'g', though. You great puddin, ye. Bit old fashioned but it checks out.

[-] thehatfox@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Could have included git as well.

[-] theo@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately this list is proprietary.

[-] hactar42@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Why does this read like a pip requirements.txt?

[-] Rokin@leminal.space 5 points 3 months ago

Thank you, Only Fools and Horses, for introducing me to plonker and wally!

[-] WALLACE@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

Rodney you plonker!

[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

TIL that wazzock is a British word. I've only heard it as a Dwarfish word in Warhammer universe.

[-] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Warhammer is made by a British company headquartered in Nottingham, where wazzock is a common local phrase that is believed to have originated a bit further north

[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Now I'm Im curious if any other words from this list https://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Khazalid_lexicon are actually British English words?

[-] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

Skree or scree is a real word for loose rocks on the side of a hill.

Also grim to describe harsh, we would say "its grim up north".

The rest are quite possibly a mix of old english/norse and also seems like there might be some asiatic in there like "kuri"

[-] WALLACE@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

On that list i'd say chuff, git and skruff

[-] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

It's an excellent word, a favourite of mine

[-] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What are you doing promoting X on the Fediverse? You dafty! If you're not careful people will start to think you're a gype!

You don't want to be associated with this bunch of cider swigging reprobates!

https://gype.bandcamp.com/album/gype

[-] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago
[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago
[-] Pipster 2 points 3 months ago

Very location specific but I enjoy dinlo

[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

How about "Prick"

[-] ns1@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago
[-] Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago
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