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3 Words I know you don't have:
Some others just in case:
98.124.14.83 ( talk) 00:46, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
It should be deleted, not least because at least a fair portion of that list is not strictly 'English slang' but rather some local clique's own 'slang'. Either the list should be removed, it should be cut down to the more classic examples, or the page should be deleted. Right now it's a mess. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.149.140 ( talk) 14:35, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm seeing a couple issues here, but I'm too tired at the moment to fix them:
-- Alynna 07:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
A Barney is an argument, often with minor physical aggression but not actual assault. It certainly predates 'the flintstones'. Brunnian ( talk) 13:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
These are dialect, rather than slang. Brunnian ( talk) 05:04, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Added Snog to words with no equivalent. I figured that Make out was two words and didnt count as an equivalent. Im surprised this wasnt already on here. 71.176.134.94 ( talk) 17:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't thik that 'Scally' is a synonym for 'chav'. A Chav is a pretentious fashion victim from the underclass, whereas a Scally is someone who tends to take a casual attitude to law, particularly the law of private property. Chavs are a Thames Estuary phenomenon, Scallies seem to mainly be from the banks of the Mersey. Brunnian ( talk) 10:10, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Some of the "American equivalents" are words used in practiacally every English-speaking country in the world, including the UK. Therfore this article is inaccurate. Please do something to change this. Almighty Clam 11:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I notice that much is made about the validity of an article on British Slang and whether it should be deleted. Which I hasten to add is fair enough, as I think most of it's not encyclopedic really.
But my gripe is about level playing fields...you see last year some american reviewers deleted the whole article on scrotes. An english perjorative that is regularly used to describe thuggish types bent on trouble. It irked me that in the discussion for deletion. One editor remarked that the article on scrotes was just a piece of trash writing masquerading as fact. Yet there are dozens, if not hundreds of similiar articles written about american slang, racial perjoratives and the like.
Take for example propably one of the most controversial and provactive nouns in the English language - the word nigger. There is a huge (some might say ridiculous) wikipedia article about this noun.
When I suggested that this article should be deleted. Instead to be replaced by a simple dictionary note I was told by an american editor that Wikipedia does not make moral judgements only 'factual' ones.
Therefore it seems that if it's deemed by the majority to a minority issue - the majority wins!! Apparently it would therefore be right to summarise that american slang and racial perjoratives remain on Wikipedia due to their high use in the county of origin. As opposed to British ones that are only used in the UK or Ireland!!
If British slang is to be deleted or even discussed about deletion then all similiar english language articles on slang/perjoratives/venacular should also be included.
Why do we have to have it being compared to American slang? The world doesn't revolve around your bloody country, you know! Can't we have one column for slag and another for the Queen's English? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.121.15 ( talk) 13:49, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
I edited the page. Don't revert it unless you can give a VERY good reason. I also removed the word faggot because that's more of an American word anyway.
Hey all, Im going to make an objection against some of the words listed as British slang, as slang by definition is a synonym used by a minority, whereas I agree with most of the words given as slang terms, I do have to object to the following:
pips pram queue rubbish
My basis for objection is that these terms are said/written/accepted by the majority (if not all) of British people, and the American equivlents are not accepted as correct as per the Chambers English Dictionary, so by definition the terms are not slang, there just correct English vs American English (which is based on British English rather than vice versa).
So technically trash and stroller are slang terms, and line and seeds are not accepted as correct English in the context given in the article.
NB this isnt meant as a jive at Americans. Sorry to rant, but I think the definition of slang needs a rethink DannyM ( talk) 23:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
It would be great to see some references on this. Anything unreferenced can be removed. I intend to do so in a while if no improvement is forthcoming. -- John ( talk) 01:35, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
The page is called British slang, but I can see no words from Wales or Scotland Brunnian ( talk) 12:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
This article is a mess, lots of common slang terms are missing, and some of the definitions given are inaccurate. Does anybody care enough to do something about it?-- Ykraps ( talk) 22:22, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
There are scant few instances of specific words outside of England in this list. Whilst I am sure the members of the celtic home nations would understand and recognise these list, I think they are a lot less prone to actually using them than, say, someone from Macclesfield. I am adding a line to indicate this, but it's going to be a bit clumsy. 189.216.249.195 ( talk) 04:37, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
This came up a few times during the delete discussion - does anyone actually object to moving the list of words here to a new List of British slang words or deleting it? It is terribly incomplete, and in some places mistaken. -- Pugwash ( talk) 21:46, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
I grew up in the UK, and left for the U.S. in 1966. I quickly encountered this wonderful term, which I guarantee wasn't known in the UK back then. So much American speech has made its way into Britain in the last 40-some years, and resident Brits, even of my generation, don't recognise it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.148.133.240 ( talk) 15:55, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
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Arse is not a slang word, it's Old English, from aers. If anything the American ass is slang, since it's a corruption of the original English word. Gymnophoria ( talk) 14:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
The vast majority of slang drug terms in this article are unreferenced and certainly not in general use. Some serious pruning is called for. Ef80 ( talk) 18:27, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Mitch 24.32.65.121 ( talk) 05:57, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
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3 Words I know you don't have:
Some others just in case:
98.124.14.83 ( talk) 00:46, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
It should be deleted, not least because at least a fair portion of that list is not strictly 'English slang' but rather some local clique's own 'slang'. Either the list should be removed, it should be cut down to the more classic examples, or the page should be deleted. Right now it's a mess. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.149.140 ( talk) 14:35, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm seeing a couple issues here, but I'm too tired at the moment to fix them:
-- Alynna 07:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
A Barney is an argument, often with minor physical aggression but not actual assault. It certainly predates 'the flintstones'. Brunnian ( talk) 13:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
These are dialect, rather than slang. Brunnian ( talk) 05:04, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Added Snog to words with no equivalent. I figured that Make out was two words and didnt count as an equivalent. Im surprised this wasnt already on here. 71.176.134.94 ( talk) 17:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't thik that 'Scally' is a synonym for 'chav'. A Chav is a pretentious fashion victim from the underclass, whereas a Scally is someone who tends to take a casual attitude to law, particularly the law of private property. Chavs are a Thames Estuary phenomenon, Scallies seem to mainly be from the banks of the Mersey. Brunnian ( talk) 10:10, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Some of the "American equivalents" are words used in practiacally every English-speaking country in the world, including the UK. Therfore this article is inaccurate. Please do something to change this. Almighty Clam 11:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I notice that much is made about the validity of an article on British Slang and whether it should be deleted. Which I hasten to add is fair enough, as I think most of it's not encyclopedic really.
But my gripe is about level playing fields...you see last year some american reviewers deleted the whole article on scrotes. An english perjorative that is regularly used to describe thuggish types bent on trouble. It irked me that in the discussion for deletion. One editor remarked that the article on scrotes was just a piece of trash writing masquerading as fact. Yet there are dozens, if not hundreds of similiar articles written about american slang, racial perjoratives and the like.
Take for example propably one of the most controversial and provactive nouns in the English language - the word nigger. There is a huge (some might say ridiculous) wikipedia article about this noun.
When I suggested that this article should be deleted. Instead to be replaced by a simple dictionary note I was told by an american editor that Wikipedia does not make moral judgements only 'factual' ones.
Therefore it seems that if it's deemed by the majority to a minority issue - the majority wins!! Apparently it would therefore be right to summarise that american slang and racial perjoratives remain on Wikipedia due to their high use in the county of origin. As opposed to British ones that are only used in the UK or Ireland!!
If British slang is to be deleted or even discussed about deletion then all similiar english language articles on slang/perjoratives/venacular should also be included.
Why do we have to have it being compared to American slang? The world doesn't revolve around your bloody country, you know! Can't we have one column for slag and another for the Queen's English? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.121.15 ( talk) 13:49, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
I edited the page. Don't revert it unless you can give a VERY good reason. I also removed the word faggot because that's more of an American word anyway.
Hey all, Im going to make an objection against some of the words listed as British slang, as slang by definition is a synonym used by a minority, whereas I agree with most of the words given as slang terms, I do have to object to the following:
pips pram queue rubbish
My basis for objection is that these terms are said/written/accepted by the majority (if not all) of British people, and the American equivlents are not accepted as correct as per the Chambers English Dictionary, so by definition the terms are not slang, there just correct English vs American English (which is based on British English rather than vice versa).
So technically trash and stroller are slang terms, and line and seeds are not accepted as correct English in the context given in the article.
NB this isnt meant as a jive at Americans. Sorry to rant, but I think the definition of slang needs a rethink DannyM ( talk) 23:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
It would be great to see some references on this. Anything unreferenced can be removed. I intend to do so in a while if no improvement is forthcoming. -- John ( talk) 01:35, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
The page is called British slang, but I can see no words from Wales or Scotland Brunnian ( talk) 12:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
This article is a mess, lots of common slang terms are missing, and some of the definitions given are inaccurate. Does anybody care enough to do something about it?-- Ykraps ( talk) 22:22, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
There are scant few instances of specific words outside of England in this list. Whilst I am sure the members of the celtic home nations would understand and recognise these list, I think they are a lot less prone to actually using them than, say, someone from Macclesfield. I am adding a line to indicate this, but it's going to be a bit clumsy. 189.216.249.195 ( talk) 04:37, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
This came up a few times during the delete discussion - does anyone actually object to moving the list of words here to a new List of British slang words or deleting it? It is terribly incomplete, and in some places mistaken. -- Pugwash ( talk) 21:46, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
I grew up in the UK, and left for the U.S. in 1966. I quickly encountered this wonderful term, which I guarantee wasn't known in the UK back then. So much American speech has made its way into Britain in the last 40-some years, and resident Brits, even of my generation, don't recognise it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.148.133.240 ( talk) 15:55, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
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Arse is not a slang word, it's Old English, from aers. If anything the American ass is slang, since it's a corruption of the original English word. Gymnophoria ( talk) 14:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
The vast majority of slang drug terms in this article are unreferenced and certainly not in general use. Some serious pruning is called for. Ef80 ( talk) 18:27, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Mitch 24.32.65.121 ( talk) 05:57, 2 June 2024 (UTC)