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v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...
Toilet humour, potty humour or scatological humour (compare scatology ), is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, diarrhea, constipation, urination and flatulence, and to a lesser extent vomiting and other bodily functions. Toilet humour is commonly an interest of toddlers and young children, for whom cultural taboos related to ...
British slang. British slang is English-language slang originating from and used in the United Kingdom and also used to a limited extent in Anglophone countries such as India, Malaysia, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, especially by British expatriates. It is also used in the United States to a limited extent.
People from the land "down under" (AKA Australia) use this dainty moniker instead of the word toilet. 11. Bog. A bog is an 18th-century British word that is shortened from "bog house." 12. Water ...
Cottaging. The appearance of public lavatories, like this one in Pond Square, Camden, London, is the origin of the term cottaging. Cottaging is a gay slang term, originating from the United Kingdom, referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a "cottage" [ 1] or "tea-room" [ 2] ), [ 3] or cruising for sexual partners with the ...
M. Word. British English meanings. Meanings common to British and American English. American English meanings. mac. raincoat (short form of Mackintosh ) ( Mac) brand of Apple Inc. computers (short form of Macintosh) ( MAC, followed or not by "address") unique 6-character hexadecimal serial number assigned to a data transmission device such as a ...
It's the crux of the TikTok trend replacing song lyrics with a series of indecipherable slang terms, like "sticking out your gyatt for the rizzler / you're so Skibidi / you're so Fanum Tax."The ...
[D] The term "outhouse" is used in North American English for the structure over a toilet, usually a pit latrine ("long drop"). However, in British English "outhouse" means any outbuilding, such as a shed or barn. [citation needed] In Australia and parts of Canada an outdoor toilet is known as a "dunny". "Privy", an archaic variant of "private ...