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  • @jeffwalker7185
    @jeffwalker7185 Před 2 lety +1028

    The look on your face when you were checking 'nonce' is priceless.

    • @shamusmehoggy2613
      @shamusmehoggy2613 Před 2 lety +30

      I'm pissing myself laughing at this exact point.. he's just guessing now... I'm crying with laugher... this is awesome...
      pause... oh...
      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @grahamrsparker
      @grahamrsparker Před 2 lety +14

      Yeah you're right 😂 I couldn't stop laughing when he was thinking about that word...good job he looked it up because he went out side and said"hello there you look like a nonce" 🚑 🏥

    • @HELLINA-HANDBASKET
      @HELLINA-HANDBASKET Před 2 lety +15

      Lmao safe to say it's DEFINITELY NOT a compliment 🤣🤣🤣

    • @branthomas1621
      @branthomas1621 Před 2 lety +17

      Nonce is a acronym for Not Of Normal Criminal Element. (prison slang) that was hilarious !

    • @moretus2270
      @moretus2270 Před 2 lety +7

      I always thought Nonce was a prat 🤣 learn something new every day 😂😂🇬🇧

  • @lewisclout2411
    @lewisclout2411 Před 2 lety +445

    Watching an American say "he's a nonce gentleman" is the funniest thing I've ever heard 🤣 😆 😂

  • @tomgroth9142
    @tomgroth9142 Před 2 lety +45

    “He’s a nonce gentleman” is the greatest thing I’ve heard this year 😂😂

  • @gleadhill79
    @gleadhill79 Před 2 lety +233

    Whoever sent you 'Nonce' deserves a medal for this, it was literally epic! 😂😂😂

    • @Kit_Bear
      @Kit_Bear Před rokem +4

      When this word came up I thought "Oh OH! This is going to be interesting"

  • @the98themperoroftheholybri33

    Its funny when Americans learn the difference between "pissed", "taking the piss", "being pissed" and "pissed off".
    All of them having very different meanings

    • @crimsonwizard2560
      @crimsonwizard2560 Před 2 lety +22

      You missed pished, pish and talking it.

    • @HazyIndustries
      @HazyIndustries Před 2 lety +51

      Taking a piss is also every different too taking the piss

    • @xxSydneyFox
      @xxSydneyFox Před 2 lety +14

      Oh and I'll add "on the piss up" haha

    • @SoupDragonish
      @SoupDragonish Před 2 lety +15

      or "a load of bollocks" and "the dog's bollocks"

    • @RaduRadonys
      @RaduRadonys Před 2 lety +7

      What about pissing the night away?

  • @Theragll
    @Theragll Před 2 lety +328

    The nit nurse used to come to our school to check our hair for lice. We called her nitty nora the bug explorer.

    • @karenbaker1979
      @karenbaker1979 Před 2 lety +10

      Yeah, we used to call the nit nurse the same name at our school! Except we said head explorer instead of bug.

    • @mkjones7603
      @mkjones7603 Před 2 lety +9

      We used to call her ‘nitty Nora the bug explorer’ too

    • @pambull2790
      @pambull2790 Před 2 lety +1

      We said the same

    • @lizzieapples3339
      @lizzieapples3339 Před 2 lety +3

      I remember there being the nit nurse in the first year and possibly second year of primary school so for me like 1991-1992

    • @Steve-hu9gw
      @Steve-hu9gw Před 2 lety +4

      American footnote: _Nora_ and _explorer_ rhyme when Brits pronounce them.

  • @HazyIndustries
    @HazyIndustries Před 2 lety +211

    Also worth mentioning slang changes drastically up and down the country, I’ve lived all over the uk and not everyone recognises the same slang.

    • @spookyncutey4577
      @spookyncutey4577 Před 2 lety +9

      I agree im from west midlands and admittedly 80% of these words are used here but mostly by younger generation (roadman talk) is what I call it and most of which its normally kids who smoke weed or people in there 20s who say these things im 30 and I didnt even no 20% of them myself ! For example I knew bare means loads like I got bare weed etc if you was roadman thats what they would say but for me I dont say it like that I say for example "my cupbaords are bare meaning nothing in them! So yeah your right ! I also thought that squiffy means like "oh you smell a little squiffy " I have used that term myself before but I've never heard it as being for getting squiffy like or feeling squiffy I thought it meant like squiffy as in dirty smelly etc.... other than that the rest wasn't really English slang per say most people know these including American and canadians ! I've heard Americans say quite a few of them myself, they must have come from younger subscribers as my kind of English slang is much different "black country" and its one of the worst in the uk lol but also one of the most historic and best in my opinion my English is very very broken and I'm not a brummie I hate being called that im a yam yam we have completly different ways of talking im a early 90s kid 91 lol so I was brought up in black country so were all my parents because of this my black country accent is very prominent lol 😆 👌 😂. Love it or hate it like marmite lol 😆 ❤ ♥

    • @sailawaymatey5889
      @sailawaymatey5889 Před 2 lety +1

      @@spookyncutey4577 a few of my mates were "roadmen" wanna be ones...it was so bizarre hearing their speech change over a short period of time. I'm more of a indie/punk/alt but somehow we all melded well. I felt like the odd one out never being in trackies/trainers but I learnt alot.
      They might look like bad people, but loads of them were fun, friendly and welcoming. But there is loads of people who give anything a bad name.

    • @kianisherwood9355
      @kianisherwood9355 Před 2 lety +2

      @@spookyncutey4577 it feels wierd to know that other yam yams exist on the Internet 😂

    • @RxDg9496
      @RxDg9496 Před 2 lety +3

      @@kianisherwood9355 wolves ay we?! 😂 I had never heard of squiffy before in my life so I was as surprised as they were

    • @kianisherwood9355
      @kianisherwood9355 Před 2 lety +1

      @@RxDg9496 I'm actually a tesco bag AKA the 3rd worst and 3rd best club in the West Midlands 😂 but still nice to see a yam yam even if a dog head and same I've never heard of squiffy

  • @Dan-B
    @Dan-B Před 2 lety +61

    “Peng” and “Dead Ting” is very modern slang and London centric.
    I’m from the north of England, and I’d never heard it before until a couple of years ago :P

    • @Jiminphoria
      @Jiminphoria Před 2 lety +3

      Peng isn't super modern. I briefly went to a boarding school (for naughty kids) roughly around 15yrs ago and there was a lot of kids from London that used to go. They'd use that word a lot & coming from Buckinghamshire I hadn't heard half the words they used to use.

    • @DustySmith1
      @DustySmith1 Před 2 lety

      You’re just old

    • @lesleyhawes6895
      @lesleyhawes6895 Před rokem +2

      I'm from the south, but not London, and old, so I knew some, nonce is old, but bare in that context is new, so London-centric is just that, a lot of slang used in London, is not known elsewhere.

    • @oldplucker1
      @oldplucker1 Před rokem +2

      Peng is not English slang. Of Caribbean origin. I have never heard it before and I have always lived close to London. And Dead Ting not English either. Innit is used incorrectly by minority groups it just means ‘is’nt it’. Like “it,s really cold today innit” mainly London East End slang.

    • @alistairbolden6340
      @alistairbolden6340 Před rokem +1

      They are pretty much just black working class London slang.

  • @marlastrongbow
    @marlastrongbow Před 2 lety +510

    I laughed so hard watching you guys figuring out “nonce” I started choking, this is great 😭

  • @generichuman2044
    @generichuman2044 Před 2 lety +181

    I was laughing so much at the guesses for what nonce was. "He's a nonce young gentleman" 😂😂😂

    • @AutoAlligator
      @AutoAlligator Před 2 lety +1

      hehe :D

    • @JustinJurazick
      @JustinJurazick Před 2 lety

      Im curious to know where that comes from tbh here in the states we keep it simple our prison term is just "chomo"

    • @smoke-dd3ir
      @smoke-dd3ir Před 2 lety

      @@JustinJurazick also I’ve heard them to be called bacons. With bacon bonce being the rhyming slang for nonce

    • @ChattinSquit
      @ChattinSquit Před 2 lety +1

      That cracked me up too

  • @andrewbutler7681
    @andrewbutler7681 Před 2 lety +71

    I don't think it helped that 3 of the entries were Jamaican slang (that came across to the UK quite recently), rather than truly British slang.

  • @Angie-Who
    @Angie-Who Před 2 lety +28

    Minging is also a word. Half of these depend on the area and age you are. Also love the pronunciation attempts

  • @HomeworkRadio
    @HomeworkRadio Před 2 lety +88

    When you pulled 'nonce' I died...😭👀

    • @RyanMK666
      @RyanMK666 Před 2 lety +3

      So did Adam Johnson xD

    • @JD-eo7dr
      @JD-eo7dr Před 2 lety

      How many nonces you pulled ehh🤣

  • @monkeytrumpet11
    @monkeytrumpet11 Před 2 lety +223

    Nearly pissed myself laughing when you looked up nonce. Interesting fact, back before nonces had their own wings in prison, they would have this written next to their cell door. It stood for not on normal communal/courtyard exercise.
    This let the guards know that these cells were to be kept locked when the other prisoners were out of their cells. Otherwise, well you can guess what the other prisoners would do to them.

    • @markpotter8280
      @markpotter8280 Před 2 lety +17

      You learn something new every day, great fact

    • @hamoostaffat
      @hamoostaffat Před 2 lety +6

      The word originally meant 'for one purpose' an old English word
      Didnt know thats what it stood for in the context you mentioned though, everyday is a school day I guess, lol

    • @stevemoppett2759
      @stevemoppett2759 Před 2 lety +6

      That's a backronym, so it's complete bollocks.

    • @peterellis1307
      @peterellis1307 Před 2 lety

      Darren, have you a source for your info, cheers?

    • @hamoostaffat
      @hamoostaffat Před 2 lety +11

      @@stevemoppett2759 a simple Google search would have found it for you, its very worrying you know how to put people down but can't figure out how to seek information out for yourself when you have Google in your pocket

  • @SMlFFY85
    @SMlFFY85 Před 2 lety +14

    "Peng" is stetching it in terms of what is considered British slang. It's not even widely used, basically you're only using it if you're black or a confused chav.

    • @CyanideSunshines
      @CyanideSunshines Před 2 lety

      Actually its used commonly where i am lol

    • @cooldude4643
      @cooldude4643 Před 2 lety

      never heard it once

    • @CyanideSunshines
      @CyanideSunshines Před 2 lety

      @@cooldude4643 I've been called it.... But by my cousin so it doesn't really count 😂 Thats the one and only time I've ever been peng 😂

    • @eyeball7465
      @eyeball7465 Před 2 lety

      Used to refer to good coke

    • @MrGorpm
      @MrGorpm Před 2 lety

      @@CyanideSunshines It's not British slang.

  • @HazyIndustries
    @HazyIndustries Před 2 lety +19

    I was dying when you pulled out “old chap”, Knowing exactly what it meant and how many times you guessed penis 🤣🤣

  • @ryanbarnfield2736
    @ryanbarnfield2736 Před 2 lety +163

    The way you described 'nonce' was the funniest thing ever. Some of the terms unless your under 20 you wouldn't know them anyway. Some I've never heard of.

    • @UTRG-UnderTheRain
      @UTRG-UnderTheRain Před 2 lety +9

      Yeah squiffy never heard it used in that context of someone's a bit squiffy I'd assume they were unwell

    • @MrSiBrum
      @MrSiBrum Před 2 lety +4

      I've heard & used all of these, minus squiffy. Wish I was under 20, nope, I'm 32. I used to use "peng" a lot through my mid & late 20s.

    • @ryanbarnfield2736
      @ryanbarnfield2736 Před 2 lety +3

      @@MrSiBrum I never heard of peng but asked my younger niece who says it's from a reality program.

    • @deadpan666true
      @deadpan666true Před 2 lety +5

      Squiffy is actually Victorian slang for drunk….so, not been in general use since early 20th century, unless like me you like to use old slang every now and again! 😁

    • @Maxmillion77
      @Maxmillion77 Před 2 lety +3

      @@MrSiBrum I think the problem with squiffy is not that you're too old but too young. I'm mid 30s and never used it but I've heard the boomer generation use it. Not sure how common it is. Also heard it used in the same context as skew whiff, like askew.

  • @1daveyp
    @1daveyp Před 2 lety +77

    The "nonce" bit was priceless, good instincts there Anna. And, full marks for your restraint when JT said he was "leaning towards penis." Not a thing a girlfriend wants to hear from her fella. 😁

  • @antoineduchamp4931
    @antoineduchamp4931 Před 2 lety +23

    Example....."he was gagging for another beer" - perfectly acceptable speech, meaning he needed another beer badly.

    • @Acd1984
      @Acd1984 Před 2 lety +5

      ... he drank too much and was over the toilet gagging. His bird didn't mind though, she was still gagging for it, then she was gagging 🤨🤣🤣🤣

  • @sotkajarvi
    @sotkajarvi Před 2 lety +10

    I’m not a Brit but I have been living here for a decade and I love it a lot.
    I’m a huge fan of your videos and your obsession with Britain.
    And I cracked up when you found out what nonce means! 😂

  • @shadybacon3451
    @shadybacon3451 Před 2 lety +52

    The shock on JT's face when he discovered what 'nonce' means

  • @ML-cm4ih
    @ML-cm4ih Před 2 lety +10

    The way he said peng 😂😂😂Omfg

  • @aleebea
    @aleebea Před 2 lety +39

    As a Brit (Londoner) this was absolutely hilarious, I was constantly nodding no whilst tears ran down my cheeks.
    Good try! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @whatwhatyep
      @whatwhatyep Před rokem

      You was nodding no? 😂

    • @73kevdoc
      @73kevdoc Před 9 měsíci

      You don't nod 'no'.

    • @73kevdoc
      @73kevdoc Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@whatwhatyep*were

    • @whatwhatyep
      @whatwhatyep Před 9 měsíci

      @@73kevdoc Thanks. It were a simple slip of thought.

    • @T--qn7zm
      @T--qn7zm Před 6 měsíci

      Londoner, say no more.@@whatwhatyep

  • @miillsy
    @miillsy Před 2 lety +5

    Interesting about squiffy, I use the word squiff as like wonky, like if you’re putting a picture on a wall and it’s not straight I’d say “that’s on a squiff” or “it’s a bit squiff”… maybe that’s a Welsh thing!

    • @branthomas1621
      @branthomas1621 Před 2 lety +1

      I sometimes use " scew wiff" to mean the same thing, something is off course or out of line. That picture's a bit " scew wiff" I'm from North West England

    • @frankiefield9565
      @frankiefield9565 Před 2 lety

      I use squiffy for dodgy, ie I feel a bit squiffy today.

    • @lilme7052
      @lilme7052 Před rokem

      We use it in East anglia. And 'on the huh' aswell.

  • @Cazammaf
    @Cazammaf Před 2 lety +48

    As soon as she said the word “nonce” I spit my food out lmao, this was an amazing video, JT!

  • @andrewchapman6010
    @andrewchapman6010 Před 2 lety +21

    Was funny when JT was saying penis for all the words, but then when old chap came out, he didn't guess penis.... Very funny 😂😂😂

  • @wildgalbambi
    @wildgalbambi Před 9 měsíci +1

    "That's a nonce gentleman" 🤣 that got me 😂🩷

  • @kazbye79
    @kazbye79 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Omg I laughed so hard lol 😂😂😂😂 the 2nd word and your definition KILLED. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 thank u for making me laugh so hard lol so mind your old chap 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @theoldpcgamer77
    @theoldpcgamer77 Před 2 lety +45

    Never heard of many of these and i'm English although i'm middle aged. We also have slang words specific to our region, town, city etc.

  • @darrenfearon4288
    @darrenfearon4288 Před 2 lety +34

    Dead Ting is really Jamaican slang. That got into the streets.

    • @dmxdex
      @dmxdex Před rokem

      Or black British youths who think they are Jamaican

    • @lorenzogg-qs4wp
      @lorenzogg-qs4wp Před rokem

      @@dmxdex black brits who think their Jamaican? 😂 make it make sense

    • @lorenzogg-qs4wp
      @lorenzogg-qs4wp Před rokem

      @@dmxdex where do you think these black brits parents/Grandparents come from?

  • @Bridgercraft
    @Bridgercraft Před 2 lety +64

    To be fair, a lot of those (peng, dead ting, bare in particular) are very London centric, most of us outside of the capital wouldn't use them unless you are an urban youth who is trying to pretend you are from London.
    We DO have an awful lot of slang words for penis though..... You could pretty much use any of those in the right context and it would refer to your "old chap".
    Also used are "Percy, dick, prick, schlong, dong, wang, knob, willy, trouser snake, " and many more.....

    • @andygozzo72
      @andygozzo72 Před 2 lety +2

      there was an old computer in our computer studies room at upper school branded 'Wang', that not surprisingly cause a bit of giggling when we first saw it 😁

    • @MrJoeshipley
      @MrJoeshipley Před 2 lety +3

      This is a bit of an ignorant take since they're mostly derived from Jamaican patois so will be used be Jamaican descendents across the country and has nothing to do with "pretending" to be from London

    • @Bridgercraft
      @Bridgercraft Před 2 lety +3

      @@MrJoeshipley and the vast majority of Jamaican immigrants live in and around London. Both now and when the Windrush generation from the west indies began to arrive.
      So much so that the slang derived from patois became almost synonymous with inner city urban youth.

    • @MrJoeshipley
      @MrJoeshipley Před 2 lety +1

      @@Bridgercraft this needs a longer form conversation than I can be arsed to type on my phone but the tldr is that there are many reasons why people would use what is called MLE outside of London.
      And yes I'm aware of what the L stands for.

    • @Bridgercraft
      @Bridgercraft Před 2 lety +2

      @@MrJoeshipley you're right, there are other reasons, mostly when they have roots within or upbringing around people of afro Caribbean descent.
      But there are also a LOT of kids who use MLE slang just because they are influenced by Musicians, actors and celebrities who use it natively.

  • @ItsWazzza
    @ItsWazzza Před 2 lety +1

    “We do say y’all a lot” that was made clear when you said y’all multiple times in one minute lol. Also when he thought nonce might be a compliment when he said “He’s a kinda nonce gentleman”.

  • @jeffwalker7185
    @jeffwalker7185 Před 2 lety +102

    Many slang words and sayings in the UK will also be regional. I am from the North East of England and have never heard of 'peng' to describe something that is good. I have also never heard of 'dead ting' - it sounds like it could have origins in black British culture, specifically African Carrabin British where 'thing' is pronounced 'ting' and picked up by young white kids.

    • @kujouk
      @kujouk Před 2 lety +15

      I have to agree, not summat we'd hear up north.

    • @Kazza_8240
      @Kazza_8240 Před 2 lety +19

      I've heard some of these words on telly and stuff, but I'm a 45 year old Scottish woman, I'd just sound like an idiot if I started busting out slang like this, I think my family would section me tbh 🤣

    • @99fruitbat94
      @99fruitbat94 Před 2 lety +17

      @@Kazza_8240 I am a 61 year old lady working in health care in the South East of England . I regularly bust out modern phrases just for the hilarity of it 😅 I am also Scottish so that adds to the amusement 😅 I am fortunate to be good friends with a co-worker who is mixed race with teenage sons ! I learn this stuff from her boys , add to the mix my actual name is Karen 🤔 An old white lady called Karen busting out this stuff 😅😅👍👋💕

    • @Kazza_8240
      @Kazza_8240 Před 2 lety +2

      @@99fruitbat94 no way! My name's Karen too! That does sound funny tbh 😂

    • @andrewlaw
      @andrewlaw Před 2 lety +11

      Very much a London thing.

  • @mycatspethooman5590
    @mycatspethooman5590 Před 2 lety +18

    Maybe next time you do something like this you could hook up with a British reaction channel and exchange words with each other.

  • @adreannebowler
    @adreannebowler Před 2 lety +5

    This is brilliant as a Brit and hearing you pronouncing the words was something else, I was talking down my phone like no you say it like this and that hahaha, and you both guessing what they all meant was hilarious!! But you both gave it a go, well done. 🤣🤣

  • @jimrodda
    @jimrodda Před 2 lety +3

    You are both crazy, great video 😂🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @smilieevie6998
    @smilieevie6998 Před 2 lety +13

    😂 old chap reaction 👌 😂 was waiting to see JT’s face when he looked up the definition 😂 classic 😂

  • @whisperproof7332
    @whisperproof7332 Před 2 lety +7

    The acronym N.O.N.C.E. comes from HMP Wakefield at the turn of the century and was marked on the cell card of any prisoner who may have been in danger of violence from other prisoners - it means 'Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise'.

    • @branthomas1621
      @branthomas1621 Před 2 lety +1

      I've heard - Not Of Normal Criminal Element, but i can believe your's to be true

    • @peterellis1307
      @peterellis1307 Před 2 lety

      Hi Whisper proof do you have a source for this definition, cheers?

    • @Deezclub.
      @Deezclub. Před 2 lety

      I’ve heard “Not Of Normal Criminal Exercise” when I was on Jury service but I could be mistaken, yours does sound right also

  • @denisemeredith2436
    @denisemeredith2436 Před 2 lety +2

    I am a Brit and haven't heard half of the slang words on here except for old chap, nonce and nits.
    Nits made me think of Nitty Nora who was the Nit Nurse that would visit us in school to peer into our hair.

  • @nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526

    This is pretty interesting, seeing what makes sense to me as a Brit. I'd never heard the first one, squiffy to me means just kind of... messy and out of order, not drunk, dead ting I'd heard on TV but didn't know the meaning of.
    The UK might be relatively small, but with the amount of dialects and accents we have it's no wonder we have such varied slang.

    • @seeyouanon2931
      @seeyouanon2931 Před 2 lety +1

      I have to agree with you on that, I have never ever heard anyone say they were squiffy when drunk, queasy, or tipsy maybe amongst other terminology lol.
      squiffy all over the place and a mess, I can understand the logic to tye it to being drunk, but it's in the wrong context. I would say for example, when your eyes go askew and everything is all over the place they have gone squiffy.

    • @andygozzo72
      @andygozzo72 Před 2 lety +5

      i think of squiffy as more a posh term for a drunk, something like 'ok, yah, tarquin was a bit squiffy after the soiree last night' 😜

    • @mikeembe1261
      @mikeembe1261 Před 2 lety +2

      " I'm feeling a wee bit squiffy " when you feel you've had a few too many but you're not blind drunk. ( I'm 66 yrs old but really only heard it in 1940 - 60's films)

    • @theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567
      @theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah I always knew "squiffy" as being like "a bit 'off'", or being skewiff, I assumed that squiffy and skewiff were linguistically connected. So maybe would use it if feeling a little unwell, not full blown poorly, just a bit nauseous, under the weather, queasy, squiffy.
      Yes, I think best definition for how I know it, is "a bit off". For things, objects, generally being a bit off, skewiff might fit better. e.g: "what happened in here?! The pictures are wonky and all the furnitures a bit skewiff"

    • @Claire-zz9pj
      @Claire-zz9pj Před 2 lety

      @@seeyouanon2931 to me that would be skew whiff/whiffy. Squiffy is definitely drunk.

  • @Jo.H.
    @Jo.H. Před 2 lety +33

    The nonce slang word was so funny seeing your reaction. Gave me a good giggle. Have a great weekend both 😊

  • @moonramshaw1982
    @moonramshaw1982 Před 2 lety +3

    As kids we all had a visit at school from Nitty Nora the bug explorer

  • @LucifersTear
    @LucifersTear Před 2 lety +13

    Lmao, was lovely to see you both riffing off eachother 😂
    The faces you pulled at "Nonce" killed me!
    Also the "Bare" one is from the weird trend of inverting negatives "wicked" is good "sick" is good "the bomb" is best so "bare" is plenty.

    • @danielgardecki1046
      @danielgardecki1046 Před 2 lety +2

      Bad means good.
      Fire means good.
      Cold means good.
      Etc etc.

    • @dannycarter1966
      @dannycarter1966 Před 2 lety

      @@danielgardecki1046 nithered and brass monkeys means cold.

    • @enosger
      @enosger Před 2 lety +1

      Bare is actually a slang which was created wrongly by London black youth who were influenced by West Indian/Jamaican culture and mistook the pure which in a strong West Indian accent sounds like pare.

    • @LucifersTear
      @LucifersTear Před 2 lety

      @@enosger erm no its part of antonymic slang
      "Wicked" = "Good"
      "Sick" = "Pleasant"
      "Raw" = "Fresh"
      "Baaaad" = "Niiice"
      "Bare" = "Plenty"

  • @TheMikeyPie
    @TheMikeyPie Před 2 lety +2

    I died when you said “he is a nonce gentleman” 😂

  • @99fruitbat94
    @99fruitbat94 Před 2 lety +27

    You might like to check out some Scottish words 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️ Wean , scunnerred , peely wally , it's a whole new vocabulary 👍❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @smokeymcpot976
    @smokeymcpot976 Před 2 lety +16

    Please do more videos with you both your both hilarious.... I nearly pissed my pants. By far the best US learning UK. Your definitely my favourite American ❤

  • @TheThird1977
    @TheThird1977 Před 2 lety +7

    Listening to JT describing what he thinks "nonce" means knowing the actual definition is on the way... 😬

  • @billydonaldson6483
    @billydonaldson6483 Před 2 lety +8

    Gagging can also mean feeling sick, a really bad smell can have you gagging. Depends on the conversation as to its meaning.

    • @jenniedarling3710
      @jenniedarling3710 Před 2 lety

      I think the original meaning word gagging has increased in use since covid test as people complain that it makes them gag.

  • @Kari_B61ex
    @Kari_B61ex Před 2 lety +6

    When I was at infant school we used to have the Nit Nurse in every few months to check our heads - I hated it as I had really thick long hair, and our Nit Nurse wasn't gentle.

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 Před 2 lety +3

    Bare and peng are unknown outside London.

    • @MrSiBrum
      @MrSiBrum Před 2 lety

      That's incorrect. Widely know in the West Mids also. Probably known elsewhere too.

  • @dagingerninja2134
    @dagingerninja2134 Před 2 lety +2

    squiffy just reminded me of An Inspector Calls 😂

  • @jackherer519
    @jackherer519 Před 2 lety +1

    "he's a nonce gentleman" ahahahahahahahaha

  • @lexiwilliams9422
    @lexiwilliams9422 Před 2 lety +19

    That was funny , a lot of them I only know because I have a young sister and she tells me some of the roadman slang ,at first I thought roadmen were council workers working on the roads 😂..

  • @linky8899
    @linky8899 Před 2 lety +8

    Gagging mostly used when eager to have sex example "shes gagging for it"

  • @lucysmith6530
    @lucysmith6530 Před 2 lety +2

    I laughed so hard when you got old chap. I literally thought he is gonna be so pissed off in a minute! Haha that was golden!

  • @LondonCAFC
    @LondonCAFC Před 2 lety +1

    That nonce one killed me “his a nonce gentleman “ hahahhaha

  • @0robbi0
    @0robbi0 Před 2 lety +26

    I tried saying 'That's fire' but in my British accent I cannot pull it off like you, JT. lol, Merry Christmas to you both.

  • @carolinegreenwell9086
    @carolinegreenwell9086 Před 2 lety +11

    Anna I love watching the expressions on your face, priceless !!

  • @lubizzle8670
    @lubizzle8670 Před rokem +4

    Your whole discussion on the word nonce before you found out what it actually meant was hilarious! 😂 but, I’m 36 and there’s loads of these that I don’t even freakin’ know! Slang words differ all over the UK so someone in London might call something completely different to someone like me who lives in the north east of the uk 😂

    • @jadethegamermc
      @jadethegamermc Před rokem

      And kids always find new slang on social media. Haha

  • @rosak4640
    @rosak4640 Před 2 lety +1

    Plssss I died when he said 'he's a nonce gentleman' lmaaaoooo 🤣

  • @elisewoods217
    @elisewoods217 Před 2 lety +12

    As a Scot there were actually some here I didn’t know you should definitely do a Scottish slang version of this video

    • @lorrainemauchan1754
      @lorrainemauchan1754 Před 2 lety

      Don't hurt the poor boy lol 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @c.w_
      @c.w_ Před rokem

      Would a Welsh one work too

    • @jamiecharlton9961
      @jamiecharlton9961 Před rokem

      Agree, never heard Squiffy in my life. Unless referring to something that's "askew" like a version of skeewiff but nah... nae cunts calling their dick "old chap"

  • @louiseishere9358
    @louiseishere9358 Před 2 lety +4

    You are killing me man, i could not stop laughing 🤣 im from the uk and this has made my day.🤣🤣🤣

  • @tarmacmenace9478
    @tarmacmenace9478 Před rokem

    The nonce one had me dead!! The way they say nice 🤣🤣 couldn’t be more wrong

  • @lupinbun7240
    @lupinbun7240 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm a Brit and I'm fairly sure that "gagging" comes from when a dog is really excited and eager to get somewhere and it pulls so hard on the leash that it makes that gagging sound.

  • @Cyrus95
    @Cyrus95 Před 2 lety +4

    ‘He’s a nonce gentleman’ has sent me I can’t lie 😂😭

  • @tonybmw5785
    @tonybmw5785 Před 2 lety +7

    Ey up marra! Being an aging northerner I did know some of these, which isn't surprising because like our accents our slang can be regional before we get to how different generations have different slang. Surprised you did not get 'nonce' because I'm sure you reacted to the Newcastle fans singing the Adam Johnson songs in an offensive football chants video.

  • @geoffwheadon2897
    @geoffwheadon2897 Před 2 lety +2

    Nice to see y'all gorra canny cap off big Geoff, County Durham.

  • @99fruitbat94
    @99fruitbat94 Před 2 lety +4

    Many years ago ( I work in health care ) I had a lovely Malaysian co-worker ask me ( very seriously 😶) This ' what do you call the sticky things in your nose ?' I replied ' bogies ' He was so relieved to learn this . God bless you Amala wherever you are now 👍❤️💕

  • @debbiewynne8108
    @debbiewynne8108 Před 2 lety +6

    This creased me...made me laugh 😃
    I live in Cornwall and we have our own slang...dreckly, cornish men do it dreckly...at some point in the future.
    Giton mi booty...hi, how are you?
    Propa job...Nice one!
    It's our differences that make us interesting 😆👍💕

    • @rachelpenny5165
      @rachelpenny5165 Před 2 lety

      I grew up in a farming area in Devon, we would also say those slang words as well.
      Best wishes

  • @dianebryan8595
    @dianebryan8595 Před 2 lety +4

    😆 the nonce reaction is hilarious 😂 A very entertaining video! Thank you, old chap. Love to you both ☺️

  • @vincentfreeman5563
    @vincentfreeman5563 Před 2 lety

    Love this mostly for the banter and repore between the two of you. Keep spreading the love.

  • @MrBaronCabron
    @MrBaronCabron Před 2 lety +2

    When you said "like, that's a nice nonce young gentlemen right there" i lold. I can see myself using that sentence at some point.

  • @leetibbs86
    @leetibbs86 Před 2 lety +5

    This was absolutely priceless, had me literally laughing out loud. Please do more of these 😂

  • @luvstellauk
    @luvstellauk Před 2 lety +16

    I would imagine Dead Ting comes from Afro Caribbean slang rather than English slang

  • @RyanMK666
    @RyanMK666 Před 2 lety +1

    Also a dead ting can mean anything, not just a person, ‘yo this party is a dead ting fam’ or ‘that cars a dead ting’ can be used for a place person or object.

  • @lornehyde3547
    @lornehyde3547 Před 2 lety +4

    These quiz type videos are my favourites! I hope to see more of these in the future :)

  • @CharmCharlie
    @CharmCharlie Před 2 lety +4

    Because of the various accents, intenations and classes of people here in the UK, our slang is different all over the place! So half of these I have never heard! I, however, was born a Cockney (Part of London) and we have Cockney Rhyming Slang! This is something that has been around for a long time and was used to hide things being discussed from the police or other authority figures originally. Although now it has crept into more everyday language! You should watch some videos on it and see how you can do it!! Just a thought! (Also nice to see your 'better half' or 'missus' she seems really nice and Merry Christmas to you both!)

    • @fmyouthdev
      @fmyouthdev Před 2 lety

      His trouble and strife you mean? 🤣

  • @susanashcroft2674
    @susanashcroft2674 Před 2 lety +8

    Nits 'hanging loose or partying' was so funny, I can imagine head lice 'partying' in your hair and 'hanging loose' ready to 'party' in someone else's hair too! May be best not to call anyone a nonce gentleman as he really wont take it as a compliment ever! :-)

    • @asaturner4097
      @asaturner4097 Před 2 lety

      Unless you're talking to prince Andrew, in which case it might be accurate

    • @branthomas1621
      @branthomas1621 Před 2 lety +1

      @@asaturner4097 no, I don't think he would take that as a compliment

  • @wleedsloiner
    @wleedsloiner Před 2 lety +2

    Brilliant video, loved the chemistry between the 2 of you. More videos of you together please

  • @daveofyorkshire301
    @daveofyorkshire301 Před 2 lety +1

    Long ago at school we had "nitty Nora the bug explorer", hence NITS!

  • @Stella-0210
    @Stella-0210 Před 2 lety +3

    This is sooo funny! I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard in a long time! Figuring out nonce was so cringe to watch. I fell off my chair laughing 🤣🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @olienajh
    @olienajh Před 2 lety +2

    Loved this vid. More like that please. Your accent makes them sound even more funny.

  • @emmabroughton2039
    @emmabroughton2039 Před 2 lety +2

    Here's a few for you. Clod hopper, splad blathering, spoggy, pagging, lummox, todger, lug hole, duds, bog roll, divvy, twagging and bleggs. You're welcome.

  • @annacottonb
    @annacottonb Před 2 lety +3

    You two are absolutely hilarious doing this! Brilliant 😂

  • @richp2938
    @richp2938 Před 2 lety +5

    A gagging for a brew is just one example for gagging keep the videos coming mate

  • @dandesantagta6006
    @dandesantagta6006 Před 2 lety +3

    This reaction is priceless 😂 JT & Anna sending love to you 2 from Somerset, England, UK 🇬🇧.

  • @u.t.bparanormalteam5218
    @u.t.bparanormalteam5218 Před 2 lety +2

    This was hilarious I was laughing 😃 at the expression on your faces when you realised what they meant 🤣 Well done lol

  • @jasonshaw8094
    @jasonshaw8094 Před 2 lety +6

    The unfortunate word JT picked out was originally an acronym " Not Of Normal Criminal Element"... love your videos, keep em rolling...

  • @MrOgMonster
    @MrOgMonster Před 2 lety +3

    React to UK Christmas adverts - they're a big deal (mainly in England I think) - all the biggest companies make high production value adverts every Christmas and they all try to outcompete each other. My favorite is Sainsburys 1914 WW2 advert, but they're great every year!

  • @robertroberts8648
    @robertroberts8648 Před rokem

    Just found your vids and am hooked. As for slang words, they are regional, i hadn't heard some of them. Right, on to the next vid. Lot to catch up on....

  • @user-wl4wp1dt3q
    @user-wl4wp1dt3q Před 2 lety +2

    The nonce one 😂😂😂

  • @doobiedootwo3517
    @doobiedootwo3517 Před 2 lety +5

    When i was at school we had occasional visits from the nurse who examined everyone’s heads for head-lice. She was known as Nitty Nora the bug explorer 😆

  • @jessicaconlon4036
    @jessicaconlon4036 Před 2 lety +6

    This is such an amazing video, especially the guessing around the word “nonce” 😂 I’m from Yorkshire and have heard all of these terms, although we don’t necessarily use a lot of these up North. I’m not sure if anyone else from the U.K. can vouch for this, but to me the term “squiffy” would be used to describe something that doesn’t make complete sense/something that isn’t accurate, rather than to describe a drunk person

    • @jasonsmart3482
      @jasonsmart3482 Před 2 lety +3

      From London now live in Kent and for me squiffy does mean starting to get drunk.

    • @jadethegamermc
      @jadethegamermc Před rokem

      Or food has gone bad, its gone squiffy. Lol

    • @diane64yorks
      @diane64yorks Před 6 měsíci

      I'm from Yorkshire too, some of the words I've never heard of before this video, ie, dead ting & peng, to me bare means empty or naked, it must be the younger generations that use them, not oldies like me. Squiffy definitely means tipsy though, plus I've never heard scone pronounced as scon locally or anywhere northern really,

  • @JohnHMarsden
    @JohnHMarsden Před rokem

    Great video! Loved watching you two. Very funny!

  • @davidrigby3874
    @davidrigby3874 Před 2 lety

    Loved this please do some more

  • @halebopp26
    @halebopp26 Před 2 lety +6

    "That's a nonce young gentleman"

  • @Tilion462
    @Tilion462 Před 2 lety +3

    Always fun, keep up the good work! Though this was all over the place (hilariously in part). You can be gagging for anything. Personally, I was gagging for a cup of tea while watching - though the most common use is saying someone's 'gagging for it' i.e. looking to get laid... I mean, the nonces may be gagging for it and the kids that are avoiding 'em are liable to get nits at a party; also the adults there are liable to get squiffy. Going to see the ol' family doctor: "Hello, Old Chap, could you take a look at my Old Chap it's old & chapped."

  • @Bluebell_uk
    @Bluebell_uk Před 2 lety

    Great video. Would be interested to see a similar one done around Cockney Rhyming Slang.

  • @GeordieBoy700
    @GeordieBoy700 Před 2 lety +1

    I am a Brit and never heard of Peng or Dead Ting. Must be regional. I laughed so hard at how wrong you where with "Nonce".

  • @ollieduracell
    @ollieduracell Před 2 lety +3

    This video is bare peng innit bruv! Keep it up JT.