How To Insult Like the British - Anglophenia Ep 12
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- If you ever get into an argument with a British person, you'll wish you'd have watched this video. Siobhan Thompson gives you the tools to sling insults like a Brit.
Here are a few other insults via the Anglophenia blog: www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia...
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You know you're British when you know what all the censored words are
lol
I can recognise the length of the words just from everyday life
I really hope knob jockey was one hahaha, I love that insult
hahaha, I just saw the shaksperian insults video and my god, I couldn't contain myself. I laughted so hard at "your veringiity breeds mites" xD
Oh, come on, you have to fill us dimwitted Americans in on what those were! I was hoping for a more uncensored version anyway!
"bellend" there is a classic one that isn't used by the upper class...
***** Oh honey,
***** i'll tell you when you're older...
What have the upper class got to do with it?
it means gay
mWillia hSchlic - absolutely ANYTHING that is important involves them. Unfortunately, they don't use this word as a LOT are gay, LOL Which is probably why titles die out so often...lol
The best british insults are the ones where the victim doesn't realize he has been insulted until three minutes later.
"Now I understand why all your wife's children look like her brother."
The milkman - he was ginger as well
"Oh hello, I believe I knew your father - did you ever meet him?"
Condor Boss yas ikr so slick
m8, you cannot go wrong with a good old fashioned implied incest dig
it took me a bit of time to get your joke.
It's not hard to insult the French!
Just give them a pole and a white cloth.
How did the Germans invade Poland so easily? They walked-in backwards, saying: "we're leaving".
Miko Mido
Don't need a pole that's why they built the Eiffel tower.
Actually the flag of France after the first defeat of Napoleon - the Tricolour was of course banned, and the new flag of France was...a white flag - I'm not kidding!
Why did the French plant all those trees down the sides of roads ? Easy, it so that the German soldiers could march into France in the shade on hot days. Or, just sell them tanks that only have 1 forward and 6 reverse gears, the same as the ones for Italy. As for words, then dickhead, knobhead, berk, tosser, moron for examples all pretty much mean the same.
C'est aussi facille de chiér sur les têtes des anglais ,mon ami !!
I've heard Americans using the word "twat" and it's hilarious. They pronounce it as, "twot" or "twaat". Sounds very strange to me.
Private First Class William Hudson How are u suppose to pronounce it? Some guy tweeted it several times during a rant and I'm pretty sure I say it wrong lol
***** It's pronounced the way it's written. - tw-at - tw, as in twitch and at, as in cat.
*****
Itsmeeman1 I've always heard it pronounced twot. Don't know why, but that's how young people pronounced it in the 80's. (At least in central FL) Btw, they were usually referring to the female anatomy.
J-Me Yeah, it went from meaning pregnant fish to vagina very quickly. Probably the smell.
TheBunniMonster Some fish get pregnant. Look at sharks. Some give birth to live young.
The Blackadder insult that stayed with me was "as thick as the large print version of _The Complete Works of Charles Dickens_". Now _that's_ thick!
Mr.Thicky. Stupidy, stupidy.
The best thing about about British insults (along with the Aussies & Kiwis) is the versatility of each insult, they can be used for all occasions and can even be used affectionately, ironically and humorously all depending on the pronunciation, timing and tone
I looked down the first page of comments & there's no BELLEND ... Call yourself english lol .
Maybe she likes a nice bell end 😊
I believe that the term ‘bellend’ originated in Droitwich in the Middle Ages. Apparently in the churches, the poor had to sit near to the belfry where it was so loud (due to the bells) that they couldn’t hear the vicar. Hence the poor were often referred to as the “bell-enders”. This got shortened over time so that anyone considered to be of poor breeding was called a bellend. Fact.
And there's me thinking you calling somebody a penis LOL
@@rubytuesday1345 ... or its because the end of dick is shaped like a bell... its basically knob/dick head
dont forget tosspot
We're taking notes for our next night with our mates... Cheers, Siobhan!
Hi
😂😂
The most horrid insult I can think of is calling someone, "Belgian".
***** Monty Python.
CowLunch Haha, good one! :D Greetings from Belgium. ;)
CowLunch It's even worse to call someone American...especially if they're actually Canadian
John Wilkie Never call a Canadian and American. You're likely to get slapped with a hockey stick ;)
Likewise, don't call a Scotsman English.
The best British insults are the subtle ones such as a butler is letting a foreign woman into the door of a country mansion. She looks around and says, "This place is like a prison.'' He replies, "I'm afraid you have the advantage of me madam.''
Which means?
don't tell, work it out. i got it straight away :)
Arc Kocsog worked it out yet?
Explain.
no, use your brain
When your from England and you just came here to see if they got it right 😂
Cow Puppy ikr 😂
That's exactly what I did 😂😂
You damn right
wehn you're form enalgnd adn yuo cta'n slelp you're
same
You forgot sodding and git!
Git's more irish
yh lol
Shannan Wykes I want to know where the hell "blinking twit" is :P
+Citizen Smith. Oh, never heard that before.
***** thats because you're from chelsea and live a life of luxury-a slang free life.
YOU FORGOT PLONKER
Yeah!
+8 Bit Mapping UK BLOODY PLONKER
PISS OFF YA BLOODY PILLOCK!
"Dipstick"
Toe rag.
I love how she says "the list goes on forever" and just smiles. But its true.
The absolute best thing about British insults is that you rarely realize that you're being insulted when they do it very slick it's usually not a word it's more of a underhanded dry comment that everybody gets except for you ...LOL
KELSIB WELLS ikkrr
The brits are masters of passive aggression
Where I'm from we say 'thick as pig shit', don't know if that's too common elsewhere in the UK.
Jordan Toft I've never ever heard anyone say that. I live in Wiltshire, so the slang might be different.
Ewan B In Hull it's fairly common I'd say.
Jordan Toft Same in the midlands.
Jordan Toft I grew up saying 'thick as a brick' but mostly 'thick as mud'
Jordan Toft I hear that all the time
Those of you that are saying "I'm British, I have never heard these" that's probably because you are younger than 20 and have never been anywhere. Growing up in the 80's and 90's they were all common place. I must admit, I did not know Berk was rhyming slang. Apart from the cricket length not a bad effort. Going to use Berk more often at work x
tash tash not me. I haven't heard half these words, but that's probably because I'm Scottish, and live in Scotland where we have our own insults, such as eejit, bawbag and fannybaws, which for the most part replace many of the words in the video.
You got glass in yer windows?
Exviking 6709 I’m younger than 20 and knew all of these so please shut up
as if. I havent heard gannet used in this way... I think. But i'm northern so i recognize mardy more
Two sandwiches short of a picnic.
favourite pg insult? "you blithering plonker", either that or "donking leatherhead" which is my own creation, after a road sign near Windsor.
I love plonker 😂😂
Mines just "nonce"
look at ur profile picture you mug.sym
I love these videos!
To bad the audio is of such low quality, it sorta sounds like I'm hearing it through a telephone.
Still great videos though!
Cheers, QDR Quality! We're looking into any sound issues.
QDR Quality Maybe you've listened via the 144p resolution? It's crystal clear for me.
+QDR Quality I agree. Lots of overdriven distortion especially evident on sibilance! Check your audio meters when you record. Aim for -12dB peaks during recording and you should be good!
+QDR Quality YOU probably ARE hearing it through a telephone. I however am viewing it on my HDTV and it's perfect.
Guylaen O'Connor The post is over a year old, they bettered their audio quality later on. I'm not to blame that you have bad hearing but there is low quality audio in this video.
The obsession with Wayne and eating tatties out the bin is hilarious!!! 😂😂😂😂
tatties? really?
+match aye tatties! What's your point?
Danielle Boydon INIT 😂😂
Add some haggis and neeps and even I would eat it out of the bin ya wee numpty!
Danielle Boydon lol
Love your channel !
how can you teach insults if you beep them?
I just say "thick". Like, "Wayne ate some potatoes out of the rubbish bin - he's a bit thick, that one."
Holly Boreham
She' having a pop at Rooney again.
Actually the two finger salute and the peace sign are NOT the same. The salute is with the back of your hand outward. The peace sign is with the palm of the hand outward.
but in america often they do both
Really? I haven't seen both . . .
+KingAptitude I disagree. In the U.S., the peace sign is always palm outward, and the two-fingered salute is virtually non-existent, excepting someone affecting Britishness.
kids use the two finger salute, ad their concept of peace. WRONG.
Susan Sackinger people use the peace sign with the back fingers also in America. So no, she's right, you were just misinformed.
This is one of my favourite. Hope to see more info on your home country.
In my school skiving is a word for being outside of lesson during said time.
KingSwagonCat Gaming Many decades ago ,we kids called it ..playing dolly, or skiving off.
Why all the hatred :'( We french people love you guys. You gave the world pies and Harry Potter !
We take the mick out of everyone, even our cute, cuddly neigbours.
The British don't make fun of the French, well not since my Great Granfather's time. We do take the piss out of the Americans and Australians mercilessly though.
soryy, it's a national obligation
Your channel flag is American...
Did you move?
Ah we don't hate you, we just like taking the piss out of everyone. Even other Brits...... Even ourselves! :D love ya really, neighbour!
Jammy git! That's a good one.
true
+Tore Bolhoej What does it mean?
+Agustín Cámara no one likes you
+Agustín Cámara *thats not what it means, it means you are a lucky so-and-so
+Tore Bolhoej is that midlands??
First time see you video, but really like it. Would ya pulse make a tutorial series about estuary accent?
I'm an anglo Aussie 5th gen, ,I love the Cockney accent , and I can understand most of it, lots of its rhyming slang or general slang, my mob use it too, probably got it from our relo's from 200 years ago.
I like the cockney accent as well!
I'm from that part of London, myself but somehow ended up with the most BBC 6 o'clock news accent that it is possible to have. The rhyming slang is pretty fun as well.
U WOT M9
u messed that up
OH god dammit, my honour is besmirched
XD
I still read it as M8..... weird
arthurfoxxache Me too
Bugger off
Bloody hell
plonker
Never knew that was where "berk" came from. I always thought that was a fairly mild one.
I’m actually really impressed that you knew the origin of the two fingered salute keep up the good work I subscribed
Two fingers with the back of the hand facing outward is NOT the peace sign in America.
+scarletfluerr Or here either, watch Churchill's...he knows! V for Victory..
It's the same as ours isn't it? Palm outwards is peace( which Churchill always did) , back of the hand is an insult.. But can be done as a joke aswell lol, ✌️
it isn't the peace sign in britain either
+Ahmazing Luke palm facing outward is the peace sign in Britain hence✌️
+Ahmazing Luke sorry I just re-read that lol, I get what you were saying now lol..silly me lol
Where's GORMLESS?
Chaya Shalom it's not really an insult to be honest it's more of a facial expression
Olivia Osullivan, don't forget someone can act gormless as well as look it.
As my dad teacher called me, a gormless sod
As my teacher called me, a gormless sod
Near Accrington, I do believe
"CLARKSON YOU INFANTILE PILLOCK"
Lovely voice and accent ❤
Bawheid
Bawbag
Fannybaws
Dobber
These are Scottish insults and not exactly SFW But no one outside of Scotland gets them
The only one I know of those (as a Southerner) is 'dobber'. I'm not sure what the context of it is in Scotland, but here it means someone who tells on someone. Like, "Oh, my God, Liam - you told Mum about us skiving off? You're such a dobber!"
When I was taught "dobber" many years ago when I lived in Scotland, I was told it meant some variant of the word "penis." And in the different ways I heard it used, that fit pretty well (and would fit your example too, I think).
Dudderz unless they have spent time around Scots.
Some Kiwis from Dunedin get it, only those who are still very proud of their Scottish heritage though
It's spelt dauber. 🖒
Smeghead, smegging smeghead and so on.
He's a smmeeeeeee, he's a smmeeeee, he's a smmeeeeee hheeeee lol
***** what are you, 5?
***** It was probably just a joke, jeez.
GeminiGabRiElleSG
I know, I can't even remembering commenting on this :/
***** I love Red Dwarf
Really miss this channel
I knew about the two fingers from anime. I'm so proud of myself right now.
Skiver isn't really an insult tbh
+Mayzerify being lazy isnt an insult, usually your going to express envy at a skiver (jammy gits)
I do like making fun of the French
+Nathaniel Lake Hi kid!
i like to think i jinxed it
Eh oh, ici on parle français!
***** The kind of country where people are free.
+Doney Hon ...which "France" actually means :)
The 2 fingered salute is what I and others consider swearing in my part of England
Hilarious! I had no idea about the two finger salute one, good to know.
Wayne rooney is a minger though
no hes spider pig
and he looks like shrek
***** k rooneys second best behind Lord Heskey
Matthew Kendall are you on narcotics
Am I the only one who thinks he's kinda cute?
go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!
Your got the pic of the archer all wrong, thumb release shown, as used by the Turkish and Mongolians,... The pull with the three fingers on the string is called the Mediterranean release, this is the grip that has been used by the British yeomen shooting the warbow. Pluck Yew, for an other one,...;-) Nice post though.
cricket test matches are 5 day matches not 4 day
actually they can be either. Though more commonly 5 days
Oooohhh sorry solid
neeeerrrrrrrrrd!!!! (no offence)
Not when the English are playing and end up losing by an innings. (Sorry, not going to explain that term to cricket novices).
James Leigh he's not a nerd, everyone knows it's 5 days
As DMG02 said earlier the USA "peace sign" is two fingers raised ,palm facing away from the peace loving person. The British "bleep you" sign is two fingers raised palm facing the insulting person. So, they are different; and one has to be careful of flashing either sign when a hurry.
Did you hear about the France changing their flag? It's been changed to a flag that is more relevant, modern and overall sums up Frances role in society. its a white flag
+Jax67 Radioxmix Have you ever seen Blackadder. I'm english.
"It's not racist if it's about the French" (Hugh Dennis, I think...) :D
***** its a cornerstone of English culture :D
It's not a white flag. It's a white cross on a white background.
France joined World War Two in 48 hours. The United States of America still hadn't joined 20,000 hours later. And you call the FRENCH cowards?
There's quite a few new ones in the English repertoire these days; Cockwomble being one that's quite common now, for example.
I had always thought that the battle where the English archers (armed with light "long bows") cut down so many of the French knights (armed with heavy, difficult-to-reload "crossbows") was at Crecy, not Agincourt. In any event, I think the battle of Agincourt was during the reign of Henry V (1413-1422), while Crecy was during that of Edward III (1327-1377).
Teensy problem, Siobhan, it's actually "Thick as two SHORE planks." It's an old Navy term (much of British slang is). Shore planks were think shoring timbers used to prop up a wooden hulled ship in Drydock or on a beach for careening.
Not anymore it's not.
Or seven years ago, either.
Unless it's changed, children skipping school without permission is usually referred to as "bunking off" (don't know why), but skiving is suitable. Mind you, it doesn't have to just be about school. I mean I'm skiving from doing any work as I'm on CZcams watching this video. :)
Mardy is very often used in the east midlands yet a friend of mine from oop north has never heard of it.
I not even anglophone but I do remember the mighty term "w@nker", good one, learned it watching (and thoroughly enjoying) the series "Inbetweeners". Terms such as "Busw@nkers" and "Briefcasew@nker", just made me laugh the fact of remembering those.
Italian tanks have one gear forward and five in reverse ..
And the French war effort was decimated today when their white flag facory burned down...
Hey, who won the 1st Tour de France?
Nazi Germany.
Cat Man.. Too funny
Anyone want to buy a french WWll gun? Never fired and only dropped once
That's not really fair you know...they only retreated because the keys to the Maginot Line were hidden under the soap...
Skiver and gannet are insults?
Also circket takes five days, not four days.
Not if it's one-day cricket...and 'circket' isn't a game at all.
Aren't Barmy Army the ones that travel wherever the team does to watch every match at stadium?
.....and, point of information, "barmy" comes from brewing. Barm was another word for yeast, and if the yeast was too active well you can imagine the kind of results in terms of the mixture going a bit overactive and mad, splattering itself everywhere etc!
LOL I was born in Liverpool, but we moved to America when I was quite young. My friends and I thought it was bloody hilarious when my dad would use these words when he had road rage :D now I use them lol
Many, I would say most, Brits don't have strong feelings either way about the French
+Mikie Fant Personally my feelings are strongly against them
+Mikie Fant Are you living on the same island as me? We hate the stinking cowards.
yeah it's like pretend joke hate. we have had a long history together but there's nothing left to fight over now. I think the UK's reaction to the Paris attacks showed how most British people really felt about France, jokes aside.
Yes we do ya dozey wazzock.
It's more southern Englanders who hate the French. And the Scots have a very cordial relationship with the French.
Good show. The only one I hadn't heard of was "mardy", but that's because of being a Southerner. :P And I always love the Agincourt story, apocryphal or not.
The best one (though not the most offensive) is "skiver" delivered in a Bristol accent. As in "SKIVERRRRR!"
The story about the two fingered salute is really interesting, my history teacher told me a similar story about giving the middle finger.
Kylo Ren is a mardy!
Wednesday Addams is such a mardy!
this doesn't make sense lol
***** What do you call a guy who destroy consoles with his lightsaber when he doesn'tt get what he wants?
+Erlik Quadros Anakin Skywalker
Clever! HAHAHAH
In the late 70's, I worked a job in The City, near Moorgate. My boss had an expression for doing something dumb, he'd say "well, there's a bit of the Irish in that". I never told him my mother's maiden name was Bryan.
near where i'm from, there's a village called barming and there's an old folk legend of sorts that the word barming (another form of the word barmy) was named after it because barming used to have a psychiatric hospital. i dunno how true this is, but i certainly find it interesting.
LITERALLY THE BEST EXAMPLE POSSIBLE
I usually fall back on the worst insult I can possibly think of: You cad, sir.
A cad is a man who is dishonourable and has low morals, especially towards women. So a man who lies and cheats on his wife or girlfriend would be a cad.
I'm from Tennessee, USA. I LOVE these videos. I admit to being a total anglophile. No....not JUST the accent(s)....but the culture, the endurance and stamina of a people who were horribly blitzed by that demon Hitler, and the natural graciousness. Heck....I even love the general sense of humor. I even subscribe to ACORN-TV (British movies and series). I'm not wealthy, so I seriously doubt that I'll ever get to visit.....but I dream. Until then......more vids please. Thumbs up and 5 stars. (And I have watched all of the vids on your channel. GREAT JOB!!!!!!
Mardy is also used in Nottingham (east midlands) as well. As a side note I've just noticed the spelling of midlands and I've always pronounced east midlands it as East Middlelands... Have I been saying it wrong all this time?
FYI... American sign for peace is the 2 fingers with the palm out (it can also mean "victory"). Palm in, you're just asking for 2 of something.
fyi Berk is rhyming slang for Berkley Hunt not Berkshire. :)
Oh, my bad - we're both right it seems!
+Tom Mulliner (Realist Artist) I thought it was Berkshire as well...
+Julian Mexia Would either of you bother to translate for those of us not trained on the details of Cockney slang, since Siophan was too timid to actually explain what she came here to explain?
Certainly.Cockney rhyming slang originated in the 19th Century by the working class of East London. It could have been for several reasons: a local secret code language or a game? It works like this: you have a word - "look" for example and substitute a couplet rhyme where the second word rhymes with your chosen word. In this case "look" would be "butchers' hook". BUT you'd only say the first word of the rhyme when using it. eg "Take a butchers at that." Does that help?
+Tom Mulliner (Realist Artist) I was taking a butchers down the apples when I saw a right berk with a bad syrup cos his barnet was all gone, he took a frankie out of his lucy and said 'wachha lookin at? Up yer harris'
Test cricket takes 5 days not 4.
You're welcome!
+Josh Hanson She didn't specify test cricket though did she? For all you know, she could have been referring to County Championship cricket which lasts 4 days.
You're welcome!
Yes but I DID specify Test cricket! And she mentions cricket in context with the Barmy Army, who support England who don't play county cricket.........So.......Er........You're welcome. Burk.
+Josh Hanson Berk, not burk. Berk.
only if you follow on olb boy
Look up "breather ring" in Rogers Profanisaurus, or the Magna Farther.
love it!!
the 2 finger salut served us well for 100's of years, so why change a classic
Can we just take a moment to talk about whether it's a ginnel, genel, snicket, alleyway, bridleway or footpath 😂😂🙄
One of my high schooler teachers in America told me that story. Either I got them mixed up with the middle finger or he was talking about the two fingers and for once I was not paying attention (kind of weird too since I was a master at that)
i like this channel, thought id share this. east midlands old slang ! i had to research this one myself , ' back when i was just a nipper, knee high to a grasshopper, it was a rare summersnight and all windows and back door was open, and my mom said to my dad, u wont believe the size of this wokkin great bobowla that just flew in the kitchen,...i found out many years later that she was saying theres a very large moth that just flew in ! . it dates back to middle ages aulde english, now not used. bobowla meaning moth, she used some really uncommon phrases, passed down through stories around the fire, her grandmother worked in service in the kitchens for queen victorias lady in waiting,.many many moons ago,. she also said stuff like, theres a brickbat crawling in the fireplace. small flat centipede looking thing, also called a silverfish, ...bygone words from another era,.,. anyhoo, thanks for ur entertaining vid channel , c;
The word "as" is the comparative superlative, you can add it to the end of any adjective and it means "very 'adjective'" or "as 'adjective' as is possible". People took phrases like "easy as pie" or "thick as two short planks", got rid of the comparison, and expanded the use of the word to include any adjective.
when you know what the censored words are...
2:00 Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
In the 1970`s/Early 1980`s and i have not heard this for ages is the insult word Pranny.
0:50 It's just probably more satisfying and better to call him Shrek. XD
Want to insult like a Brit? Watch a lot of Gordon Ramsay.
How about scally (usually applied to scoucers - escpecially the sort who exchange the wheels of your car for bricks). Or divy, anyone (but mancs in particular) who parks his car in Liverpool.
I am from Suffolk and have only heard 6 of those used, I am guessing some are highly regional
I'm an American, But I use the two finger salute - when the middle finger just isn't enough! 😀
Isn't the middle finger worse than two fingers?
In theory, Yes, But since it's rare in the US, Novelty makes it seem to have more "upmh".
funnily enough we use it the other way round. Its concerned much less rude than the middle finger.
Just saying the bit about Rooney was hard for me cos I'm a Man Utd fan 😂😂
I heard Klike, I don´t know exactly what it means, because I´m mexican, I wonder if you can tell me.
Skiving is shaving leather thinner at the edge to make a rolled edge less bulky.
Presumably a really easy job.
The majority of the archers at Agincourt were Welsh, hence Agincourt Square in Monmouth. Just saying, like. ;-)
Only because they were told they were sheep in the field 😂
The Agincourt story has been debunked. It only appeared around 1970
***** That would be worth a read! 👍😉😆
This host is adorable too! Where do you get so many adorable hosts?!
Not entirely sure about the V sign story. I have read that the first known documented evidence of a V sign is 1901 & that the Agincourt story only came about in the 1970s.