This goes under the heading of two countries divided by a common language!
- Chin Wag – chat
- Chuffed – pleased
- Cracking – stunning
- Fell – mountain (Cumbria)
- Flush – instant wealth. “He was feeling flush because he’d just been paid.”
- Fortnight – two weeks
- Gobsmacked – astonished
- Gutted – upset
- Having a butcher’s – having a look
- Knackered – tired
- Knickers – underwear
- Nowt – nothing (Yorkshire)
- Oldy-Worldy – looking as if from another era
- Orangery – sun room
- Owt – anything (Yorkshire)
- Pants – underwear
- Stone – 14 pounds of weight
- t’ – the or to (north). Note that many times, the word “the” is dropped and then t’ ends up meaning “to”. Going t’ hospital is going to (the) hospital.
- Ta – thanks (North)
- Tara – goodbye
- Thissen – yourself (thyself) (Yorkshire)
- Trousers – pants
- Twee – Sweet
- Welly – Wellington boots
There are tons more! For a giggle, you might want to make up your own list of funny English words!
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