I like to learn about words from around the world and use them in my speech. I have a particular love for British words. I just love words like spiv, nod, wasteman, barmy, slapper, bruv, lezza, shafted, nonce, junkie, bint, smackhead, nutter, slag, breve, chav, squiffy, slaphead, looney/loon, bender, and dosh.
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Drongo from Australia is pretty funny.
It’s called speaking more than one language.
That’s not what I mean. Like do you use any words that are pacific to that language. Like in German they have a pacific word for the day after tomorrow. I forgot what it was though.
Übermorgen. It exists in English too but isn’t really used: overmorrow.
I speak a lot of English
Oh yeah, I’ve picked up some Brit slang and completely stole “no worries” from the Aussies
I’m super prone to using “bloody” when I want to curse but shouldn’t. It usually slips past other americans. Taking the piss is another fave.
When speaking to someone who doesn’t speak my native language, I tend to use a lot of English words.
Yeah, far too often.
Can you give examples?
You might enjoy this book. It’s like dictionary of random slang words from around the world, with different chapters based on categories.
Personally, I was a little disappointed because 99% of the definitions are just one sentence or sentence fragment. I was hoping to find out a little more about the origins of more of the words and maybe a little of the culture behind them.
My grandma is German so I still drop words like this in otherwise normal English conversation. It’s just how me and my cousins called these things growing up.
Lappen- referring to a face washer/cloth
Barfuss- referring to barefoot
“Lappen” is also used as a fun but not overly offensive insult. Mainly for guys who act tough but really aren’t.
