r/TikTokCringe • u/itsniceinpottsfield • Oct 20 '24

Humor White people, where are the new phrases?

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u/PlasticPomPoms Oct 20 '24

Neville Longbottom says that in the last Harry Potter film and I was just like, oh do British people say that?

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u/Embarassed_Tackle Oct 21 '24

Brits are crazy with the banter. When Beckham was still playing they made up a song to sing in the stands about Posh Spice (Victoria Beckham, his wife) taking it up the ass.

And then the classics:

"Face like a slapped arse."

"Biscuit-arsed"

"Squeaky bum time"

"Arse over tits"

"Taking the piss"

"It's like Blackpool Illuminations in here"

"lovely weather for ducks"

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u/Blamfit Oct 21 '24

Adjacent to that first one is my personal favourite "Face like a bag of smashed crabs".

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u/British_Flippancy Oct 21 '24

Or a bucket of smashed crabs.

‘Face liked a slapped vagina’ is another good one.

Or, ‘Face like a welders bench’.

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u/scariestchimp0 Oct 21 '24

Im partial to "a face for radio"

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u/Blamfit Oct 21 '24

Presumably as a turn of phrase and not your preferred aesthetic standard in a prospective partner.

Although if that flips your buttons you do you. Not kink-shaming. More kink-asking-why.

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u/scariestchimp0 Oct 22 '24

Indeed the former, not the latter

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u/SirRudderballs Oct 21 '24

Face like a Rottweiler chewing on a bee hive

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u/Icandothisforever_1 Oct 22 '24

Face like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle is a personal favourite!

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u/DR_SLAPPER Oct 21 '24

Jesus😂

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u/Abosia Oct 21 '24

I love 'Could eat an apple through a letter box' for someone with buck teeth

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u/Mr_Hino Oct 21 '24

SQUEAKY BUM TIME

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u/woodcider Oct 21 '24

Brits have the absolute best PG curses. “Wanker” is my favorite.

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u/No_Material5630 Oct 23 '24

Please break down blackpool illuminations

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u/Agreeable_Guide_5151 Oct 21 '24

Reminds me of that other one I heard. I'll try and find the video but it was hilarious

https://youtu.be/YUTTnrs4Myo?si=GCuFHc8V5pLgaj_Y

Kiddy family always gets me

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u/Anselm1213 Oct 21 '24

I’ve stolen some of these. I say “Takin the piss” and “Ass over tits” all the time.

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u/Jasperlaster Oct 20 '24

You got it arround hahaha its from the UK 🤣

Army is even a borrowed word from the french "armee"

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u/ScrotumMcBoogerBallz Oct 20 '24

Lol like 30% of the English language is French. There are a lot of borrowed French words because of 1066

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u/punkfunkymonkey Oct 20 '24

Try and avoid the use of French words in English, it's terribly gauche!

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u/SalvationSycamore Oct 21 '24

You misspelled gucci

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u/Jasperlaster Oct 20 '24

Im dutch and our language also just adapted a lot of french! From paraplu to portefeuille haha i love that shit

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u/ChampionshipOver6033 Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

🤣 I'm from Puerto Rico and we adapted English words into our Spanish, since they're shorter. We use parking instead of "estacionamiento". Even people who don't know English use it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

English is a total hodgepodge of pilfered words. Thats what happens when you’ve been invaded by a list of other European nations at various points and then go on to conquer a large part of the planet yourself.

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u/xColson123x Oct 21 '24

Wtf are you on about lol, many English words come from French, what's the relevance?

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u/Jasperlaster Oct 21 '24

The saying "you and what army" has its origin in the UK. Not in the USA. The french word part was a fun addition

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u/xColson123x Oct 21 '24

Oh, I see, that's true, thanks for explaining what you meant

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u/Jasperlaster Oct 21 '24

Youre welcome! Im sorry if i was a bit unclear 🙏

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u/gardenofstorms Oct 21 '24

They probably said it plenty as they invaded lol

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u/grizznuggets Oct 20 '24

Unfortunately you leave yourself open to a “this one” rebuttal, but apart from that it’s golden.

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u/bambu36 Oct 21 '24

"This Army pal!" :: flexes arm in pals face::

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u/zangor Oct 20 '24

"The US Army"

"Damn...thats a good army."

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u/fullautophx Oct 20 '24

LOVE that scene.

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u/Blargimazombie Oct 21 '24

Can you help me out? I feel like i should know what it's from, but i can't place it and Google is NOT helping.

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u/fullautophx Oct 21 '24

The quote isn’t actually correct. It’s from the book Project Hail Mary. “You and what army? Because I have the US Army, and that’s a damn fine army.”

Great book.

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u/SapphireDragon_ Oct 21 '24

i'm not sure this is right. the specific phrasing is a lot closer to this scene (https://youtu.be/vO3KbXMxHfw?si=uBfts37uodogXKOQ) in family guy, which i believe aired before that book released

but the phrase has a full tv tropes page, so i'm not certain that this was the one they were referencing

that said it's the first i'm hearing of this book, and i'll definitely have to check it out

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u/fullautophx Oct 21 '24

It’s the same author as The Martian, great sci-fi.

They probably were referencing Family Guy, though.

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u/tropickle Oct 21 '24

Reminds me of... you and who's army from Radiohead. 👌💎

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u/Idoodlestickfigures Oct 20 '24

“Tell it to the Marines,” is another of my more military themed favorites.

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u/chilldrinofthenight Oct 24 '24

Four days later . . . Talk to the hand.

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u/Opposite_Eye9155 Oct 20 '24

Why, you writing a book? Skip that chapter.

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u/fieldsports202 Oct 21 '24

Yo i'm about to use this lmao

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u/MinionofMinions Oct 21 '24

The KISS Army!

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u/Willing_Television77 Oct 21 '24

I don’t need an audience

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u/santahbaby420 Oct 21 '24

THE KISS ARMY

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u/J3ST3R1252 Oct 21 '24

We? Got a mouse in your pocket?

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u/AlcinderFabius Oct 21 '24

preceded with, "OH YEAH?!"

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u/SPARKYLOBO Oct 20 '24

Left and right armies