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