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A new British invasion?July 25, 2007 How long do you think it will take for "macking" "snogging" "git" and "bloody" to become commonly used in American slang, courtesy of J. K. Rowling? Or are they already, and I'm just oblivious? Personally, I think "git" is a great term, and I've been using "bloody" myself for awhile. "Snogging" doesn't sound right to me, however, but I do like "macking" I guess. Have you heard anyone use these slang words in common conversation? No Responses to “A new British invasion?”Leave a Reply |
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July 25th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Definitely have been using bloody for awhile, even though it does sound rather gruesome. Snogging, well, it sounds rather gross, actually, even though it’s not supposed to. (I keep thinking of snorting pigs eating). Macking is okay, but it sounds rather “boy band-ish” if that makes any sense. I like some of the British slang though. It’s fun to say.
July 25th, 2007 at 9:09 am
I’ve used bloody for-freaking-ever, it seems.
July 25th, 2007 at 9:25 am
I use “bloody” occasionally. The Brit phrase that I like best…wanka. It’s not a nice word, but it is effective. ;oP
July 25th, 2007 at 10:11 am
I actually don’t hear them often (except from exchange students) but I’ve used “bloody” for several years now. I’ve also using the others occassionally.
July 25th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Uh, I could be wrong but I think Macking IS an American term? Street/Rapper origin and all that … Been using that one for a bit now myself. hee!
July 25th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
yeah, macking is a rapper term
July 25th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
I have used bloody for a while, on and off at least, it really only flows together with bloody hell. and I have said git, but I don’t know if I am using it right.
July 25th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
I seem to be in the majority of those who use “bloody” and I like “git” too. I hear Ron from the HP movies saying it when I see or hear the word.
Trish, Ron fan
July 25th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
I’m a Ron fan too, Trish. And I hear him say “Bloody hell!” in my head too. LOL. He didn’t get as much screen time in Order of the Phoenix as I would have liked.
Thanks for clearing up the “macking” thing. Obviously, I don’t listen to much rap. LOL.
Snogging just sounds like snot and slog and neither of those are very romantic at all, so I don’t like that word.
July 25th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
oh like sucking face is romantic?
July 25th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Yeah, snogging just doesn’t sound nice to me…I like “bloody” though…another favorite of mine is “bollocks”
July 26th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Oh I like “bollocks” too! And, yes, I use bloody an awful bloody lot he he.
July 26th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Bring British I use them all, apart from “macking” which I have never heard of! Bollocks is a great one and wanker too. Wanker is used in friends and other American shows but I don’t think they understand what it means (it’s a term for masturbation used mostly for boys). It makes it even funnier hehe.
July 26th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Oh Rhinoa, that’s too funny about “wanker.” I thought it meant sort of like “weenie.” LOL!
I like bollocks too, but haven’t used it yet. Mayve I’d better start.
July 26th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
I’m obsessed with Victoria Beckham’s use of major.
“That is sooo may-ja.”
I’m secure enough in my punk rock lifestyle to say I love her show. In fact her show is major.
July 26th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Cosmic! I would never have expected that of you–saying Concrete-Tit Vicky Beckham’s show is mayja. Wow.
How my bubble has burst.
July 26th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Can I say how hard I laughed at Victoria Beckham’s show??? She was hilarious! I love her.
Yes, I’ve already begun incorporating “Mayja” into my vocabulary.
July 27th, 2007 at 7:38 am
I love the phrase snogging! We’ve been using it a lot every since we finished watching Torchwood. It’s great because the kids don’t know what it means yet.
July 27th, 2007 at 7:57 am
I like writing “snog” on blogs but never use it.
Git and Bollocks are fun because of SPIKE- who really isn’t British at all. But the one I use the most is probably the most offensive.
“Bugger me”.
When I was a kid we used “bugger” all the time for some reason but it certainly didn’t mean what it means over there because my Mom would have had a fit! We used it synonmously with “booger”- which is what we called it eachother all the time.
Now when I say “you bugger” I know what it really means- and yet I still use it.
I’m such a git.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I’ve heard all those terms before, long before Harry Potter. Wanker, git and bloody have always been more European slang, but they did exist and have been used before Rowling’s books.
Snogging and macking have been around since the early 90s (and likely earlier than that). Haven’t you ever heard of “mack daddy” or “macking on my girl”? I thought that was American slang that’s been around for ages. Snogging, well I didn’t hear that as much, but it’s been common slang among teenagers for “making out” for decades now.