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One you didn't mention: bugger, as in 'you old bugger'

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Roy love your bonkers channel.

Seems like the Brits have a lot of ways to say someone is or is being an idiot. Is that because you televise the legislature?

I subscibe to Britbox and watch a lot of British programming. As such, I have heard most of these and know what they mean.

Best British insult that also implies towering anger: sign a letter or email simply “regards” instead of “kind regards”

'Plonker' certainly didn't start with 'Only Fools and Horses'. It was going well before that and you would do well to investigate the origin of the word. Ever heard of 'plonking'?

When The Beatles made Revolver, My Dad said that's when They went Bonkers. But it's a Good Album anyway. I'm from South Africa

If I 'accidentally' call you Richard or Mr Head you will know what I think of you and the way you are behaving . As In " Hello Richard, or is it Mr Head"

There no answer to this crap what wast of time

What about cretin, you missed that out you knob... 🤣😅🤣🤣

My favourite " I hear you looked up your family tree. They are still up there"!

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You should know bwtter English instead of British..

Living in France for the last 11 years I miss these banter phrases- Don't forget "acting the maggot" - very Irish but so useful

Thanks a lot for this kind of valuable lesson, Our Beloved Teacher!

Plonker is actually a polite term for penis - it is another way to say you knob. Both mean idiot. You can always say "are you pulling my plonker" meaning are you having me on.

Why are you so desperate to insult people? Have you got an inferiority complex?

How about 'Numb Nuts'

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Cool...I'm going to start saying all of these 🤗

I live in a two level flat :) maisonette

Hi Roy. Ha ha you made my day by the way you pronounced Queue the first time ! 😅 🤣 I don't know if you knew it, but biscuit comes from the French word Biscuit. Long time ago, this word was used for specific little cakes made for navigators, for sailors who needed food that would last a long time. So the "biscuits" were cooked twice. Bis-cuits (BIS means twice in Latin language and CUIT means cooked in french) so the biscuits were cooked twice to have a better conservation. 😉

How about twat?

I live in Washington state, USA. Bonkers has been in our vocabulary for as long as I can remember. I use the word, occasionally. We use it to describe people and situations. A friend and I adopt English accents and call each other c*nts and tw*ts on occasion, since they aren't as taboo in GB as they are in the USA. It's such good fun. Now, thanks to this video, we'll have other words we can use, as well. We'll go crazy. It'll be bonkers. Manky is one I've never heard before, and I'm an anglophile who has watched a bit of British television. I have watched shows like The Two Ronnies, Monty Python, Doctor In The House, Benny Hill, and many more, since childhood. Some were on Public Broadcasting, and the rest were on Canadian stations, what with our living near the border and all. But I do not recall hearing the word manky on any of those programs. Pillock reminds me of James of Top Gear/Grand Tour fame. Not that he is one. He has said it a few times, and it does sound funny coming from him. He's usually upset when he says it. Oh, I forgot wanker. I love to use that one along with c*nt and tw*t. As a matter of fact, I have a t-shirt that shows the Union Jack and it says, "You, sir, are a wanker." People tend to comment on it. They love it. This video is delightful! Just now liked and subscribed. Next, I will share it with the c*nt with whom I trade British insults. He'll be well-chuffed.

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Cadger, someone who tries to get something from someone else without paying for it

Yer ma sells avon.

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You missed 'Berk'

Perhaps I'm odd for an American, but the only two of those I'd not encountered (and mostly used) were scally and Billy no-mates. Several of those are actually relatively common over here in the nutter colony. (And I suspect that we'll be needing all of the creative adjectivery you're willing to loan us for the coming four years at a minimum.) (But no promises about its condition when we're done.) Oh, and you missed yob. (Perhaps intentionally, for reason't I won't elaborate upon.) And the wort with a diferent vowel than "twit" is in common usage here among the misogynistically-proud, of whom we have far too many.

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What does "bollocks" and "you stupid git" mean? I have heard John Lennon use it iin a couple Beatles songs. Also Black Sabbath and the Sex Pistols.

For a 'British English Teacher' you are missing a few points: Pillock is believed to derive from pilicock - a penis; plonker is quite simply another word for penis; wazzock is an amalgam of wanker and bollock(s); prat is a reference to buttocks and is thus another way of saying arse (or ass as the Americans would have it; but why you would want to kick someone up their donkey beats me...)

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I grew up in Blackburn and we used to use the word scali. It was usually use to describe people who are chavs.

Daft, bonkers,twit

Here are a few others - UK bonnet, boot, trainers vs. US hood, trunk, sneakers.

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I am British and have used all those terms. I have even used them here in China but luckily only the British teachers I worked with understood what I meant.

Calling someone a “berk” is quite satisfying once you appreciate that it’s Cockney slang and comes from a word that rhymes with Berkeley Hunt.

My mother’s family uses the word “loafer” for a person who is low-class, boorish and uncouth, usually with a somewhat disreputable character, as opposed to the usual meaning which is lazy. I thought it was unique to that side of my family until I heard a work colleague using it . We are South Africans of British descent. Does anyone else know this one and anything about its origins

Australians say all of those things with the same meanings. Not too bad, actually.

Me Dad, like many people from Coventry would describe someone who was prone to dubious spontaneous actions or actions reflecting less than stellar mental capacity as “Yampi”. It’s always my first port of call to direct a rebuke about someone or the question someone’s regard of yourself e.g. Hang on the phone all day to get tickets for Oasis? You must think I’m yampi

What about Muppet or wanker? Damn did you forget those?

Here in new england we used twit when I was young