Your Guide to the Latest British Slang - Anglophenia Ep 33
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Is your chirpsing jokes? Kate Arnell updates you on the new British slang.
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"Reem" is the worst word ever coined. Anyone who uses it outside Essex deserves a punch in the face. They also need to get a life, being influenced by the trashiest of trash TV
Never heard it before today
no, just live in devon
***** Morris dancing is awesome. I have friends who Morris dance here in the US
No one actually uses it in essex. Just joey essex
teehee1604 Reem was around way before TOWIE - Early 00s. And i'm from Southern area!
I was scrolling to see how foreigners would react to the slang... It's only us Brits watching this video 😂😂😂
lol
Californian here. I am lost and confused by the slang. 0_o
+D. Z. Lol not surprised
Nope. I'm from the US. I was hoping to not hear 'fleek' in this video. 10/10 relieved.
+Zyra L. F. Don't like it? Don't use it. Lol no need to sound so insulting just because you don't like it...
Never heard of peak as a positive term, and I'm from East London where a lot of this slang comes from. Usually means unlucky or generally bad. E.g "I just lost my job" "Aww mate that's well peak"
Also bare is just a general modifier. Can also be used with peak, piff and jokes as well as a way of saying 'many' or 'lots of'. E.g "Oi mate there's baaaare traffic bruv innit"
I'm from Surrey so SE London and I've only heard peak as a positive term.
Since when was Surrey SE London loooooool
Jordan Gilbert Nope! Turns out it somehow can mean either depending on the context o.o
I think "peak" started as positive but then got subverted. These days London kids definitely use it to mean "bad".
Half of these words I've actually never heard anyone use, apart from well jell, and bare jokes. Reem is pretty old and no-one really uses anymore... Things like 'banter' 'cheeky nandos' and 'hench' (rather than Dench) should be up there as well, I hear them being used all the time!
In the sw
Cheeky nandos
Dench not hench
Fresh trim
Banta / bants ( not banter)
Others too but these were not mentioned
James Lee In manchester
Gassed=hyped/excited/happy
mandem=males
gyaldem=females
roadman=gangster
skeng=weapon
peng/buff/piff= goodlooking or sexy
butters = ugly
man like insert name here = is used to congratulate someone
I rate you = I like you
Bangs = when something is good or popular
Snaked = done something bad behind someones back
Eazii = thanks(manchester)
Safe = thanks
Alie = agreed
(snm)Say no more = okay, I gotcha / agreed
creps= shoes
garms = clothes (comes from the word garments)
Rave = party
Skeen = understood / alright
Wagwan = How are you? / What's going on?
Shout = party(Manchester)
Bell =call
Riddim = music
Man = this is the most confusing as it can be used to describe yourself e.g 'I don't care' = 'Man don't care' can be used to describe someone else e.g 'He doesn't care' = 'Man doesn't care'
ThatKid3pico thank you oh so much, will go immediately down my vocabulary:)
She ain't bovered.
We appear to be in a place called... Totting ham...
Swiftly Simmer "Right, so before I get started why don't I make us all a nice milky brew. And how bout some bikkies as well, eh?"
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES CHILDREN WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE"
Swiftly Simmer Tottenham*
TARDIS Tales Arite, fore I begin I'mma whip up a brew, any takers? And 'hows about some mint biccies on the side to top it off, fam!
Leg it kids, we're about to go kick it!
+Alfie Showza I live in tottenham
MAN SHE'S CUTE!
EL CHAPPY TAN Cuter than Siobhan?
Nelson Ricardo Yes she is
EL CHAPPY TAN I think so too. Especially with the short hair for some reason. I just can't look away when she looks into the camera.
She's bang tidy is what she is.
+Patrick Staal Is she "dench"?
Have I got that right?
I'm 25 and haven't heard of half of these. "What are these whippersnappers on about?!" *shakes fist*
Most vulgar British insult:
"Sir, I am thoroughly appalled by your condescending demeanor"
Red John Oh my, sire, your insulting manners are utterly disgraceful!
Red John It would be demeanour btw!
Red John No, it's "May I ask, by whose invitation are you here?"
David Scott Stop saying these foul, vulgar things at once. Children might be reading this.
Red John Cease this tomfoolery, pronto, old chap.
How about some cheeky Nando's?
Cheeky nandos with the lads?
Casey Keiper that's a secret to those who aren't British
I'm up for a cheeky nandos, one of my mates who's an absolute ledge 2k15 suggested we get a Maccys but I was nah m8 lets get a cheeky nandos with da lads and everyone was like YEAH that's well good idea
On a local scout jamboree- got hold of one of he organisers radio - pit stop to control. Anyone for a cheeky nandos. Then legged it jic
U don't want a cheeky nandos with the lads?
i'm from the town where towie is film and legit no one says 'reem' at all. also everyone here hates the towie lot
So it like the valleys for the south of Wales?
i mean you probably think no one like towie due to your friendship group, i'm form the town over and i know lots of people who like it and some people hate it.
Must be southern slang. I know of some of these words, but I never hear them.
J583 They unfortunately are. We are supposed to be the bastion of well spokenness but then you hear things like this and just wonder how bad it's all becoming. If you're not safe from chirpsing in Tunbridge Wells then you're not safe anywhere
YAAAAAY You know language changes over time, right? The way of speaking you're used to is entirely arbitrary from a historical perspective. Why shouldn't be still be speaking like they did when Shakespeare was around instead?
yep its all bollocks mate. youd get some funny looks up here if someone said "reem"
I haven't heard of most of them either and I'm from Dorset (the South Coast)
nothing to do with surrey thats for sure
Some of these are wrong for example Dench means strong/muscley, peak means harsh - From your local 17 year old ;)
SmithyTheHobbit ^Never heard of these words with the meanings you have given. I would say Anglophenia is more correct - From your local 16 year old ;)
*****
Might just be my town
SmithyTheHobbit Isn't it 'hench' that means strong/muscly/well built?
Red CatBear Yes it is :D
SmithyTheHobbit Sorry but I don't think you are. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Peak
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Peak+times
Accepted. The Urban Dictionary is not the most reputable source, but where else does one find definitions of words in the youth language?
Peak is when something bad happens to someone else "that's peak fam "
Kate could actually make up any word she wants, and I would buy it. She is so... convincing.
Please don't use these terms unless you want to sound like a drug dealer from Brixton...
I'm from London and I've never heard dench being used that way, me and everyone I know use it for someone that's physically fit/ strong but not necessarily fit looking, although the they usually are
I'm British, but I moved to America when I was 16. When I came back at 18 for uni, I had to ask what "peak" meant in context, because everyone was saying it and I had no idea why. That one cropped up pretty fast.
Where's banter?
Scarlett S Not exactly the latest slang. First known use was in the late 1600s. Has always had pretty much the same meaning too.
www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Banter
***** So 'bants' then.
Nahh! It's just witty banter!
Banter ain't slang you dog
Nah nah, bantz would be the slang form
Noone says 'fresh' are you alright?
Yeah I know
They do here in Bristol "fresh creps", " fresh trim" used quite a lot here.
***** that's pretty fresh 😉
Same in Devon any different hairstyle- got a fresh trim. That's fresh
Not used here in Manchester either...
i barely knew any of those words and my friends speak in skang. alot. and i live in england
Katie Mackinnon What's "skang" slang for..?
i am not going to answer. i have a busy day tomorrow and it is nine o clock and not dark yet. but still. sorry
Katie Mackinnon Must have a descriptive, thoughtful meaning behind it then?
rrpants Skanky slang.
Where in England
I live in Aberdeen and everyone I know uses the word shan. It can mean good or bad depending on the tone. and It can be used as both an adjective or expression.
I have never heard a real person say any of those words.
But here are a couple of variants of one well used slang term that means
Good/Great/The Best.
In its crudest for it is The Dogs Bollocks, nodding to the Reverend Spooner it becomes The Bog Dollocks, moderating slightly for polite society it shifts to being The Dogs Danglies and making it 'youth speak' friendly it is reduced to simply The Dogs.
A few other ones for you
Gassed=hyped/excited/happy
mandem=males
gyaldem=females
roadman=gangster
skeng=weapon
peng/buff/piff= goodlooking or sexy
butters = ugly
man like *insert name here* = is used to congratulate someone
I rate you = I like you
Bangs = when something is good or popular
Snaked = done something bad behind someones back
Eazii = thanks(manchester)
Safe = thanks
Alie = agreed
(snm)Say no more = okay, I gotcha / agreed
creps= shoes
garms = clothes (comes from the word garments)
Rave = party
Skeen = understood / alright
Wagwan = How are you? / What's going on?
Shout = party(Manchester)
Bell =call
Riddim = music
Man = this is the most confusing as it can be used to describe yourself e.g 'I don't care' = 'Man don't care' can be used to describe someone else e.g 'He doesn't care' = 'Man doesn't care'
I barely know any of these slang terms thankfully
British people are thought of as well spoken and posh, but the opposite is true....
If you are british, you either sound like the queen, like my family, or Oliver from Dickens' Oliver, (cockney) either way this video is ridiculous
Thomas. What about northern.
Harry Vince good point, you could say they are similar to cockney, so for birmingham region, you got brummys which are similar, so lets say cockney is enclusive, including northern.
Ok. I agree with you because they are similar.
From my view in the south west, there's posh London, cockney, brummie Liverpudlian northern and normal
Kate is just too much cuteness for me to handle...
I like Kate and all, but I wish she could do more diverse topics. So far, most of her videos are about food/drinks and vocabulary.
Rayve Napsu She's only been on a couple of episodes, give her a chance lol
Rayve Napsu So suggest a topic.
Kyle Sekenski Actually, she 's already put out 6 videos. That's more than a couple of episodes by now! Even the previous Anglophenia host had a variety of different topics by the time she hit her sixth video. Just sayin.
Rayve Napsu Again, stop whining about it and suggest a topic that you want to see.
Mark Lockwood
First off, I wasn't whining. I don't know where you got that impression. If you read my posts clearly, I was just pointing out what no one else bothered to mention: that her topics aren't as diverse compared to the previous host. Nothing wrong or whiny about it!
Secondly, I've already posted suggestions in the past, but none of them appeared to have made any impact, so I'm left a little bit pessimistic about posting new ones.
What about Banta? Or wasn't that around yet bc I know Banta was a massive thing
Sheebla banta has been around for decades and she is using the most recent slang
I am an American. And I find your British slang just peachy. Hope there is more like restaurants, motor cars and trucks including apartments. Using another countries slang here in the US people tend to think had too much Ale.
OK, on the other hand Kate you are one good looking lady without the harsh deep Brit accent. I know I know not a chance in the world ; ) it's okay though.
Hi from Brazil! your accent is the best, learning a lot with you. More videos, please!
Holy hell that girl has a gorgeous smile .. I don't even know what you're talking about ..
Reem is weird to me as an american. Here getting "reemed" is synonymous with getting chewed out or basically yelled at by a superior, usually your boss.
I'm Dominican and find anglophenia lovely as you British would say I enjoy it to much
Lol, we've used the term "bare jokes" in Barbados for ages and in the same context. Actually, we use "bare" before lots of words, as to indicate the level or quantity of something.
Reem is a popular female name in Arabic and is a name of a kind of Arabian deer too
From California, I'm digging the posh use of "Oy"! Unintentionally HILARIOUS!
you always upbeat and got a charisma, bless you!!:)))
I love the way you say, “Innit?” for “Isn’t it?.”
She hypnotizes me with her look and her accent. God...
I love the way she gyrates when she reads the Riot Act
she didn't get the definition of peak right.
Peak originated in London from when the tubes would be at 'peak' time making it more expensive and crowded. From this the word evolved in to meaning 'sad' 'shame' or 'bad', you would generally use it when something bad or annoying happens. 'oh that's peak'. It is also regularly used in a jokey mocking way. 'haha peak' 'peak times for you mate'
I could hear her talk all day! That voice, combined with that accent! Damn!
Dear Americans, I got as far as the first two and so far, no, no, just no. Please don't say 'Reem' that term is not used anymore, it passed away and is pushing up daisies.
Also no one says Dench anymore either.
Cal Steinbeck chirping and sharing are not right either but I'll give you a free slang term "pie'd" like when a clown gets custard pie'd in the face. Let's use it in a sentence.
Boy 1: so I leaned in for a kiss but they turned their head last minute and gave me a hug.
Boy 2: I can't believe they pie'd you, you numpty. No cheeky nandos for you.
Cal Steinbeck sharking *
Cal Steinbeck Oh also gretchen weiners was right. Fetch is going to happen. THAT IS SO FETCH.
It's all stuff used in the south at least... Well I live in the south east and have heard nearly all of these words.
Peak gets used a lot down here
I'm from Nottingham, which is in the East Midlands of the UK, and the typical slang words I hear and use around here are 'Peak', 'Fam' (friend/ acquaintance) 'Piff/ Piff-ting' (good, amazing or a word for weed) butters (good body, ugly face, or just generally unattractive) and proberbly some others that I can't remember. We used to use 'Peng' or 'peng-a-leng' a lot when I was at school, which is a positive adjective for anything really, but I haven't heard it much over the past year...
Jakiladd thanks for clearing that up, edutaining really
Oh everyone still uses peng. Nowadays people use it to describe something as sexy or extremely good looking
Kate is gorgeous.
Slang has always been really interesting to me, but I've gotta say, watching Kate talk about it just feels, well, awkward.
I'm a British teen and I still love watching all these videos 😄😂
Can't wait for more episodes...
We say a lot of these in Canada, or at least we used to. "Bare jokes" was probably the most common, but I haven't heard anyone say it in a while,
I love this series so much! Very educational! Thanks! You look great, btw! Love ya! :D
I am British and I've never heard any of these...
John Greenhaulgh Same here but that could be because I live in Norfolk.
"Sharking" was around in the 90s.
I've only heard well jel
I'm a middle-aged old git so that probably explains why I don't know any of them.
John Greenhaulgh Same here.
These words in my opinion
Dench: Yes, used often. Same meaning as hench
Reem: NO, HAVE NEVER HEARD SOMEONE IRL USE THAT TERM (I live in essex)
Wel Jel: Even worse than reem. Never gets used
Peak: All the time but only in the context of something being bad or harsh
Chirpsing: sometimes but only in the form of texting
Sharking: Never heard of it
Living in Essex we use all of these everyday!
Kate, I've always heard the expression "Oh, lawdy" in British English, even heard it in a U2 song.
Always wondered what that might be, but never found the meaning. Is it something like "blimey"?
"The cat that got the reem..." Trying to hold back my laughter because I see "reem" but I keep hearing "ream".
What happened to Siobhan?
John Spartan it would appear that she is now at college humour
John Spartan Kate is lovely but I do miss Siobhan. She'd make me laugh.
Siobhan was much better and hotter. Probably why they couldn't keep her.
siobahn was never a slang word
"we Brits"?! Please don't make people think we actually use those words! I've only ever heard a couple of them outside of this video! (There is no denying Joey Essex!)
Am I the only person who doesn't use/like most modern slang? I usually speak using older vocabulary and I honestly get peeved when these words come into existence that have no reason to…especially thanks to some celebrity just randomly speaking gibberish…
_I don't even understand half of these wow--_
Speaking as an 18yr old from the greater london/Essex area
Dench: yes, dame meaning as hench
Reem:NOPE, NO ONE USES THIS IRL ONLY JOEY ESSEX ON THE SHOW
Wel Jel: Same as reem, never used in real life
Peak: Used all the time but only in a negative context such as something being bad or harsh. Never hear it in a positive context
Chirpsing: occasionaly heard though only through texting
Sharking: Never heard of it
Bare jokes: always used, to the point where I dont think of it as slang. Usually just "jokes" by itself, no "bare" e.g. "That's so jokes"
This is the first Anglophenia I didn't finish as I could feel millions of my brain cells rapidly dying as I watched the first minute or two.
She is a great host for this show.
I live in Britain and use absolutely none of these. They really are considered southern England slang more than anything and you could pretty much guess where someone was from by just by them using it. I live in the north and we don't use any of that at all. Given that Kate speaks with RP (received pronunciation) as an accent that is only used by about 2% of the population it isn't really proper representation of how we speak, slang or not!
Delilah Winchester also had that feeling, what I like though is the comment section:) useful and often funny as well
square triangle One reason I have never made a YT video is that nobody outside of Liverpool would be able to understand me as I have a very strong accent! I could do subtitles though thinking about it! Kate does have a lovely speaking voice but it is a very "proper" speaking voice. I can hear the difference between that and a London/South Eastern accent. It is only slight, but it is there! For such a tiny country we don't half have some variance in accents!!
do your own video with or without subtitles, that would be really great!
square triangle I can promise you it wouldn't be at all - even my husband can't understand me when I am upset. He says it is like my own language. Hmm, getting ideas for videos now damn you 😶! Watch this space ...
Delilah Winchester I will
You are GORGEOUS!
yeah um now its more like peng
Bumbaclart.
Wherever I pause the video, she still looks cute. It's the Audrey Hepburn/young Julie Andres pixie look. And her accent is posh enough to enjoy for a while. Nice video, this.
my favorites are "innit" and "bruv" XD
Dench means heavy-set or large in the north.
You can also say that someone is "on the chirps someone" meaning they are flirting and may probably go out. But yeah, hearing all this slang reminds me of a friend who always talks like that and it is strange hahah
Okay... but what about "pip pip cheerio?" That's still a thing, right?
Diana Watson sounds like a sick little bird trying to be optimistic
No just something people like to use to imitate British people. Even us British do it sometimes
Dead- exclamation of annoyance when a problem is recognised.
Eg. "I forgot to get the homework done for next period... That's so dead..."
You say "peak" to express schadenfreude, and "dead" to bad luck.
These are mostly Essex words. I live there and i hear them quite a lot.
You need to try and explain what a 'cheeky nandos' is next.
I pretty much love her face... and accent.
No one says these words anymore. A normal sentence one of the people at my school would say is "Oi did you see that mad goal i scored in football on tuesday? absolute madness bruv."
Reem! For an Englishman living for years outside the UK, this actually helps a lot, dench!
What's Cheeky Nandos?
-mate it's hard to explain mate it's like u r hanging out wif ur frends and u wanna hit some curry's the Spoons' but den Calum who's an absolute ledge and the bishop of banterbury is like "brevs lets get some cheeky nandos instead" and ur like "top. lets smash it"
I ve never heard any of these in the North..possibly this video should 've been titled " New British slang that people under the age of 20 who live in or around London possibly use"
This episode was well good
Do an episode about completely unique accents in the uk, especially Cumbrian, the Cumbrian accent is amazing
The guy who singlehandedly coined Dench is a sodding rotter.
In the county of Hereford, we all say 'Sluggin' when someone is flirting with someone else... Kery Keech
Only subscribed like 10mins ago and already love your videos kate
I'm 19, British and I don't use any of those words! Granted I have definitely heard them all before but they're not as popular as she made out!
I think Reem is from Essex, I think I remember my friend, who is from there saying, it is Essex slang
Can't say I've ever heard any of these up here in the Grim North East
I was aware of 'peek' and 'bare', but the rest were news to me.
these are mainly used where i am (london)
Nice
I guess this could be an interest for foreigners living in England.
Regards from Syria
me and my friends say peak, but we also say PK (as in the footballer) and then PK MAX (TK MAX is a shop)
These are London/Essex slang words. Chirpsing has been around for at least 25 years.
I didn't know many of these because I am old and from Lancashire.
peng:
meaning nice or good/wanting to do again. I've seen this slang word in the outskirts of London, i heard a lot of people say it.
Example: OMG, the film last night was so peng!!!
tell me if anyone uses this word ;-)
Peak means mean actually
Brit here - don't use 'Reem' or 'Well Jel' unless you want who you are talking to to think you're an utter idiot - nobody taken seriously uses them
I have a close friend who is from Yorkshire... I love watching these videos and then trying shit out on her lol... she's like "where the hell did you get that from, love?"
I'm sure this won't fit here, but I'm curious about terms used for babies and baby items etc. Thank you very much 💖
Maybe that's what dench originally meant but now it just means built/muscly, where I live at least. Also, peak definitely means something bad, I've never heard someone say peak positively.
I'm American but i think English curse words are the finniest crap one can ever hear like " *BLOODY HELL, WHY AM I SO OBSESSED WITH ENGLISH PEOPLE?* " LMAO
Kate is a really good presenter.