Off: Help w/ British Terms

[Doug Pearson]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:15:34 -0600, Tom Clark <tclark at PETRONET.NET> wrote:
>Found this site which translates most of that...
>
>http://www.effingpot.com/slang.html

Actually, I only found two of the terms that Darrin requested (the site is
correct that it's, "taking THE piss", not "taking A piss", and it assumes
that you already know what "buggery" is ... if not, read
Moorcock's 'Cornelius Chronicles', in which Bishop Beasley is buggered on
numerous occasions).  Good site, though.

I'll take a shot at the others (despite being an illiterate yank):

>Bloke
An ordinary guy.  "Darrin McKeehan, Tom Clark, Keith Henderson, and Stephe
Lindas are some of the blokes I've chatted with on boc-l."

>Herbert
No idea whatsoever ...

>Punter
Concertgoer, or a (usually paying?) member of the public in attendance at
an event.  "When Hawkwind took the stage, all the punters went wild."
or "We had to stand in line with all the punters while they let the VIP's
into the club."

>Geezer
An older bloke.  "I first saw Hawkwind in 1989, but that geezer's been
going to Hawkwind concerts since 1971!"

As always, correct me if I'm wrong ...

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com