Hello friends, I am Niharika and welcome back. Today we are gonna look at some English Insults.
{British vs American English Insults and Slang words}
Well in this lesson I am not asking you to be disrespectful to
someone and I'm not even asking you to call names however, I'm just helping you
with certain English insults, wherein you would get an idea what exactly it mean
if someone ends up using it for you then, you know how to give it back to them.
So as we all know that there's a slight difference between British English &
American English so here I have a list of insults wherein the meaning of each is
the same however, the words are different. The word in British English is different
Whereas in American it's different. So we are gonna start this lesson with the first
word here that is 'Arse' . Now 'Arse' the meaning of 'Arse'- the literal meaning of 'Arse' is
buttock, however here it's a slang and it's an insult
well Arse means someone who is extremely stupid and irritating - He is such an arse.
so usually the people who use British English they would end up saying - He's
such an arse, which means he's so stupid he's so silly and irritating, but when it comes
to Americans they're not going to use the word 'Arse', they're gonna use the word 'Ass' Okay
Now, a lot of other words are derived from the word 'Ass' like 'Kick ass', 'Kiss my ass', Dumb-ass'...
you know these are certain words that have derived from this word 'ASS' however, if
you...... only if Americans end up
using the word 'Ass' it means that they are referring to a person who is extremely
stupid and silly
okay, The other word that I have for you is 'Knobhead', Now, 'Knobhead' is again someone who is
extremely annoying and never fails to show off his stupidness, okay. This word
belongs to British English whereas, when it comes to Americans they would not end
up using the word 'knobhead', but they would use the word 'dickhead', okay. So which
means someone who is very silly and stupid. Then the third word that I
have for you is 'Plonker', now, He is such a 'Plonker'. My friend is such a plonker. What
exactly it means- well, It's pretty much similar to these words here it also
means someone who is very silly, okay stupid and annoying or irritating. So it
refers to a person who is extremely stupid and the word is 'Plonker' when it
comes to British English, but when it comes to Americans, they're gonna end up
using the word 'Idiot' okay. Very common, I'm sure you all have come across this word
an idiot means someone who is very silly irritating, annoying and stupid. So
basically these three words here, have prettymuch the same meaning. Now let's look at
the fourth word which is 'Slapper'. Now 'Slapper' is usually used for women
well, a woman who ends up sleeping with all men..... with anyone and everyone
Okay, she has no character, so she is called a 'Slapper'. There's a woman in my
neighborhood, there's a lady in my neighborhood who is such a slapper like
she would end up having sex with several men
So, women who sleeps with a lot of people, but if you end up using this word in
front of Americans, they would have no idea what you're talking about
so the right word for the same meaning in American English is 'Tramp' okay. So, tramp
is used for a lady who sleeps or who has sex with a lot of people
Then the next one is 'Sod off'. When you're angry, and when you ask someone to just
leave, to get lost
go away, then you'll end up saying - Just sod off, okay. So 'sod off' is an angry
dismissal. When you end up saying just get lost
So in British English it is 'Sod off', whereas in American English
it's 'Piss off'....like ...just go away
well Americans also use the F word, I'm not gonna say it, but it is ......f***k off, So it's
the F word or the end up saying 'piss off', okay. The next one that we have is 'Radge' which means.... a very
'Voilent person' who behaves in a very voilent manner or a little mentally ill
Okay, but when it comes to American English, they would say - That's Insane
He's Insane, She's Insane. So, Insane is the words that they would use for a person who is just crazy
or mentally unstable or mentally ill, okay. So, if someone uses that for you.. hope you get back to them...
The next one is "Bugger', now 'Bugger' is a person
whose behavior is extremely displeasing, like that kind of a person is not liked by many
So, such kind of people who are mean, their behavior is very displeasing, then
they can be called as 'Buggers' whereas, in American English they can be called
as 'Jerk'.He's such a jerk, which means he is so mean, okay. There are so many jerks in
my college. So, this means that there are so many mean guys in my college.
So, it means a person who is very mean or whose behavior is extremely
displeasing and most of us do not like such people so you kind of insult them by
saying 'Bugger' and Americans say 'Jerk' ,okay. Then the last one that I have for you is 'Lickspittle'
and for Americans it is ' Bootlicker'. Now let's understand what 'Lickspittle' means
Well, the meaning of it is ....someone who would do anything and everything to grow or to
get a position in his career, who would literally lick his boss's pit, so someone who
can just do anything ,that's kinda disgusting... I don't like such people, so such people
who do anything and everything to be in the good books or to get to a position
in their career they are called as ' Lickspittles'
whereas, in America they are called as 'Bootlickers', infact there's another word for
such people that is 'suck up' ....'Bootlickers' or they are such 'Suck ups'
or when it comes to British English they're called as 'Lickspittles'. Okay, someone who can do anything
lick their bosses pit, in order to grow in their career.
Now if you realize most of these words are slang words and they are quite offensive
So as I said
beginning please don't use them.. quite often... okay, it's just for you to understand what
exactly these words mean and hope this is clear to you, so make sure that you
understand that all these words are all 'put down' words, okay. Wherein your are being
disrespectful to someone, you're calling out someone with these names, okay. I'll be back
with a new lesson for you, till then you take care.......