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today I have got 20 rather posh slang
British expressions it might seem like a
little bit of an oxymoron meaning to
things that really don't belong together
posh slang how does that work but it
really will help you understand that
native speakers and sound well a little
bit more sophisticated in conversation
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posh slang lesson now a few of these
expressions are actually the kind that
you might see in some old British films
a few of them you really wouldn't hear
spoken so often but if you are a bit of
a movie buff meaning you really enjoy
movies then these words may very well
come up in some of our quintessentially
British films okay number one chuffed
chuffed to bits meaning really happy
it's that simple
I was chuffed to bits when she told me
she'd passed her exams easy number two
beastly her behavior was beastly I
couldn't believe it
III meaning terrible awful bad beastly
again reading more formal sophisticated
maybe the Queen would say the corgis are
being beastly today
number three terribly now terribly you
would think is a standard word but in
fact in more sophisticated circles you
might use terribly as a modifier meaning
very she was terribly tired she was
terribly rude often it's more negative
so it's things that you would actually
think of as being bad so very in a bad
way terribly rude era bleep tired
terribly lazy
do you like my posh accent okay number
four now if someone has heard of this
before then you are great you must be
watching lots of British films because
it is an expression that we really don't
use in normal day
today English anymore sniffing sniffing
sniffing you did a spiffing job film was
absolutely spiffing
it was a spiffing party basically
meaning marvelous amazing
really really good but again you would
probably use it in a more ironic
humorous way if you were speaking in
normal everyday English it does sound
very old-fashioned if you think this
video is spitting and make sure you give
me a thumbs up number five but rather
rather practice that pronunciation with
me guys rather so Rana is again another
modifier meaning very we do use it a bit
more frequently I'm rather tired and
rather hungry he was rather angry I'm
rather happy about that so basically it
means very but it's kind of modifying it
so you're feeling very but in a very
calm and controlled and posh way number
six is great and I definitely use this
expression this word York's yonks I
haven't seen him in notes I haven't had
an ice cream in yumps it just means for
ages for a really long time so what have
you not done in yours very posh right
number seven and Apes boat mean drunk
now we know that in British English we'd
like lots of adjectives to describe
being drunk
okay there's lots of informal words but
this is informal and a little bit posh
so apparently I haven't heard this one
it before but I found it while I was
researching tight tight and it means a
little drunk so tight I was drinking all
afternoon and now I'm feeling a bit
Hite apparently it means that a little
bit drunk
I guess Mary would be the equivalent in
normal slang tight another one that I
might actually use is blotto
mulatto or blah toad the adjective so
I'm absolutely mulatto means that to be
very drunk but you're posh and drunk so
you're probably sitting in a nice suit
or a ball gown
now number 9 instead of saying oh my god
we would say golly Oh golly gosh golly
gosh oh golly now if any of you have a
native English teacher please try this
with them next time you're shocked they
will laugh they will be surprised it is
a more full slang expression and rather
than saying oh my god which could be
considered blasphemous to many people
golly
Oh golly gosh is a great way to avoid
blasphemy and that G word number 10 this
is a little bit like bloody I've
explained how the British used bloody in
a previous lesson well bugger would be
the more posh equivalent so bugger is oh
bugger or bugger that or Bubba this or
oh bugger I forgot my keys at home
it's another exclamation showing shock
and surprise and sometimes just pure
annoyance oh bugger it why did I forget
my keys you can also use bugger as a
noun to describe someone he had the last
piece of cake at work what a bugger
number 11 I haven't really heard before
but maybe you might in some British
films a brick now a brick this you would
think okay a brick but apparently you
can use it to describe a person who is
reliable she's been an absolute brick
since I broke up with my boyfriend
they've been a strong reliable person a
brick now number 12 you know this
word but you might not have heard it
used in this way what same or not boring
not I'm bored but to describe something
as a bore the noun to bore is also a
verb but in this case it does sound a
little bit more sophisticated he's such
a more darling number 13 this word
sounds so funny I want you to say it
with me poppycock poppycock
now poppycock basically is a very posh
old colloquial British expression to
mean rubbish nonsense
not true a lie he told me his dog ate
his homework what poppycock it does
sound a little bit posh and snobby to
say poppycock but you might want to
understand that if you are watching any
British films or just to shock your
teacher another way of saying you don't
think something is true is posh the noun
Oh Tosh what Tosh he told me he was too
busy to see me Tosh okay number 15 you
might have heard mate or buddy as slang
for friend but those Brits do have a few
more words for you you might have heard
old chap old bean old boy old chum these
are more formal and and much less youth
expressions to say friend or a term of
endearment to speak to someone I would
say that Chum is probably more commonly
used than old boy or old bean they sound
a bit strange but old chum or my Chum
you could possibly get away with if you
want to sound a bit more sophisticated
now this is a little bit of an idiomatic
expression to say somebody is a good egg
that student in my class does all his
homework always it hands less and
Hannah's on time he's a good egg often
it can
to somebody as being trustworthy as well
as a decent honest person likewise we
can say bad egg for somebody that is not
trustworthy I don't trust him he looks
like a bad egg to me right number 17
you got to do a posh accent with this
guy's otherwise it just doesn't sound
right right home righty-ho meaning yes
it's just an exclamation mark it's time
to go home now
righty-ho number 18 is basically
anything related to cricket so to say
that somebody got themselves into a bit
of a sticky wicket basically means they
got themselves into a little bit of
trouble oh I'm bowled over
meaning I'm shocked as surprised
overwhelmed by something bowled over I
was bowled over by your generosity okay
that's enough about cricket because I
don't really understand the game okay
number 19 probably my favourite word to
insult people quit basically means idiot
somebody that's stupid but because it's
a little bit more posh or associated
with a word posh people might use it
kind of sounds a bit better a bit more
sophisticated
oh you twit so number 19 don't say idiot
say twit
okay a number 20 didn't say goodbye say
cheerio
oh really posh truly pip so these are
expressions that basically mean goodbye
that's it informal kind of slang
expressions cheerio and toodle PIP
cheerio
I think you could probably use toodle
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