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poli December 14, 2011 09:58 AM

British
 
Rough sleepers are homeless people.
Trolleys are shopping carts.
Ticket tokes(or toques) are scalpers.
What's a punter?:thinking:

pjt33 December 14, 2011 11:41 AM

I think you mean "ticket touts".

A "punter" can be one of several things. Off the top of my head, it can mean at least the following:
  • Someone who punts a boat (propels it by means of a pole). He's a useless rower but a decent punter.
  • A gambler. A punter at Pontefract races collected 24 thousand pounds for a 10p investment.
  • Someone who's game to give something a go. The next punter stepped up.

Perikles December 14, 2011 12:05 PM

More generally, a 'punter' is a common slang term for a customer of any business.

wafflestomp December 21, 2011 10:09 PM

What's a bloody wobbler?

Perikles December 22, 2011 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wafflestomp (Post 119853)
What's a bloody wobbler?

I can't tell whether the question is

What's a "bloody wobbler"? or
What's a bloody "wobbler"?

Without context, my guess is either:

1. A cricket term for a slow ball bowled which bounces in an unpredictable manner, i.e. meaning to do something sneaky.
2. To have a temper tantrum (which I have always known as "to throw a wobbly", but there could be variations).

coffeecup December 28, 2011 05:55 PM

I would say it isn't a temper tantrum because you don't refer to someone as a "wobbler" if they have a bad temper.

However, perikles, you are most correct with the phrase "to chuck/throw a wobbly" (in which "chuck" is just a slightly more slang or bogan way to say it.) ;)

Glen January 01, 2012 07:49 PM

I like the one about naming the various parts of a car.
Yank: We call it a trunk. After all, look who invented the automobile.
Britisher: We call it a boot. After all, look who invented the language.

pjt33 January 02, 2012 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glen (Post 120236)
Yank: We call it a trunk. After all, look who invented the automobile.

Do I have to know German to understand this?

Glen January 02, 2012 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 120266)
Do I have to know German to understand this?

Well, you're right, invented probably wasn't the best choice of words. Maybe popularized or mass-marketed or something of the sort, would be closer to the mark.

poli January 02, 2012 09:52 PM

To get pissed means to get angry in the United States.
In Britain is means to get drunk.


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