Funny English Words

This goes under the heading of two countries divided by a common language!

• Chin Wag – chat
• Chuffed – pleased
• Cracking – stunning
• Fell – mountain (Cumbria)
• Flush – instant wealth.  “He was feeling flush because he’d just been paid.”
• Fortnight – two weeks
• Gobsmacked – astonished
• Gutted – upset
• Having a butcher’s – having a look
• Knackered – tired
• Knickers – underwear
• Nowt – nothing (Yorkshire)
• Oldy-Worldy – looking as if from another era
• Orangery – sun room
• Owt – anything (Yorkshire)
• Pants – underwear
• Stone – 14 pounds of weight
• t’ – the or to (north). Note that many times, the word “the” is dropped and then t’ ends up meaning “to”.  Going t’ hospital is going to (the) hospital.
• Ta – thanks (North)
• Tara – goodbye
• Thissen – yourself (thyself) (Yorkshire)
• Trousers – pants
• Twee – Sweet
• Welly – Wellington boots

There are tons more!  For a giggle, you might want to make up your own list of funny English words!

Well, I'll be gobsmacked!