Friday, August 29, 2014

Manchester plays in Manchester, bugger

A few new phrases have popped up a lot lately. "Bugger" which seems to politely mean "damn", or maybe "that's annoying". I'm trying to think how it's used in a sentence, I think it's like a one word comment that people say to each other, for example, "I just dropped my phone" "bugger".

"Full stop", that's another one that's popped up a lot lately. I think it means "end of story", or maybe "nothing else to debate". You'd hear "and that's how I define systems engineering, full stop". 

Here's a fun one "Bobs your uncle". It literally means nothing, it's just filler. The context I first heard it in was a conversation between a realtor and a buyer. "You could sign now, be done with it, bobs your uncle". I dunno, good luck understanding that one :)

Here's a link my friends at work shared with me to explain some common British phrases-


Oh, I said one of the dumbest things I've ever said last week. We were chatting about football (soccer), making small talk. I was saying I'd let to get to a match (game). Someone said to go watch Manchester United and for some unknown reason I said "where do they play". Oh man, they are not letting me live that one down. Yes, Manchester United play in Manchester. It's a city. In the UK. 





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