<p>nope its a term used in the wizarding world of harry potter</p>
<p>yes well ur wrong because while youve been living here for five years ive lived here all my life and here almost all of these every day mr (so called) british</p>
<p>where have i heard sum1 say wench i the 17 years ive lived in the uk…umm NONE</p>
<p>LOL. no they don’t xD</p>
<p>^ that was meant to be directed at fairy_dreams</p>
<p>um, guys. don’t trust the media or 17th century films or Harry Potter when you’re trying to figure out what they say in England. cause they don’t say that stuff :/</p>
<p>chav is a common insult</p>
<p>hey, just stumbled upon this thread randomly and thought i would add my little say in here, being a 23 y/o english person and with a big passion for film, over the years ive learnt alot of slang…and like to use it just as much haha… some other ones ive noticed not listed so far (some friendly some not-so friendly)</p>
<p>Bint - a bint is a bird with less class, less selectivity, more makeup and even more skin. Blokes don’t talk to bints unless they’ve had at least eight pints of beer, which is why bints turn up in free-for-students nightclubs at 2:45 a.m</p>
<p>Barmpot (more scottish) -clumsy idiot. As with a lot of the Brits’ less-than-complimentary words, it isn’t really offensive </p>
<p>Blighter - guy (or, rather, a more refined, more upper-class version thereof). Usually used in a slightly critical tone: Just wait until I get my hands on the blighter who steals my newspaper every morning</p>
<p>Berk - idiot. Yes, yes, another friendly U.K. word for moron; this one implies a degree of clumsiness: Look, you berk, I said to bend it, not bust it</p>
<p>Divvy - Calling someone a divvy is pretty tame, much on a par with telling them they are a “dimwit.” </p>
<p>Duffer - simpleton</p>
<p>Git - no real definition on this one sorry. apart from “mind out the way you old git!”</p>
<p>minger/munter - more harsh shool playground slang defining a very unnatractive person</p>
<p>Wally - much like dimwit</p>
<p>scrubber: not an overly complimentary word for a young lady of loose moral fibre.</p>
<p>hope soime of these r of use, 10 points who can use these all in one day haha</p>
<p>since this thread has already been revived, can someone explain what chav means? I never understood it. is it like ghetto?</p>
<p>yeah i guess, most people say it stands for council housed and violent, but no one really knows where it comes from. Sometimes it can be a really harsh insult, but between friends its used in a nicer way (although it can still be offensive) eg ‘you sound like such a chav’</p>
<p>And btw, I haven’t heard of some of the words flying around on this thread, let alone used them. Some are probably very regional, others are just old fashioned and stereotypical like numpty, oik etc</p>