questions you have always wanted to ask but scared to in case you would look stupid

  On 2/3/2013 at 12:32 AM, Aserinsky said:

Yeah Lucy did fill out a few that I had forgotten to mention, never come across narked before though. Is that an exclusively Scottish colloquialism?

No, you don't really hear it up here. I've always thought of it as a South of England/London expression. It's probably more of an '80s term tbh [file alongside 'crucial' meaning 'good' :-)] but certainly nowhere near being archaic.

  On 2/3/2013 at 12:46 AM, Lucy Faringold said:

 

  On 2/3/2013 at 12:32 AM, Aserinsky said:

Yeah Lucy did fill out a few that I had forgotten to mention, never come across narked before though. Is that an exclusively Scottish colloquialism?

 

No, you don't really hear it up here. I've always thought of it as a South of England/London expression. It's probably more of an '80s term tbh [file alongside 'crucial' meaning 'good' :-)] but certainly nowhere near being archaic.

Ah fair enough! I've just looked it up and you're right in that it does seem to be primarily a southern England / London expression. I guess it's possible that it's a phrase originally derived from nark and to be 'narked' is an anger directed towards being exposed by an informant, nonetheless I'm clutching at straws here. I've also seen that it possibly derives from the Romany word nk which means nose, although as someone from a Romany Gypsy family I've never personally heard them using narked as an expression either.

Do we have any linguistics experts on WATMM who may possibly know the answer to this? I'd be incredibly interested to know!

yeah, a couple of sites have it listed as 'origin unknown', which is enjoyably mysterious.

hot on the street: ill-tempered, incensed, outraged, cross, wrathful

fumin

has there ever been a question so big that words wouldn't do it

and music & art were only just "hello, you'll be here to visit but not to stay"

other people got in the door before & i can to i just have to stop want to to

what is love? (old joke don't insert me)

cross is probably the one you'll hear the most.

Connipted

Berzerked

  On 2/2/2013 at 11:31 PM, sweepstakes said:

In England, if "mad" means crazy and "pissed" means drunk, what is the common word for angry besides "angry"?

in Scotland, ragin'

Why is there that song on Kerrier District 2 called RoboTUSS...?

Was he just trying to add to the speculation? =/

  On 2/4/2013 at 6:07 PM, StephenG said:

Why is there that song on Kerrier District 2 called RoboTUSS...?

 

Was he just trying to add to the speculation? =/

Ha! I never thought of that lol. So are we supposed to down a bunch of robitussin or dxm when we listen to kerrier district?

no it means robot penis

Lost the plot is my favorite

steinvord is robitussin

  On 2/5/2013 at 8:30 AM, isaki said:

steinvord is robitussin

edit: totally retarded question

Pissed is still used to mean angry as well as drunk imo.

Does anyone outside of northern California say "hella" in their vernacular. What would be your reaction to someone saying "hella?"

I would bury them under the ice on a frozen river.

people hecka say hella up here in washington state, as in, hey brah u want that hella fire or that hecka fire fire bro?

my response is usually a handegg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUTQ7Dd62w

should i feel bad for making fun sylvester stallones face

  On 2/6/2013 at 9:35 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Does anyone outside of northern California say "hella" in their vernacular. What would be your reaction to someone saying "hella?"

I like to say "hella gay" but that's about it. I don't know anyone else who does except my Japanese wife who gets most of her stupid English slang from me (several people have told her to not say "dope" )

  On 2/7/2013 at 2:07 AM, sweepstakes said:

 

  On 2/6/2013 at 9:35 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Does anyone outside of northern California say "hella" in their vernacular. What would be your reaction to someone saying "hella?"

I like to say "hella gay" but that's about it. I don't know anyone else who does except my Japanese wife who gets most of her stupid English slang from me (several people have told her to not say "dope" )

ha you are totally corrupting her