Egg and Cress

You've got that one right! Personally, I have few qualms about using profanity, expletives, etc., when moved to do so......and I have a somewhat short fuse. However, the older I get, the less I care about those "appearances" - with both the OH and I - it's "what you see is what you get"! I do, however, try to be courteous enough to not use it when talking to someone who'd be offended by it.

SultanOfSwing

Well, yes. I wouldn't walk into a church and exclaim "**** me, it's pissing it down like a bastard out there!"

In those cases, I'd drop the expletive/replacement altogether and just say, sarcastically, "Lovely weather, eh?" - for example.

cluedweasel

"Burglarized" and "burglarization". I rest my case.

CAdreaming

Till as in "I'll pick you up at 10 till 12"
and "cute or darling" as in

Thats a "darling top"
"how cute you look today"

Er im a ladee over the age of shall we say 40 - i dont do cute - sophisticated, classy even amazing but arrrrggghhh not cute!!!

Egg and Cress

Not to mention that it comes across as sounding insincere! I don't, and haven't since I was 5, do "cute" either!.

tamms_1965

I just love your accent....I want to puke!

Sally Redux

'Go potty' for go to the toilet.

'Let me take that for you' grabbing a plate from under your nose before you've even put the cutlery down and while others in the group are still eating. One of the loveliest things about being back in England in the summer was enjoying an unhurried meal out.

'Did you find everything all right?' 'Have a nice day' and all that shite.

cluedweasel

The checkout people at Costco love that one. Tell them "no" and they pause for a few seconds while "does not compute" works through their brains and then they just carry on as if you said "yes". Muppets.

tonrob

Exactly! I think you'll find that "pissing it down like a cnut" is the correct expression in such a circumstance.

SultanOfSwing

Quite right. You're the only one who spotted that too.

SultanOfSwing

Just remembered another one that I see all over the place. Not sure if it is specifically American but I never saw it before moving here - Imma. As in 'Imma gonna <insert really earth shattering bollocks here>'

Christ, but that makes me want to jump off a bridge, that one

Bob

Fanny, it's a crap word, made even worse by the American definition.

Also, the use of toned down insults in the US. What is the point of being rude and insulting to someone and yet try not to insult them with rude words?

See You Next Tuesday, for instance, if someone's being a bellend, well just call them a cnut, don't dance around it.

Bob

You're not Welsh?

scrubbedexpat097

To me that is no worse than the Brit "innit" which I detest

AmerLisa