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This is one of the funniest threads I've read for a very long time!!!

Just wanted to add a few I've heard too (not all directed at me I might add!):

Stairs don't go all the way to the landing.
Face like a spanked arse.
Sit nicely dear, don't want to see tomorrow's washing.
Wind your neck in. (Never did really understand this little gem from my Dad).
That's the Badger's Nadgers!

Keep 'em going - so good!

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Gorra face like a ruptured custard. :eek:

Cold enough to freeze the b*lls off a brass monkey.

Cold enough to freeze the nuts of a bridge.

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Yea, we use that one a lot round my end of the country! A bit like keep your nose out, along those lines.

I like..Aye, dry your eyes - Which means catch youself on stop your gurning.
He went down like a sack of sh!t - To describe someone falling over.
My head's melted - I am rather stressed out/busy/confused.

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I'm willing to bet brits have more ways than any other country of express how drunk someone is:eek: Rat arsed is one of my favourites, anyone else??

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pissed as a newt
:)

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Ah, you had to go open that can of worms!

In Belfast, one is not under the influence of alcohol, one is ballixed. :lol:
My usual phrase is "wrote off".

Other local terminology that springs to mind....
pished
swallied
steamin'
wrecked

We are an expressive lot eh?!

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Wasted?
Mangled?
Liqoured?

Come on, somebody take the bad look off me here.

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I knew you'd rise to the challenge:thumbsup:

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Yes, I have nothing better to do & probably drink too much.
Tell me, have you come across the phrase 'bumble****' since returning home? Like.... "I live in bumble**** <insert town here>". It's a derogatory term, obviously. It might be an Omagh thing, or maybe my friend just made it up. Either way, I like it.

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drunk a.k.a trollied or bladdered

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pallatic

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In Glasgow, one is - mingin'.

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in the Rhondda one is minging one looks like a badgers arse. If you're drunk you're pissed as a fart, bladdered, drunk as a skunk.

I'm off out,:beer::beer: I'm bound to have a few more when I get back :rofl:

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lol, my mate says and Roberts your mothers brother, he's a cockney by the way, foreign to my standard actually, seen as though im from Leeds

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yeah then go back for the jockey ahahaha, my dad used to say that all the time, god he's so not funny lol