Favourite Brit Speak?

I was thinking yesterday, of how I have picked up the lingo, and some of it I love, while some of it I hate. What are your favourite Brit vocabulary words/phrases, which do you hate?

Favs:
Bollocks
as well
can't be assed

Hates:
car park
lift (elevator)
tea (as a meal)
dummy (pacifier)

Putting myself on the spot, I can't think of many, but that should get the ball rolling.

Favs:

"what are you like"
"bollocks"
"ta"
"ta luv" (it's even funnier if you say it with a yorkshire accent)

Hates:

"At the end of the day"
the pronounciation of aluminium
all the different words for veggies.


It's all I can think of at the moment.

saying someone is "barking"

calling a beautiful girl a "cracker"  (this one was confusing to me! lolol)

saying someone is "homely" (we would say home-y, or a homebody, comfortable, etc)

using the word "duck" to everyone woman, as in "ta duck" or "hello duck" etc..  

"gormless"

"flippin 'eck" (LOVED this one.. lol!)

Favs:
Luv
Hiya
Bollocks
Loo
G'Day
 Ta
 Allright
 Cheeky
Doesnt hate but sounds funny:
 Birds for women  
 
 Hates:
 Calling women cows

Hates:
 Calling women cows  

I love this, it's great when you're really angry at a woman, no better insult if you ask me.

using the word "duck" to everyone woman, as in "ta duck" or "hello duck" etc..

Jons nan says this all the time. First time I heard it took me back a bit. I think it's the cutest thing.

LOL,what about my hubby's fav saying

"Thats a load of cobblers"
             

I like muppet.  What an endearing way to call someone a fool.

I absolutely detest referring to the bathroom/WC as a toilet; I find that so horrendously common.  The only time you will hear me say toilet is when referring to the item itself (ie, the toilet needs to be cleaned).

Aww Muppet Nice one
Yes I dont like the toliet bit either.

I like muppet.  What an endearing way to call someone a fool.

I absolutely detest referring to the bathroom/WC as a toilet; I find that so horrendously common.  The only time you will hear me say toilet is when referring to the item itself (ie, the toilet needs to be cleaned).

Oooh, I'm the same way. But I feel it's being a bit too descriptive. I mean, everyone knows you're going to the toilet when you say I'm going to the bathroom, but you're giving them an image when you say toilet and I refuse to say it.

I get a lot of jokes whenever I say I'm going to the bathroom. "It's not bathroom, Ashley, it's toilet" Eww.

Aww. Most of my favorites have already been taken.  I love 'can't be arsed', that is the best saying ever.  Also love 'flippin' heck' and 'bloody hell'.  
I like all the different words for insane:
barking
crackers
and of course MENTAL
I don't like 'ta' but I do say 'cheers' quite a bit.  

I love muppet as well.  I also love "For F**k's sake!"  It never fails to get a giggle out of me!  

Seeing signs for the TOILET plastered all over even in nice restaurants still seems so odd to me, and I can't imagine me saying I need the toilet, unless it's as a joke to my bf. He now says he needs to use the "restroom" as a joke, and you can almost hear the quote marks.

How about knickers Its what my hubby says if I say something he doesnt like "Oh knickers" hehehehehehehe

My favourite is "pants" when something is awful.  This single word led me and about five friends into a bizarre game for about two hours of silliness, where you change a single word in the title of a movie, book or song to "pants".  Even a catchphrase is livened up doing this.  For example: May the Pants be with you!  Clear and Present Pants (hee hee!)

Another favourite is: B*ggery F*ck!  (Thanks to Stephen Fry for that one.)  And pretty much any expletive that emits from Hugh Grant's mouth (see the Blooper reel on Two Week's Notice DVD)... he's really inventive!

Other favs - shattered, knackered, dog's bollocks, "U wot?"
Slapper!  (Love that one!) Cow (as an insult), and "dirty stop-out" when someone doesn't come home one night!

Of course, I try to say any of these, and they just sound stupid coming out of my mouth!   :'(

The one thing I hate about Brit speak is the way they define time.  I am so used to listing Month, Day, Year that I get confused when somebody talks in Day Month Year.... Or trying to plan something for the weekend.  My husband and I have to stand next to a calendar and point to the day in question, just to make sure we understand each other.  (Say if it's Wednesday, and I want to plan for the Saturday coming, I'll say "This Saturday", and he'll say "next Saturday!"  Which to me is the Saturday a week away! Then the confusion and frustration.... ARGH!)

Ah, when language becomes an impediment to communication and understanding....  *sigh*

Morgana

ps - I hate "boot" for trunk and "bonnet" for hood on a car.  It's my friggin' car and I'll name the bits the way I want!!!  

I have to add:

ish

I seem to use it a lot, I must like it. As in, did you like Two Weeks Notice? Reply: Ish (as in sort of, or near abouts)

Cute pants game morgana, lol.

One of my biggest hates, is cockney rhyming slang. I find this so bizarre, seems they like to use it to confuse us.