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[tonibunny]

Do US people seriously not use the term "Wanker"?

A lovely, genteel 55 year old lady on the scoliosis support group just asked us if it was a really bad word, cos used it to describe someone in front of her attorney and he wet himself laughing in shock >:D She'd picked it up from her "friends over the pond" but didn't know what it meant....

Comments

[sionheaney]

It's amusing using words like "wanker", "tosser", "pillock" and so forth when they are not understood. I think those Americans around me that hear this just like the sound of the word even if they don't know exactly what it means

[tonibunny]

I don't even say "the dog's bollocks" - if something's good I'll just say it's "the bollocks". That must be so confusing to non-Brits cos obviously, if something is rubbish it is "bollocks"!!!

[das_prompt]

Heh, we will often say something is "shit" if it's bad, but "the shit" if it's super good.

[tonibunny]

Exactly, glad there's no language barrier there :)

[blairasb]

LOL. I know what it means.... But didn't really until I started "hanging" with the SSO group...

[tonibunny]

SSO is so educational.....you learn about curved spines, and how to swear. Fabulous!! :D

[o0periwinkle0o]

I don't use the word wanker mainly because I don't really know what it means...haha.

[ivanleg]

Someone who wanks

[o0periwinkle0o]

I would ask what "wank" means but I just read up on SSO and found out. Very interesting...we usually just call someone a "Jack off" and it means a similar thing. ;)