So as not to constantly be a huge downer to anyone who happens to read this, or myself, I will comment upon the amazing British use of the English language! This doesn't include Scots, which is pretty separate.
First of all, 'Lovely jubbly' - something you say when things/people/whatever are wonderful. I first heard this on Doctor Who (which I love, along with tea and milk, two British adoptions). A man said, regarding the TARDIS, 'I sold it, didn't I? Got a lot for it too! Lovely jubbly!'
Apparently this phrase relates to some type of popsicle and was used in a show called Only Fools and Horses.
There is also apparently an entire body of slang called 'Cockney Rhyming Slang' which I have not yet personally experienced, but have been told about it - rhyming with normal words so that you would say 'couldn't Adam and Eve it' rather than 'couldn't believe it'.
Secondly, a daddy longlegs in Britain is a crane fly/mosquito hawk, rather than a harvestman spider.
Other odd sayings include 'Easy peasy lemon squeezy' and 'Go on, my son!' as a phrase of encouragement.
I will add more later the more I encounter. The confusion all of this causes is hilarious.
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