British English: The Posh Pod

Chris & James are back to discuss the UK class system. Are they 'geezers' or 'chaps'? What's the difference between people in the middle classes vs the upper classes? And, most importantly, has Chris ever worn red trousers?
 
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Episode: Key Words

Part One

Laddish (adj, informal): a male person of any age from early boyhood

Hot toddie (noun): a usually hot drink consisting of liquor (such as rum), water, sugar, and spices

Posh (adj, british): someone or something that is expensive and elegant, typical of or intended for the upper classes

Posho (noun, informal): a person deemed post (see above)

Dress down (verb): to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion

Dress up (verb):to attire in best or formal clothes

Adulthood (noun): of, relating to, intended for, or befitting adults

Bygone (adj): past

Social mobility (noun): to gain a higher social position

Freudian slip (noun):  a slip of the tongue that is motivated by and reveals some unconscious aspect of the mind

Cockney (adj, British): a native of London and especially of the East End of London

Scuttle off (phrasal verb): to move in or as if in a brisk pace

Geezer (British, informal): man

Trotter (noun): the foot of a pig

Bachelor (noun): an unmarried man

Vexed (adj): feeling or showing irritation, annoyance, or distress

Part Two

Boarding school (noun): a school where students sleep onsite

Fly the nest (expression): to leave one's family home

You call a spade a spade (idiom): to tell the truth as you see it, with directness

Partial to something (expression): like something

Minutiae (noun): minor detail

Part Three

Buzzing (adj, British, informal): excited, happy 

Chuffed to bits (expression): happy or overjoyed 

Legend (noun, British, informal): a good person

A good egg (noun, British, informal): a good person

Tosser (noun, British, slang, vulgar) : used to insult a person, describe a person as bad 

A bad egg (noun, British): a bad person

Mate (noun, British, informal): often used as a familiar form of address, friend/buddy 

Old Chap (noun, British): often used as a familiar form of address, friend/buddy 

Beavering away (phrasal verb): working hard 

Galavanting (verb, informal): to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure

Delve (verb): to dig or labor with or as if with a spade

Tara (interjection): goodbye