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3/16/09

Brit' Word of the Day

Today's BWOTD is one of my fave' Brit' words:

"Oh he just talks a load of old cobblers" or "That's just cobblers"

'Cobblers' = Nonsense

The only time I ever hear the word cobbler used over here is in relation to a fruit (Apple/Peach) cobbler and we call those a fruit (Apple) 'Crumble'!

7 comments:

  1. PamMarch 16, 2009 at 8:38 PM

    Oh go on, you KNOW cobblers could mean something else entirely as well!!! heh. Explain that one!

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  2. Sassy BritchesMarch 16, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    CRUMBLE?! That's something my grandma would say! :)

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  3. Jane Hards PhotographyMarch 17, 2009 at 3:16 AM

    Still in use.It is a great word. You'r introducing a whole heap of slang your way. Be interesting to see if these words filter down the generations there.

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  4. soulbrushMarch 17, 2009 at 4:58 AM

    ha ha i love these posts, when i came to live here in england 23 years ago from south africa, these words were all so wierd (but wonderful)..my favourite at the moment is 'plonker'.
    wordveri:vomelit (vomit?)

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  5. AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    ....And doesn't it mean something else?

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  6. RheaMarch 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM

    cobblers. I LOVE IT!!

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  7. NatalieMarch 18, 2009 at 5:23 AM

    Bloody 'cobblers' alive and well, in your little colony down under.
    Thyroid problems are AWFUL!!!
    Take care.xx

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