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:

Pam said...

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

Sassy Britches said...

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

Jane Hards Photography said...

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.

soulbrush said...

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?)

Anonymous said...

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

Rhea said...

cobblers. I LOVE IT!!

Natalie said...

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