Words Brits use that Americans don't?

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  1. Adamskiffle

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    Aeroplane
    Biscuits (cookies)
    Motorway
    Bollocks!
    Football (soccer)
     
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    Damn Australian convicts methinks. lol


    Where does the expression up the duff originated?
    The OED has it from 1941 and originally Australian. They say: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to duff n. 1 b, and hence analogous to similar slang phrases for pregnancy such as in the (pudding) club or to have a bun in the oven.
     
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  3. I was thinking it had something to do with a chimney lol
     
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  4. Michael1985

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    I have heard the term "gridiron football" for the American sport.
     
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    Ha NOOOOO
     
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  6. Adamskiffle

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    Yeah, me too
     
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    I haven't????

    What is it?
     
  8. The field looks like a gridiron with the stripes.
     
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  9. Adamskiffle

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    American football
     
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    Oh I never look. lol
     
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    What about Rugby they have scrums.
    Very strange word.
     
  12. Adamskiffle

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    Egg chasers!
     
  13. We call the football a pigskin
     
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    New one for me????
     
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    I suppose that is what they were originally made from???
     
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  16. I’m sure
     
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  17. How come the British make the word "Vitamin" sound so much like "Clitoris"?
     
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  18. Candy Gal

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    Do we? lol
    Trust you to say that. lol
     
  19. Adamskiffle

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    New to you eh?.....I went to school and sixth form with a pro egg chaser
     
  20. Slang for dancing here. Cut a rug
     
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