Hugh Laurie: the British slang vs the American

now I'm going to give you some slang some American slang we're going to take turns we'll see how much you know and how much I know okay okay ah the first one I'm going to give you is a flossing you know what flossing means I mean actually flossing no it's slang it's slang you I mean you do know what actual flossing is well I know I know the Americans opinion of British dental practice but yes I have hmm laughing that would be something close fitting and no I know I don't know no oh there's gotta be that was to really show you how wrong you were it was it's kind of rubbing another really is yeah it was aggressive I'm sorry because I could have just said no but we just in America we like to really rub it in collect yeah it's showing off flossing really yeah showing off is flossing okay yes all right what sound does it make when you're right it so it's bits bone like that yeah which is probably a different sound in England it is yeah well we're never writes it in um chin wag shittin Wegg yep ago said again okay chin wag yeah uh that would be a blundering idiot a shin wag you shin wag no no it's actually it's it's a verb and it means to chat it delicious literally to wipe your chin it's actually very literal it's not whack chin chin chin what did I mispronounce it I think that's what I never would have gotten it wrong oh she couldn't understand the thick British I got in slo-mo yeah yeah yeah chin wag of course yes that does sound like all right so what tied uh yes tied it nothing uh badonkadonk means to pass someone on a motorcycle and then see a police car and brake it's extremely curvaceous female behind Danka Danka right we definitely don't have those in it you don't have is it good but don't but don't Godot badonkadonk it's a chance to integrate you'll use it for now I enjoy your badonkadonk honey alright that's fantastic chuffed to bits chop-chop - bish shaft - bit soft chuffed yeah like chin yes chatter yes yeah um I just uh oh just exhausted ah no no it's it's to be really pleased to be really pleased about to be thrilled by something I'm chuffed to bits that's what I meant delighted um I don't chuffed to bits by either you act I will be chuffed to bits by your badonkadonk yeah yes we're gonna end on this one because everyone has learned this watching the show cuz I've helped them shoddy shoddy shoddy shorty shorty had the metal bottom gee uh Shirley had them baggy sweat pants Reeboks with the strap he's turning around it's - one word shoddy right she hit the flow she hit the foot yeah none of this is helping you know Shirley got low low low low no sure shorty is a young kid or a woman really yep

Channel: smule

Views: 22,988,025

Rating: 4.8897171 out of 5

Keywords: house, laurie, hugh, MD, interview, Ellen, Hugh Laurie (Celebrity), Ellen DeGeneres (Celebrity), British Slang

Id: wYmrg3owTRE

Length: 4min 1sec (241 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 27 2008

Reddit Comments

[u/machadaynu]

Thank you for a straightforward post title so I didn't have to click on the link and start to watch that video for the 10th time.

[u/bluemostboth]

I simultaneously love this and realize how white I am for loving it.

[u/Aeshua]

Two middle-aged people who don't understand outdated slang? Now I've seen it all!

[u/shawbin]

I clicked this because I thought it was Hugh Laurie and Ellen Page.

[u/Estoye]

They should have used British hip hop slang to really make it even.

[u/gsadamb]

Hm, I somehow knew all of these (except "Chin Wag") even though I'm a kind of geeky white guy.

"Chuffed to bits" would be the equivalent of "stoked."

[u/sumbry]

I groaned when I heard Ellen's Slang:

Shawty is actually Shorty. It sounds like Shawty when someone from the South pronounces it but started out as referring to the fact that your girlfriend was usually shorter than you were so was your "shorty."

Flossing is actually Flossin' - there's no G at the end.