I was in the coffee room describing my skiing that weekend. "It was ok, but the snow was a bit mushy".

My colleagues didn't know the word "mushy", so I looked it up. My (female) boss went a little red, and started laughing. My colleagues later told me I'd use a word (I don't remember what it was) that was local dialect for the state of an aroused woman's genitals...

If I realise the job is not for me, I respond I want the job because I need money to live on.

I'm intrigued .... what does it mean if you pronounce the T?

"pussycat", albeit without the "cat".

And it's spelt "chatte" in this case (which is why you pronounce the 't'). It also means female cat.

Tom

it sounds like twatte

I think in context quite a few people would know it could be used in an anatomical sense, but in the UK it almost never is and in most part any such connection is lost. Is it still common to use it that way in the US?

the same as in NotAllthere's post but rougher.

Don't know what other word you used but "muschi" is German for pussy. Maybe the other word was "moist"?

My understanding of the word twat is very clear, ta.


But it's not exclusive to gynae professionals. I think most adult women understand the etymology of the term. Most Britain swearwords are sexual. I'm enjoying the current trend for folk making their own up in order to express frustration/disbelief etc. Lots of fun portmanteau-ing going on.



The American pronunciation as "twot" always baffles me. It should rhyme with hat, not snot. Unless they've looked at "what" and adjusted accordingly.


I like wazzock and pillock too, but they're pretty tame now. "Melt" is quite popular.

Exactly.

My kids thought it was hilarious when we were talking about fish and chips and I mentioned 'mushy peas'.

Yes but it appears to have a specific meaning. Someone who's gone a bit soft for something or someone or who easily "melts".

Ah the Great Hairy Wazzock.

On one project, we were coming with with a project name. An English expat proposed CON. A matronly French member of our team went bright red, and someone more converstant with French quickly made another suggestion.

expat gaffe - one we witnessed on someone else was some tourists asking for ketchup for their steak frites in a french bistrot, the chef or waiter said that it didn't exist in his restaurant...he then proceeded to swear all the way to the kitchen as he walked past our table...


also this thread has become a slang thread lol . can the swissies here pls tell me some swiss slang? so far we have mushy peas which is a no-no?

"Patata" in Italian means the same as "muschi" in German.

It also means potato.

"Fico" means "fig", "fica" and "figa" mean the same as the above.

Tom

yeah. makes me think of this: https://youtu.be/MVynXagaYVw?t=59

CON has several meanings in french, one of which is "mushy peas".

Tom

Certainly as a teenager growing up in the North West in the 1990s both the anatomical and pejorative meanings were well understood and used. At that time there wasn‘t a huge amount of difference in shock value between that and the word which is auto-moderated, although in the intervening years it does seem like the shock factor of one has increased and the other decreased.

IMO the combination of cock and socket into a single word is the anatomical equivalent of twat and takes on both meanings. I‘m not convinced combining cock and a litter collecting inhabitant of Wimbledon Common has quite the same imagery.

I am afraid to google it but some British comedian was telling about being in America, (maybe Mike Harding) seems they were hungry after a gig and the build up to the joke was about "murdering an Indian." As in going for a curry, I mention this so that there is no misunderstanding.
A naff joke but somehow it stuck in my memory. And one fine day in Kansas after finishing the days toil we were discussing about where to get some food I got the chance to deliver and I said in my best Lancashire: "Eee Ah cud murder un Indian"
In the aftermath I must admit that it was funnier in my head than in reality.

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I had a Spanish speaking friend. She once returned from work a bit exhausted. Asked her how her day was and she replied: "Well, I had a lot of work to do, and my boss kept on molesting me.'

I had been talking to some other British expats in Belgium and had been told tales of overflowing septic tanks as they had not realised they needed to get them emptied. Next day I phoned our landlord and asked him for the “location” of our septic tank, soon after he arrived with a big grin on his face and assured me that I need not worry, it was included in our rent and that the “placement” was to the side of the house.