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Adjectives of extreme approval for uptight Brits (part 2)

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Adjectives of extreme approval for uptight Brits (part 1)

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Cleavage! 4
groovy! 3
Skill! 3
Top banana! 2
Spiceworld! 2
Tripod! 2
Hammock! 2
Stonking! 1
Regal mate! 1
Copacetic! 1
Superb! 1
Poontastic! 1
Ya dancer! 1
Bonzai! 1
Tits! 1
Ace! 1
Grand! 1
Stereo! 1
Boss! 1
Ave it! 1
outrageous! 0
Genius! 0
Get in! 0
Fwoooar! 0
mondo! 0
funky! 0
Stiff! 0
Fresh! 0
way cool! 0
Nadical! 0
You beauty! 0
Sound! 0
Bitchin! 0
Bonza! 0
I say! 0
Terrific! 0
Outstanding! 0
Tubular! 0
Nice! 0
Peachy! 0
Obama! 0
Biddley-Boo! 0
A bit good! 0


― chap, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:40 (sixteen years ago)

cleavage

― modescalator (blueski), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:41 (sixteen years ago)

Groovy in a heartbeat.

― ...and the wizard blew his horn (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:42 (sixteen years ago)

in the absence of "capital" it really does have to be cleavage.

― Lovely and tender, like velvet. (Upt0eleven), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:44 (sixteen years ago)

Capital! is on Part 1

― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:45 (sixteen years ago)

Too many of these are too geezerish for proper uptight brits. Copacetic definitely deserves wider recognition.

― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:47 (sixteen years ago)

really fond of 'get in' for some reason

― butt sound insanity (gbx), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

Hammock!

Dead hammock!

― Squash weather (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:50 (sixteen years ago)

I was unsure whether to include 'get in', as it's not strictly an adjective - you wouldn't say "That film was really get in!"

― chap, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

Great polls. Bravo!

― krakow, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

Ya dancer isn't an adjective either.

― ailsa, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

Ach, "Bravo!" isn't in there! How could we have missed it?

― krakow, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

think it's because i can imagine a stiff uptight brit allowing himself a small, private moment of victorious recklessness, a discreet fist pump and barely audible exclamation of approval, before once again lumbering his countenance with the weight of responsibility appropriate for a loyal subject of queen and country

― butt sound insanity (gbx), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

ogmor is skill

― ogmor, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

i like to dream of a world where people yell banzai all the time, so that

― fred phelps loves it in the poopchute googlerank outreach project (jjjusten), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:59 (sixteen years ago)

Sparked by the bravo controversy:

We're going to need the "Forgotten Interjections: Extreme Approval for uptight Brits (Part 3)" poll.

― krakow, Wednesday, October 7, 2009 3:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Okay, any further suggestions can go on the original thread, and I will do part three in a couple of days.

― chap, Wednesday, October 7, 2009 3:58 PM (0 seconds ago) Bookmark

― chap, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:01 (sixteen years ago)

I think 'get in' works well as an adjective indicating really rather overwhelming approval, so long as one leaves a short pause before it, and changes one's tone appropriately.. "I say, old chum, that film was really awfully ... get in"

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:03 (sixteen years ago)

"Really rather get in-ish"

― Gunther von Hagen Daas (NickB), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:09 (sixteen years ago)

ugh pure 'out of the mouths of posh cunts' richard curtis dialogue imo

― Brewer's Bitch (darraghmac), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 18:23 (sixteen years ago)

that could be just the way it's sounding in my head right now, admittedly

― Brewer's Bitch (darraghmac), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 18:24 (sixteen years ago)

OK to clarify, "get in!' is a response to good news. It is pronounced "gyyyyyett in'. See exchange below:

Brit A: "Half of the starting Chelsea side were injured in a rickshaw crash in Patpong."
Brit B: "Chelsea are shite. Get in!"

Or:

Brit A: "I thought you might be hung over so I made you this delicious bacon sandwich."
Brit B: "Cheers! Get in!"

― edward everett horton hears a who (suzy), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.mailordercats.com/forum/img/smilies/getsome.gif

WOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH GET SOME

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 18:59 (sixteen years ago)

kudos not on either list

― cutty, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

voted Spiceworld!

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 19:12 (sixteen years ago)

"Genius!" gets my vote here. One of my most used phrases.

― krakow, Monday, 12 October 2009 22:19 (sixteen years ago)

CLEAVAGE

― as strikingly artificial and perfect as a wizard's cap (HI DERE), Monday, 12 October 2009 22:26 (sixteen years ago)

Saw this today on a packet of biscuits...
http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Foxs_Favourites_Selection_300g.jpg
...the miniscule text starts with the word "Hoorah!"

― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Monday, 12 October 2009 22:40 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 12 October 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

Comedy voters again.

― krakow, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 09:59 (sixteen years ago)

YAY MY VOTE MATTERED

― as strikingly artificial and perfect as a wizard's cap (HI DERE), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 12:45 (sixteen years ago)

i only watched spiceworld for the cleavage.

― Brewer's Bitch (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 12:47 (sixteen years ago)

i only watched spiceworld for the groovy.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 13:06 (sixteen years ago)


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