British English: The Posh Pod

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Chris & James are back to discuss the UK class system. Are they 'geezers' or 'chaps'? What's the difference between people in the middle classes vs the upper classes? And, most importantly, has Chris ever worn red trousers?
Plus we answer your questions in this week's Chewsday Chats.
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Episode: Key Words
Part One
Laddish (adj, informal): a male person of any age from early boyhood
Hot toddie (noun): a usually hot drink consisting of liquor (such as rum), water, sugar, and spices
Posh (adj, british): someone or something that is expensive and elegant, typical of or intended for the upper classes
Posho (noun, informal): a person deemed post (see above)
Dress down (verb): to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion
Dress up (verb):to attire in best or formal clothes
Adulthood (noun): of, relating to, intended for, or befitting adults
Bygone (adj): past
Social mobility (noun): to gain a higher social position
Freudian slip (noun): a slip of the tongue that is motivated by and reveals some unconscious aspect of the mind
Cockney (adj, British): a native of London and especially of the East End of London
Scuttle off (phrasal verb): to move in or as if in a brisk pace
Geezer (British, informal): man
Trotter (noun): the foot of a pig
Bachelor (noun): an unmarried man
Vexed (adj): feeling or showing irritation, annoyance, or distress
Part Two
Boarding school (noun): a school where students sleep onsite
Fly the nest (expression): to leave one's family home
You call a spade a spade (idiom): to tell the truth as you see it, with directness
Partial to something (expression): like something
Minutiae (noun): minor detail
Part Three
Buzzing (adj, British, informal): excited, happy
Chuffed to bits (expression): happy or overjoyed
Legend (noun, British, informal): a good person
A good egg (noun, British, informal): a good person
Tosser (noun, British, slang, vulgar) : used to insult a person, describe a person as bad
A bad egg (noun, British): a bad person
Mate (noun, British, informal): often used as a familiar form of address, friend/buddy
Old Chap (noun, British): often used as a familiar form of address, friend/buddy
Beavering away (phrasal verb): working hard
Galavanting (verb, informal): to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure
Delve (verb): to dig or labor with or as if with a spade
Tara (interjection): goodbye