Brits: What do the terms "skive" and "skint" mean?
 

So I was talking to this local woman the other day, she lives here but is originally from London England. In the course of our conversation she mentions these terms "skive" and "skint". I just played along so as not to seem like I'm not up on my British what's-what. We can't have her thinking I'm UK illiterate now can we?

For skive she was talking about work and taking time off, so I'm assuming it's a slang term for calling in sick when not sick? Like skiving off?

As for skint, she used it as in saying I am "skint".... I think referring to my bad back and less than 100% condition because of it. Like just a less intense way of saying "you're buggered"?

Christ you Brits and your slang. You Aussies are no better either. :D

Skint = Broke

Yup, that's me, broke. :D

Ahhh, she must have gotten that idea because I told her I just had my entire roof replaced on my house which cost me nearly $10K.

I'll have to take her out for steak & lobster.

Thanks.

skive - to bunk off. ie, rather than go to work you stay at home.

and yes, skint means to have no spondoolies. ie, i have no dosh.

my fave is minger.

as in, she is a minger.

Bunk off. Isn't that just replacing one confusing term with yet another?

During my hospital working years through the 80's and 90's we used to say you were calling in sick, or my favorite... taking a mental health day.

So skive I got right then. Good.

Now back to work so I'm not so skint...

Which means?


Got pics? Show me an example or three of what a minger looks like.

If you take things further...When she starts talking about your knob, she means your penis.

Another fucking minger!


http://seifandbeirut.files.wordpress...lady_gaga1.jpg

Skive is like 'skip' or 'purposely miss'.

You skive off work when you try and escape early without anyone seeing.

Edit - Oh, looks like you got that one already! I'm just learning the lingo myself.

I will have to avoid this thread if you are having him post pics of chicks. That is never good.

You skive off work when you take time off because you feel lazy.

Skint, is having no money.

You are often skint because you are skiving.....

Yes I really should have thought that one through before asking.

Well in this case she'd be the one skiving, because she's the one with the jay-oh-bee. She's also got a buggered up knee and lower back, so I'm trying to tell her she wouldn't be skiving if she's got legitimate health ailments. But she seems to think skiving includes any sick call for any reason.

she sounds like the perfect employee come to think of it.

i suspect that 'sucking on a fag' may have a different meaning in the usa.

skint doesn't always mean broke, eg "i just done 10 grand on my roof and it's skinted me for the week/month/whatever"

eee eck. sumot and nowt.

is yu yanks not know wat wi tis talking ta bout?

surly one would use 'barasic' in such a case.

"i am now barasic"

no, a surly one wouldn't, nor anyone else.

Just saw this, too funny.

My friend I do believe your humor is wasted on this board. :D

Toss me a fag
fancy a fag?
pick me up some fags on your way home


All misunderstood over here.

I'd still fuck the hell outta that talented chick.

(For the record I mean talented as in writing her own songs, actually being able to hold a note without autotune and being able to play the piano

on married with children, the mum comes from wanker county.

in the uk, wanker is a very rude word.

I think they (the writers, producers) knew that going in.

We say wanker over here too. When someone's a wanker they're pretty much a fucking wanker, no matter what part of the planet they're on, no?

If you visit London make sure you select your preferred language on the ATM's

just visit one of his sites

words to describe dv times.

Only if you're about 10.

or worse, "Bum a fag" which means "borrow a cigarette" here but i can see the americans having trouble with it! :D

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh agreed

and why didnt you just ask what the hell it means?

not really. fucks are said more common and probably less offensive to ppl on tv than wanker :2 cents:

Wanker is, i believe, the 4th most offensive word to Brits according to the Broadcasting standards people.

After "fuck", "cunt" and "dentist".

Interesting. I wonder where "lawyer" ranks on that list.


Edit: of course you don't use the term lawyer over there do you? It's solicitor.

Over here you can get arrested for soliciting.

We all know you'd love to suck a fag, and I'm not talking about cigarettes you lunatic.

i like some scotish words:

i pumped her (i had sex with her)

skive
 

skiv
Cool term, wished we knew that at the Post Office.
Friend of mine ran out of excuses for being late or not coming in. His grandmother died about 30 times. He donated blood almost weekly for 1/2 a day off. He called and volunteered for jury duty.
All he had left was "aliens in their UFO kidnapped me."
Another buddy told his supervisor he couldn't come in early for mandatory overtime as he was wrapping Easter presents,

Skive, would have been a great excuse, as most of our supervisors dropped out of grade school. I'm still trying to figure out how they sorted mail, as I don't think they could read.

Some chap I knew from Plymouth used that, not sure if it's also common down there

Maybe they were just describing their adventures with inflatable dolls.

:1orglaugh

Because the word fuck folds into many grammatical categories. As a transital verb for instance, "John fucked Shirley". As an intransitive verb; "Shirley fucks". It's meaning is not always sexual, it can be used as an adjective such as; John's doing all the fucking work. As part of an adverb; "Shirley talks too fucking much", as an adverb enhancing an adjective; Shirley is fucking beautiful. As a noun; "I don't give a fuck". As part of a word: "abso-fucking-lutely" or "in-fucking-credible". Or as almost every word in a sentence: "fuck the fucking fuckers!".

Where as wanker doesn't have the same range.

That's why fuck gets more airtime.

Possibly, but your advert on usenet asking for men to let you fuck them up the arse would be understood by people from the UK or the US.

yeh, i'd like to put that to the test. try saying it to a policeman and let us know how you get on. :thumbsup

You'll get on just fine :)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...dge-rules.html :thumbsup

no such word as "skinted"

skint is just skint, it's not a verb (ie - broke - no money)

I'm from Plymouth originally and can confirm that us Janners would NEVER use that saying...

[confuse mode] however we'd call you anything to wind you up if you were some thick Grecian cunt from Exeter [/confuse mode]


I like the "you winding me up?" expression us Brits use. :)

Trust me, plenty of people say skinted, in the context I gave :thumbsup