Comments on: The 12 Days of Christmas Slang http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/12/the-12-days-of-christmas-slang/ A Culture Blog Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Worm http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/12/the-12-days-of-christmas-slang/#comment-42520 Worm Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:58:30 +0000 http://thedabbler.co.uk/?p=28876#comment-42520 merry christmas JG!

I wonder why they have ‘goosing’ as a specific form of bum pinching in the USA, but not really in the UK? Or is it prevalent in the UK and i’ve just never seen or heard of it? They mention it in american films quite regularly

]]> By: George http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/12/the-12-days-of-christmas-slang/#comment-42507 George Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:18:59 +0000 http://thedabbler.co.uk/?p=28876#comment-42507 In US slang, a “goose” is always delivered from behind, and a “ringer” can be a human athlete, and by extension a “dead ringer” is one person resembling another so closely that he could be a ringer without raising suspicion: “He’s a dead ringer for Smith.”

And “swimming” in African American slang I’m surprised you missed.

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