Wanker sounds so much better than jerk-off.

But if you wish for us to refer to you as the latter, we will acquiesce to your wishes, Mr. Morgan.

50 Cent says Piers is a wanksta, and he needs to stop frontin'.

au contraire

/wanker

Wait, there are still people that don't know what a wanker is? Jesus, people, the Simpsons covered this almost a decade ago!

Calling a guy a wanker, is like calling water wet.

Rupert Murdoch?

Unlike most Amercuns Im edukated, wached top ger and tranespotting, wood like to stik around but Im hungry gong to macdonald

He belongs in jail with the other cell phone hackers.

I would also add that Piers Morgan is, in addition to being a wanker, a tosser, a git, a pillock, and generally a barmy arsehole.

He's your problem now. Consider us even for Madonna.

jake_lex: I would also add that Piers Morgan is, in addition to being a wanker, a tosser, a git, a pillock, and generally a barmy arsehole.

Now you're just making words up.

The got knicked for being a wanker.

What a pompous ass he is.

What does it mean to get one's Morgan pierced?

As an American and a frequent wanker, I disagree.

I think I'm going to have a quick wank right now, as a matter of fact.

jake_lex: I would also add that Piers Morgan is, in addition to being a wanker, a tosser, a git, a pillock, and generally a barmy arsehole.

Excuse me sir, you forgot poncey.

It's pretty clear CNN didn't know what wanker meant.

can a UK wanker translate "twat" for me? It seems that Brits toss that term around sort of casually if it means what it does here in the US and A.

I'm wanking right now, so 'm getting a kick out of some of these replies.

jake_lex: I would also add that Piers Morgan is, in addition to being a wanker, a tosser, a git, a pillock, and generally a barmy arsehole.

Don't forget prat.

RoyBatty: It's pretty clear CNN didn't know what wanker meant.

Let's see what Twitter has to say about this...

If I could. . .I would have British accent. . .I watch FIFA. . .I watch Doctor Who. . .I want to say things like 'wanker' and 'bloody' and 'bullocks'. . .but damn it. . .I just don't have the accent. . .

\FIFA 2001 was awesome. . .
//Set your guy to all 7 stats. . .
///Dribble up the the keeper. . .
////Jump over him. . .
//// *british accent* "OH!! It looks like the keeper dropped his sandwich in a puddle on that one, Jon!"

cretinbob: jake_lex: I would also add that Piers Morgan is, in addition to being a wanker, a tosser, a git, a pillock, and generally a barmy arsehole.

Don't forget prat.

And twat. Did anyone mention dopey, flapping twat?

Viva Italia: If I could. . .I would have British accent. . .I watch FIFA. . .I watch Doctor Who. . .I want to say things like 'wanker' and 'bloody' and 'bullocks'. . .but damn it. . .I just don't have the accent. . .

\FIFA 2001 was awesome. . .
//Set your guy to all 7 stats. . .
///Dribble up the the keeper. . .
////Jump over him. . .
//// *british accent* "OH!! It looks like the keeper dropped his sandwich in a puddle on that one, Jon!"

I only played FIFA from EA a couple of times but the one thing I remember was the commentator commenting on the snowy weather by saying something like "the snow is snowing...".

Good times...

The World's Stupidest Bottom-Burp? Piers

Morgan isn't just a w*nker - he's a complete and utter total f*cking w*nker!

Better than calling the Bee Gees "tossers"

Barry doesn't like that.

Viva Italia: If I could. . .I would have British accent. . .I watch FIFA. . .

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

inert: He's your problem now. Consider us even for Madonna.

I don't see how that's even fair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNwqtF ZRtrI

If Americans don't know what a wanker is, how did they ever get the joke in Married With Children, where Peg's maiden name is Wanker and she's from Wanker County? That show is so old that children conceived when I first watched are now parents with children of their own. Some of the Wankers in my generation are Married With Children AND grandchildren. Somebody must have gotten the joke in the Eighties, dammit!

Those of us who have been watching Britcoms since Monty Python first aired know what a Wanker is. We've been updated on British slang since before you could say wanker on BBC 4. Those who don't think Monty Python is funny are elderly and still watch The Price is Right after lunch. They may not know what a wanker is.

Speaking of Piers Morgan, who the Hell is this wanker?

Piers Morgan? Sounds like a bank. Is he a banker wanker? Trust Fund Wanker?

Only a few miles from my house.

inert: He's your problem now. Consider us even for Madonna.

Oh no. You dicks shoved Beckham on us ten years after his prime when he married that communion wafer of a female musician. This isn't anywhere close to over.

/starts looking for nice apartments in London...
//for Octomom.

Simpsons did it.

Mr. Burns called the British band U2 "wankers" on an airplane flight in "Last Exit to Springfield".

Adam: Look guys, I got a Springfield spoon for my spoon collection!
Bono: Here we go, how many spoons have you got now Adam?
Adam: Nine, if I didn't have my spoons, I'd go insane.
Bono: Can I see it? (Adam hands it over, Bono throws it)
Adam: My spoon! (It hits Mr. Burns on the head)
Mr. Burns: ...Wankers!

There's an even older quotation (Season 11). "Missionary Impossible":

TV: You're watching PBS.
Bart: You're watching PBS?
Homer: Hey, I'm as surprised as you. But I've stumbled across a delicious new comedy about soccer hooligans. If they're not having a go with a bird, they're having a row with a wanker.
Bart: Cheeky!

I'm mean really!

People are always talking crap in the Mutual Transatlantic Misunderstanding Society.

Forget wanker, WTF is a piers?

fireclown: can a UK wanker translate "twat" for me? It seems that Brits toss that term around sort of casually if it means what it does here in the US and A.

It's been toned down somewhat but is basically a nickname for a ladies very private parts. I assume that's what it means in the US of A as well?

It can really offend some people in the UK but in some circles it's almost a term of endearment.

Cue Ivor Biggum

Link

Who?

teardrop:
It's been toned down somewhat but is basically a nickname for a ladies very private parts. I assume that's what it means in the US of A as well?


Well I grew up in CA in the 80s and early 90s.. twat was a commonly known word.

Akuinnen: teardrop:
It's been toned down somewhat but is basically a nickname for a ladies very private parts. I assume that's what it means in the US of A as well?


Well I grew up in CA in the 80s and early 90s.. twat was a commonly known word.

A classier coont

teardrop: fireclown: can a UK wanker translate "twat" for me? It seems that Brits toss that term around sort of casually if it means what it does here in the US and A.

It's been toned down somewhat but is basically a nickname for a ladies very private parts. I assume that's what it means in the US of A as well?

It can really offend some people in the UK but in some circles it's almost a term of endearment.

Back in the 70s we use to hang out in a fairly tough bar. My x-sister in law was a waitress there and although very quiet, was fairly formidable if provoked. I was there one evening with a friend who brought a long some friends of his from either Australia or the UK. One of them used a word towards my sister in law that although in one of those countries was acceptable, it damn sure wasn't here in the US. In less than a minute those guys were spitting blood.

uber humper: Forget wanker, WTF is a piers?



All props to Oglaf.com - great webcomic but NSFW mostly

fireclown: can a UK wanker translate "twat" for me? It seems that Brits toss that term around sort of casually if it means what it does here in the US and A.

Not a Brit, but Aussie is close enough that I should be able to get this one right ... twat technically means the same thing in both countries, so "your twat" would be interepreted exactly the same, but when used as an insult - "you daft twat!" - it just means idiot, and isn't particularly insulting. It's kind of half-way between "twit" (which has a pretty friendly tone in either country), and "twat" in the US (which has a vulgar tone).

Wanker is has similar multiple meanings. It literally means masturbator, but when used as an insult in the UK, it's very close to the US insult jerk-off, neither of which are really a comment on sexual habits at all. But in Oz, and sometimes in the UK, it also has overtones of pretentiousness, probably closer to the US "douchebag". (See TISM, "whatareya" lyrics: You ever seen a live performance? Join the wanker club, You thought I meant table top dancing? You're a yobbo, bub!)

So in terms of harshness, and how you'd use them, it'd be something like: child who's running around in circles until they get dizzy and fall over = silly twit

FECK YOU SASSENATCH!

Gah, forgot the "less than" symbol = html.

Let me try that again ...

So in terms of harshness, and how you'd use them, it'd be something like: child who's running around in circles until they get dizzy and fall over = silly twit. Your drunk friend who's threatening a nudie run down the street = daft twat. Smarmy guy who just stole your girlfriend = f'n wanker.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: [img440.imageshack.us image 640x480]

50 Cent says Piers is a wanksta, and he needs to stop frontin'.

This.

I've been calling Piers a wanker since the day he started at CNN.

Srsly guys, was that really the best replacement for Larry King you could find? Ugh.

/begin quick rant

Twitter: Effing retarded and absolutely the most counter intuitive design for anything labeled "social media". Why the hell anyone would even use such a piece of crap to communicate anything I have no idea. It makes my head hurt to even look at a "feed". It doesn't even quote the original poster when in reply to anything so that you have to go hunt down the Weeners to know what the god damn context of the reply was. screw that.

/end rant

Marine1: inert: He's your problem now. Consider us even for Madonna.

Oh no. You dicks shoved Beckham on us ten years after his prime when he married that communion wafer of a female musician. This isn't anywhere close to over.

/starts looking for nice apartments in London...
//for Octomom.

With all the benefits a divorced unemployed mother of 14 is entitled to over there I'm surprised she hasn't left already.

Even trailer trash who watched "Married With Children" in the 90's know what a "wanker" is! Peg's surname is Wankered.

teardrop: fireclown: can a UK wanker translate "twat" for me? It seems that Brits toss that term around sort of casually if it means what it does here in the US and A.

It's been toned down somewhat but is basically a nickname for a ladies very private parts. I assume that's what it means in the US of A as well?

It can really offend some people in the UK but in some circles it's almost a term of endearment.

Yeah, means the same thing here, but here it's extremely offensive. Probably one of the most offensive words in American English, along with "coont" as the filter would put it.

People will drop a cluster F-bomb before using those two words.

The profane term for a woman which may also be a term of endearment in some situations in American English is "biatch", which as I understand it has the same literal meaning of female canine on both sides of the Atlantic.