Honey, I Finished The Internet

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1. Interesting our weird, unique, English words. But what I’d like to know is how Brit-speak originated. Such as calling a cute young woman a bird. Or an undesirable man a tosser. I SO love Brit slang.

   1. British slang for male m*sturbation is “wanking off” or “tossing off”. Someone who spends all of his time m*sturbating instead of cracking on with things is therefore a “wanker” or “tosser”.

      1. I always called it “shaking hands with an old friend”.

         1. Having tea with Mrs. Palm and her five lovely daughters:

            https://youtu.be/02QdeWnfn9s?si=jhMUHeyjHvfIjunz

2. Englishman here. AFAIUI*, Tosser originates from a drunkard, someone who ‘tosses’ his drink back.

   * with a Comprehensive school education though, I could of course be talking bollocks……

3. Readers may be interested in this video which contains a monologue of English, from medieval times to the modern day.
   I understood the odd word but couldn’t really fathom what was being said until about 1500:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=842OX2_vCic&t=226s