very British

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(person) by PaulM (2.1 y) (print) ? I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 8:53:04

"What-ho, spiffing old chap, any one for a cup of tea?" "Gorblimey strewth.Rosie Lea, dontcha mean Guvnor?" A self parodying mode of behaviour adopted by British people, normally adopted in the presence of ironically-challenged Americans (see tautology) who apparently think we all talk like this.See also Irony

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tautology	The British get freaked out by American nonchalance regarding capital punishment	UK confectionery items	British
Americans	Differences between European and American Spanish	irony	Angelina Jolie and Belle and Sebastian: an Exploration of the British Music Media
The Crystal Maze	Big Book of British Smiles	Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels	Shaving my genitals
Neds	P.G. Wodehouse	British Gravitational	Westminster model
Richard O'Brien	Live TV	People need difficult languages	British Psychedelia
.cc	How Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man have sex	Nicomachean Ethics	Alastair Sim

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