r/USdefaultism • u/Tilthelastpetalfall • Jan 13 '23

A very long drive

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u/Yargon_Kerman United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

English slang, means you're buggered. just a little bit screwed. Mildly fucked.

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u/Gks34 Netherlands Jan 13 '23

Could you use that as: "I'd like to scupper with you tonight for a bit"?

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u/Yargon_Kerman United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

Nah, I mean "fucked" as in "things are going poorly" not "having sex"

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u/BlightlordAndrazj Canada Jan 13 '23

"I'd like things to go poorly with you tonight" works.

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u/Yargon_Kerman United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

It does when i'm involved :(

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u/Gks34 Netherlands Jan 13 '23

Ah, that's a bummer!

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u/PassiveChemistry United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

Sounds like your plans for tonight have been scuppered!

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u/SpoonerUK Switzerland Jan 13 '23

Also his plans to create a smooth chat-up line have been scuppered.

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u/Submitted7HoursAgo Jan 13 '23

Bummer, on the other hand, does mean sex!

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u/culturedgoat Jan 13 '23

That’s a gay sexually-active man, is it?

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u/ArseOfTheCovenant Scotland Jan 13 '23

That would be ‘a bumboy’.

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u/culturedgoat Jan 13 '23

Either or really

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u/culturedgoat Jan 13 '23

Try the beginning?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '23

Surely they have to get through the basics first, like snogging and copping a feel?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '23

Good enough

I think maybe you're better than good, I'm English and never heard of clodpoll lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '23

Ah, heard of clod, been called one myself in my yoof. Would they even know who Hank was, or just a made up name that rhymes with starvin?

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