- Rya and Luke have built up a fanbase of more than 152,000 followers on TikTok
- The couple took to the platform to compare and contrast slang in both cultures
- It came with surprising results – but how many of the phrases do you know?
A British man has left the internet in stitches after asking his American girlfriend to guess the meaning of popular UK slang.
Rya and Luke have built up a loyal fanbase of more than 152,000 followers on TikTok thanks to their light-hearted couple videos.
Most recently, the duo took to the platform once again to compare and contrast slang in both cultures – with surprising results.
But how many of the phrases do you know?
Rya and Luke have built up a loyal fanbase of more than 152,000 followers on TikTok thanks to their light-hearted couple videos
Most recently, the duo took to the platform once again to compare and contrast slang in both cultures – with surprising results
In the original clip, which has so far been viewed more than 383,000 times, Luke wasted little time in putting Rya’s knowledge to the test.
His first example was: ‘I’m gonna see a man about a dog.’
Rya initially burst out laughing before replying: ‘That sounds like, “I’m gonna go see a doctor about my illness. I’m gonna talk to someone who knows what they’re talking about.”‘
But she was a little off the mark as Luke explained that it actually meant: ‘I’m going to go to the toilet.’
His girlfriend burst out laughing before questioning the ‘terrible’ phrasing.
She easily guessed that ‘do you fancy a cuppa?’ was asking about making a cup of tea but was stumped at the slang that followed.
‘You are such a CHAV,’ Luke posed as his next question.
To which, Rya replied: ‘I don’t know how to describe it. Like you have a shaved head and you have saggy pants maybe and you have chains and you’re like a little grunge.
Rya was confused when Luke revealed that the word CHAV was actually an acronym, questioning: ‘It stands for something?’
‘And then girls have the black eyebrows and the concealer on their lips. CHAV check.’
But she was confused when Luke revealed that the word was actually an acronym, questioning: ‘It stands for something?’
He then revealed it stands for ‘Council House And Vulgar’ – adding yet further context by telling Rya that council houses in the UK are the equivalent to the projects in the US.
And, following the widespread interest in the clip, Rya and Luke went on to share several other installments of the series.
They explained how ‘it’s gone a bit pear-shaped’ means ‘it’s gone not how we planned’ as well as revealing that ‘bog roll’ is in fact ‘toilet roll.’
Luke also dished how saying, ‘it’s absolutely choc-o-block,’ means a place is ‘rammed or busy’ – to name just a few.