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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my Brit friends called the other "a jammy sod" on FB this week. I laughed so loud - it's the most British expression ever.[/quote]

I'm going to use that phrase!!!!!  If only I knew what it meant.....[/quote]

I’m British, living this thread. Don’t think anyone responded to this yet - it means you’re lucky [/quote]

My grandmother wouldn't allow the words sod or bugger in her presence so be careful with those. And bloody.[/quote]

what would sod mean?[/quote]

British PP here. I think “sod” was originally short for “sodomite”, so obviously a pretty awful word. But it really is innocuous in modern English, it’s almost interchangeable for “person”. It’s certainly not the word you would use to refer to a gay person. “Jammy sod” = “you lucky thing”, “poor old sod” = “poor bloke” are some other ways you could say things if you didn’t want to say “sod”[/quote]

I think it's a generational thing. I wouldn't use it around older folks. My grandfather used to swear at people in traffic and call them bloody buggers etc and it upset my grandmother. But she was very proper.[/quote]

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