Having read the excellent in-depth language book The Prodigal Tongue (written ... In their lonely fight against American words, the British have long prided themselves on having "stiff upper ...

Americans invent more words and phrases in a month than other English speaking nations do in a year. Many believe it is this very inventiveness that has propelled American English past British ...

The pop icon mentioned it was one of her favourite British slang words, and from there, the term just seemed to stick with her American fans ... a leaf out of the books of Brits when it comes ...