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10. Not how most Brits use it

Sat Jun 3, 2017, 10:27 PM

Jun 2017

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Such brave people Not Ruth Jun 2017 #1

I hope they were at the last stage of inebriation, "bulletproof." Warpy Jun 2017 #3

Video....A Geezer is a bloke. HipChick Jun 2017 #2

Holy s--- Rustyeye77 Jun 2017 #4

Sounds really bad flamingdem Jun 2017 #5

he's speaking too fast for subtitles.. HipChick Jun 2017 #6

Talking about US news outlets.. HipChick Jun 2017 #15

I didn't find him to be speaking fast Spider Jerusalem Jun 2017 #16

Me either...I moved from the UK to US - the south.. HipChick Jun 2017 #17

Colloquial Londonspeak for your traditional 'guy' Myrddin Jun 2017 #19

Case in point Myrddin Jun 2017 #21

When I was a kid, "geezer" "old man" DavidDvorkin Jun 2017 #7

Not in the UK.. HipChick Jun 2017 #8

That's how my English parents used the word. DavidDvorkin Jun 2017 #9

Not how most Brits use it HipChick Jun 2017 #10

They left England in 1947 DavidDvorkin Jun 2017 #11

Probably...honestly I have to ask my nieces and nephews these days.. HipChick Jun 2017 #12

We have become aliens in a world where we once belonged. DavidDvorkin Jun 2017 #18

If, a 'geezer' was old... Myrddin Jun 2017 #20

Yes, and I do remember hearing that phrase, too. DavidDvorkin Jun 2017 #22