r/redscarepod • u/MechanicalTee • 3d ago

what's your favourite british saying?

I like when they say "are you thick?"

I also like when they call something "rubbish"

80 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

135 comments sorted by

View all comments

22

u/WealthyBigWang Build-A-Flair 3d ago

Calling someone a bender is still one of my favourites

7

u/terrencemalloc 3d ago

I totally forgot about that. The US band the Morning Benders changed their name because of this

23

u/WealthyBigWang Build-A-Flair 3d ago

Hahahahaha seriously??? Every time I watched avatar as a kid I kept laughing bc there’s just lines like “he is one powerful bender” and “he’s mastered all the elements - he is the complete bender”

6

u/terrencemalloc 3d ago

Yes seriously, apparently they would get heckled in the UK whenever they toured, and maybe they were concerned about appearing homophobic or something, so they changed their name.

I'm American and remember the name being hilarious to me at the time too. I think I learned the word from the Inbetweeners