Reply #78: When they made you, they threw away the mold...

[meow2u3]

I heard this in NY from my old boss...she said that to her employees who were a bit off, but harmless...

see-saw (NY) - teeter-totter
pie (NY) a full pizza
youse (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic) - you in the plural
wait on line (NY) - wait one's turn in line
watsamatta? (NY) - What's wrong?

shag fly balls (US, baseball term) - to practice catching fly balls batted by the coach. Brits would wonder why an American would want to get laid with a mere baseball :rofl:
root for (a team) (US) - to cheer for (one's favorite team). Aussies would probably die laughing :evilgrin:
right off the bat (US) - immediately (baseball metaphor).
take the fifth/5th (US) - to refuse to answer a question that would make you seem guilty (from "using one's 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination).
talk a mile a minute (mostly US) - to talk quickly and nonstop, without letting anyone else get a word in edgewise.
I smell a rat - I'm suspicious about (a person or situation).

I was exposed to British and Irish English when I was a kid. Between the Benny Hill Show and my old British care worker when I was in residential treatment, I remember these gems:

bits (UK): small pieces of garbage left on the floor
rubbish bin (UK) - garbage pail, waste basket, trash can
knickers - panties. In the US, knickers are the men's equivalent of capris, ¾-length slacks.
poof - a gay guy :D (I heard that in "The Full Monty"). In the US, "poof" signifies sudden appearance or disapperance.