>>>>>We say "wet" as well. And we DO have cigarettes. I guess your equiv. of "fag" is a "butt" (though that too has similar connotations :-) We also say "ciggy" which I think I've heard Americans say. A butt also here usually means the "dog-end" of a ciggy, but you also say "You got a butt, ?", meaning a whole ciggy.
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>>>>It's also why you have to be careful to whom you say 'butt out'.
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>>>Would someone clear this conundrum for me please: if we say "we're heading north", is that the same as saying "we're butting south"?
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>>No, "to head" is not the same as "to butt". If you're a footballer, you "head the ball", which means you're "in charge of the dance", which means you'd better get out of the way quick before you get trampled
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>I didn't say it's the same, but is it an exact opposite? The head and butt pointing in opposite directions... as the (spoofed) prez. Mao's saying went, "any way you turn, your butt is behind you".

But "to butt" (or more accurately) "to head-butt" is hit with the forehead. So "to butt in" I always took to mean "stick your head in", not your arse.

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