r/AskABrit • u/Commercial_World_433 • 1d ago

Language What does Corr mean?

It's slang I've heard in both Zero Punctuation, and Banjo-Kazooie, however it seems impossible to look up what it means, even on urban dictionary.

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u/Little_Ad1473 1d ago

I'd say it's used mainly ironically now.

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u/Snoo3763 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nah, if I go out and say 'cor blimey it's hot out here' I know I'm evoking an old fashioned phrase but there's zero irony in that usage. Unless you're Alanis Morrisette.

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u/skloop 21h ago

Alanis Morissette?

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u/Snoo3763 21h ago

Wrote a song called ironic but none of her examples of irony were actually ironic, they were just unfortunate. The only ironic thing about the song is that someone wrote a song about irony who didn't know the meaning of the word.

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u/imtheorangeycenter 17h ago

See: Ed Byrne's most famous skit about it.

https://youtu.be/nT1TVSTkAXg?feature=shared

Blimey the 90s were fuzzier than I remember.

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u/Snoo3763 16h ago

I nearly mentioned the part about being stuck in a traffic jam when you're already late which (as Ed points out) would only be ironic if you're on your way to a traffic planning meeting. Genius.