British Language Question

[Jorsoft]

Okay, what does it mean if I call somebody a "Corker?" For example, "Baez is such a Corker!" I've heard it a bunch of times lately and I have no idea what it means. Can somebody more British than I please advise?

 

[Trotter]

My mother-in-law uses it all the time, but she's not British. her usage can mean anything from "a good one" to "a real handful" to "a lot of trouble" (each one descriptive of a person).

 

[Jorsoft]

Funny then that I've only heard it used in British videos, websites, etc. Does it mean the same thing?

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Let me google that for you

 

[Jorsoft]

Let me google that for you

If I felt like Googling it then I would have done it

 

[Kharn]

It varys from situation to situation jord it can mean when we come to chris the younger he is a good lad but when it comes to say chase is a corker is could mean he is a good artist etc wholy depends on the situation.

 

[Hefemeister]

So basically it means good "whatever" depending upon which context it is used in?

Except if you are playing baseball in which case you would not want to be a corker.

 

[MrCoffee]

corker / corking = cracking good / jolly good etc..

essentially its a superlative like smashing, or spiffing.

 

[ricanflow]

you brits and your funny words....

 

[Kharn]

It's our languidge an we can do what we like with it...

An no one other than upper middle class wankers back in the 30's - early 50's said spiffing.