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[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 days ago

Thafuq is a "Spapnie"? 🤢

[-] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 26 points 6 days ago

I think it's Sparnie, there's a leg on that second P. Looking it up, seems Sparnies is a "Sarnie" shop, which I guess is a British term for a sandwich?

[-] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 days ago

Sarnie is indeed slang for a butty

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

(For those not from the UK, "butty" is another word for a piece.)

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

Piece of ..? Bread? Cake? Ass?

[-] Korval@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago

They didn't say "a piece of," just "a piece." Since we're talking about slang and since "a piece" is slang for "a gun," we're forced to conclude that the advertisement is for a gun shop.

[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

But guns are biceps, so clearly it's a gym / fitness studio.

[-] Korval@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Oh, true. And it being a gym also supports the "ass" angle.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I like “butty” being slang for a piece of ass better.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Because "fanny" is vagina over there?

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 5 days ago

(For those not from the UK, "piece" is another word for a filled breadcake.)

What's a breadcake? Is it bread or cake? You have to pick one...

Is this why British food sucks?

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Clarifies a certain schoolyard nickname, apparently.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Isn't piece slang for cob?

[-] lowered_lifted@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

we call it a barm round these parts

[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

But this says sparnies, not sarnies. And does it include chips?

[-] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Looks like Sparnies is the shop name (it's based in a place called Leamington Spa). No sign of chips sadly.

[-] dave@feddit.uk 11 points 6 days ago

Yup--a sarnie shop in a Spa town. See what they've done there...

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