british slang that americans should use

'Dieting'

"67% of men and 57% of women in the UK are overweight or obese according to the study which uses a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 25 to define 'overweight' and a BMI of 30 or more to define 'obese'."

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/may/29/how-obese-is-the-uk-obesity-rates-compare-other-countries



"America is making better progress than Britain at tackling obesity, the Health Secretary has said."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/10557114/Britain-making-slower-progress-than-US-in-tackling-obesity-says-Hunt.html




The question asked for words Americans can learn from Brits not what Brits themselves need to learn.

Christ, it's called stereotyping. I know the US are making progress, and I know the Brits are nearing the top of the table, with Mexico (?) now at the top. It was a joke.

Those in glass houses

And jokes are meant to be funny....

Eh, touche.

Are they? Miranda Hart is making a pretty good living by proving otherwise.