Americans watching the hit ITV2 dating show on Hulu are understandably confused by some of the Britishisms, especially 'fanny flutters.'
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The hit ITV2 dating show is pretty simple: Take a group of conventionally “hot” 20-somethings, put them in a villa in Majorca, and watch them pair up and inevitably mate poach. Add snarky commentary by Scottish comedian Iain Stirling and it’s downright addictive. A “Saturday Night Live” parody of it with “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge a few months ago wasn’t too far off; itThey’re long seasons, too, even by reality-TV standards. The last season I watched was 58 episodes.
“Love Island U.K.” is different ― and that’s at least in part because British sex and dating slang is so mind-bogglingly weird. Fanny flutter?! Somehow, the Brits manage to be both Jane Austen-ly quaint and profoundly vulgar at the same time. With that in mind, let’s walk through 21 dating terms from “Love Island” that are incredibly confusing to an American viewer. You’d say something is “a bit of me” when you’re interested in it, whether it’s a jacket you see at Zara or a hot guy on the island who set his self-tanner gun to “Rachel Dolezal.” On “Love Island,” you’ll often hear someone say a new arrival is “a bit of me.
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