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JerryVan wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 8:52 am
jamiegramo wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 5:23 pm
Well as long as they get their fizzog on the gogglebox.
I love this! Is it Yiddish in its origins?
This is just British slang. ‘Fizzog’ (face) derived from the word ‘physiognomy’ (a persons facial features or expression). ‘Gogglebox’ (tv set) as in to ‘goggle’ (look at) a box.

According to google ‘fizzog’ comes from the Black Country which is an area of England’s West Midlands.

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jamiegramo wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:02 am
This is just British slang. ‘Fizzog’ (face) derived from the word ‘physiognomy’ (a persons facial features or expression). ‘Gogglebox’ (tv set) as in to ‘goggle’ (look at) a box.

According to google ‘fizzog’ comes from the Black Country which is an area of England’s West Midlands.
Brilliant! A very creative piece of idiom.

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jamiegramo wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:02 am
Well as long as they get their fizzog on the gogglebox.

This is just British slang. ‘Fizzog’ (face) derived from the word ‘physiognomy’ (a persons facial features or expression). ‘Gogglebox’ (tv set) as in to ‘goggle’ (look at) a box.
According to google ‘fizzog’ comes from the Black Country which is an area of England’s West Midlands.

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Curt A wrote: Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:59 pm
jamiegramo wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:02 am
Well as long as they get their fizzog on the gogglebox.

This is just British slang. ‘Fizzog’ (face) derived from the word ‘physiognomy’ (a persons facial features or expression). ‘Gogglebox’ (tv set) as in to ‘goggle’ (look at) a box.
According to google ‘fizzog’ comes from the Black Country which is an area of England’s West Midlands.

I'm chuffed to learn this... All of this has made me knackered and somewhat peckish. I think I'll grab a snack and hit the sack...
Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire, then? Well, toodles... ;)

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Lucius1958 wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:58 am Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire, then? Well, toodles... ;)

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