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Top Boy season 5 returned to Netflix screens on 7 September and the new series has viewers obsessed with the extreme slang, many are translating phrases such as ‘say less’ from UK to American English.
American comedian and actor Kevin Hart even joked around withTop Boy star Michael Ward, showing him his impressive UKslang that he picked up from the Netflix series.
‘Say less’ meaning as Top Boy slang is translated from UK to American
Series 5 of Top Boy, (labeled as season 3 on Netflix) recently dropped and has had everyone hooked. However, it is not only the storyline that everyone is interested in – many viewers are also fascinated by the extreme UK slang used throughout the program.
The Netflix drama takes viewers into the housing estates of east London. Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty streets of the city, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.
Within the dialect of the London cast lies a lot of UK slang, a lot of which is very confusing to viewers in other places such as America.
Many of the cast are shown in the series using the phrase “say less”, a slang term simply meaning “I understand” or “I get the gist of what you are saying.”
This phrase can also be used when agreeing with someone. In a sense, it is a way of saying that no further explanation is needed.
Kevin Hart shows off his Top Boy slang with Michael Ward
A video was recently shared on social media showing American actor and comedian Kevin Hart showing off his UK slang with Jamaican-British star Michael Ward, the actor playing the role of Jamie in Top Boy.
The user named @DivineCrowns shared the clip on Twitter and captioned their upload suggesting that Top Boy fans are going to start changing their vocabulary, they used an example of swapping out the word “okay” to instead use the phrase “say less”.
Netflix series has viewers talking like Top Boy
Over on TikTok, many Top Boy fans have begun to joke that the Netflix series has encouraged them into the habit of using UK slang from the program in their everyday lives.
A TikTok creator shared a clip from Top Boy to indicate that they feel like they are part of the series when saying “say less” instead of “okay”.
Another TikToker named @TikTok_jem used their child in a video skit, showing how they begin speaking after watching Top Boy and picking up on the extreme London dialect.
More fans also hopped on the trend and shared more examples of UK slang now incorporated into their everyday dialect, also including terms such as “wagwan”, “bruv”, “innit”, “fam”, “mandem”, “calm” and more.
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