TIL there is a hobby called "gongoozling" that involves watching activity on the canals of the UK

Brit here. I don't get why this is a TIL?

Gongoozling is fairly common the morning after the night before down Wetherspoons. Helps clear the noggin.

Reminds me of:

my face when Americans call chips “french fries”

my face when Americans call crisps “chips”

my face when Americans call lifts “elevators”

my face when Americans call chocolate globbernaughts “candy bars”

my face when Americans call merry fizzlebombs “fireworks”

my face when Americans call wunderbahboxes a “computer”

my face when Americans call meat water “gravy”

my face when Americans call electro-rope “power cables”

my face when Americans call beef wellington ensemble with lettuce a “burger”

my face when Americans call whimsy flimsy mark and scribblies “pens”

my face when Americans call twisting plankhandles “doorknobs”

my face when Americans call breaddystack a “sandwich”

my face when Americans call their hoghity toghity tippy typers “keyboards”

my face when Americans call nutty-gum and fruit spleggings “PB&J”

my face when Americans call an upsy stairsy an “escalator”

my face when Americans call a knittedy wittedy sheepity sleepity a “sweater”

my face when Americans call a rickity-pop a “gear shift”

my face when Americans call a choco chip bucky wicky a “cookie”

my face when Americans call peepee friction pleasure “sex”

my face when Americans call a pip pip gollywock a “screwdriver”

my face when Americans call a rooty tooty point-n-shooty a “gun”

my face when Americans call ceiling-bright a “lightbulb”

my face when Americans call blimpy bounce bounce a “ball”

my face when Americans call a slippery dippery long reppy a “snake”

my face when Americans call cobble-stone-clippity-clops “roads”

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