Quick question about British slang...

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Ebony wrote:
> > Hello all--
> > 
> > Poking my nose about the Newsround site to get a feel for current 
> > British kidspeak... what does it mean when some kid says "he's 
> fit"?  
> > Fit for what?
> > 
> > --Eb, who notices that British kids use just as much netspeak as 
> > their American counterparts... and sends her heartfelt empathy to 
> her 
> > fellow teachers across the pond
> 
> Eb, I think we oldies require a bit more context.  I did a search 
> on 'fit' on the Newsround site. I found no recent quotes of kids 
> (Newsround does have opportunities for kids to post) using the word 
> that way.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/ for anyone else who wants a go.
> 
> The pogo stick article just uses 'fit' in the sense of physically 
> fit - not kidspeak, and don't you use it in the US?
> 
> The burping sheep in New Zealand are probably irrelevant to this 
> discussion, but I couldn't resist mentioning them.
> 
> If the word was used by the site (rather than kids), then we have 
to 
> consider the possibility that it is adults trying, and failing, to 
> use kidspeak.  My daughter gets a magazine called Mizz, and that's 
> written (by adults, of course) in a language which I'm not 
convinced 
> any human being, of any age, actually uses IRL.
> 
> If it was a quote from a kid then can you point us to it?
> 
> Happy New Year
> 
> David


I can tell you who is correct. I work in a London school and the 
term " he's fit" or "she's fit" does mean that they find the other 
person attractive or 'fanciable'