Bags I ...

[EdnaEchidna]

Hi! Please, confirm that the phrase is in wide use: Bags I (used when you claim the right to have something or do something:
Bags I sit in the front seat! (= I said I wanted to do it first, so I should do it, not you.)
The dictionary says it's UK phrase. Is it known outside UK? What American equivalents does it have (if any)?
Thank you!

 

[LVRBC]

The US-English equivalent used to be "dibs on the front seat." However, there may be new words.

 

[Wordy McWordface]

'Bags I' is certainly used widely in England (and, as far as I know, in the rest of the UK, too). You'll sometimes hear a variant where it's one word: "Bagsy the front seat!". It's been around for a long time, but it's still very much in use. There may be some regional variations, but I'm not aware of any 'new words' over here.

 

[kentix]

That doesn't exist here.

Here what I've heard is:

- Dibs on the front seat.
- I call the front seat.

 

[Roxxxannne]

Also AmE, but less common, I think: "I dib the front seat."

 

[Florentia52]

I’ve heard “Bags…” with this meaning in New Zealand English.

 

[Packard]

I would have no idea what "bags" meant. (USA).

I would have written the ditto of Kentix' post, with which I totally agree.

 

[Loob]

See also:
bagsie (dibs, bags)
bagsy / bags [verb]
and
To call dibbs (dibs) - bags?

 

[sdgraham]

We have a previous thread on this AE expression: I call shotgun