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British Slang Flashcards

Know more British slang. Warning: for adults only.

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Ace

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brilliant

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Aggro

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trouble, aggravation, rabble

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All right?

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“Hello, how are you?”

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Anti-clockwise

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counter clockwise

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Any road

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anyway

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Arse

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ass

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Arse about face

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doing something back to front

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Arse above elbow

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head over heels

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Arseholed

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drunk

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Au fait

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to be familiar with something

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Baccy

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tobacco

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Barmy

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crazy

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Bees Knees

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awesome

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Belt up

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shut up

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Best of British

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Good luck

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Biggie

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Poo (children’s term)

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Bladdered

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drunk

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Blimey

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an exclamation of surprise

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Blinkered

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narrow minded

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Bloody

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an adjective that means very, “bloody awful”, “bloody marvellous”

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Blow me

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an exclamation of surprise, such as “bowl me over with a feather”

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Blow off

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fart

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Bob’s your uncle

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“that’s it” or “and then you’re all done” or “all finished”

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Bodge

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to do a job quick and poorly

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Bogey

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booger, snot

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Bollocks

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false, rubbish

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Bomb

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expensive

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Bonk

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have sex

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Bottle

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Courage

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Brassed off

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pissed off

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Bugger

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negative term, something you would say when angered like a curse

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Bum

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butt

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Bung

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a bribe

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Camp

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effeminate behavior

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Cheerio

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goodbye

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Chin wag

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chat

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Chinese whisper

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a term to describe how a story changes as it’s passed along, like the telephone game

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Chuffed

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pleased

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Clear off!

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Get lost!

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a Cock up

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a mistake

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Codswallop

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false, baloney, B.S.

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Cracking

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the best or stunning

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Crikey

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an expression of surprise

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Crust dragon

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booger

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Dekko

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having a look

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Diddle

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to rip off or con

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Dicky

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sick

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Dishy

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good looking

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Do

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a party

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Doddle

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something easy, a cinch

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Dog’s bollocks

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something awesome

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Drop a clanger

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to say something embarrassing

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Duff

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useless, trash

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Faff

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delay, dilly-dally

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Fagged

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bothered

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Fancy

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to desire

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Filch

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to steal

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Fit

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attractive, good looking

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Flog

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to sell

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Flutter

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a small bet

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Full of beans

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to have a lot of energy

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Gaggy

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desperate

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Gen

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information

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Give us a bell

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“call me”

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Gobsmacked

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amazed

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Goolies

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balls, testicles

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Gormless

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clueless

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pissed off

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Brassed off

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negative term, something you would say when angered like a curse

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Bugger

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butt

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Bum

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a bribe

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Bung

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effeminate behavior

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Camp

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goodbye

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Cheerio

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chat

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Chin wag

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American

a term to describe how a story changes as it’s passed along, like the telephone game

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British

Chinese whisper

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pleased

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Chuffed

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American

Get lost!

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British

Clear off!

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a mistake

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a Cock up

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American

false, baloney, B.S.

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Codswallop

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American

the best or stunning

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Cracking

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American

an expression of surprise

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British

Crikey

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American

booger

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British

Crust dragon

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American

having a look

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British

Dekko

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American

to rip off or con

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Diddle

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sick

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Dicky

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good looking

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Dishy

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a party

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Do

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something easy, a cinch

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Doddle

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something awesome

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Dog’s bollocks

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American

to say something embarrassing

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Drop a clanger

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American

useless, trash

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Duff

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American

delay, dilly-dally

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Faff

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bothered

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Fagged

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to desire

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Fancy

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to steal

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Filch

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attractive, good looking

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Fit

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American

to sell

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Flog

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American

a small bet

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Flutter

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to have a lot of energy

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Full of beans

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desperate

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Gaggy

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information

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Gen

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“call me”

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Give us a bell

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amazed

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Gobsmacked

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balls, testicles

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Goolies

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clueless

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Gormless

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Gutted

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to get really upset

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Hard

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American

drunk and daring

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Her Majesty’s pleasure

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to be put in prison for an indefinite amount of time

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Honking

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being sick

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Horses for courses

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to each his own

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Jammy

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lucky

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Jimmy

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urinate

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John Thomas

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a man’s privates

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Khazi

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the toilet

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Kip

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a short nap

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Knackered

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tuckered out

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Knob

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a man’s privates

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Knock off

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to steal something

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Knock up

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to wake someone up

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Leg it

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run for it

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Love bites

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hickies

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Lurgy

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American

to be ill or have the flu

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Mug

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a gullible person

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Mutt’s nuts

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something that is fantastic or excellent

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Naff

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uncool, lame

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Nancy boy

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a pansy male

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Narked

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pissed off looking

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Nowt/Owt

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nothing/anything

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Nut

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to head butt

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Off your trolley

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mad, crazy

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On the piss

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out to get drunk

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Pants

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an adjective to describe something that is crappy, or sucks

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British

Pavement pizza

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American

vomit

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Pear shaped

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American

to become a disaster

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Piss up

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a drinking session

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Doing porridge

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American

serving time in prison

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Potty

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American

a little crazy

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Pound sign

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American

the symbol used to denote a UK pound, much like the dollar symbol

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Puff

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fart

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Pukka

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American

super, awesome

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British

On the pull

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looking for attractive women

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Quid/Fiver/Tenner

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American

a quid is a term for a UK pound, like a buck. A five pound note is a fiver and a ten pound note is a tenner

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Rat arsed

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drunk

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Reverse charges

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call collect

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Roger

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to have sex with

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Row

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to have a fight, (pronounced like cow)

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Rugger

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rugby

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Rumpy pumpy

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hanky panky

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Sacked

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fired

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Scrummy

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delicious

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Send-up

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to make fun of or parody

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Shag

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to have sex

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Shambolic

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chaotic

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Shite

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shit

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Sixes and sevens

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crazy, haywire

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Skew-whiff

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crooked

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Skive

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to sneak off, play hooky

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Slag

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bad mouth

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Slapper

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a tramp

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Smart

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sharply dressed

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Smeg

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smegma

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Snog

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making out

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Sod

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a general curse word, usually meaning shit or fuck (“Sod off!”)

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Spend a penny

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to go to the bathroom

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Squiffy

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a little drunk

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Stonker

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something that is huge

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Swotting

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studying hard, cram

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Sweet Fanny Adams/Sweet F A

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nothing or jack shit

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Taking the piss

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making fun

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Ta

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thank you

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Tidy

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an attractive woman

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Telly

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television

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Tosser

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a jerk

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Totty

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to flirt with attractive women

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Uni

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school

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Wacky backy

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marijuana

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Wanker

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a jerk

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Waz

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urinate

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Welly

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American

putting forth effort

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Whinge

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to whine, complain

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Willy

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a penis

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Yonks

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a long time, ages

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Zed

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American

the last letter of the alphabet, Z

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Zonked

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American

exhausted

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