British Slang Flashcards
A mix of traditional and recent British slang terms and expressions
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ace
brilliant
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aggro
trouble, aggravation, rabble
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All right?
Hello, how are you?
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anti-clockwise
counterclockwise
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any road
anyway
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arse
ass
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arse about face
doing something back to front
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arse above elbow
head over heels
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arseholed
drunk
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au fait
to be familiar with something
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baccy
tobacco
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barmy
crazy
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the bee’s knees
awesome
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belt up
shut up
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best of British
good luck
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biggie
poo (children’s term)
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bladdered
drunk
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Blimey!
an exclamation of surprise
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blinkered
narrow-minded
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bloody
very, as in “bloody awful,” “bloody marvelous”
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Blow me
an exclamation of surprise, similar to “bowl me over with a feather”
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blow off
fart
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Bob’s your uncle
“that’s it” or “and then you’re all done” or “all finished”
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bodge
to do a job quick and poorly
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bogey
booger, snot
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bollocks
false, rubbish
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bomb
expensive
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bonk
have sex
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bottle
courage
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brassed off
pissed off
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bugger
negative term, used as a curse
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bum
butt
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bung
a bribe
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camp
effeminate behavior
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cheerio
goodbye
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chin wag
chat
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Chinese whisper
a term to describe how a story changes as it’s passed along, like the telephone game
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chuffed
pleased
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Clear off!
Get lost!
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a cockup
a mistake
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codswallop
false, baloney
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cracking
the best, or stunning
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crikey
an expression of surprise
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crust dragon
booger
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dekko
having a look
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diddle
to rip off or con
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dicky
sick
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dishy
good looking
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do
a party
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doddle
something easy, a cinch
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dog’s bollocks
something awesome
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drop a clanger
to say something embarrassing
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duff
useless, trash
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faff
delay, dillydally
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fagged
bothered
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fancy
to desire
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filch
to steal
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fit
attractive, good looking
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flog
to sell
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flutter
a small bet
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full of beans
to have a lot of energy
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gaggy
desperate
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gen
information
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Give us a bell
Call me
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gobsmacked
amazed
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goolies
balls, testicles
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gormless
clueless
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gutted
to get really upset
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hard
drunk and daring
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Her Majesty’s pleasure
to be put in prison for an indefinite amount of time
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honking
being sick
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Horses for courses
To each his own
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jammy
lucky
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jimmy
urinate
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John Thomas
a man’s privates
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khazi
the toilet
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kip
a short nap
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knackered
tuckered out
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knob
a man’s privates
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knock off
to steal something
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knock up
to wake someone up
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leg it
run for it
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love bites
hickies
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lurgy
to be ill or have the flu
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mug
a gullible person
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mutt’s nuts
something that is fantastic or excellent
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naff
uncool, lame
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nancy
a woman
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narked
miffed
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nowt/owt
nothing/anything
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nut
to headbutt
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off your trolley
mad, crazy
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on the piss
out to get drunk
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pants
an adjective to describe something bad
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pavement pizza
vomit
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pear-shaped
to become a disaster
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pissup
a bout of drinking
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doing porridge
serving time in prison
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potty
a little crazy
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pound sign
the symbol used to denote a UK pound, much like the dollar symbol
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puff
fart
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pukka
super, awesome
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on the pull
looking for attractive women
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quid/fiver/tenner
a quid is a term for a UK pound, like a buck; a five-pound note is a fiver and a 10-pound note is a tenner
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rat-arsed
drunk
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reverse charges
call collect
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roger
to have sex with
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a row
a fight (rhymes with cow)
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rugger
rugby
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rumpy pumpy
hanky-panky
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sacked
fired
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scrummy
delicious
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send up
to make fun of or parody
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shag
to have sex
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shambolic
chaotic
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shite
shit
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sixes and sevens
crazy, haywire
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skew-whiff
crooked
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skive
to sneak off, play hooky
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slag
bad mouth
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slapper
a tramp
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smart
sharply dressed
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snog
making out
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sod
a general curse word, usually meaning shit or fuck (“Sod off!”)
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spend a penny
to go to the bathroom
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squiffy
a little drunk
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stonker
something that is huge
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swotting
studying hard, cramming
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sweet Fanny Adams
nothing or jack shit
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taking the piss out of someone
making fun of
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ta
thank you
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tidy
an attractive woman
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telly
television
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tosser
a jerk
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totty
flirt with attractive women
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uni
school
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wacky backy
marijuana
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wanker
a jerk
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waz
urinate
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welly
putting forth effort
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whinge
to whine, complain
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willy
a penis
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yonks
a long time, ages
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zed
the last letter of the alphabet, Z
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zonked
exhausted
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brilliant
ace
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trouble, aggravation, rabble
aggro
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Hello, how are you?
All right?
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counterclockwise
anti-clockwise
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anyway
any road
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ass
arse
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doing something back to front
arse about face
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head over heels
arse above elbow
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drunk
arseholed
What does this British slang word mean?
to be familiar with something
au fait
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tobacco
baccy
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crazy
barmy
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awesome
the bee’s knees
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shut up
belt up
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good luck
best of British
What does this British slang word mean?
poo (children’s term)
biggie
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drunk
bladdered
What does this British slang word mean?
an exclamation of surprise
Blimey!
What does this British slang word mean?
narrow-minded
blinkered
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very, as in “bloody awful,” “bloody marvelous”
bloody
What does this British slang word mean?
an exclamation of surprise, similar to “bowl me over with a feather”
Blow me
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fart
blow off
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“that’s it” or “and then you’re all done” or “all finished”
Bob’s your uncle
What does this British slang word mean?
to do a job quick and poorly
bodge
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booger, snot
bogey
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false, rubbish
bollocks
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expensive
bomb
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have sex
bonk
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courage
bottle
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pissed off
brassed off
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negative term, used as a curse
bugger
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butt
bum
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a bribe
bung
What does this British slang word mean?
effeminate behavior
camp
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goodbye
cheerio
What does this British slang word mean?
chat
chin wag
What does this British slang word mean?
a term to describe how a story changes as it’s passed along, like the telephone game
Chinese whisper
What does this British slang word mean?
pleased
chuffed
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Get lost!
Clear off!
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a mistake
a cockup
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false, baloney
codswallop
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the best, or stunning
cracking
What does this British slang word mean?
an expression of surprise
crikey
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booger
crust dragon
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having a look
dekko
What does this British slang word mean?
to rip off or con
diddle
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sick
dicky
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good looking
dishy
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a party
do
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something easy, a cinch
doddle
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something awesome
dog’s bollocks
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to say something embarrassing
drop a clanger
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useless, trash
duff
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delay, dillydally
faff
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bothered
fagged
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to desire
fancy
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to steal
filch
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attractive, good looking
fit
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to sell
flog
What does this British slang word mean?
a small bet
flutter
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to have a lot of energy
full of beans
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desperate
gaggy
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information
gen
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Call me
Give us a bell
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amazed
gobsmacked
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balls, testicles
goolies
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clueless
gormless
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to get really upset
gutted
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drunk and daring
hard
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to be put in prison for an indefinite amount of time
Her Majesty’s pleasure
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being sick
honking
What does this British slang word mean?
To each his own
Horses for courses
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lucky
jammy
What does this British slang word mean?
urinate
jimmy
What does this British slang word mean?
a man’s privates
John Thomas
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the toilet
khazi
What does this British slang word mean?
a short nap
kip
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tuckered out
knackered
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a man’s privates
knob
What does this British slang word mean?
to steal something
knock off
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to wake someone up
knock up
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run for it
leg it
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hickies
love bites
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to be ill or have the flu
lurgy
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a gullible person
mug
What does this British slang word mean?
something that is fantastic or excellent
mutt’s nuts
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uncool, lame
naff
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a woman
nancy
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miffed
narked
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nothing/anything
nowt/owt
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to headbutt
nut
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mad, crazy
off your trolley
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out to get drunk
on the piss
What does this British slang word mean?
an adjective to describe something bad
pants
What does this British slang word mean?
vomit
pavement pizza
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to become a disaster
pear-shaped
What does this British slang word mean?
a bout of drinking
pissup
What does this British slang word mean?
serving time in prison
doing porridge
What does this British slang word mean?
a little crazy
potty
What does this British slang word mean?
the symbol used to denote a UK pound, much like the dollar symbol
pound sign
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fart
puff
What does this British slang word mean?
super, awesome
pukka
What does this British slang word mean?
looking for attractive women
on the pull
What does this British slang word mean?
a quid is a term for a UK pound, like a buck; a five-pound note is a fiver and a 10-pound note is a tenner
quid/fiver/tenner
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drunk
rat-arsed
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call collect
reverse charges
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to have sex with
roger
What does this British slang word mean?
a fight (rhymes with cow)
a row
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rugby
rugger
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hanky-panky
rumpy pumpy
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fired
sacked
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delicious
scrummy
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to make fun of or parody
send up
What does this British slang word mean?
to have sex
shag
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chaotic
shambolic
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shit
shite
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crazy, haywire
sixes and sevens
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crooked
skew-whiff
What does this British slang word mean?
to sneak off, play hooky
skive
What does this British slang word mean?
bad mouth
slag
What does this British slang word mean?
a tramp
slapper
What does this British slang word mean?
sharply dressed
smart
What does this British slang word mean?
making out
snog
What does this British slang word mean?
a general curse word, usually meaning shit or fuck (“Sod off!”)
sod
What does this British slang word mean?
to go to the bathroom
spend a penny
What does this British slang word mean?
a little drunk
squiffy
What does this British slang word mean?
something that is huge
stonker
What does this British slang word mean?
studying hard, cramming
swotting
What does this British slang word mean?
nothing or jack shit
sweet Fanny Adams
What does this British slang word mean?
making fun of
taking the piss out of someone
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thank you
ta
What does this British slang word mean?
an attractive woman
tidy
What does this British slang word mean?
television
telly
What does this British slang word mean?
a jerk
tosser
What does this British slang word mean?
flirt with attractive women
totty
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school
uni
What does this British slang word mean?
marijuana
wacky backy
What does this British slang word mean?
a jerk
wanker
What does this British slang word mean?
urinate
waz
What does this British slang word mean?
putting forth effort
welly
What does this British slang word mean?
to whine, complain
whinge
What does this British slang word mean?
a penis
willy
What does this British slang word mean?
a long time, ages
yonks
What does this British slang word mean?
the last letter of the alphabet, Z
zed
What does this British slang word mean?
exhausted
zonked
