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
