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British slang - London slang
A
- air one's dirty linen/laundry
- To discuss private matters in public.[21]
- all to cock
- (Or all a-cock) Unsatisfactory, mixed up.[22]
- all mouth and no trousers
- All talk and no action, a braggart, sexual bravado.[23]
- all piss and wind
- All talk and no action. Originally the phrase was, "all wind and piss" (19th C).[24]
- anchors
- Brakes. "Slam on the anchors" to brake really hard.[25]
- argy-bargy
- An argument or confrontation.[26]
- arse
- 1. The buttocks.[27] 2. Someone who acts in a manner which is incompetent or otherwise disapproved of.[27]
- arse about face
- Back to front.[27]
- arse around
- Mess around or waste time (17th C).[27]
- arsehole
- 1. The anus.[27] 2. General derogatory term.[27]
- arse bandit
- homosexual (offensive, derogatory).[27]
- arse over tit
- Head over heels, to fall over or take a tumble.[28]
[edit]B
- ball bag
- Scrotum.[29]
- balls up
- A bungled or messed up situation. (WWI Service slang).[15]
- bang to rights
- Caught in the act.[30]
- bang up
- 1. To lock up in prison (prison slang).[31] 2. To inject an illegal drug.[30]
- barney
- a noisy quarrel or fight. Sometimes claimed to be rhyming slang (Barney Rubble, trouble) but actually dates back to 19th century.[32]
- bender
- 1. a drinking binge.[33] 2. A homosexual (derogatory)[citation needed]
- bent
- 1. dishonest or corrupt, 2. homosexual (mildly derogatory).[34]
- bent as a nine bob note
- Extremely dishonest or corrupt. A nine shilling (bob) note never existed and would therefore have to be counterfeit.[35]
- berk
- (also spelled burk) idiot, stupid person (from Berkeley Hunt, Cockney rhyming slang for cunt)[36]
- Billy
- 1. Amphetamines (from Billy Whizz, a British comic strip character.)[37] 2. Friendless (Billy No-Mates)[citation needed]
- billyo
- (also spelled billyoh) an intensifier. Going like billyo (travelling quickly).[38]
- bird
- 1. Girl, woman.[39] 2. Jail time (From the rhyming slang: Bird lime) [39]
- Birmingham screwdriver
- A hammer.[40]
- bizzie
- Policeman (Scouse).[citation needed]
- blag
- As a noun, a robbery or as a verb, to rob. Not to be confused with blague, talking nonsense.[41]
- blah
- (or blah blah) worthless, boring or silly talk.[41]
- blimey
- or sometimes 'cor blimey'(archaic). An abbreviation of 'God blind me' used as an interjection to express shock or surprise. Sometimes used to comic effect, in a deliberate reference to it being archaic usage.[42]
- Blighty
- (or Old Blighty) Britain, home. Used especially by British troops serving abroad or expatriates.[42][43] A relic of British India, probably from the Hindi billayati, meaning a foreign land.[44]
- bloke
- any man or sometimes a man in authority such as the boss.[45][46]
- blooming, blummin' (archaic)
- euphemism for bloody. Used as an intensifier e.g. 'blooming marvelous'.[47]
- blow off
- To fart.[48]
- blue
- 1. Policeman.[48] 2. a tory.[48]
- bobby
- Policeman. After Robert Peel (Home Secretary in 1828).[49]
- bod
- A male person. Short for body.[50]
- bodge
- (also botch) To make a mess of or to fix poorly.[50]
- bog
- Toilet [51]
- bog off
- Go away (originally RAF slang)[52]
- Bogtrotter
- Derogatory term for an Irishman particularly an Irish peasant.[51]
- bogroll
- Toilet paper.[52]
- bollocking
- A severe telling off.[53]
- bollocks
- (or ballocks) Vulgar term used for testicles. Used to describe something as useless, nonsense or having poor quality, as in "That's a load of bollocks". Is often said as a cry of frustration or annoyance.[53]Also see "dog's bollocks".
- bomb
- A large sum of money as in 'to make a bomb'. Also 'to go like a bomb' meaning to travel at high speed.[53]
- bonce
- Head, crown of the head. Also a large playing marble.[54]
- booze
- As a noun, an alcoholic drink; as a verb, to drink alcohol, particularly to excess.[55]
- boozer
- 1. a pub or bar.[55] 2. Someone who drinks alcohol to excess.[55]
- Bo-Peep
- Sleep (rhyming slang).[56]
- boracic
- without money. From rhyming slang boracic lint = skint (skinned).[56]
- bottle
- 1. nerve, courage.[57] 2. Money collected by buskers or street vendors.[57] 3. As a verb, to attack someone with a broken bottle.[57]
- bounce
- 1. To con someone into believing or doing something.[58] 2. To forcibly eject someone.[58] 3. Swagger, impudence or cockiness.[58] 4. Of a cheque, to be refused by the bank due to lack of funds.[58]
- bouncer
- Someone employed to eject troublemakers or drunks.[58]
- bovver boy
- A youth who deliberately causes or seeks out trouble (bother).[59]
- bovver boots
- Heavy boots, sometimes with a steel toecap, worn by Bovver boys and used for kicking in fights.[59]
- brass
- 1. Money.[60] 2. Cheek, nerve.[60] 3. a prostitute.[60]
- Bristols
- The female breasts (Cockney rhyming slang, from Bristol bits = tits, or Bristol City = titty).[61]
- broke
- without money. Also 'stoney broke', or just 'stoney'.[62]
- brown bread
- Dead (Cockney rhyming slang).[63]
- brown-tongue
- Sycophant, toady or someone who attempts to curry favour with another (from the idea of licking another's backside).[64]
- buff
- 1. Bare skin, naked as in 'in the buff'.[65] 2. Having a lean, muscular physique (usually referring to a young man).[66]
- bugger
- anal sex but in slang terms can be used : 1. As a term of abuse for someone or something contemptible, difficult or unpleasant.[67] 2. Affectionately, as in 'you silly bugger'.[67] 3. As an exclamation of dissatisfaction, annoyance or surprise.[67] 4. To mean tired or worn out as in 'I'm absolutely buggered'.[67] 5. To mean frustrate, complicate or ruin completely, as in 'You've buggered that up'.[67]
- bugger about (or around)
- 1. To fool around or waste time.[67] 2. To create difficulties or complications.[67]
- bugger all
- nothing.[67]
- bugger off
- go away.[67]
- bum
- buttocks, anus or both.[68] Not particularly rude. 'Builders' bum' is the exposure of the buttock cleavage by an overweight working man in ill-fitting trousers.[69]
- bumf
- derogatory reference to official memos or paperwork. Shortened from bum fodder. Slang term for toilet roll.[70]
- bumsucker
- a toady, creep or someone acting in an obsequious manner.[70]
- bumfreezer
- any short jacket but in particular an Eton Jacket.[70]
- bung
- 1. a gratuity or more often a bribe.,[71] 2. Throw or pass energetically; as in, "bung it over here".[72]
- bunk
- 1. To leave inappropriately as in to 'bunk off' school or work.[71] 2. To run away in suspicious circumstances as in to 'do a bunk'.[71]
- butcher's
- Look. Rhyming slang, butcher's hook.[73]
[edit]C
- chav, chavi or chavvy
- Child (from the Romany, chavi. Still in common use in rural areas).[74] Also used in Polari since mid 19th century.[74]
- Chav
- Someone who is, or pretends to be of a low social standing and who dresses in a certain style, typically badly or in sports clothing. Often used as a form of derogation. Sometimes said to be an acronym for 'Council-Housed and Violent' but this appears to have come later. Most likely to come from the Romany for child; chavi.[75]
- cabbage
- 1. A stupid person or someone with no mental abilities whatever. 2. Cloth trimmed from a customer's material by a tailor. 3. Pilfer or steal.[76]
- charver or charva
- 1. Sexual intercourse (Polari).[77] 2. A loose woman, someone with whom it is easy to have sexual intercourse, an easy lay.[77] 3. To mess up, spoil or ruin; to fuck up (from 1.).[77]
- cheers
- a sign of appreciation or acknowledgement, or a drinking toast.[78]
- cheesed off
- fed up, disgusted or angry.[78]
- chippy
- a carpenter;[79] chip shop
- chuff
- The buttocks or anus.[80]
- chuffed
- to be very pleased about something.[81]
- clock
- 1. The face. 2. To spot, notice. 3. To hit as in "clock round the earhole".[82]
- cock
- 1. Penis. 2. Nonsense. 3. A friend or fellow.[83]
- cockup
- as a noun or verb, blunder, mess up or botch.[84]
- codswallop (archaic)
- Nonsense.[85]
- collywobbles
- An upset stomach or acute feeling of nervousness.[86]
- conk
- The head or the nose. To strike the head or nose.[87]
- cop
- 1. A policeman (short for copper). 2. An arrest or to be caught out, as in 'It's a fair cop'. 3. Used with a negative to mean of little value, as in 'That's not much cop'. 4. To get, as in for example, to 'cop off with', 'cop a feel' or 'cop a load of that'.[88]
- copper
- A policeman.[89]
- corker
- Someone or something outstanding.[90]
- corking
- Outstanding, excellent.[90]
- cottage
- A public lavatory.[91]
- cottaging
- Homosexual activity in a public lavatory.[91]
- crack
- 1. A gibe. 2. Someone who excels at something. 3. Fun or a good time. From the Irish 'craic'.[92]
- cracker
- Something or someone of notable ability or quality.[92]
- crackers
- Insane.[92]
[edit]D
- darbies
- Handcuffs.[93]
- debag
- To remove someone's trousers by force.[94]
- dekko
- Look. From the Hindi, dekho.[95]
- dick
- 1. Fellow. 2. Penis.[96]
- dip
- a pickpocket.[97]
- div
- idiot (prison slang)[98]
- do one's nut
- Become enraged.[99]
- doddle
- Something simple or easy to accomplish.[100]
- dodgy
- Something risky, difficult or dangerous. A 'dodgy deal' for example.[100]
- dog
- 1. A rough or unattractive woman. 2. A fellow.[100]
- dog's bollocks
- 1. Anything obvious ("Sticks out like the dog's bollocks").[101] 2. Something especially good or first rate ("It's the dog's bollocks", sometimes abbreviated to, "it's the dog's").[101]
- Donkey's years
- (Donkey's ears) a very long time. In reference to the length of a donkey's ears. Sometimes abbreviated to, "donkey's".[102]
- Done up like a kipper
- 1. Beaten up. 2. Fitted up or framed. 3. Caught red-handed by the police.[103]
- doofer
- An unnamed object.[104]
- dosser
- Someone who might stay in a dosshouse.[105]
- dosshouse
- A cheap boarding house frequented by tramps.[105]
- duck
- A term of endearment used in the North of England.[citation needed]
- duff
- 1. broken, not working. 2. To beat, as in 'duff up'. 3. Pregnant (up the duff).[106]
[edit]E
- earwig
- 1. To eavesdrop. 2. To twig (rhyming slang)[107]
- eating irons
- Cutlery.[108]
- end away
- to have sex (get one's end away).[109]
[edit]F
- fag
- cigarette.[110]
- fag end
- the used stub of a cigarette and by extension the unpleasant and worthless loose end of any situation.[110]
- fanny
- female external genitalia, a woman's pudendum.[111]
- fanny adams
- (Usually preceded by 'sweet' and often abbreviated to F.A., S.F.A. or sweet F.A.) Nothing at all. A euphemism for fuck all.[111]
- fence
- Someone who deals in stolen property.[111]
- fit
- sexually attractive (Afro-Caribbean).[112]
- fit up
- A frame up.[113]
- fiver
- five pounds.[113]
- filth (the)
- The police (derogatory).[114]
- flasher
- Someone who indecently exposes oneself.[115]
- flick
- Motion picture, film. 'The flicks', the cinema.[116]
- flog
- Sell.[117]
- flog a dead horse
- 1. To continue talking about a long forgotten topic. 2. To attempt to find a solution to a problem which is unsolveable.[117]
- flutter
- (To have a flutter) To place a wager.[118]
- fly
- Quick witted, clever.[118]
- fork out
- To pay out, usually with some reluctance.[119]
- French letter
- Condom.[120]
- frig
- 1.(Taboo) To masturbate. 2. When followed by 'around' or 'about', to behave aimlessly or foolishly.[121]
- frigging
- 1. The act of masturbating. 2. Used as an intensifier. For example, "You frigging idiot". Considered milder than 'fucking'.[121]
- Frog
- Derogatory term for a Frenchman.[122]
- fuzz (the)
- The police.[123]
[edit]G
- gaff
- House or flat.[124]
- gaffer
- Boss, foreman or employer.[124]
- gander
- Usually preceded by 'have a' or 'take a'. To look.[125]
- gash
- 1. Surplus to requirements, unnecessary.[126] 2. Derogatory term used for female genitalia.[127]
- gassed
- Drunk.[126]
- geezer
- (informal) Man. Particularly an old one.[128]
- get
- Variant of git.[129]
- git
- incompetent, stupid, annoying, or childish person.[130]
- gob
- 1. Mouth 2. To spit. 3. Spittle.[131]
- gobshite
- (Taboo) A stupid or despicable person.[131]
- gobsmacked
- flabbergasted, dumbfounded, astounded, speechless.[131] Possibly either from the gesture of clapping one's hand over one's mouth in surprise, or the idea that something is as shocking as being smacked in the mouth.[132]
- go down
- To go to prison.[131]
- gogglebox
- Television.[133]
- gong
- A medal. Usually a military one.[134]
- goolies
- The male genitals and in particular the testicles.[135]
- goose
- To grab someone's behind in a playful fashion.[135]
- grand
- £1000[136]
- grot
- Rubbish or dirt.[137]
- guff
- 1. Ridiculous talk. Nonsense.[138] 2. Flatulence. Probably from the Norwegian gufs, a puff of wind.[139]
[edit]H
- half-inch
- to steal (rhyming slang for 'pinch')[140]
- hampton
- Penis (rhyming slang from, Hampton Wick = prick; and Hampton Rock = cock).[141]
- handbags
- a harmless fight especially between two women.[142] (from "handbags at dawn" an allusion to duelling)
- hard cheese
- Bad luck.[143]
- hawk
- To spit.[144]
- head
- 1. Lavatory (nautical slang) 2. Drug user. Sometimes preceded by the preferred drug, for example: Smackhead, acidhead, pothead etc.[145]
- headbang
- To nod or shake one's head violently to rock music.[146]
- headbanger
- One who headbangs or a fan of heavy rock music.[146]
- heavy
- 1. The use or threat of violence. 2. Someone employed to be violent.[147]
- helmet
- The glans of the penis.[148]
- honk
- Vomit.[149]
- hook
- Steal.[150] Possibly from the act of 'fishing' for items with a hook and line, through an existing or purposely made aperture.[151]
- hook it
- To run away quickly.[150]
- hooky or hookey
- 1. Something that is stolen (probably from hook = to steal).[152] 2. Loosely used to describe anything illegal.[152]
- hooter
- Nose.[153]
- hump
- 1. To carry or heave. 2. To have sexual intercourse with.[154]
[edit]I
- idiot box
- Television.[155]
- inside
- In or into prison.[156]
- ivories
- 1. Teeth. 2. The keys of a piano. 3. Dice.[157]
- I'm all right, Jack
- A remark, often directed at another, indicating that they are selfish and that they don't care about it.[158]
[edit]J
- jacksy (or jacksie)
- The buttocks or anus.[159]
- Jack the lad
- A young man who is regarded as a show off and is brash or loud.[159]
- jack up
- Inject an illegal drug.[159]
- jag
- 1. A drug taking, or sometimes drinking, binge. 2. A period of uncontrolled activity.[160]
- jammy
- 1. Lucky. 2. Pleasant or desirable.[161]
- jerry
- A chamber pot.[162]
- Jerry
- A German or German soldier.[162]
- jessie
- An effeminate man or one that is weak or afraid. (Originally Scottish slang) [163]
- jissom
- semen (taboo).[164]
- Jock
- word or term of address for a Scot.[164]
- Joe Bloggs
- A man who is average, typical or unremarkable.[165]
- Joe Soap
- An idiot, stooge or scapegoat.[165]
- Johnny
- Condom.[164] Sometimes also a 'Johnny bag'[166] or 'rubber Johnny'.[167]
- John Thomas
- Penis.[168]
- josser
- A cretin or simpleton.[169]
- jump
- As a noun or verb, sexual intercourse.[170]
[edit]K
- kip
- 1. Sleep, nap 2. Bed or lodging 3. Brothel (mainly Irish) [171]
- knackered
- 1. Exhausted, tired, 2. Broken, beyond all usefulness.[172]
- knackers
- vulgar name for testicles.[172]
- knees up
- A lively party or dance.[172]
- knob
- 1. Penis.[173] 2. (of a man) To have sexual intercourse.[174]
- knobhead
- a stupid, irritating person.[174]
- knob jockey
- homosexual (to ride the penis like a jockey rides a horse).[174]
- knob-end
- an idiot, or tip of penis (see bell-end).[174]
- knockers
- Breasts.[173]
- knocking shop
- Brothel.[173]
- know one's onions
- To be well acquainted with a subject.[175]
[edit]L
- lag
- 1. Convict, particularly a long serving one (an old lag).[176]
- lash
- 1. Urinate.[177] 2. Alcohol.[177]
- lashed
- very inebriated. Also 'on the lash' meaning to go out drinking with the intent of getting drunk.[177]
- laughing gear
- Mouth.[178]
- local
- A public house close to one's home.[179]
- lolly
- money.[180]
- loo
- lavatory.[181]
[edit]M
- manky
- dirty, filthy. (Polari).[182]
- marbles
- Wits. As in, to lose one's marbles.[183]
- mare
- Woman (derogatory).[184]
- mark
- A suitable victim for a con or swindle.[185]
- matelot
- Sailor (from the French).[186]
- meat and two veg
- Literally a traditional meal consisting of any meat, potatoes and a second type of vegetable; euphemistically the male external genitalia.[187] Is sometimes also used to mean something unremarkable or ordinary.[187]
- mental
- Crazy or insane.[188]
- Mick
- An Irishman (derogatory).[189]
- miffed
- Upset or offended.[190]
- milk run
- A 'safe' mission or patrol.[191]
- minge
- Vagina [192]
- minger
- Someone who smells.[193]
- minted
- Wealthy.[citation needed]
- mizzle
- Decamp.[194]
- moggy
- Cat.[195]
- moke
- Donkey.[195]
- monged (out)
- Severely drunk/high.[196]
- moniker or moniker
- Name, nickname, signature or mark.[197]
- monkey
- £500.[198]
- mooch
- Loiter or wander aimlessly, skulk.[199]
- moolah
- Money.[199]
- moon
- To expose one's backside (from Old English, mona).[199]
- moony
- Crazy or foolish.[200]
- muck about
- Waste time. Interfere with.[201]
- mucker
- Mate, pal.[201]
- muck in
- Share a duty or workload.[201]
- mufti
- Civilian dress worn by someone who normally wears a military uniform.[202] Probably from the Muslim dress, popularly worn by British officers serving in India during the 19th century.[202][203] Now commonly used to refer to a non-uniform day in schools.
- mug
- 1. Face. 2. A gullible or easily swindled person.[202]
- munta
- Ugly person.[204]
- mush
- 1. Face or mouth.[205] 2. Familiar term of address. Probably from the Gypsy moosh, a man.[205]
[edit]N
- naff
- Inferior or in poor taste.[206] Also used as sentence substitute as in, for example, "Naff off!"[206]
- nark
- 1. As a verb or noun; spy or informer.[207] 2. Someone who complains a lot (an old nark).[207] 3. Annoy or irritate.[207]
- ned
- (Scottish) a lout, a drunken brawling fellow, a tough.[208] Often said to stand for Non-Educated Delinquent but this is a backronym. More likely to come from Teddy Boys being a contraction of Edward. More recently, sometimes equated with the English chav.[75]
- nick
- 1. Steal.[209] 2. Police Station or prison.[209] 3. To arrest.[209]
- nicked
- Arrested or stolen.[209]
- nicker
- Pound sterling.[209]
- nob
- 1. Person of high social standing.[210] 2. Head.[210]
- nobble
- Disable (particularly a racehorse).[210]
- nod out
- To lapse into a drug induced stupour.[211]
- nonce
- Sex offender, most commonly a child molester. (Prison slang)[212]
- nookie or nooky
- Sexual intercourse.[213]
- nose rag
- Handkerchief.[214]
- nosh
- 1. Food. 2. To eat.[214]
- nosh up
- A feast or large, satisfying meal.[214]
- numpty
- Incompetent or unwise person.[citation needed]
- nut
- 1. Head. 2. Eccentric person.[99]
- nutcase
- An insane person.[215]
- nuthouse
- A lunatic asylum.[215]
- nutmeg
- In association football, to pass the ball between an opposing player's legs.[215]
- nuts or nutty
- Crazy or insane.[215]
- nutter
- Insane person.[215]
[edit]O
- odds and sods
- Substitute for 'odds and ends'. Miscellaneous items or articles, bits and pieces.[216]
- oik
- Someone of a low social standing (derogatory).[217]
- off one's head (or out of one's head)
- Mad or delirious.[145]
- off the hook
- Free from obligation or danger.[150]
- off one's nut
- Crazy or foolish.[99]
- old bill, the old bill
- A policeman or the police collectively.[218]
- one's head off
- Loud or excessively. "I laughed my head off" or "She screamed her head off" for example.[50]
[edit]P
- packet
- 1. A large sum of money (earn a packet).[219] 2. A nasty surprise (catch a packet).[219]
- paddy
- a fit of temper.[220]
- Paddy
- (capitalised) An Irishman (derogatory).[220]
- Paki
- (Derogatory, offensive) A Pakistani or sometimes used to loosely describe anyone or anything from the Indian sub-continent.[221]
- Paki-bashing
- Unprovoked attacks on Pakastanis living in Britain.[222]
- pansy
- An effeminite or homosexual male.[223]
- paste
- To hit, punch or beat soundly. From a 19th century variant of baste, meaning to beat thoroughly.[224]
- pasting
- A sound thrashing or heavy defeat.[224]
- pennyboy
- A low paid person, employed to carry out menial tasks (Irish slang).[225]
- penny-dreadful
- A cheap, sensationalist magazine.[225]
- phiz or phizog
- The face (from a 17th century colloquial shortening of physiognomy).[226]
- pikey
- Pejorative term used, mainly in England to refer to travellers, gypsies or vagrants.[227] Sometimes also used to describe people of low social class or morals.[citation needed]
- pickled
- Drunk.[228]
- pie-eyed
- Drunk.[229]
- pig
- (Derogatory, offensive) Policeman.[229]
- pig's ear
- 1. Beer (Cockney rhyming slang.[230] 2. Something that has been badly done or has been made a mess of.[230]
- pillock
- Stupid or annoying person.[231]
- pinch
- 1. (verb) Steal or take without asking.[232] 2. (noun) A robbery.[232] 3. (noun or verb) Arrest.[232] 4. Sail too close to the wind (nautical slang).[232]
- pissed, pissed up
- Drunk.[233]
- on the piss
- Getting drunk, drinking alcohol.[234]
- plastered
- Extremely drunk.[235]
- plonker
- 1. Something large or substantial (Mid 19th C).[236] 2. Penis.[236] 3. A general term of abuse (from 2.; in use since 1960s [236] but may have been popularised by the BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses.[citation needed])
- pony
- £25 (18th C).[237]
- porkies
- Lies (from the cockney rhyming slang pork pies)[238]
- punt
- 1. To gamble, wager or take a chance.[239] 2. To sell or promote.[239]
- punter
- 1. Customer, patron.[239] 2. Gambler (one who takes a punt).[239] 3. A victim in a confidence trick or swindle.[239]
[edit]Q
- queer as a clockwork orange
- 1. Very odd indeed.[240] 2. Ostentatiously homosexual.[240]
- Queer Street
- A difficult or odd situation (up Queer Street).[241]
- queer someone's pitch
- 1. Take the pitch of another street vendor, busker or similar.[241] 2. Spoil someone else's efforts.[241]
- quim
- Vagina (possibly a play on the Celtic word for valley, cwm).[242]
[edit]R
- Richard the Third
- A piece of excrement (rhyming slang Richard the Third = turd).[243]
- ring
- Anal sphincter [244]
- ringburner
- 1. A curry. 2. Diarrhoea or painful defecation.[244]
- rozzer
- Policeman.[245]
- rumpy pumpy
- sexual intercourse, used jokingly. (Popularised by its usage in The Black Adder and subsequent series; the suggestion of actor Alex Norton of a Scots term.)[246][247]
[edit]S
- safe
- An all purpose term of approval.[248]
- savvy
- Knowledge, understanding (from the French, savoir).[249]
- scally
- A hooligan youth (Scouse), short for scallywag.[250]
- scarper
- Run away. Sometimes claimed to be rhyming slang: Scapa Flow (go).[251][252]
- scrubber
- In Britain, a promiscuous woman; in Ireland, a common or working class woman.[253]
- Scouser
- Someone from Liverpool.[254]
- scrote
- Term of abuse, from scrotum.[253]
- see a man about a dog
- 1. Attend a secret deal or meeting.[255] 2. Go to the toilet.[255]
- shag
- Sexual intercourse.[256]
- shagged
- 1. The past historic of shag. 2. Extremely tired (shagged out).[256]
- shiner
- Black eye.[257]
- shitehawk
- Someone of little worth, originally military slang.[258]
- shit-faced
- Drunk.[258]
- skanky
- Dirty, particularly of a marijuana pipe.[259]
- skint
- Without money.[260]
- slag
- 1. Worthless or insignificant person. 2. Promiscuous woman or prostitute.[261]
- slag off
- A verbal attack. To criticise or slander.[261]
- slap-head
- A bald man.[261]
- slapper
- Promiscuous woman or prostitute.[261]
- slash
- Urinate, urination.[262]
- sling one's hook
- Go away.[150]
- snog
- French kiss, or any prolonged physical intimacy without undressing or sexual contact.[263]
- sod
- Annoying person or thing (from sodomite).[264]
- sod off
- "Go away".[265]
- spawny
- Lucky (possibly from the Scottish game, Spawnie).[266]
- spunk
- 1. Semen, ejaculate. 2. Courage, bravery.[267]
- steaming
- 1. Extremely drunk.[268] 2. An intensifier, e.g. "You steaming gurt ninny!" [268] 3. Extremely angry.
- stuffed
- 1. Sexual intercourse (e.g. "get stuffed")[269] 2. Used negatively to mean bothered, as in, "I can't be stuffed to do that!".[269]
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- tad
- a little bit[270]
- take the piss (out of)
- To mock.[271]
- take the mickey
- To tease or mock.[189]
- tart
- Commonly a prostitute or term of abuse but also used affectionately for a lover. Shortened version of sweetheart.[272]
- tenner
- Ten pounds.[273]
- toff
- Posh person [274]
- ton
- 1. A large unspecified amount (18th C).[275] 2. £100 (1940s).[275] 3. 100 MPH (1950s).[275] 4. Any unit of 100 (1960s).[275]
- tosh
- Nonsense [276]
- tosser
- 1. Someone who masturbates (to toss off). 2. Someone the speaker doesn't like (from 1.).[276] 3. An affectionate form of address (from 1.) e.g. "All right you old tosser!"[277]
- tosspot
- Drunkard or habitual drinker (from tossing pots of ale) [276]
- tube
- 1. The London Underground (19th C. Originally 'Tuppeny tube').[278] 2. Penis.[278] 3. A person (Scottish).[278] 4. A general term of contempt (Irish, 1950s).[279]
- twat
- 1. Vagina.[280] 2. Term of abuse (from 1.).[280]
[edit]W
- wag off
- Skyve or play truant.[281]
- wank
- 1. Masturbation or to masturbate.[282] 2. Inferior.[282]
- wanker
- 1. Someone who masturbates.[282] 2. Abusive term (from 1.), someone the speaker doesn't like.[282][283]
- wankered
- 1. Very drunk.[282] 2. Exhausted.[282]
- wanking spanner(s)
- Hand(s).[282]
- warts and all
- Including all negative characteristics (from a reported request from Oliver Cromwell to Peter Lely)[284]
- whizz
- 1. Urination.[285] 2. Amphetamine Sulphate (also known as speed; from whizz, to move very fast).[285]
- willy
- Penis (hypocorism).[286]
- willy-waving
- Acting in an excessively macho fashion.[286]
- wind up
- to tease, irritate, annoy, anger [287]
110s - Expensive trainers that cost £110 or more.2s me – share with me; give me half411 — Gossip5-O- PoliceAh nam — tell on, rat on, tattle on.Alie- synonym for innit (I agree)Allow bredding — to allow copying, to allow cheatingAllow it — stop itAmp - Hyping, being too muchArms - to be really strongBad man - a big shot, a tough guyBaggamanz (or bag) — Lots, as in “a bag of people”Bait — Something that’s ‘bait’ or ‘so bait’ is really obvious.Bare — a lot of, very.Bars - a rap song, part of a song, as in “spit some bars” (to sing something)Bayden — rich, financially stable, solvent.Beast — an adjective to describe something that’s really cool.Beef — a hostile disagreement that may result in violence.Bangin - sick/good or a descpriction an attractive girlBennin — to be in a state of extreme laughter.Bigging up – ComplimentingBlazing — to smoke a spliffBlod - a mate, a friendBlud - Meaning your brother or sister, your good friendBoyed — Insulted (see merked)Brap — [burrrr-AP] often used repeatedly and loudly. A sign of approval. Roughly translates as “I do approve my dear fellow”. Probably not a norfolk colloquialism, but something you might hear on a Saturday night high street.Breddin - CopyingBredrin - friendsBruv - brother, friendBreeze — RubishBuff — Good looking, fit.CChief — An unintelligent person; “look at dat chief man, finkin hes all bad.”Chirps — chat up; talk to “we chirps some buff gals last night.”Criss — good, sharp, new. almost onomatoepaeic as in ‘crisp’.Chung — extremely good looking. If someone is described as “chung”, that’s better-looking than their “buff” friend.Chirpsing — FlirtingClappin’ — out of date or worn out, usually to describe attire or accessories, as in “man, my tracksuit is clappin’. Gotta get down JJB Sport and buy a new one.” Also means tired out.Cotch — to hang out, relax, chill out or sleep. Possibly derived, via patois, from the French “se coucher”, meaning to lie down. See also kotch.Crepes — shoes or trainers: “check out deez heavy crepes.” assume its as you ‘wrap your feet’ in them.Crump — A multi-purpose term which can be an insult, an exclamation and some other things as well. It generally means bad, but can also mean good, depending on the context: “that ain’t good man, it’s crump” or “that’s one crump message you left there”.Crutterz- Mashed up, worn out “That car is crutterz”Dash — To dash is to pass something to somebody — but it can be “pass” in the broadest possible sense, including to throw violently with the intention of causing hurt or damage.Dred — dreadful, terrible, bad, cruel.Drum — Home, humble abode.Dry- dull, boring, unfunny. A bad joke might be described as “dry”.Ends - Area, neighbourhoodExtra - Over the top, too muchFam - Family, friendsFeds — police.Flat roofin’ — to be overworked and stressed, as in “I was flat roofin for my GCSEs”. Probably comes from flat out.From ends- one who is “from the streets” or from our area, so knows what’s going on.Garms (Galms) - clothing.Gas (or Raps) — extremely fast e.g dave is raps, he’s a gas man.Ginuls/jinels — fixed up or conned by someone/something, or, used to describe something that is a con: ” dem phones 4 u deals are a jinels”. Also to “bump”.Giving air — Ignoring someoneGrimy - Good, or may describe a practical joke or amusing act.Gyaldem - GirlsHeads - People (i.e. Bare heads means lots of people)Hoodies - Guys on the streetHype - Too much. Hyping means acting in a way that’s over the top.Hubz (or Hubby)- boyfriendHype - Over the topHench - MusclarHectic - GoodIn-it (Innit) — Short for “isn’t it”, often put at the end of sentences for effectIs-it — Really?Inner - Describes someone who is too noseyJack - To take, as in “He jacked my food.”Jakes - Police on footJam - RelaxJokes - funny or enjoyable, as in “that party was jokes”.Kotch - sit and chill out. See also cotch.Link - to meet someone, to hook up with them. Also link.Lips - to kissLong - a task that involves more effort than the object is worth. To be complex, time consuming or arduous in natureLush - good-lookingMans - Refers to yourselfMarvin — hungryMerk - To insult someoneMint - coolMission - To go somewhere quite far away, for example to complete a task); as in “going on a mission to the [far away] store”Mandem - Alternative term for BoysNang - Good Next man — Someone who isn’t involved, a random person Not bothered- Someone who is not interested in something, or in doing somethingOn top — when a situation is out of control. Off the hook — cool, appealing, fresh, exceeding one’s expectations. A phrase much over-used by Maxwell in Big Brother to express appreciation for his surroundings. Older – an older kid who has your back Owned - to be made a fool of.Peng - Good looking Po-po — Police Pow Pow(similar to Brap Brap) — Representing oneself well, bigging it upReh teh teh — Etc, etcRents - parentsRinsed - overused, used up, all gone. “That song was rinsed, I don’t like it anymore.”Roll with — hang out withRude boy(or rudeboi) — a badman, a person who is hardened by the streetSafe — cool, good, sweet. (Also Safa can be the coolest of the cool, superlative version of safe).Seckle - Settle down Shabby — cool, smart, “da bomb”. As in “that’s a well shabby suit.”Shook — nervousShot - to sellSick — interesting, cool, never seen before. The more sick something is, the better. Slipped — Went into the wrong area, where you don’t belong Skeen - I see Squalay — To leave Standard - goes without saying; of course Swag — extreme, scary Switch- to turn on someone.Taxed - Jacked (stolen) or borrowed Tell over (or told over) — to rat on someone, to tattle.Vexed - irritated, angry. An old word, it has gained new currency, as demonstrated by Science in Big Brother to express his annoyance with some triviality or other.Wag-One (wah’gwan) — short for ‘what’s goin onn’, what’s happening Wettin - Running Watch — Be careful; dont mess with me. Wicked — cool Wifey — Girlfriend Whip– carYard - house, garden, where one lives and hangs out. Younger — Sibling, someone younger than you; someone you protect If you have other words you think should be in this dictionary, please suggest them here.
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