Brit Speak
A complete guide to the slang of merry ole England


'argy-bargy: v heated argument
billion: a thousand times the american billion
biscuts: n cookies. what americans call biscuts are scones in the UK
bloody: adj mild swear word, highly overused. ex. "She's the bloody thorn in my bloody side."
blower: n telephone
boffin: n scientist
bonk: v to have sex with, do the horizontal mambo, fool around with..you get the picture
bollocks: n testicles.
bottle out: v chicken out
brouhaha: n general tummult
bugger: n,v,adj 1) sodomy; 2) damn, 3) -up: goof up
bung: v, n 1) throw, toss, pass; 2)a larg sum of money
butty: n a sandwich
chap: n trusted male friend, nice guy
cheeky: adj rude, insolent
chips: n, pl french fries. ex. fish and chips=fish and french fries
cider: n an alcholic beverage
cobblers: n see bollocks
codswallop: n something without real substance
cooker: n stove...duh
conk: n nose..don't get it confused with cock
crustie: n a hippie, bum, rebel, etc.
crisps: n,pl potatoe chips
diabolical: adj no fun, incomplete
dinky: adj small and cute. ex. "AWW, isn't that puppy dinky?"
doddle: adj easy, simple
dole: n welfare
duff: adj useless
dummy: n pacifier
easy: cool, easygoing. ex. "I'm easy" = i don't care what we do.
fag: n. a cigarette. ex. "Hey, mate, got a fag?"
faggots: n, pl. meatballs made of chopped liver. yummy!
fancy: v 1) to be sexually attracted to, desire; 2) a tea cake
fanny: n. the front bottom part...use your imagination.
flat: n apartment
fortnight: n two weeks
fringe: n bangs
git: n an undesirable, miserable person
gob: n mouth ex. "shut your gob."
grass: v tattle tale, squeal on someone
grunt: v pass gas
hard: adj tough, rugged, buff, macho
jumper: n sweater
kip: v sleep, take a nap
knackered: v tired
knock you up: phrase to wake someone up in the morning
knickers: n women's underwear
knees-up: v dance
lemonade: n a fizzy drink like soda pop
lift: n an elevator
lorry: n a truck
mug: n fool, idiot
mug up: v to learn
muffler: n a long scarf. what is a muffler in America is a silencer in Britian.
naff off: v go away
nancy boy: n girly man; homosexual.
nosh up: n large meal
off licence (offie): n liquor store
old fruit: n good friend
on the job: v having sex
pants: n. underwear...not the outer garments. those are trousers.
pecker: n optimism. ex. "keep one's pecker up"
petrol: n gas (the stuff you put in the car
pissed: v. drunk. now do you get Chumbawumba's "pissing the night away"?
plastered: adj very drunk. also wankered, rat-arsed, bollocked.
plonker: n penis
porky: n lie, untruth
potty: adj 1) training toilet; 2)looney, off the rocker, mad, nuts..
queer: adj 1)homosexual; 2) unwell

rabbit: v to babble incessently
randy: adj horny...hehehe.."Hi, I'm Randy."
rubber: n. pencil eraser. ex. "I like those little pink rubbers. They're fun to chew on."
roger: v enthusiastic sex "roger that"..hehehe
rumpty: v see bonk
shag: v to have sex
slash: v to go to the bathroom
smart: adj well dressed
snogging: v kissing, usually of the french variety
sod: n 1) piece of turf; 2) undesirable person
spanner: n 1)dweeb, geek, nerd, dork; 2) a wrench
spotted dick: n dessert made with rasins, served with custard
spunk: n sperm, semen. gives new meaning to the term "full of spunk", doesn't it?
squash: n lemonade
surgery: n doctor's appointment
suspenders: n, pl garters (you know, those things that hold up stockings?)
swanky: adj posh, expensive
throw a wobbler: phrase throw a tantrum, get upset
trainers: n, pl sneakers
tosser: n see wanker. also tosspot.
twat: n get your mind out of the gutter! it means idiot.
up the duff: phrase to be preggers
wanker: n derrogatory term. one who jacks off.
wazzock: n fool, idiot
zed: n the letter 'z'


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