Just because people wanted to know some brit slag a while back, I got bored while doing coursework so heres some brit slang!
ace: really good, exceptional. anorak: very boring person, person who has no character. have a bash: (1) try to do something, (2) have a party. bird: woman, female. blag: talk in persuasive language (blag in, blag out). blown away by: very impressed by. On the box: television, on TV. brass: money. brill: really good, brilliant. broke (adjective): without any money. bucks: dollars. bum abound: go round doing nothing. chill out: stop being excited, become calm. (c.f. cool it.) Chinese, go for a Chinese: have a take-away Chinese meal. chippie: fish and chip shop cool it: don't get excited, be more calm. cool: good, fashionable. crack up: (1) disintegrate under pressure, (2) laugh uncontrollably. crap (impolite): excrement, shit, something with no value. crash (out): go to bed, go to sleep cut it out: shut up, stop talking. cut up (adjective): distressed, sad. do over: burgle, steal from dope: drugs. doss: sleep dough: money easy, I'm easy; I don't mind, I have no preference one way or the other. fag: cigarette flak, take the flak: criticism, blame, take the blame funny farm: hospital for mentally retarded people, asylum. grand: thousand (pounds or dollars) grass (noun): 1. cannabis. 2. An informer. (also supergrass). grass (verb): to give information about someone (to the police or the authorities). grub: food. gutted: very annoyed, very angry with oneself guy: man, boy, person keep your hair on: stay calm, don't get alarmed halls: university student residences. hell of a.... (adjectival expression): enormous, giant, big. he's on a high: elated, in a very good mood. high: he's high: he's under the influence of drugs. hole in the wall: cash distributor, cash machine he's got the hump.... : he's (very) angry with kip: sleep knackered: tired, exhausted knock someone up: (GB) wake someone up: (USA - impolite) have sex with someone. knot, tie the knot: get married. lad: brash young man who tries to be popular with other lads, see lager lout ladette: female version of lad chav:It refers to a subculture stereotype of a person who is uneducated, uncultured and prone to antisocial or immoral behaviour. The label is typically, though not exclusively, applied to teenagers and young adults of white working-class or lower-middle class origin. Chav is used for both sexes, where a male chav is sometimes referred to as a chavster and a female as a chavette lager-lout: hooligan, young male who drinks too much cheap beer. mate: friend mental: mad, stupid, idiotic. miffed: disconcerted, taken aback naf, naff: of poor quality, rubbish nerd: person who is passionately interested in computers. nick (noun): prison nick (verb): take, steal pad: the place you live in. piss off: go away, stop it piss off, as in You piss me off: You bore or annoy me. pissed off: angry, fed up pissed: drunk. plastic: plastic bank card, Visa card etc. pop pills: take drugs psyched up: tense, anxious puke: vomit, be sick quid: pound (sterling) rat on someone: to give information about someone. Hit the sack: go to bed. sad: pathetic, poor, opposite of cool. sarnie: sandwich. screwball: idiot. shack up with: live with. shattered: very tired, distressed shoot down to: go quickly to...(e.g. shoot down to the station). shoot up: inject a drug (such as heroin). Take a sickie: be absent from work because you are (or are pretending to be) sick. skive: avoid work, avoid going to work. slag someone off: to say unpleasant things about someone to other people. slag: a woman who sleeps around with different men. A hard slog: something very difficult. snog: kiss, embrace. stoned: under the influence of cannabis. strapped: short of money. a swift one: a quick drink. Hit the switch: turn on or turn off (TV, etc.) He's twisted: he is a bit strange. twit: idiot, stupid person. wanker: stupid person, un-cool person wheelie, do a: cycle with the front wheel in the air. wheels: car, vehicle. wicked: fantastic, really good. Yucky, yug, yuggy: disgusting, unpleasant Wigger: white [J3r M()M |)uZ @n@l] Cup of Charlie: cup of tea Innit: Isn't it Purdy: pretty In a mardy: In a mood Mingin: ugly Beef: annoyed, argument. Buff: Sexy, gorgeous Lush: hot, sexy Hammered: Drunk Cheesed off: fed up Gutted: not happy Jammy: Like a stroke of luck Telly: T.V
So yeah we don't all talk like "Hilleaoh, one's names hayley and one has a distinct fancy of studying art and design. One also thinks that TSi is absolutely outstanding, Don't you know?"
Theres others, but I got to get back to coursework.
