British Slang Guide for British Characters

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Written by someone from Britain.

1. Bloody - Damn. Socially acceptable to use, some of my teachers use it, and my gran does too. You can’t use this enough.

2. Arse - ass but more derogatory. You wouldn’t say this to your grandparents, generally. Parents, it depends who you are.

3. Fiver - £5. Everyone says this all the time.

4. Tenner - £10. Ditto fiver.

5. Quid - £1. Ditto tenner.

6. Grand - £1000. Obviously lesser said than fiver unless you’re Ed Sheeran or someone but people normally say this.

7. Chav - i think Americans call them townies??

8. Mum - do i need to explain? and no, we don’t say Dud.

9. Nappy - Diaper. 

10. Lift - Elevator

11. Pavement - Sidewalk.

12. Cock-up - fuck up.

13. Cakehole - mouth. IE: Shut your cakehole!

14. Bloke - Man. Most people say this.

15. Knackered - tired. “I’m off to bed, me, i’m knackered.” the K is silent.

16. Pear-shaped - gone wrong. “It’s all gone a bit pear-shaped.”

17. ay-up - greeting used in the Midlands/North. sometimes used at the start of a statement or question. “Ay-up, what you doing with that?”

18. Local - nearby pub. “I’m off for a drink at the local.”

19. Fit - hot. “He’s fit, him.”

20. Bollocks - balls. Sometimes used as an exclamation, like “Shit!” 

21. this is important. Fanny - vagina. FANNY DOES NOT MEAN BUTT IN ENGLAND. IF YOU CALL SOMEONE A FANNY TO SOMEONE IN THE STREET YOU MAY GET PUNCHED

22. Shag - screw. Shag is less derogatory than screw.

23. Uni - short for university. Is that your college?

24. Sixth form - Junior and Senior year at high school.

25. Secondary school - 6th grade to Sophomore year.

26. Year 10 - Freshman. Year 9 - Eighth Grade and so on.

27. Reception - Preschool.

28. Telly - television.

29. Chips - Fries.

30. Crisps - Chips.

31. Full Stop - Period. The punctuation kind.

32. Bugger - i don’t really know what this translates to. You’d say “oh bugger i’ve lost my keys.”

33. Crap - Less derogatory form of Shit.

34. Wanker - technically, this means someone who jerks off, but it’s used as an insult.

35. Dickhead - another insult.

36. Twat - Some people use this as an insult, but, as I discovered a while ago, it also means vagina.

37. Cunt - vagina. DO NOT INCLUDE THIS WORD IN ANY WRITING, IT’S THE MOST OFFENSIVE WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

38. Autumn - Fall

39. Biscuit - cookie.

40. Bonnet (a car bonnet) - hood.

41. Boot (of a car) - Trunk

42. Flannel - washcloth

43. Scouser - someone from Liverpool

44. Manc - someone from Manchester

45. Geordie - Someone from Newcastle

46. Brummie - someone from Birmingham

47. Dodgy - suspicious/not quite right. “Ooh, he looks a bit dodgy/My pen’s being dodgy!”

48. Tad - A bit. “Are you cold?” “Just a tad.”

49. Ta - thank you. Used up north a lot.

50. Absobloodylutely - a very enthusiastic yes.

51. Fortnight - two weeks.

52. Gutted - Devastated

53. Chuffed - proud, happy of something someone’s done for you.

Cheeky Nandos: something you’ll never understand until you’ve been accepted into the brohood by the archbishop of banterbury and gone a night on the wazz.






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    um… op? cunt is nowhere near as offensive in england as it is in america. i will easily call my friends ‘cheeky cunts’....
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