Authors: DEREK THOMPSON
CAUSE & EFFECT (28 page)
Glossary of British Slang Terms
British slang:
US equivalent
’appened:
happened
’ead:
head
’eck:
heck (expression of surprise or emphasis)
’em:
them
’un:
one
aggro:
stress
arse:
ass
arseholes:
assholes
arsed:
bothered
asap:
as soon as possible
Bagpuss:
popular 1970s children's TV character
beddy-byes:
bed (childish)
benefits
: similar to welfare (but more generous, can include payments for unemployment, housing costs, disability etc) paid by the British government to eligible claimants.
bhuna:
a type of Indian curry
Billy-no-mates:
someone who is friendless or alone
bladdered:
very drunk
bollocksed:
ruined / helpless
Brize
Norton:
an airbase in England
colandered:
peppered with holes
comms:
communications
co-ord:
co-ordination
cuppa:
cup of tea
d’ya:
did you
des res:
desirable residence — a nice place to live
don't ’ang about:
don't delay
dunno:
don't know
friendlies:
non-competitive soccer matches
fuck a duck:
an extreme exclamation
guvnor:
the boss
heffalump:
a fictional elephant in Winnie-the-Pooh stories
hold up:
wait a second
int
’: in the
joggies:
sweat pants
loo:
toilet
mam:
mom
Meccano:
steel and plastic construction set for children
Mechs:
mechanised infantry
Mick:
slang for some who is Irish (derogatory)
miked up:
wearing a microphone
MoD:
Ministry of Defence (equivalent to Defense Department)
muzak:
artificial 'elevator' music
naan:
type of Indian flatbread
narked:
irritated
oop:
up
oppos:
work buddies
ow:
how
ow’s:
how is
p’raps:
perhaps
pakoras:
deep-fried meat or vegetables in batter (Indian)
paracetamol:
painkiller
Peshwari naan:
delicious stuffed Indian flatbread
play footsie:
secretly rub someone else's foot with your own
plonked:
placed something without care
ploughing:
plowing
poxy:
lousy
prat:
jerk (derogatory)
pref:
preference
prezzie:
gift
Proddy:
Protestant (religious)
recce:
reconnaissance
reet:
right (accented)
ridgeway:
track or path
s’posed:
supposed
schtum:
silent (Yiddish)
Semtex:
a type of explosive
shag:
have sex with (verb) / someone you've had sex with (noun)
shandy:
ale or lager mixed with a soft drink (often lemonade)
shite:
crap
skivvying:
doing menial work
slotted:
shot and killed
snaggle:
acquire/get
snogged:
smooched/kissed
so’s:
so is
sod ’em:
screw them
sodded off:
departed/left
soz:
sorry
squaddie:
an army private
summat:
something
suss:
weigh up someone's character or motives
sussed
out
: figured out
t’loudspeaker:
speaker phone
ta:
thank you
tannoy:
speaker
telly:
TV
trier:
someone who tries hard
trolley:
gurney
trolleyed:
wheeled
two penn’orth:
two pennies worth (small personal opinion)
tutting:
expression of disapproval
twatty:
like a jerk (derogatory)
UB40:
old name for UK unemployment benefits claim form
whatshisface:
what's his face (when you can't remember)
wi’
: with
wotcha:
hello/hi
yer:
you
Yojimbo:
a classic Japanese movie about a masterless samurai
yonks:
ages (from
donkey's years
)
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