British Slang Flashcards

Know more British slang. Warning: for adults only. (184 cards)

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British

Ace

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American

brilliant

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Aggro

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American

trouble, aggravation, rabble

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British

All right?

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American

“Hello, how are you?”

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British

Anti-clockwise

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American

counter clockwise

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British

Any road

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American

anyway

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British

Arse

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American

ass

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British

Arse about face

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American

doing something back to front

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British

Arse above elbow

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American

head over heels

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British

Arseholed

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American

drunk

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Au fait

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American

to be familiar with something

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British

Baccy

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American

tobacco

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Barmy

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American

crazy

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Bees Knees

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American

awesome

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British

Belt up

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American

shut up

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British

Best of British

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American

Good luck

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British

Biggie

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American

Poo (children’s term)

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Bladdered

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American

drunk

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British

Blimey

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American

an exclamation of surprise

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Blinkered

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American

narrow minded

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Bloody

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American

an adjective that means very, “bloody awful”, “bloody marvellous”

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Blow me

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American

an exclamation of surprise, such as “bowl me over with a feather”

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British

Blow off

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American

fart

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Bob’s your uncle

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“that’s it” or “and then you’re all done” or “all finished”

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British

Bodge

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American

to do a job quick and poorly

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British Bogey
American booger, snot
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British Bollocks
American false, rubbish
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British Bomb
American expensive
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British Bonk
American have sex
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British Bottle
American Courage
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British Brassed off
American pissed off
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British Bugger
American negative term, something you would say when angered like a curse
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British Bum
American butt
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British Bung
American a bribe
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British Camp
American effeminate behavior
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British Cheerio
American goodbye
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British Chin wag
American chat
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British Chinese whisper
American a term to describe how a story changes as it's passed along, like the telephone game
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British Chuffed
American pleased
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British Clear off!
American Get lost!
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British a Cock up
American a mistake
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British Codswallop
American false, baloney, B.S.
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British Cracking
American the best or stunning
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British Crikey
American an expression of surprise
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British Crust dragon
American booger
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British Dekko
American having a look
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British Diddle
American to rip off or con
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British Dicky
American sick
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British Dishy
American good looking
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British Do
American a party
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British Doddle
American something easy, a cinch
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British Dog's bollocks
American something awesome
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British Drop a clanger
American to say something embarrassing
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British Duff
American useless, trash
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British Faff
American delay, dilly-dally
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British Fagged
American bothered
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British Fancy
American to desire
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British Filch
American to steal
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British Fit
American attractive, good looking
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British Flog
American to sell
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British Flutter
American a small bet
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British Full of beans
American to have a lot of energy
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British Gaggy
American desperate
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British Gen
American information
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British Give us a bell
American "call me"
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British Gobsmacked
American amazed
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British Goolies
American balls, testicles
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British Gormless
American clueless
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American pissed off
British Brassed off
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American negative term, something you would say when angered like a curse
British Bugger
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American butt
British Bum
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American a bribe
British Bung
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American effeminate behavior
British Camp
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American goodbye
British Cheerio
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American chat
British Chin wag
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American a term to describe how a story changes as it's passed along, like the telephone game
British Chinese whisper
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American pleased
British Chuffed
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American Get lost!
British Clear off!
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American a mistake
British a Cock up
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American false, baloney, B.S.
British Codswallop
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American the best or stunning
British Cracking
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American an expression of surprise
British Crikey
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American booger
British Crust dragon
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American having a look
British Dekko
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American to rip off or con
British Diddle
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American sick
British Dicky
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American good looking
British Dishy
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American a party
British Do
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American something easy, a cinch
British Doddle
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American something awesome
British Dog's bollocks
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American to say something embarrassing
British Drop a clanger
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American useless, trash
British Duff
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American delay, dilly-dally
British Faff
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American bothered
British Fagged
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American to desire
British Fancy
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American to steal
British Filch
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American attractive, good looking
British Fit
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American to sell
British Flog
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American a small bet
British Flutter
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American to have a lot of energy
British Full of beans
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American desperate
British Gaggy
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American information
British Gen
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American "call me"
British Give us a bell
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American amazed
British Gobsmacked
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American balls, testicles
British Goolies
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American clueless
British Gormless
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British Gutted
American to get really upset
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British Hard
American drunk and daring
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British Her Majesty's pleasure
American to be put in prison for an indefinite amount of time
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British Honking
American being sick
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British Horses for courses
American to each his own
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British Jammy
American lucky
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British Jimmy
American urinate
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British John Thomas
American a man's privates
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British Khazi
American the toilet
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British Kip
American a short nap
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British Knackered
American tuckered out
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British Knob
American a man's privates
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British Knock off
American to steal something
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British Knock up
American to wake someone up
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British Leg it
American run for it
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British Love bites
American hickies
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British Lurgy
American to be ill or have the flu
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British Mug
American a gullible person
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British Mutt's nuts
American something that is fantastic or excellent
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British Naff
American uncool, lame
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British Nancy boy
American a pansy male
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British Narked
American pissed off looking
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British Nowt/Owt
American nothing/anything
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British Nut
American to head butt
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British Off your trolley
American mad, crazy
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British On the piss
American out to get drunk
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British Pants
American an adjective to describe something that is crappy, or sucks
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British Pavement pizza
American vomit
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British Pear shaped
American to become a disaster
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British Piss up
American a drinking session
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British Doing porridge
American serving time in prison
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British Potty
American a little crazy
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British Pound sign
American the symbol used to denote a UK pound, much like the dollar symbol
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British Puff
American fart
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British Pukka
American super, awesome
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British On the pull
American looking for attractive women
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British Quid/Fiver/Tenner
American a quid is a term for a UK pound, like a buck. A five pound note is a fiver and a ten pound note is a tenner
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British Rat arsed
American drunk
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British Reverse charges
American call collect
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British Roger
American to have sex with
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British Row
American to have a fight, (pronounced like cow)
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British Rugger
American rugby
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British Rumpy pumpy
American hanky panky
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British Sacked
American fired
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British Scrummy
American delicious
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British Send-up
American to make fun of or parody
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British Shag
American to have sex
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British Shambolic
American chaotic
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British Shite
American shit
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British Sixes and sevens
American crazy, haywire
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British Skew-whiff
American crooked
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British Skive
American to sneak off, play hooky
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British Slag
American bad mouth
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British Slapper
American a tramp
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British Smart
American sharply dressed
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British Smeg
American smegma
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British Snog
American making out
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British Sod
American a general curse word, usually meaning shit or fuck ("Sod off!")
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British Spend a penny
American to go to the bathroom
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British Squiffy
American a little drunk
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British Stonker
American something that is huge
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British Swotting
American studying hard, cram
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British Sweet Fanny Adams/Sweet F A
American nothing or jack shit
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British Taking the piss
American making fun
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British Ta
American thank you
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British Tidy
American an attractive woman
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British Telly
American television
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British Tosser
American a jerk
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British Totty
American to flirt with attractive women
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British Uni
American school
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British Wacky backy
American marijuana
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British Wanker
American a jerk
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British Waz
American urinate
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British Welly
American putting forth effort
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British Whinge
American to whine, complain
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British Willy
American a penis
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British Yonks
American a long time, ages
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British Zed
American the last letter of the alphabet, Z
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British Zonked
American exhausted