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1
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What does this British slang word mean?

ace

A

brilliant

2
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

aggro

A

trouble, aggravation, rabble

3
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

All right?

A

Hello, how are you?

4
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

anti-clockwise

A

counterclockwise

5
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

any road

A

anyway

6
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

arse

A

ass

7
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

arse about face

A

doing something back to front

8
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

arse above elbow

A

head over heels

9
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

arseholed

A

drunk

10
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

au fait

A

to be familiar with something

11
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

baccy

A

tobacco

12
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

barmy

A

crazy

13
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

the bee’s knees

A

awesome

14
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

belt up

A

shut up

15
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

best of British

A

good luck

16
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

biggie

A

poo (children’s term)

17
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bladdered

A

drunk

18
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Blimey!

A

an exclamation of surprise

19
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

blinkered

A

narrow-minded

20
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bloody

A

very, as in “bloody awful,” “bloody marvelous”

21
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Blow me

A

an exclamation of surprise, similar to “bowl me over with a feather”

22
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

blow off

A

fart

23
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Bob’s your uncle

A

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

24
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bodge

A

to do a job quick and poorly

25
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bogey

A

booger, snot

26
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bollocks

A

false, rubbish

27
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bomb

A

expensive

28
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bonk

A

have sex

29
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bottle

A

courage

30
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

brassed off

A

pissed off

31
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bugger

A

negative term, used as a curse

32
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bum

A

butt

33
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bung

A

a bribe

34
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

camp

A

effeminate behavior

35
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

cheerio

A

goodbye

36
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

chin wag

A

chat

37
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Chinese whisper

A

a term to describe how a story changes as it’s passed along, like the telephone game

38
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

chuffed

A

pleased

39
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Clear off!

A

Get lost!

40
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a cockup

A

a mistake

41
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

codswallop

A

false, baloney

42
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

cracking

A

the best, or stunning

43
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

crikey

A

an expression of surprise

44
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

crust dragon

A

booger

45
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

dekko

A

having a look

46
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

diddle

A

to rip off or con

47
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

dicky

A

sick

48
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

dishy

A

good looking

49
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

do

A

a party

50
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

doddle

A

something easy, a cinch

51
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

dog’s bollocks

A

something awesome

52
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

drop a clanger

A

to say something embarrassing

53
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

duff

A

useless, trash

54
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

faff

A

delay, dillydally

55
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

fagged

A

bothered

56
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

fancy

A

to desire

57
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

filch

A

to steal

58
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

fit

A

attractive, good looking

59
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

flog

A

to sell

60
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

flutter

A

a small bet

61
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

full of beans

A

to have a lot of energy

62
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

gaggy

A

desperate

63
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

gen

A

information

64
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Give us a bell

A

Call me

65
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

gobsmacked

A

amazed

66
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

goolies

A

balls, testicles

67
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

gormless

A

clueless

68
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

gutted

A

to get really upset

69
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

hard

A

drunk and daring

70
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Her Majesty’s pleasure

A

to be put in prison for an indefinite amount of time

71
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

honking

A

being sick

72
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Horses for courses

A

To each his own

73
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

jammy

A

lucky

74
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

jimmy

A

urinate

75
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

John Thomas

A

a man’s privates

76
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

khazi

A

the toilet

77
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

kip

A

a short nap

78
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

knackered

A

tuckered out

79
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

knob

A

a man’s privates

80
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

knock off

A

to steal something

81
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

knock up

A

to wake someone up

82
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

leg it

A

run for it

83
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

love bites

A

hickies

84
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

lurgy

A

to be ill or have the flu

85
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

mug

A

a gullible person

86
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

mutt’s nuts

A

something that is fantastic or excellent

87
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

naff

A

uncool, lame

88
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

nancy

A

a woman

89
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

narked

A

miffed

90
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

nowt/owt

A

nothing/anything

91
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

nut

A

to headbutt

92
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

off your trolley

A

mad, crazy

93
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

on the piss

A

out to get drunk

94
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

pants

A

an adjective to describe something bad

95
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

pavement pizza

A

vomit

96
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

pear-shaped

A

to become a disaster

97
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

pissup

A

a bout of drinking

98
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

doing porridge

A

serving time in prison

99
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

potty

A

a little crazy

100
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

pound sign

A

the symbol used to denote a UK pound, much like the dollar symbol

101
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

puff

A

fart

102
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

pukka

A

super, awesome

103
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

on the pull

A

looking for attractive women

104
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

quid/fiver/tenner

A

a quid is a term for a UK pound, like a buck; a five-pound note is a fiver and a 10-pound note is a tenner

105
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

rat-arsed

A

drunk

106
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

reverse charges

A

call collect

107
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

roger

A

to have sex with

108
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a row

A

a fight (rhymes with cow)

109
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

rugger

A

rugby

110
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

rumpy pumpy

A

hanky-panky

111
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

sacked

A

fired

112
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

scrummy

A

delicious

113
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

send up

A

to make fun of or parody

114
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

shag

A

to have sex

115
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

shambolic

A

chaotic

116
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

shite

A

shit

117
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

sixes and sevens

A

crazy, haywire

118
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

skew-whiff

A

crooked

119
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

skive

A

to sneak off, play hooky

120
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

slag

A

bad mouth

121
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

slapper

A

a tramp

122
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

smart

A

sharply dressed

123
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

snog

A

making out

124
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

sod

A

a general curse word, usually meaning shit or fuck (“Sod off!”)

125
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

spend a penny

A

to go to the bathroom

126
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

squiffy

A

a little drunk

127
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

stonker

A

something that is huge

128
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

swotting

A

studying hard, cramming

129
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

sweet Fanny Adams

A

nothing or jack shit

130
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

taking the piss out of someone

A

making fun of

131
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

ta

A

thank you

132
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

tidy

A

an attractive woman

133
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

telly

A

television

134
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

tosser

A

a jerk

135
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

totty

A

flirt with attractive women

136
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

uni

A

school

137
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

wacky backy

A

marijuana

138
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

wanker

A

a jerk

139
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

waz

A

urinate

140
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

welly

A

putting forth effort

141
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

whinge

A

to whine, complain

142
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

willy

A

a penis

143
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

yonks

A

a long time, ages

144
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

zed

A

the last letter of the alphabet, Z

145
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

zonked

A

exhausted

146
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

brilliant

A

ace

147
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

trouble, aggravation, rabble

A

aggro

148
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Hello, how are you?

A

All right?

149
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

counterclockwise

A

anti-clockwise

150
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

anyway

A

any road

151
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

ass

A

arse

152
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

doing something back to front

A

arse about face

153
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

head over heels

A

arse above elbow

154
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

drunk

A

arseholed

155
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to be familiar with something

A

au fait

156
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

tobacco

A

baccy

157
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

crazy

A

barmy

158
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

awesome

A

the bee’s knees

159
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

shut up

A

belt up

160
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

good luck

A

best of British

161
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

poo (children’s term)

A

biggie

162
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

drunk

A

bladdered

163
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

an exclamation of surprise

A

Blimey!

164
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

narrow-minded

A

blinkered

165
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

very, as in “bloody awful,” “bloody marvelous”

A

bloody

166
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

an exclamation of surprise, similar to “bowl me over with a feather”

A

Blow me

167
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

fart

A

blow off

168
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

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

A

Bob’s your uncle

169
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to do a job quick and poorly

A

bodge

170
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

booger, snot

A

bogey

171
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

false, rubbish

A

bollocks

172
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

expensive

A

bomb

173
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

have sex

A

bonk

174
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

courage

A

bottle

175
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

pissed off

A

brassed off

176
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

negative term, used as a curse

A

bugger

177
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

butt

A

bum

178
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a bribe

A

bung

179
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

effeminate behavior

A

camp

180
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

goodbye

A

cheerio

181
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

chat

A

chin wag

182
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a term to describe how a story changes as it’s passed along, like the telephone game

A

Chinese whisper

183
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

pleased

A

chuffed

184
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Get lost!

A

Clear off!

185
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a mistake

A

a cockup

186
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

false, baloney

A

codswallop

187
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

the best, or stunning

A

cracking

188
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

an expression of surprise

A

crikey

189
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

booger

A

crust dragon

190
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

having a look

A

dekko

191
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to rip off or con

A

diddle

192
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

sick

A

dicky

193
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

good looking

A

dishy

194
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a party

A

do

195
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

something easy, a cinch

A

doddle

196
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

something awesome

A

dog’s bollocks

197
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to say something embarrassing

A

drop a clanger

198
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

useless, trash

A

duff

199
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

delay, dillydally

A

faff

200
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bothered

A

fagged

201
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to desire

A

fancy

202
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to steal

A

filch

203
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

attractive, good looking

A

fit

204
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to sell

A

flog

205
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a small bet

A

flutter

206
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to have a lot of energy

A

full of beans

207
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

desperate

A

gaggy

208
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

information

A

gen

209
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

Call me

A

Give us a bell

210
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

amazed

A

gobsmacked

211
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

balls, testicles

A

goolies

212
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

clueless

A

gormless

213
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to get really upset

A

gutted

214
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

drunk and daring

A

hard

215
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to be put in prison for an indefinite amount of time

A

Her Majesty’s pleasure

216
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

being sick

A

honking

217
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

To each his own

A

Horses for courses

218
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

lucky

A

jammy

219
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

urinate

A

jimmy

220
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a man’s privates

A

John Thomas

221
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

the toilet

A

khazi

222
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a short nap

A

kip

223
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

tuckered out

A

knackered

224
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a man’s privates

A

knob

225
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to steal something

A

knock off

226
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to wake someone up

A

knock up

227
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

run for it

A

leg it

228
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

hickies

A

love bites

229
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to be ill or have the flu

A

lurgy

230
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a gullible person

A

mug

231
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

something that is fantastic or excellent

A

mutt’s nuts

232
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

uncool, lame

A

naff

233
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a woman

A

nancy

234
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

miffed

A

narked

235
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

nothing/anything

A

nowt/owt

236
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to headbutt

A

nut

237
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

mad, crazy

A

off your trolley

238
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

out to get drunk

A

on the piss

239
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

an adjective to describe something bad

A

pants

240
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

vomit

A

pavement pizza

241
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to become a disaster

A

pear-shaped

242
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a bout of drinking

A

pissup

243
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

serving time in prison

A

doing porridge

244
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a little crazy

A

potty

245
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

the symbol used to denote a UK pound, much like the dollar symbol

A

pound sign

246
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

fart

A

puff

247
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

super, awesome

A

pukka

248
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

looking for attractive women

A

on the pull

249
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a quid is a term for a UK pound, like a buck; a five-pound note is a fiver and a 10-pound note is a tenner

A

quid/fiver/tenner

250
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

drunk

A

rat-arsed

251
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

call collect

A

reverse charges

252
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to have sex with

A

roger

253
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a fight (rhymes with cow)

A

a row

254
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

rugby

A

rugger

255
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

hanky-panky

A

rumpy pumpy

256
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

fired

A

sacked

257
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

delicious

A

scrummy

258
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to make fun of or parody

A

send up

259
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to have sex

A

shag

260
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

chaotic

A

shambolic

261
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

shit

A

shite

262
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

crazy, haywire

A

sixes and sevens

263
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

crooked

A

skew-whiff

264
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to sneak off, play hooky

A

skive

265
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

bad mouth

A

slag

266
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a tramp

A

slapper

267
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

sharply dressed

A

smart

268
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

making out

A

snog

269
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a general curse word, usually meaning shit or fuck (“Sod off!”)

A

sod

270
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to go to the bathroom

A

spend a penny

271
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a little drunk

A

squiffy

272
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

something that is huge

A

stonker

273
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

studying hard, cramming

A

swotting

274
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

nothing or jack shit

A

sweet Fanny Adams

275
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

making fun of

A

taking the piss out of someone

276
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

thank you

A

ta

277
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

an attractive woman

A

tidy

278
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

television

A

telly

279
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a jerk

A

tosser

280
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

flirt with attractive women

A

totty

281
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

school

A

uni

282
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

marijuana

A

wacky backy

283
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a jerk

A

wanker

284
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

urinate

A

waz

285
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

putting forth effort

A

welly

286
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

to whine, complain

A

whinge

287
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a penis

A

willy

288
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

a long time, ages

A

yonks

289
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

the last letter of the alphabet, Z

A

zed

290
Q

What does this British slang word mean?

exhausted

A

zonked

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