British Slang https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British The largest dictionary of British Slang, idioms and phrases at English-slang.com. en-us Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:47:56 +0300 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:47:56 +0300 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British root@sky-net-eye.com (noreply) root@sky-net-eye.com (noreply) British Slang https://www.english-slang.com/images/logo_en.png https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British fag end https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-F/fag-end https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-F/fag-end British Slang #slang
fag end  {n.}
the used stub of a cigarette and by extension the unpleasant and worthless loose end of any situation.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:30:03 +0300 bovver boots https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bovver-boots https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bovver-boots British Slang #slang
bovver boots  {n.}
Heavy boots, sometimes with a steel toecap, worn by Bovver boys and used for kicking in fights.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:30:01 +0300 dekko https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/dekko https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/dekko British Slang #slang
dekko
Look. From the Hindi, dekho.
Categories: British slang
]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:30:02 +0300 brown-tongue https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/brown-tongue https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/brown-tongue British Slang #slang
brown-tongue  {n.}
Sycophant, toady or someone who attempts to curry favour with another (from the idea of licking another's backside).
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:30:02 +0300 slag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/slag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/slag British Slang #slang
slag  {adj.}
1. Worthless or insignificant person.
2. Promiscuous woman or prostitute.
Categories: British adjective slang

]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:30:02 +0300 debag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/debag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/debag British Slang #slang
debag  {v.}
To remove someone's trousers by force.
Categories: British slang verb
]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:30:02 +0300 hawk https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-H/hawk https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-H/hawk British Slang #slang
hawk  {v.}
To spit.
Categories: British slang verb
]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:30:02 +0300 odds and sods https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-O/odds-and-sods https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-O/odds-and-sods British Slang #slang
odds and sods  {n.}
Substitute for 'odds and ends'. Miscellaneous items or articles, bits and pieces.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2026 03:30:02 +0300 dip https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/dip https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/dip British Slang #slang
dip  {n.}
a pickpocket.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:30:02 +0300 knackers https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-K/knackers https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-K/knackers British Slang #slang
knackers  {n.}
vulgar name for testicles.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:30:01 +0300 bloke https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bloke https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bloke British Slang #slang
bloke  {n.}
any man or sometimes a man in authority such as the boss.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2026 03:30:01 +0300 ball bag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/ball-bag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/ball-bag British Slang #slang
ball bag
Scrotum.
Categories: British slang
]]> Thu, 25 Dec 2025 03:30:02 +0300 all piss and wind https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-A/all-piss-and-wind https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-A/all-piss-and-wind British Slang #slang
all piss and wind  {n.}
All talk and no action. Originally the phrase was, "all wind and piss" (19th C).
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2025 03:30:01 +0300 see a man about a dog https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/see-a-man-about-a-dog https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/see-a-man-about-a-dog British Slang #slang
see a man about a dog  {v.}
1. Attend a secret deal or meeting.
2. Go to the toilet.
Categories: British slang verb

]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2025 03:30:02 +0300 headbang https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-H/headbang https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-H/headbang British Slang #slang
headbang  {v.}
To nod or shake one's head violently to rock music.
Categories: British slang verb

]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:30:01 +0300 goose https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/goose https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/goose British Slang #slang
goose  {v.}
To grab someone's behind in a playful fashion.
Categories: British slang verb
]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 03:30:02 +0300 pig's ear https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-P/pigs-ear https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-P/pigs-ear British Slang #slang
pig's ear  {n.}
1. Beer (Cockney rhyming slang).
2. Something that has been badly done or has been made a mess of.
Categories: British Cockney noun slang

]]> Wed, 05 Nov 2025 03:30:02 +0300 knackered https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-K/knackered https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-K/knackered British Slang #slang
knackered  {adj.}
1. Exhausted, tired.
2. Broken, beyond all usefulness.
Categories: British adjective slang

]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2025 03:30:03 +0300 bent as a nine bob note https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bent-as-a-nine-bob-note https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bent-as-a-nine-bob-note British Slang #slang
bent as a nine bob note
Extremely dishonest or corrupt. A nine shilling (bob) note never existed and would therefore have to be counterfeit.
Categories: British slang

]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:30:01 +0300 porkies https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-P/porkies https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-P/porkies British Slang #slang
porkies  {n.}
Lies (from the Cockney rhyming slang pork pies)
Categories: British cockney noun slang
]]> Sat, 04 Oct 2025 03:30:02 +0300 get https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/get https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/get British Slang #slang
get  {adj.}
Variant of git.
Categories: British adjective slang
]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:30:01 +0300 plonker https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-P/plonker https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-P/plonker British Slang #slang
plonker  {n.}
1. Something large or substantial (Mid 19th C).
2. Penis.
3. A general term of abuse (in use since 1960s but may have been popularised by the BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:30:02 +0300 packet https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-P/packet https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-P/packet British Slang #slang
packet  {n.}
1. A large sum of money (earn a packet).
2. A nasty surprise (catch a packet).
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 03:30:01 +0300 miffed https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/miffed https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/miffed British Slang #slang
miffed  {adj.}
Upset or offended.
Categories: British adjective slang
]]> Sun, 21 Sep 2025 03:30:02 +0300 minted https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/minted https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/minted British Slang #slang
minted  {adj.}
Wealthy.
Categories: British adjective slang
]]> Mon, 15 Sep 2025 03:30:02 +0300 crack https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-C/crack https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-C/crack British Slang #slang
crack  {n.}
1. A gibe.
2. Someone who excels at something.
3. Fun or a good time. From the Irish 'craic'.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:30:02 +0300 gash https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/gash https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/gash British Slang #slang
gash  {adj.}
1. Surplus to requirements, unnecessary.
2. Derogatory term used for female genitalia. ]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2025 03:30:02 +0300 darbies https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/darbies https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/darbies British Slang #slang
darbies
Handcuffs.
Categories: British slang
]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2025 03:30:02 +0300 flick https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-F/flick https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-F/flick British Slang #slang
flick  {n.}
Motion picture, film. 'The flicks', the cinema.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:30:02 +0300 shiner https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/shiner https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/shiner British Slang #slang
shiner  {n.}
Black eye.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:30:02 +0300 jag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-J/jag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-J/jag British Slang #slang
jag  {adj.}  {n.}
1. A drug taking, or sometimes drinking, binge.
2. A period of uncontrolled activity. ]]> Sun, 17 Aug 2025 03:30:02 +0300 berk https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/berk https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/berk British Slang #slang
berk  {n.}
(also spelled burk) idiot, stupid person (from Berkeley Hunt, Cockney rhyming slang for cunt)
Categories: British Cockney noun slang

]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2025 03:30:02 +0300 bugger all https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bugger-all https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bugger-all British Slang #slang
bugger all  {n.}
nothing.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:30:02 +0300 bird https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bird https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bird British Slang #slang
bird  {n.}
1. Girl, woman.
2. Jail time (From the rhyming slang: Bird lime)
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Tue, 05 Aug 2025 03:30:01 +0300 jack up https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-J/jack-up https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-J/jack-up British Slang #slang
jack up  {v.}
Inject an illegal drug.
Categories: British Drugs slang verb
]]> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:30:03 +0300 gogglebox https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/gogglebox https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/gogglebox British Slang #slang
gogglebox  {n.}
Television.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 03:30:04 +0300 jessie https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-J/jessie https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-J/jessie British Slang #slang
jessie  {n.}
An effeminate man or one that is weak or afraid. (Originally Scottish slang)
Categories: British Scottish noun slang

]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2025 03:30:02 +0300 bog https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bog https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bog British Slang #slang
bog  {n.}
Toilet
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:30:02 +0300 filth (the) https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-F/filth-the https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-F/filth-the British Slang #slang
filth (the)  {n.}
The police (derogatory).
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2025 03:30:02 +0300 old bill, the old bill https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-O/old-bill--the-old-bill https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-O/old-bill--the-old-bill British Slang #slang
old bill or the old bill  {n.}
A policeman or the police collectively.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2025 03:30:01 +0300 shag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/shag https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/shag British Slang #slang
shag  {n.}
Sexual intercourse.
Categories: British My G noun slang
]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2025 03:30:02 +0300 dodgy https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/dodgy https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-D/dodgy British Slang #slang
dodgy  {adj.}
Something risky, difficult or dangerous. A 'dodgy deal' for example.
Categories: British adjective slang

]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 03:30:02 +0300 handbags https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-H/handbags https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-H/handbags British Slang #slang
handbags  {n.}
a harmless fight especially between two women. (from "handbags at dawn" an allusion to duelling)
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:30:01 +0300 off one's head (or out of one's head) https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-O/off-ones-head-or-out-of-ones-head https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-O/off-ones-head-or-out-of-ones-head British Slang #slang
off one's head (or out of one's head)  {adj.}
Mad or delirious.
Categories: British adjective slang
]]> Sun, 01 Jun 2025 03:30:02 +0300 Richard the Third https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-R/Richard-the-Third https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-R/Richard-the-Third British Slang #slang
Richard the Third  {n.}
A piece of excrement (rhyming slang Richard the Third = turd).
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Sat, 31 May 2025 03:30:02 +0300 cabbage https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-C/cabbage https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-C/cabbage British Slang #slang
cabbage  {n.}
1. A stupid person or someone with no mental abilities whatever.
2. Cloth trimmed from a customer's material by a tailor.
3. Pilfer or steal.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 03:30:02 +0300 bomb https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bomb https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bomb British Slang #slang
bomb  {n.}
A large sum of money as in 'to make a bomb'. Also 'to go like a bomb' meaning to travel at high speed.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 03:30:02 +0300 bottle https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bottle https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bottle British Slang #slang
bottle  {n.}  {v.}
1. nerve, courage.
2. Money collected by buskers or street vendors.
3. As a verb, to attack someone with a broken bottle.
Categories: British noun slang verb

]]> Thu, 08 May 2025 03:30:01 +0300 bumfreezer https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bumfreezer https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bumfreezer British Slang #slang
bumfreezer  {n.}
any short jacket but in particular an Eton Jacket.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 03:30:01 +0300 arse over tit https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-A/arse-over-tit https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-A/arse-over-tit British Slang #slang
arse over tit  {v.}
Head over heels, to fall over or take a tumble.
Categories: British slang verb

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