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, 12 Aug 2026 12:53:18 +0300 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:53:18 +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 nuthouse https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-N/nuthouse https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-N/nuthouse British Slang #slang
nuthouse  {n.}
A lunatic asylum.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 wankered https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-W/wankered https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-W/wankered British Slang #slang
wankered  {adj.}
1. Very drunk.
2. Exhausted.
Categories: British adjective slang
]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 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

]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 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. ]]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:07:20 +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

]]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 lolly https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-L/lolly https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-L/lolly British Slang #slang
lolly  {n.}
money.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +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

]]> Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 off the hook https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-O/off-the-hook https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-O/off-the-hook British Slang #slang
off the hook  {adj.}
Free from obligation or danger.
Categories: British adjective slang
]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 moon https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/moon https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/moon British Slang #slang
moon  {v.}
To expose one's backside (from Old English, mona).
Categories: British slang verb
]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:30:03 +0300 gassed https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/gassed https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-G/gassed British Slang #slang
gassed  {adj.}
Drunk.
Categories: British adjective slang
]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:30:02 +0300 wag off https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-W/wag-off https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-W/wag-off British Slang #slang
wag off  {v.}
Skyve or play truant.
Categories: British slang verb
]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:30:02 +0300 skint https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/skint https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-S/skint British Slang #slang
skint  {adj.}
Without money.
Categories: British adjective slang
]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:30:03 +0300 mug https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/mug https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/mug British Slang #slang
mug  {n.}
1. Face.
2. A gullible or easily swindled person.
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 03:30:02 +0300 matelot https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/matelot https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-M/matelot British Slang #slang
matelot  {n.}
Sailor (from the French).
Categories: British noun slang
]]> Mon, 11 May 2026 03:30:02 +0300 bonce https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bonce https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/British/British-B/bonce British Slang #slang
bonce  {n.}
Head, crown of the head. Also a large playing marble.
Categories: British noun slang

]]> Thu, 07 May 2026 03:30:03 +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
]]> Tue, 05 May 2026 03:30:01 +0300 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 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 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 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

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