The British slang definition of hard is somebody who is ready to take on anyone or anything in a fight. Usually a self-inflicted state of mind after several pints of British ale, a hard man is someone to be avoided. Hard lines A way of saying bad luck. Her Majesty’s pleasure While ...
There are A LOT of differences. For example: Friend + British slang = Mate Friend + US slang = Buddy/Pal Wonderful + British slang = Well good/Brilliant Wonderful + American slang = Great/Awesome Fight + British slang = Row (not pronounced like roe) Fight + American slang = Scuffle Hone...
I owe you a favour. The next time I need to do a favour to you, to say thank you for the favour that you've just done for me. Thanks. I owe you one. Number 3: What's up with your eye? It looks like you've been in a fight. What's up with your eye? What's up with ...
a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1922. 59,113,439; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,086 sq. km).Cap.:London.Abbr.:U.K.Official name,Unit′ed King′dom of Great` Brit′ain and North′ern Ire′land. ...
Bob (“spare a bob or two”) – a pound; (historically, a bob was slang for a shilling but inflation has raised its value!) Bobby – affectionate slang term for a policeman; derived from the nickname for Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police. Often used in the phrase...
In British English, a quid is slang for a pound sterling – the British currency. Like the US, the UK has plenty of terms for money – but none of them are the same as the US. Dosh, cash, quid, bunce, bangers and mash (cockney rhyming slang = cash) all mean money. ...
trainspotter: a nerd, geek trots: an upset stomach upfor it: enthusiastically available upthe duff: pregnant wank: to masturbate wedge: money windup: to tease This dictionary is by no means exhaustive, but it should give you an idea of the most common British slang terms and their proper...
Corpsing is Thespian slang for murdering a scene with uncontrollable laughter, but there was sympathy at THE KING`S HEAD Theater in Islington today, where the artistic director described corpsing as contagious as yawning, with a remedy that would surely only have exacerbated Charlotte's woes. One...
Bung- A bung is also a bribe. Butchers- To have a butchers at something is to have a look. This is a cockney rhyming slang word that has become common. The reason "butchers" means a look even though it doesn't rhyme is because it is short for "butchers hook" and "hook" of cours...
Evidence of how this impacted the closed-off Sten Gudme is glimpsed in his papers—for example, in a report to Møller in January 1945 he referred to the Germans as "huns", a derogatory (and quite British) kind of slang he had not used before.56 He also seems to have intensified ...