He is not at all the kind of man I fancy. Do you fancy going out this evening? Hoover To hoover is to clean a carpet, floor, etc. with a vacuum cleaner. I haven’t been able to hoover the carpet because my vacuum cleaner is on the blink. I’d like to hoover up all the dust...
Walking into a pub and saying, “I’ll havea pintplease,” always means a pint of beer, don’t expect to get a pint of water or lemonade handed to you. More British Slang words 3. Budge Up This means “move over” or “make space for me to sit down”. Say this to someone you...
Money. Cash. Slang for all types of currency. Dog’s Bollocks A strange but surprisingly popular term in British slang. If something is exceptionally good it is known as the dog’s bollocks. Easy peasy If something is not difficult then it is loudly pronounced as being easy peasy. Faff Fa...
and perhaps they weren’t just tales, because the cockerel wasn’t added to the beer for flavour (I suspect that the spices were added to mask the flavour of the bird). The idea is that the animal’s strength, courage and vigour would be imparted into the brew. So these beers...
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:...
“Come heeere”. If you asked for “a glass of beer” that would be modern accent, while the old fashion would be “be-er”, a slightly more formal sound. If something is old, then “eweld” is the traditional way, more...
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 use. So get off your duff, youwanker, and grab ...
Old english slang, referring to someone who has either just done somethingstupid, wrong, or done something to someone. Also spelt geezer, geezar. "he cheated on the table then nicked me beer, so I smacked the geeza in the side o' the gob!" 2 min 28/01/2018 英式英语 | 每天跟读1...
A month ago I had the pleasing experience of packing for Perth. In South African slang, ‘packing for Perth’ means immigrating to Australia. In the decade that followed thetransition to democracy, around800,000 mainly white South Africans left– some for New Zealand, Britain, and the United...
Slang Excellent WIRELESS. n. Olf fashion name for the radio. WONKY. adj. 1. Not straight, crooked, kilter / out of line. 2. Shaky or weak. Y Back to the top YORKSHIRE PUDDING n. 1. Not a dessert but a kind of baked batter mix mostly eaten with roast beef. (Visit our ...