Spoiler alert: Brummie is spoken by Tom Shady in Peaky Blinders.Aside from the accent, regional variations of British English also include different slang words used in different regions of the UK. Here are some of the
You mean a large dog, but the double entendre is that a ‘big one’ can be a piece of slang for genitalia. It’s funnier when said, rather than read! Spoonerisms The final type of British humour we are looking at is, sadly, dying out. However, it is a clever play on words in ...
Smarmy - Another word for a smoothy, someone who has a way with the ladies for example. shambolic (British slang) disorderly or chaotic So if you ever visit The Shambles in York, then the name does not refer to the somewhat shambolic nature of the buildings; it's a reference to the ...
Cockney rhyming slang- There are lots of words that make up cockney rhyming slang. These are basically rhyming words like "butchers hook" which means "look". If you are in London and you hear someone talk about a Septic they are probably talking about you - because it's short for "Septi...
10 Essential Office Slang Words and Expressions 办公室俚语词汇和表达(商务英语) 07:24 【词汇】46. 21 Most Common Idioms in British English 21个常见习语的表达,用好了就像母语人一样了 06:24 【词汇】47. The Difference Between DURING v WHILE v FOR 详细比较During, while 和 for 06:26 48. I ...
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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...
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...
Other miscellaneous Best of British slang, words andterms used day to day. Swish that fringe and buy the book for more!