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 course, does rhyme. C of E- The Ch...
Example:“You’re such a muppet for losing your keys.” Naff Definition:Unfashionable or tacky. Example:“That outfit is a bit naff, don’t you think?” Nicked Definition:Arrested or stolen. Example:“His bike got nicked last night.” ...
Something that has been stolen has been Nicked Someone stole my bike Someone nicked my bike Not my cup of tea not to your liking I'm ill I'm feeling under the weather/ I feel a bit off colour Jestem dziś trochę nie w formie. I'm a bit off-colour today. Wygl...
This has nothing do with insulting anyone, just intellectual curiosity. If interested, I can tell you what slang terms are used in the US for different ethnicities: Polack (Pole), Kraut, Squarehead (German), Dago, Wop, Greaser, Guinea (Italian), Kike, Hebe (Jew), Bohunk (Czech but also...
It's a slang that means to be disapointed. To be gutted is to be devasted or saddened by something. Example. 'My bike got stolen. I'm absolutely gutted mate' 失望的意思。被伤到就是对某件事格外伤心。 例:我自行车被偷了,我超级伤心。
NTC's Super-mini British Slang Dictionary Author: Ewart James Publisher: Contemporary Books Date: October 2000 Electronic English/English Dictionaries on CD (compact disc) Electronic versions of dictionaries provide useful added features not available from printed dictionaries; for example, they allow you...
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As for British English rubber, the author found that in American English it is an American slang for the word condom and its use in some contexts may cause embarrassment. Modiano go on noticed that the British English use of Rubber rather than eraser is unknown in the US. Concerning public...
deeply eccentric kids, living alone with their mothers and struggling through resit classes in college. But all that was to change on the day they kidnapped Charley Price in an old motor they'd just stolen, and made a heroic run with her for the ferry to the far land where the tulips ...
Jimmy- Actually short for Jimmy Riddle. i.e. I'm off for a Jimmy Riddle. This is Cockney rhyming slang for piddle! John Thomas- Yet another word for a blokes willy! I always felt a bit sorry for people who were actually called John Thomas. What were their parents thinking?