American Slang! Slang refers to words, phrases and uses that are regarded as very informal and often restricted to the special context or peculiar to a specified profession class...
British slang will delight any linguist. Check out our top words and phrases from the English dictionary and see if you can guess their meanings.
Good morning from Oxbridge English its Ali today we shall continue our British Slang series episode 8 todays four words are ‘wind up’ , ‘barmy’, ‘belt up’ and ‘bespoke’. Wind up - This has a couple of meanings. If something you do is a "wind up" it means you are making...
116 SAME WORDS DIFFERENT MEANINGS! (pronunciation AND definition changes!) 15:18 117 4 Steps to Easily Understand English Improve English Listening Skills 17:40 118 7 'polite' British insult idioms Politely call someone a total idiot! (+ Fr 10:29 119 ONE language, THREE accents - UK vs...
Whinge – to moan and complain (usually in an annoying way) Willy – penis (to) Wind someone up / to be wound up by – this has two similar but subtly different meanings: (1) to tease someone or play a joke on them, get them agitated on purpose but usually in a non-malicious wa...
116 SAME WORDS DIFFERENT MEANINGS! (pronunciation AND definition changes!) 15:18 117 4 Steps to Easily Understand English Improve English Listening Skills 17:40 118 7 'polite' British insult idioms Politely call someone a total idiot! (+ Fr 10:29 119 ONE language, THREE accents - UK vs...
In British English, hard is a word with many meanings. It can refer, as its primary dictionary meaning, to a material which is solid and rigid – i.e. a hard brick wall. However, following this meaning it has also become popular slang. ‘Hard’ or ‘solid’ is used to refer to...
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...
So, if you’re an aspiring Anglophile looking for some new lingo to help fuel your love for all things British, or you just fancy seeing what kind of words the British find themselves using their day-to-day, check out our 50 best British slang terms for you to start using and incorpora...
intonation and also slang expressions! Yes, as an added bonus not only you’ll learn to SOUND like an American – you’ll also learn to SPEAK like an American because the Accent Genie American Pronunciation Program is jam-packed withplenty of American phrases and slang expressions!