British Slang Words

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British slang, contrary to popular opinion, is not a lower-class trait. It stems from Shakespeare to Chaucer and encompasses nearly every generation of human speech. Learn to sound like a regular Brit mate!

British slang, contrary to popular opinion, is not a lower-class trait. It stems from Shakespeare to Chaucer and encompasses nearly every generation of human speech. From Cockney rhyming slang to short-lived colloqialisms, England contains a mixture of

euphenisms that often leave Americans scratching their heads. These words are not so hard to learn, however. Watch a bunch of really bad British movies, throw on your most pompous English accent, and use the following slang dictionary to sound like a wanky Brit, mate:

absobloodylootely: absolutely

after: bars open after normal closing time

all over the gaff: unorganized

arse: butt

arse-over-tit: drunk

ballistic: wild

bangers: sausages

behave: more! (Think Austin Powers.)

bob: shilling

blimey!: Oh geez!

bloke: a male

bobby: policeman

brilliant!: great! awesome!

cabbage: a slow person

cack: crap (What a load of cack, mate!)

cakehole: mouth (Shut your cakehole!)

Charlie: crack, cocaine

chips: french fries

chunder: to throw up

ciggy: cigarette

claret: blood (They were copping it up, claret all over the place!) cop a feel: to feel someone up

to cop it: to get in trouble

copper: policeman

Crikey!: My God!

damage: cost

Dicky: feeling unwell

doddle: something easy (It was a doddle to get the Charlie.) dodgy: shady

done over: beat up (He was done over by that bloke.)

Doris: a plain woman

duck and dive: to run from the police

earner: a dishonest laborer

eppy: a fit

faced: drunk

five finger discount: shoplifting

flim-flam: crap (Cut out this flim-flam, you wanker!)

flippin: freakin'

folding: paper pound-notes

For crying out loud!: For God's sake!

Frenchy: a french kiss

full monty: the entire take, all that is desired

funny farm: a mental institution

gab: to talk a lot

gander: to look at

geezer: an old man

get the nod: to get permission

git: an unlikeable person

gob: mouth

goppin': gross

greaser: a 50's style person, usually a man

grub: food

gutted: choked up (He was gutted at the funeral, mate.) hacked off: annoyed (He was really hacked off at that copper.) having it off: a term for intercourse