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British lingo dictionary: everyday life
A sophisticated dictionary of general vocabulary in today's colloquial British English.
| PEOPLE: |
| mate |
friend |
| cheers mate |
greeting e.g. in shops |
| brilliant |
all-purpose word for 'great' (equivalent to American 'awesome') |
| wicked |
excellent, cool |
| fancy something (s.th.) |
like s.th. |
| bugger, bollocks |
mild swearwords |
| bloody hell, holy cow |
expression of surprise |
| text someone (s.o.) |
send a text message with mobile phone |
| hang out |
meet friends |
| chill out |
relax |
| get off on s.th. |
get excited about s.th. |
| dodgy, dicey |
risky/suspicious/dubious (person or thing) |
| tacky |
shabby, eccentric |
| cheeky |
disrespectful |
| fussy |
petty, picky |
| sketchy |
superficial, slight |
| loopy |
slighty mad, crazy, stupid |
| knackered |
tired |
| get kip, get some zeds |
get sleep |
| iffy |
dubious, doubtful |
| naff |
poor quality, unfashionable |
| guy, bloke, lad, chap |
boy |
| lass |
girl |
| geezer |
weird guy |
| prick |
idiot guy |
| sissy/wuss |
female/male coward |
| chuffed |
delighted, very happy |
| gutted |
crushed, disappointed, surprised |
| yeah right |
no (sarcastic) |
| let's wing it |
let's try and get by without real expertise |
| plug s.th. |
promote s.th. |
| yanks, frogs, krauts |
Americans, French, Germans |
| this/that lot |
reference to a group of people |
| malarkey |
stuff, nonsense |
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| IN THE PUB: |
| run a tab |
put credit card behind bar |
| fag, ciggy |
cigarette |
| are you up for it? |
are you interested? |
| loo |
toilet |
| hammered, pissed |
drunk |
| barf |
vomit |
| off-licence |
liquor shop |
| grass, dope, weed, pot, blow |
cannabis, marijuana, haschisch |
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MONEY: |
| dosh |
money |
| quid |
pound |
| fiver, tenner, nifty |
5-, 10-, 50-pound note |
| nugget, bob |
1-pound, 5p coin |
| p |
pence |
| hole in the wall |
ATM |
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