“That guy at the football kept laughing at me for wearing an Arsenal shirt. To ‘mug someone off’ is to take advantage of someone or make a fool out of them.Į.g. “Do you fancy a cheeky pint after work?” 19. To mug off (phrasal verb) However, it is now used to describe any activity that is a little bit naughty but nice.Į.g. ‘Cheeky’ has long been used in the UK to describe something light-hearted but a little rude or risqué. “Just go and ask them out! Stop being such a melt.” 18. Cheeky (adj)
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“Did you see how rude that guy was to me? What a par…” 17. Melt (noun)Ī slang word used in London youth culture for years that was made famous by the reality TV show ‘Love Island,’ a ‘melt’ is someone who is a wimp or a coward.Į.g. “I was so pissed off when I saw how pissed she got at the party." 16. Par (noun) To par off (phrasal verb)Ī “par” is an act of dismissal or disrespect.Į.g.
In the UK, pissed means drunk and pissed off means angry. Now in the United States, pissed means angry. She was the fittest girl I’d ever met.” 15. Pissed (adj) It’s just a bit of banter.” 14. Gutted (adj)Į.g. I'm way too tired.” 13. Banter (noun)īanter is a word used to mean joking or teasing that is meant to be friendly but often isn’t.Į.g. “Think I’m going to sack off work drinks later. ‘To sack off’ is to avoid doing something or to give up doing something - normally something that you didn’t want to do in the first place.Į.g. “I was going to buy you the pink one, but I thought it looked a bit naff.” 12. To sack off (phrasal verb) Now, the word ‘naff’ is used to mean that something is lacking in style or good taste.Į.g. ‘Naff’ was one of these words that actually meant someone was heterosexual.
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Back in the 1960s, it was illegal to be gay in the UK and so gay men began to use a kind of code language or slang that was a mix of Italian, Romany and rhyming slang. So 'naff' is a word with an interesting history. We use 'cheers' to mean thank you and often use pretty it sarcastically.Į.g. But, as the British like to be different, we also use it for something else. So you might know the word ‘cheers’ as the word you use to toast your drink in English. “Did you hear that Lisa snogged Pete at the Christmas party?” 10. Specifically, the kind of kiss that is not very romantic.Į.g. He always takes the day off work.” 9. Snog (noun) To snog (verb) If you’re pretending to be sick so that you can’t go to work, you’re ‘skiving.’ To skive off is also the equivalent of playing truant.Į.g. I’m not getting paid until’ next week and I’m skint.” 8. To Skive (verb) Skiver (noun) “Sorry I can’t come out for your birthday. Still on the theme of money, ‘skint’ means that you don't have any.Į.g. But, don't worry, a 'quid' is just a slang word for 'pound.'Į.g. “Can you lend me a quid for the parking machine?” 7. If you’ve ever been at the cashier of a British shop and heard the word ‘quid,’ then you know how confusing it can be. I’m absolutely knackered.” 6. Quid (noun) Just be a bit careful when using this one, some people consider this word to be impolite.Į.g. The term used to describe the person who cleared dead animals away in the slaughterhouse but is now used to say you’re exhausted. Simply put, knackered means really really tired. “A proper cup of tea needs milk and two sugars.” “That’s a proper good cup of tea.” 5. Knackered (adj) In the North of England, ‘proper’ can also be used for emphasis in the same way as the word ‘very'.Į.g. Doing things ‘properly’ means to do them correctly or in the right way. Proper is a difficult word to define, mainly because British people use it to describe soo many different things. It can get a bit dodgy late at night." 4. Proper (adj)
It can be used to mean anything that’s low-quality, potentially dangerous or unreliable. “Can we stop at a cafe? I need to go to the loo.” 3. Dodgy (adj)ĭodgy is an incredibly useful word that British people use to describe anything we're a bit concerned about. This is probably the British slang word you'll hear the most if you come to the UK, this is because it's the word we use to say we're going to the toilet without saying the word toilet.Į.g. Fit is a way of saying that a person is attractive, or sexy.Į.g. “That guy is sooo fit.
So, in the UK fit doesn’t just mean that you go to the gym a lot. If you’re studying English in the UK this year, then check out our guide to British lingo before you go. Nowhere is this more true than in Britain, where slang makes up a large part of the vocabulary and can vary massively according to where you are in the country. Learning a language in the classroom is all very well and good but you don’t really begin to experience the language until you know the slang.
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