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HotBarbie

Can you think of any English words or expressions, that only English people say, and tell me what they mean?

I want to start and English/British dictionary lol
for example: bloke= guy
mate= friend

    



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english_n_proud91
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US - UK
Sidewalk - Pavement
Highway - Motorway
Cookie - Biscuit
Diaper - Nappy
Hood (car) - Bonnet
Trunk (car) - Boot
soda - 'ade' (orange sode = orangeade, lime soda = limeade)
LEMONADE IS ALWAYS FIZZY IN THE UK
Friend - Mate
Very tired - Nakerd
Great - Ace/Bostin
Guy - Bloke
$ = Buck - £ = Quid
french fries - chips
potato chips - crisps
jello - jelly
jelly - jam
attic - loft
garbage - rubbish
railroad - railway
fanny - ****
annoying person - wanker (INSULT)
Person from South-East England - Southerner
Londoner - Cockney
Counter clockwise - anti clockwise

:)


TheGeneral
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(Bloomers - Underwear)( Bloody - Dam)(Trousers -Pants).


Sha
jumper=sweater
boot=trunk
lift=elevator
flat=apartment
petrol=gasoline


giantbutton
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plodging = swim in sea up to knees (northeast saying)
stottie = big bread bun (north east)
pleb = idiot
cubbie hole = microwave (irish)


milko
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bog toilet


electric_susie
Minging - Horrible (used for absolutely anything!!)
Skutty - dirty
Wasted - Drunk
Mint - Good


killowen05
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Niggly - meaning "irritable". Lots of people ask me here what it means when I say it. A good one.


cvhiew8873
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kip=nap
que(said k)= line or wait


Smoothie
They call cigarettes, fags.


busdriverpaul
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path - sidewalk
petrol - gas
artic - semi
div - moron
bitter - beer
estate - station wagon
butty - sandwich

and lots more but i think i would not be allowed to type the others that spring to mind.


Al Zymer
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*Stone the crows!, or gor blimey = surprising/amazing. *Cockney rhyming slang, originating from London, there are many examples: apples&pears = stairs, skin&blister = sister, trouble&strife = wife, currant bun = sun, whistle&flute =suit, barnet fair = hair. *nowt = nothing. *He goes/I goes/He went/I went(modern youth culture) = He, or I said.


montenapoleone
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In Yorkshire they say; ''Well, I'll go t't fut ov ower stairs.'' when they are surprised by something.
I'm from the North East and when I was being good as a child my grandad would call me 'canny'. If I was being naughty he would call me a 'cuddy wifter'.


the_other_gal
toilet= loo
what americans call pants, we call trousers...over here pants are underwear
chick/bird= woman
geezer= man
bubble= laugh...as in you are having a laugh, having a bubble
mug/pleb/plank/nana=idiot
biddy= old person
my old man= husband
turd= a poo


i cant think of anymore..most of the words i use are just in my area, or i dont know whether other countries use them or not


ceaskew25
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chav=wayne and colleen

lol


amfound2
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Walking in the sea is called SPLODGING, not plodging as giant button said!
I come from the North East and my husband is from deepest Yorkshire but here are a few.
Ginnel = small alleyway between two buildings.
Calling (west Yorkshire) for talking. Pronounced caalling!
Canny has several meanings, if a puppy is canny then it is cute, if you are canny with your money then you are tight, some of the roadsigns in Northumberland might say, "Gan canny, it means go steady, or drive carefully.
There is also London rhyming slang which the prisoners used to use in days of old to speak to each other so the warders would not know what they were saying.
Round the houses = trousers
Frying pans = hands
Whistle and flute = suit
Apples and pears = stairs
Tit for tat = hat (that is usually called a titfa now) pronounced as written.
There are lots more of these that I just can bring to mind at the moment .


cazzcull
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gonni no dae that.........Please refrain from doing that...

Pure dead Glesga


Michael W
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eng-ga-land=rubbish football team


Todd
knackered = tired
keep your hair on = hold your horses
tipple = alchoholic drink
biscuit = cookie
trainers = athletic shoes (tennies)
French people = Frogs
the tube = subway
lift = elevator
to let = for rent
bird cage = chest

Do you want more?? Watch BBC


Cameron B
United Kingdom--------------United States
chav - common
bog- toilet
crisps - chips
chips - french fries
wazup - wats up?
petrol - gasoline
pathement - side walk
88 two fat ladies
Now always remember that we English people drive on the LEFT!!


darren_hill_2000
Bollocks - opps





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