BRITISH
SLANG
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SKINT-having
little or no money, aka broke
LEGLESS-having
drunk so much one can no longer stand
KNACKERED-to
be exhausted, worn out
APPLES
AND PEARS-stairs, part of the famous cockney rhyming slang
BARMY-crazy,
mad
ARSE OVER ELBOW-Brit version of head over heels
Git - I have never been able to describe this northern term for someone who is a jerk, an undesirable, a prat. "You ignorant git" is a popular use of the word
Yonks - "Blimey, I haven't heard from you for yonks". If you heard someone say that it would mean that they had not seen you for ages!
Aggro - Short for aggravation, it's the sort of thing you might expect at a footballmatch. In other words - trouble! There is sometimes aggro in the cities after the pubs
Git - I have never been able to describe this northern term for someone who is a jerk, an undesirable, a prat. "You ignorant git" is a popular use of the word
Yonks - "Blimey, I haven't heard from you for yonks". If you heard someone say that it would mean that they had not seen you for ages!
Aggro - Short for aggravation, it's the sort of thing you might expect at a footballmatch. In other words - trouble! There is sometimes aggro in the cities after the pubs
Baccy - Tobacco. The sort you use to roll your own.
Chat up - To chat someone up is to try and pick them up. If you spotted a scrummygirly in a bar you might try to chat her up. Or a girl might try and chat up a chap!
Daft - My Dad used to call me a daft 'apeth which is short for a daft half penny (in old money). It basically means stupid.
Easy Peasy - A childish term for something very easy. You might say it's a snap.
Faff - To faff is to dither or to fanny around. If we procrastinated when getting ready for bed, as kids, our Dad use tell us we were faffing around.
Gagging - Desperate, in a fat slaggy kind of a way. Not nice.
Hanky panky - Hanky panky - or "slap and tickle" as some older folks call it - would bemaking out in America.
Chat up - To chat someone up is to try and pick them up. If you spotted a scrummygirly in a bar you might try to chat her up. Or a girl might try and chat up a chap!
Daft - My Dad used to call me a daft 'apeth which is short for a daft half penny (in old money). It basically means stupid.
Easy Peasy - A childish term for something very easy. You might say it's a snap.
Faff - To faff is to dither or to fanny around. If we procrastinated when getting ready for bed, as kids, our Dad use tell us we were faffing around.
Gagging - Desperate, in a fat slaggy kind of a way. Not nice.
Hanky panky - Hanky panky - or "slap and tickle" as some older folks call it - would bemaking out in America.
I'm easy -
This expression means I don't care or it's all the same to me. Not to be confused with how easy it is to lure the person into bed!
Jammy - If you are really lucky or flukey, you are also very jammy. It would be quite acceptable to call your friend a jammy b****rd if they won the lottery.
Jammy - If you are really lucky or flukey, you are also very jammy. It would be quite acceptable to call your friend a jammy b****rd if they won the lottery.
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