United Kingdomcheeky
adjective · Informal
Impertinent in a way that is more amusing than offensive.
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United Kingdom
British Slang for Everyday Things
15 British slang terms for everyday things, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Informal names for ordinary things and ordinary activities — the domestic layer of slang that rarely makes phrasebooks but comes up constantly.
dodgy
adjective · Informal
Suspicious, untrustworthy, probably illegal.
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doss
verb, noun · Informal
To laze around doing nothing. Usually doss about.
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faff
noun, verb · Informal
Pointless fuss and bother; unnecessary hassle. As a noun: it's a bit of a faff.
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gaff
noun · Informal
A house or flat; someone's place. Round my gaff.
grim
adjective · Informal
Bleak, unpleasant, thoroughly bad. Applied to weather, places, moods and situations with equal ease.
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kip
noun, verb · Informal
A sleep or nap: have a kip.
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knackered
adjective · Informal
Exhausted; completely worn out.
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leg it
phrase, verb · Informal
To run, especially to run away in a hurry.
minging
adjective · Informal · MING-ing, hard g
Disgusting; foul-smelling or filthy.
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Use with care
naff
adjective · Informal
Tacky, in poor taste, unfashionable. Aimed squarely at things that are trying and failing to be impressive.
nick
verb, noun · Informal
To steal, usually something small.
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rank
adjective · Informal
Disgusting, especially in taste or smell.
skive
verb, noun · Informal
To avoid work or school by slipping away; to shirk. Often skive off.
wee
adjective · Regional
Small, little. In Scotland and Northern Ireland it is not slang so much as the ordinary word, and it is often affectionate rather than literally about size.