This first group of common UK
expressions & slang are greetings and words in everyday language.
- Ace - brilliant, which means very good
- All right? - Hello, how are you?
- Barmy - mad or crazy
- Best of British - good luck
- Bite your arm off - overly excited to get something
- Blast - an exclamation of surprise
- Blimey - an exclamation of surprise
- Blinding - fantastic
- Blinkered - narrow- minded
- Bloody - used to emphasize almost anything, also bleeding or blooming
- Blow me - means something like I am so surprised you could knock me over just by blowing, “knock me down with a feather"
- Bob's your uncle - that's it!
- Bollocks - it literally means testicles but describes something that is no good
- Bomb - really expensive, really well, or really fast
- Bottle - courage
- Brill - short for "brilliant"; cool.
- Budge up - move over and make some room.
- Bum - your bottom
- Bung - throw it, bribe
- Camp - gay or effeminate behavior, camp it up - dress in drag
- Cheeky - flippant
- Cheerio - friendly way of saying goodbye
- Chivvy along - hurry up!
- Cobblers - rubbish
- Cock up - a mistake
- Cor - expression of surprise
- Cracking - the best
- Crikey - expression of surprise
- Do - a party
- Doddle - cinch, easy
- Dodgy - not to be trusted
- Dog's bollocks - really fantastic
- Duff - useless, junk, trash
- Dull - boring
- Engaged - busy
- Fagged - bothered
- Fancy - desire
- Fanny around - procrastinate
- Fit - good looking or tasty
- Flog - sell
- Flutter - a bet
- Full monty - the whole thing
- Full of beans - lots of energy
- Gander - look around
- Getting off - making out, kissing, etc.
- Give us a bell - call me
- Gobsmacked - amazed
- Gormless - clueless
- Grub - food
- Hard lines - bad luck
- Hiya - hi there, hello
- Horses for courses - to each to his own
- Hunky-dory - cool, no worries
- I'm easy - I don't care, it's all the same to me
- Jolly - very
- Kip - nap
- Knees up - dance, party
- Knock up - wake someone up
- Leg it - run, run for it
- Mate - friend
- Naff - uncool
- Not my cup of tea - not to my liking
- Nowt - nothing
- Nut - to head butt someone
- Off your trolley - bonkers, crazy, mad
- On about - talking about
- Owt - anything
- Peanuts - cheap
- Posh - high class
- Potty - a little crazy, looney
- Quite - absolutely
- Read - your major at school
- Right - very
- Ring - calling someone on the phone
- Rubbish - trash, garbage
- Rugger - short for rugby
- Smart - refers to the way you are dressed
- Smashing - terrific
- Snog - making out, getting off
- Sorted - fixed a problem
- Stonking - huge
- Swotting - to study hard, cram
- Ta - thanks
- Taking the biscuit - out-do everything else, takes the cake
- Waffle - to talk on and on about nothing
- Watcha - Hi
- Wobbler - tantrum
- Wonky - shaky or unstable
- Zonked – exhausted
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