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English-speaking nations of the former British Empire may also use this slang, but also incorporate their own slang words to reflect their different cultures. Not only is the slang used by British expats, but some of these terms are incorporated into other countries' everyday slang, such as in Australia, Canada and Ireland.
a form of address for either a person or item, either jocular ("he's a generous bugger", "I finally found the little bugger!") or less so ("he's a mean bugger") (slang) term of endearment, often used for children (slang) a bug (insect) buggy 2-wheeled horse-drawn lightweight carriage baby transport vehicle also called (UK) pushchair (US: stroller)
a slang term meaning sexually aroused (American horny) * a male or female given name or nickname deriving from the names Randall, Randolph, or Miranda range: a line, collection, etc. of products or merchandise, as in top of the range (US: top of the line) a type of kitchen stove like that featured on the TV programme The 1900 House
In Portugal, the term bife (literally meaning 'steak', but sounding like "beef") is used as a slang term to refer to the English. [30] There is a feminine form, bifa, mainly used to refer to English female tourists in Portugal. [citation needed]
(slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...
A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing and speech. [1] It also often refers to the language exclusively used by the members of particular in-groups in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both.
Whereas the slang word “basic” describes someone perceived as “boring or a non-conforming person,” preppy conveys simplicity or predictability, according to Bark’s chief parenting ...
Git / ɡ ɪ t / is a term of insult denoting an unpleasant, silly, incompetent, annoying, senile, elderly or childish person. [1] As a mild [2] oath it is roughly on a par with prat and marginally less pejorative than berk.