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  2. Todger, Tiggy, Biro and Spike: A glossary of Harry's ... - AOL

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    Biro. A term for a common ballpoint pen, similar to a Bic. Harry recalls receiving a Biro — wrapped, for some reason, in a tiny rubber fish — as a present one Christmas from Princess Margaret ...

  3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    Word British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings rabbit (v.) (slang) to talk at length, usually about trivial things; usually to 'rabbit on' (Cockney rhyming slang Rabbit and pork = talk) (n.) the animal rabbit, a lagomorph (rabbit ears) (slang) TV antenna (usage becoming obsolete) rad

  4. British slang - Wikipedia

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    The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary – an online dictionary of British slang, viewable alphabetically or by category. English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom Roger's Profanisaurus An online version of the list of vulgar definitions which occasionally appears in Viz magazine

  5. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United ...

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    (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 ...

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  7. British Dating Slang You Need to Know, in Case You Get ... - AOL

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    Just when you figured out "soonicorn" and started "dawn dating," perhaps it's time to understand what all those Brits mean with terms like "peng," "punching" and "cracking on." (You know, in case ...

  8. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving * (slang) hand-rolled cigarette containing cannabis and tobacco connection between two objects or bones an establishment, especially a disreputable one ("a gin joint"; "let's case the joint") (slang, orig. US)

  9. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).