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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
In time, the term lost its naval connotation and was used to refer to British people in general and, in the 1880s, British immigrants in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. [9] Although the term may have been used earlier in the US Navy as slang for a British sailor or a British warship, such a usage was not documented until 1918. [9]
Bum Boys (pejorative, and very offensive nowadays) Banbury Bandies, Bangers Barking Pooches, Mads Barnsley Barnzolians, Tykes, [4] Colliers (a former mining community), Dingles (pejorative, by people from Sheffield) Barnstaple Barneys (pejorative when alluding to Barney Rubble of the Flintstones) [5] Barrow in Furness
What is a 'hot rodent boyfriend'? We explain the new dating term, its pop culture origins, and the backlash against it.
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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 ...
Scarper!") – possibly from Robert Peel, who also gave his name to two other slang terms for the police: peelers (archaic) and bobbies (becoming old-fashioned). rubbish * worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; metaphorically: bad human output, such as a weak argument or a poorly written novel (US: trash ...
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