Moving to London - Popular Slangs
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People in London communicate with a lot of slangs. If you are not familiar with them, you might feel left out or confused when people are having conversations. Here are some common slangs with examples of how they are used.
Ace
Meaning - Excellent
Use: “That’s Ace”.
Allright?
Meaning – is everything fine?
Use: “Alright Mate”.
Ballistic
Meaning - to get very angry
Use: “He went Ballistic when he realised his car had been stolen”.
Banged up
Meaning - put in prison
Use: “John’s been banged up”.
Bloke/ geezer
Meaning - a man you don’t know the name of
Use: See that Bloke/geezer over there”.
Bun in the oven
Meaning - Pregnant
Use: “She’s got a bun in the oven”.
Chuffed
Meaning - happy
Use: “I’m chuffed that he gave me a gift”.
Darlin
Meaning - normally used for female’s if their names are not known
Use: In a small shop, Sales assistant would say – “That would be £5.00 darlin”.
Doing my head in
Meaning - getting on my nerves
Use: “He is doing my head in”.
Dosh
Meaning - money
Use: “That’s a lot of Dosh”.
Doughnut
Meaning - a fool or an idiot.
Use: “You Doughnut!".
Footie
Meaning - football
Use: “I’m playing footie on Saturday”.
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Gobsmacked
Meaning surprised
Use: “I can’t believe they are going out together. I’m gobsmacked”.
Gutted
Meanng - upset about something
Use: “She was so gutted that she didn’t get the job”.
Hammered
Meaning - Drunk
Use: “I got hammered last night”.
Iffy
Meaning - dubious
Use: “That business man seems iffy to me”.
Keep your hair on
Meaning - keep calm, don’t get upset
Use: “Alright, keep your hair on”.
Knackered
Meaning - Tired
Use: “I’ve been working all day without a break, I’m knackered”.
Leave it out
Meaning - stop doing that/ stop saying that
Use: A friend keeps on teasing you - “Leave it out”.
Legless
Meaning - very drunk
Use: “She is legless”.
Loaded
Meaning - has a lot of money
“David Beckham is loaded”
Lost the plot
Meaning - gone mad or crazy
Use: “What’s wrong with you, have you lost the plot? ”.
Mate
Meaning - Friend
Use: “Hi Mate”.
Skint
Meaning - to have no money
Use: “I paid a lot of bills yesterday, I’m skint”.
Wicked
Meaning - Excellent / good
Use: “That’s a wicked idea”.
There are more but you’ll pick them up as you interact with people.
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Cheers Fiery Mate, you are right. I left out all the rude ones. I must read your Hub on British Flicks. I'm sure its a wikid one, innit? :)
Funny, interesting and educative. Thanks.
Thanks Philipo, remember to go through them again when you are visiting London. :)
Oh i've got one -
Peng - "to be fit, hot, good-looking, attractive".
"Aw man she is well peng!" :D
Cheers Katacham. :)
I get new information about slang words. thanks for sharing some information. Because British English is a little difficult to learn.different from American English.
Wow nice one, really useful to understand English movies. :)
I lived with a Brit for awhile. I normally could understand what she was saying but when she spaking to home on the phone it was another language. Bob's yer Uncle.
Thanks Michele.
Prasetio, I think you should teach me some American English slangs. :)
Lol. Capisce - I say "Bob's yer uncle" alot.
You missed out gobshite lol.
Lol Charmaine. Thanks for visiting. :)
I like the one 'Bun in the oven' :P
Very interesting. It's hard sometimes to determine what is slang when you use it all the time.
Canadian Slang is the same with:
"Wicked" and "Hammered"
"Gutted" is for the hunters and
"Keep your hair on" is the same as our "keep your shirt on"
and new one from Canada
"Knocked up" = "Pregnant"
Cheers Duchess - Its quite similar to UK. So, whenever I visit Canada, I will understand people when they use slangs. :)
fierycj says:
5 months ago
Ha ha ha, Elena. brillant one. There are a whole lot of others you left out. which I know if you included, you hub would sure be flagged down. But its nice though. I like british slangs. Thats why I did the new hub on British flicks...they kill me with their dialogues.