Slang to English letter C

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Cack
 Excrement or something very poor (Everybody)
Cackhanded
 Clumsy, or left-handed (Everybody)
Cadge
 To borrow (Yorkshire)
'Can I cadge a lift off you?'
Cakehole
 Mouth (Everybody)
'Stop stuffing your Cakehole!'
Cancer Stick
 Cigarette (Everybody)
Caned
 Stoned, high on drugs, or drunk (Street slang)
Capello
 Hat (Polari)
Capishe
 Understand (London)
'I'm not lending you any money! Capishe?'
Carpet Muncher
 Lesbian (Everybody)
Carrot Top
 A person with ginger hair (Everybody)
Carsey
 Toilet (London)
''Scuse me, just gotta pay a visit to the Khazi.'
Cat's Whiskers
 The very best (Everybody)
'You look the cat's whiskers in that new suit.'
Chap
 Male person. (Everybody)
Charidee
 Charity (sarcastic) (Everybody)
Charlie
 Cocaine (Everybody)
Charper
 Search (Polari)
Charpering Omi
 Policeman (Polari)
Chat Up
 To flirt, using conversation (Everybody)
'He chatted up this bird last Saturday.'
Chav
 Person of lower-class, particularly one who lives on benefits (Everybody)
Chelsea Tractor
 A very large car, most usually 4x4 (London)
Chillax
 Relax, chill out (Street slang)
'The Prime Minister was Chillaxing at Chequers this weekend.'
Chipper
 Fish and chip shop (Don't know)
'Let's go down the Chipper'
Chippy

Alternatives 		Chip shop (Everybody)
'Let's go down the Chippy for us tea'
Chippy

Alternatives 		Carpenter (Everybody)
'Had the chippy in today to repair my roof.'
Chips
 French Fries (Everybody)
Choc Ice
 Black person who acts or speaks like a white person (Street slang)
Chocka
 Full to the limit (Everybody)
'We can't go in that pub, it's chocka, the football's on'
Chop Chop
 Hurry up (Everybody)
Chubb
 Cool (Street slang)
Chuddy
 Chewing gum (Manchester)
Chuff
 Vagina (Everybody)
Chuffed
 Glad, happy (Don't know)
'I'm Chuffed to bits!'
Chuffy
Haughty (Yorkshire)
Chug
 To take a large mouthful of drink (Everybody)
'I chugged back a big bottle of water'
Chugger
 Person who collects money by accosting passers-by in busy streets (Everybody)
Chunter
 Mutter, muble (Yorkshire)
'Look at the old fella, chuntering away to himself.'
Chutzpah
 Courage, gall, bravery (Jewish)
Clapped Out
 Worn out, exhausted (Everybody)
'That old banger's clapped out.'
Claret
 Blood (Cockney)
'Claret all down his Boat Race'
Clink
 Prison (Everybody)
Cloth Ears
 Someone who does not hear properly (Don't know)
'Do I have shout for ya, Cloth Ears?'
Clunge
 A vagina (Street slang)
Cock-up
 A mess; a failure. (Everybody)
'I cocked up my exams.'
Cod
 Bad, unpleasant (Polari)
Codswallop
 False, wrong, untrue (Everybody)
Coffin Dodger
 Derogatory phrase for an elderly person (Don't know)
'Move out of my way, coffin dodger'
Coffin Nail
 Cigarette (Everybody)
'Got any coffin nails on you, I'm gasping!'
Collywobbles
 Fear, nervousness. (Everybody)
'I'm supposed to give the best man's speech at my mate's wedding, but I've got the collywobbles.'
Cool Beans
 Cool; good; OK (Street slang)
Cop a Feel
 To feel another person's genitals (Everybody)
Copper
 Policeman (Everybody)
Cotchel
 Many, or plenty (London)
'They've got cotchels of sweets in that shop'
Cottage

Alternatives 		Public toilet (Polari)
Cottage

Alternatives 		To look for or have sex in public places (Polari)
Couch Potato
 Lazy person - who is thought to spend their time lying on the couch (Everybody)
Cow
 Mildly insulting word for woman. (Everybody)
Crater Face
 Somebody with bad acne, pockmarks (Don't know)
Creps
 Stylish shoes (normally trainers) (Street slang)
Crikey
 General exclamation of surprise, shock (Everybody)
'Crikey that was close'
Crim
 Criminal (London)
Crimper
 Hairdresser (Polari)
Cripes
 General exclamation of surprise, shock (Public school)
Croak
 To die (Everybody)
'My Uncle Reg has just croaked'
Croydon Facelift
 Female hairstyle (Street slang)
Cruckle
 The act of going over on one's ankle. (Manchester)
Crud
 Dirt or mud (Everybody)
'I've got to get all this crud off the bottom of my boots.'
Cruising for a Bruising
 To be heading for a fight, or any kind of defeat or downfall. (Everybody)
'Watch what you're saying about my girlfriend mate, or you'll be cruising for a bruising.'
Cushty
 Good, right (London)
'Don't worry Rodney everything is cushty.'
Cuss
Insult, defame (Street slang)
Cutch
 Hug or cuddle. (Don't know)
'I need a cutch.'

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