English to Slang letter L
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Ladybird |
Bishy Barnaby
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Ladybird |
Lady-Cow
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Large amount of effort |
Elbow Grease
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'Polishing that floor took a lot of elbow grease.' |
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Laugh out loud |
LOL
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'Look at that geek, Lol' |
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Lavatory |
Lav
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Lavatory |
Lavvy
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Lazy person - who is thought to spend their time lying on the couch |
Couch Potato
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Lazy person; dirty, unkempt person who takes no care of their appearance |
Slob
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Leave |
Do the Franky's
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'It's time to do the Franky's.' |
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Left-handed person |
Left-Hooker
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Left-handed person |
Southpaw
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Leg |
Lally
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'What a pair of Lallies on the Omi Polone!' |
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Legitimate; |
Legit
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Lesbian |
Carpet Muncher
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Lesbian |
Rug Muncher
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Liar |
Shite Hawk
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Liar |
Blagger
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Listening in |
Tab Hanging
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'He was Tab Hanging round the door I swear!' |
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Little |
Ickle
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'I've got an Ickle Bockle of lemonade here.' |
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Little bit. |
Tad
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London |
The Smoke
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'Goin' to the Smoke for a coupla days' |
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Look |
Gander
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''ave a gander at that' |
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Look out |
Ey Up
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Look! |
Sitha
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Looking for sex |
On the Pull
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Loose change. |
Shrapnel
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'Got any shrapnel for the parking meter?' |
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Loose woman; woman who sleeps around; prostitute |
Tart
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Loser, no-hoper |
Wasteman
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'That geezer's a double fass wasteman' |
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Lost focus, gone awry |
Lost the Plot
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'David Cameron has totally lost the plot on the economy.' |
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Loudmouthed |
Gobby
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'That girlfriend of yours is a right gobby mare' |
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Lovely, beautiful, pretty |
Lush
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Lucky, fortunate |
Jammy
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'You won the lottery? You Jammy bugger!' |
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