British Street Slang

What's the word on the street? Street slang originates in the housing estates, schoolyards, and youth clubs. It is often a colourful mix of patois and imported words. It also heavily features imported African-Americanisms and borrows from TV and Internet culture.

A and B the C of D	Above and beyond the call of duty (Street slang)

Arse	The backside. (Street slang)

B in the D	Back in the Day (Street slang)

Babe-magnet	A person (or alternatively a car) that has the power to attract women. (Street slang)

Bad	Good (Street slang)
'That is well bad, innit!'

Badman	Criminal or hard-man (Street slang)

Balling	Doing well (Street slang)

Banger	Sausage; an old/nearly-broken-down car; (Street slang)
'We're having bangers for tea this Friday!'

Batty Man	Gay man (offensive). (Street slang)

Beef Curtains	Vagina lips, labia (Street slang)
'I couldn't get my tongue in between her massive Beef Curtains'

BF	Boyfriend (Street slang)
'I split up with bf three weeks ago but I can't stop thinking about him.'

Bitching	Cool (Street slang)

Blighty	Britain (Street slang)

Blood	Brother or close friend (Street slang)

Blud	Mate, friend (Street slang)

Bovvered	Bothered (Street slang)
'Am I bovvered?'

Bredren	Close friend (Street slang)

Bro	Brother (Street slang)

Bruva from another muther	Close friend/associate. (Street slang)

Bugging	Crazy or strange behaviour (Street slang)

Caned	Stoned, high on drugs, or drunk (Street slang)

Chillax	Relax, chill out (Street slang)
'The Prime Minister was Chillaxing at Chequers this weekend.'

Choc Ice	Black person who acts or speaks like a white person (Street slang)

Chubb	Cool (Street slang)

Clunge	A vagina (Street slang)

Cool Beans	Cool; good; OK (Street slang)

Creps	Stylish shoes (normally trainers) (Street slang)

Croydon Facelift	Female hairstyle (Street slang)

Cuss	Insult, defame (Street slang)

Dappy	Silly, disorganised, lacking concentration. (Street slang)


Do	Party (Street slang)
'We're having a bit of a do this weekend.'

donkey	Stupid (Street slang)

Douche Bag	General insult (Street slang)

Endz	Estate, neighbourhood, local area (Street slang)
'Why you down my endz bruv?'

Evils	A bad/evil/threatening stare; disapproving look (Street slang)
'You giving me Evils?'

Fam	Family member or close friend (Street slang)

Feds	Police (Street slang)
'Watch out for da feds, blud'

Fess	To own up, to confess (Street slang)
'Did you steal my mobile? Come on mate, fess up'

Filth	Police (Street slang)
'Watch out, the Filth are on their way'

Fo shizzle	For sure (Street slang)
''Are you tokin tonight'? Fo shizzle '

Fugly	Ugly (Street slang)
'Wow, that's a Fugly baby'

Furry Muff Alternatives	Fair enough (Street slang)

G	Gangster (Street slang)

Gash	Vagina (Street slang)
'She got a kick in the gash last Friday night'

gf	Girlfriend (Street slang)
'I split up with my gf a month ago but I can't stop thinking about her.'

Hairy Lasso	The female genitalia (Street slang)

Hairy Muff Alternatives	Fair enough (Street slang)
'"Can't come out mate, no cash innit" "Hairy Muff then"'

Hench	Muscular, well-built (Street slang)

Homeboy	A person who's there for you (Street slang)

How's it hangin?	How are you? (Street slang)

Innit	Isn't it? (Street slang)
'Dat is well good innit.'

Jaspered	In a mess, screwed up. (Street slang)
'Completely and utterly jaspered.'

Laters	Goodbye (Street slang)

Maccy D's	McDonald's - the burger chain (Street slang)

Mashed	Very drunk. Very high on drugs. (Street slang)

Meat and Two Veg	The male genitalia (Street slang)

Minging	Ugly, unattractive, horrible (Street slang)

Monged	Very drunk. Very high on drugs. (Street slang)

Mullered	Very drunk or stoned (Street slang)
'We was completely mullered last night, mate'

Munter	Ugly or promiscuous woman or girl (Street slang)


Nang	Good (Street slang)
'That's propa nang you get me?'

Nark Alternatives	Annoy (Street slang)
'You're really Narking me off today.'

Ned	An uncultured, low-class person (Street slang)

Nosh	Food (Street slang)

Old Skool	Old fashioned, dated, retro - not necessarily in a bad way. (Street slang)

Peep Scarf	Burqa (Muslim headscarf) (Street slang)

Peng	Good looking, attractive (Street slang)
'That girl - is well peng!'

Phat	Very good (Street slang)

Piff	Good (Street slang)

Pinky	50 pound note (Street slang)

Plonker	Idiot (Street slang)

Poontang	Sex (Street slang)

Radge	Weird, strange (Street slang)
'That's absolutley radge'

Rag Week	Menstrual period (Street slang)

Rank	Awful, very bad, or smelly (Street slang)

Rocking	Very good, excellent (Street slang)
'That car is rocking!'

Safe	Good, OK (Street slang)

Safe Blood	Brilliant (Street slang)

Shank	To stab with a knife. (Street slang)
'I'm gonna shank you up!'

Sick	Good (Street slang)
'That film was sick man!'

Skater Hater	One who annoys or hassles skateboarders (Street slang)
'Mr. D is a skater hater'

Skunk	Strong cannabis weed (Street slang)

Slamming	Attractive, good (Street slang)

Snough	Sneeze which sounds like a cough or sneezing and coughing after each other. (Street slang)

Soz	Sorry (Street slang)
'Soz mate, didn't see you there.'

Squeeze	Boyfriend or girlfriend. (Street slang)
'Where's your squeeze?'

Strides Alternatives	Trousers (Street slang)

Stunting	To show off (Street slang)

Talk to the Hand	I'm not listening (Street slang)

Ting	Thing (Street slang)
'What tings did you get from the shop?'


Townie	Uncultured young person, possibly who hangs around in town centres (Street slang)

Twerking	A female dance involving shaking your booty up and down so that it jiggles, especially in the direction of a male or a camera. (Street slang)

Vanessa Feltz	Fifty pounds (Street slang)

Vexed	Stressed (Street slang)

Wack	Weak, boring (Street slang)
'Dat is so Wack, man'

Wasteman	Loser, no-hoper (Street slang)
'That geezer's a double fass wasteman'

Weed	Marijuana in weed form (Street slang)
'Colt 45 and two Zig Zags, baby that's all we need. We can go to the park after dark, smoke that tumb'

What You Chattin' About?	Shut up, you're talking rubbish (Street slang)

Wicked	Good, excellent (Street slang)

Wigger	White person who acts or speaks in a fake black way (Street slang)

Wonky	Crooked or ill-balanced. (Street slang)
'Got the trolley with the wonky wheel again!'

Word	OK/I understand (Street slang)

You Get Me	Do you understand? (Street slang)

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