English to Slang letter D
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Daft, silly person |
Dipstick
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'Rodney, you dipstick!' |
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Damn |
Bloody
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Dancer |
Hoofer
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Defecate |
Drop the Kids Off at the Pool
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'I won't be a minute, I just gotta Drop the Kids Off at the Pool' |
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Delicious |
Scrummy
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Derogatory phrase for an elderly person |
Coffin Dodger
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'Move out of my way, coffin dodger' |
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Describes a low level of tolerance for alcohol |
One Whiff of the Barmaid's Apron
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'One whiff of the barmaid's apron and I'm all over the place.' |
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Describes an object which has no particular name or the name of which cannot be recalled. |
Thingamajig
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'That thingamajig which keeps the gate closed has broken.' |
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Devastated |
Gutted
Alternatives
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Devious, person. Conman. |
Shyster
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Diarrhoea |
Squits
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'I've got a bad case of the Squits' |
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Difficult, risky or losing situation |
Sticky Wicket
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'If you don't fess up you'll be on a sticky wicket.' |
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Dirt or mud |
Crud
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'I've got to get all this crud off the bottom of my boots.' |
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Dirty, smelly or greasy |
Gringy
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'I don't want to sleep on the floor, it's gringy' |
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Disgusting, dirty, gross |
Manky
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'Don't wear those shoes, they're Manky' |
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Distant, remote place |
Arse End of Nowhere
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'Don't go down that road or you'll end up in the arse end of nowhere.' |
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Doctor |
Quack
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Dodgy, fraudulent. |
Bent as a 3 Bob Watch
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Dog, especially a mongrel or no-breed type of dog |
Mutt
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Doing well |
Balling
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Dole |
National Handbag
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Drinking session involving having just one or two drinks in many pubs in one day/evening |
Pub Crawl
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Drunk |
Rat Arsed
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'He was so Rat-Arsed he couldn't even walk in a straight line.' |
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Drunk |
Soused
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Drunk |
Three Sheets to the Wind
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'Sorry about last night, I was three sheets to the wind.' |
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Drunk |
Trollied
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Drunk |
Pissed
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'Come at the end of the shift we'll go and get pissed' |
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Drunk |
Plastered
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Drunk |
Bladdered
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'Wow we was completely bladdered last night' |
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Drunk |
Blotto
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'Wow you were completely blotto last night' |
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