Talk |
Polari
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Talk nonsense |
Blether
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Talk, conversation |
Jawjaw
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Talking rubbish - literally 'breaking shit' |
Malu cachu
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Tampon |
Tammy
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Tattoo on a woman's back just above the buttocks, often with a symmetrical "antler" or "winged" design. |
Arse Antlers
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Tattoo on a woman's shoulders or back just above the buttocks. |
Tramp Stamp
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Tea (drink). |
Brew
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'Let's sit down and 'ave a Brew.' |
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Telephone |
Blower
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'Hang on, I'm just on the blower. ' |
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Telephone |
Polari Pipe
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'Who's that on the Polari Pipe then?' |
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Television |
Telly
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'What you watching on the telly?' |
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Ten pound note. Ten pounds. |
Tenner
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'See this t-shirt? Only a tenner down the market.' |
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Ten shillings |
Ten bob
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Term of address to male stranger |
Squire
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''Scuse me Squire, just coming through!' |
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Term of endearment |
Petal
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Testicles |
Minerals
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Testicles |
Jacobs
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'You are looking for a kick in the Jacobs' |
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Testicles |
Goolies
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'Someone stamped on Sam's Goolies, ouch!!!' |
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The act of finishing a relationship or throwing something away. |
Heave Ho (The)
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'Are you still going out with that bird? No, I gave her the heave ho.' |
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The act of going over on one's ankle. |
Cruckle
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The act of kissing passionately, with tongues |
Tongue Hockey
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'They were playing tongue hockey behind the bike sheds' |
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The backside |
Jacksie
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'You can stick it up your Jacksie mate' |
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The backside. |
Arse
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The breasts or nipples |
Lily Paps
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'Lovely Lils' |
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The bulge in a man's trousers |
Basket
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The coolest place to be |
Where it's at
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The crack of the arse visible when someone bends over. |
Builder's Bum
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The effect of alcohol that makes bad music seem good |
Beer Ears
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The entire amount |
Shebang
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'We got the whole shebang' |
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The entire amount; to strip one's clothing completely (esp. male) |
Full Monty
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The feeling of being in dire need of defecation. |
Turtle's Head
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'Gotta rush to the bog mate, I've got the turtle's head.' |
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The female genitalia |
Hairy Lasso
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The highest price possible |
Top Dollar
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'It's a nice car but I had to pay top dollar for it' |
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The highest price possible |
Top Whack
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'It's a nice car but I had to pay top whack for it.' |
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The hole at the end of the knob. |
Jap's Eye
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The male genitalia |
Meat and Two Veg
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The male genitalia |
Wedding Tackle
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The male genitalia |
Tackle
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The most important person in an organisation |
Top Banana
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'Careful what you say, he's the top banana round here' |
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The penis |
Wanger
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The penis |
Willy
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The penis |
Pork Sword
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The penis; general insult (usually for a male) |
Prick
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The Police |
Pigs
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'Watch out, the Pigs are coming!' |
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The Police |
Muffin Men
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'The muffin men are here again' |
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The police |
Bizzies
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'Watch out, the bizzies are coming!' |
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The sense which gay men (supposedly) have which enables them to tell if another person is gay |
Gaydar
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'Ooh, look at him - my gaydar's twitching' |
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The vagina |
Front Bottom
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The vagina |
Snatch
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The very best |
Cat's Whiskers
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'You look the cat's whiskers in that new suit.' |
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The way the world seems to always produce the worst outcome |
Sod's Law
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'Just put my house on the market, and somebody's smashed my front window. Sod's law, innit?' |
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The worst thing possible. |
The Pits
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'That film was the pits.' |
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There it is; QED; |
Bob’s Your Uncle
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Thing |
Ting
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'What tings did you get from the shop?' |
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Thousand pounds |
Grand
Alternatives
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Timid |
Swaimish
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Tired |
Whacked
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To annoy |
Get On My Wick
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'Those kids whining in the back seat, they're getting right on my wick' |
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To annoy |
Get On Your Tits
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'That ticking clock is getting right on my tits.' |
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To annoy |
Dog Off
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'Where's that funny noise coming from? It's really dogging me off!' |
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To attack somebody with a glass, broken glass or bottle. |
Glassing
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'He got glassed in the pub last night.' |
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To be caught red-handed. To be arrested or caught doing something that you know to be wrong. |
Bang to Rights
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To be completely useless. |
As Much Use as a Chocolate Fireguard
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To be desperate for something (often sex) |
Gagging
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'Look at that girl over there - I bet she's absolutely gagging for it!' |
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To be extremely thirsty |
Gasping
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'Let's go for a pint, I'm gasping!' |
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To be foul-mouthed |
Potty-mouthed
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'Stop swearing, you potty mouthed oaf!' |
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To be having one's period |
On the Rag
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'Couldn't get my leg over last night - missus was on the rag.' |
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To be heading for a fight, or any kind of defeat or downfall. |
Cruising for a Bruising
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'Watch what you're saying about my girlfriend mate, or you'll be cruising for a bruising.' |
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To be in dire need to defecate. |
Touching Cloth
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'Gotta rush to the bog mate, I'm touching cloth!' |
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To be in prison |
Away
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To be in prison |
Her Majesty’s Pleasure
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To be in prison. |
Banged Up
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'He got banged up for two years for GBH.' |
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To be mildly annoyed. |
Miffed
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'Waitrose have run out of my favourite tea. I'm really miffed about that!' |
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To be misled or mistaken. |
Barking up the Wrong Tree
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'You think it was me that nicked your car? Sorry mate, you're barking up the wrong tree.' |
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To be on a major drinking session. |
On The Piss
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'We was on the piss on from noon till closing time! What a great day!' |
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To be pregnant |
Bun in the Oven
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'She's got a bun in the oven, when's it due?' |
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To be put in prison |
Put Away
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'The judge has put him away for ten years.' |
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To be sacked or made redundant from work. |
Get Your P45
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To be slightly backward or mentally ill |
Sandwich Short of a Picnic
Alternatives
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To be slightly insane. |
Screw Loose
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'You're charging me £20 for that t-shirt? You've got a screw loose pal.' |
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To be slightly insane; slightly backward |
Shilling Short of a Pound
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To be under the control of one's female partner/wife. |
Pussy Whipped
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'He can't come to the pub tonight, he's pussy whipped.' |
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To be very drunk. |
Legless
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'We got completely legless last night - what a great night!' |
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To be very frightened |
Shitting Bricks
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'When those lads starting chasing me, I was shitting bricks' |
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To be very old |
One Foot in the Grave
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To be very thirsty |
Spitting Feathers
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'Let's go down the pub, I'm spitting feathers here!' |
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To be very tired; exhausted. |
Knackered
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'You get on top, I'm knackered!' |
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To begin |
Kick In
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'The drink's kicking in - let's have a party!' |
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To begin - especially a fight or argument |
Kick Off
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'Don't go in that pub, it all kicked off in there last night' |
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To bet or gamble |
Flutter
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'I'm going down the bookies for a flutter on the horses.' |
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To borrow |
Cadge
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'Can I cadge a lift off you?' |
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To bring a situation to a close. |
Draw a Line Under It
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'Andrew Mitchell should be allowed to draw a line under it and move on' |
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To carry a heavy object. |
Hump
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'The furniture removers have been humping stuff about all morning.' |
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To claim for oneself. |
Bagsy
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'Bagsy me go in the front seat!' |
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To commit suicide. |
Top Yourself
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'I heard that Jimmy tried to top himself last week.' |
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To con, rip-off |
Diddle
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'He's just diddled me out of ten pounds!' |
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To confuse |
Raddle
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'I'm Raddled today' |
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To crash a car |
Prang
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To defecate |
Dump
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'Just going off to take a dump' |
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To deliberately locate and start fights with people from the Pakistani community. Very offensive. |
Paki-Bashing
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To die |
Kick the Bucket
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'My Uncle Fred's just kicked the bucket' |
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To die |
Croak
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'My Uncle Reg has just croaked' |
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To do something that is very wrong. |
Bang Out of Order
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'The way he spoke to me last night was bang out of order.' |
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To drink, especialy to have a first or single drink |
Wet Your Whistle
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To drive a car slowly by the side of the road, looking for prostitutes. |
Kerb-Crawling
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To drool |
Slobber
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'That dog's slobbering all over the carpet!' |
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To eat, especially very quickly and greedily |
Troughing
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'Look at that bloke at the buffet table, troughing away' |
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To eat, especially very quickly and greedily |
Pig Out
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'We got to the Indian restaurant and totally pigged out' |
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To end, usually prematurely or unwillingly |
Kibosh
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'He's been banned from the boozer - that's put the kibosh on his drinking then.' |
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To engage in a heavy drinking session |
On the Razzle
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'We went out on the razzle last Friday, got totally lashed!' |
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To engage in a heavy drinking session |
On the Lash
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'We went out on the lash last Friday, got totally wasted!' |
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To falsely accuse/prosecute an innocent person for a crime |
Fit Up
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'He got fitted up for that murder' |
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To fart |
Drop One
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'Euww, who's dropped one?' |
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To fart |
Drop Your Guts
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'Aw, who's dropped their guts?' |
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To feel another person's genitals |
Cop a Feel
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To finish, to resign, to give up |
Jack In
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'He's jacked in his job' |
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To flirt, using conversation |
Chat Up
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'He chatted up this bird last Saturday.' |
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To get very upset or angry |
Throw a Wobbler
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'I knocked his pint over, and he threw a right wobbler at me' |
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To go away |
Do One
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'Do one, will you? ' |
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To go crazy |
Go Ape
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To go in public without wearing underpants. |
Go Commando
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'It's so hot today, I'm going commando!' |
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To go round an empty bar, drinking the remains of other people's unfinished drinks |
Sharking
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To have a lot of money |
Stacked
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To have lots of money. |
Minted
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'That Alan Sugar - he's well minted!' |
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To have one's flies undone |
Flying Low
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To have one's flies undone |
Flying Without a Licence
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'Careful pal, you're flying without a licence' |
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To have sex |
Buck
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To have sex |
Bonk
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To have sex |
Roger
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'I rogered my girlfriend last night.' |
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To have sex |
Shaft
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To have sex in a public place with strangers |
Dogging
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'There's a lay-by on the A24 where the dogging goes on every weekend.' |
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To have sex with |
Tumble
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'He took a tumble with that lady from number 47.' |
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To have sex with. |
Bang
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To have sexual intercourse. |
Screw
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To have the first toilet visit of a session. |
Break the Seal
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To inform against someone (normally to the police or authorities) |
Grass
Alternatives
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To inform the authorities on someone. |
Snitch
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To inform the police or authorities |
Nark
Alternatives
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To inject drugs |
Jack Up
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To insult or bully a woman or girl for their (real or supposed) sexual proclivities or activities. When in fact what a woman does in the sack is nobody's business but her own. |
Slut Shaming
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To like someone, romantically |
Fancy
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'I really fancy that girl who works in Gregges.' |
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To live by sleeping temporarily in the homes of friends or relatives, moving frequently |
Sofa Surf
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To look for or have sex in public places |
Cottage
Alternatives
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To lose one's temper; get angry |
Throw Your Toys out of the Pram
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'All right - calm down, don't Throw Your Toys our of the Pram!' |
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To make a mess of. |
Bodge
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'Those builders who built my extension have made a right bodge-job of it.' |
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To make a mistake, especially a large mistake |
Drop a Clanger
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To make fun of |
Josh
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'Don't mind me, I'm only joshing' |
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To make fun of |
Pull Your Plonker
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'Don't mind me, I'm only pulling your plonker mate' |
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To make fun of. To be ridiculous. |
Take the Piss
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'£500 for that old banger? You're taking the piss mate.' |
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To make of. To act in a ridiculous or over-the-top way. |
Take the Mick
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To make out with, to snog |
Get Off
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'I got off with a boy last night.' |
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To make out, kiss passionately; French kiss |
Snog
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'I saw you Snogging that girl last night' |
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To masturbate (female) |
Jill
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To masturbate (female); |
Frig
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'Frigging hell!' |
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To masturbate (male) |
Jack Off
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To overhear, or listen in |
Earwig
Alternatives
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To own up, to confess |
Fess
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'Did you steal my mobile? Come on mate, fess up' |
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To perform cunnilingus |
Muff Dive
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To persuade or lie to |
Kid On
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'Doreen's never got herself pregnant has she? Tell me you're kidding me on!' |
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To play truant |
Bunk Off
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'History lessons are boring, let's bunk off this afternoon.' |
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To remove another person's trousers (bags) |
Debag
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'Jonquil got a debagging in the dormitory' |
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To roam the streets, normally looking for trade. |
Troll
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To rob; to obtain by deception |
Blag
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'I blagged the password for my boss's email account!' |
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To rub against in a sexual way |
Frotting
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To run away, especially from a crime or misdemeanour |
Leg It
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'John went in the shop and nicked some sweets, but they saw him do it so we had to leg it' |
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To sell |
Flog
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'He flogged it on eBay last week' |
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To shout or scream loudly, or protest very loudly. |
Screaming Blue Murder
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'Last night, there was my next-door-neighbour, screaming blue murder at her hubby.' |
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To show off |
Stunting
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To slap another person around the ears of with both hands |
Tangoed
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To speak, normally without saying anything meaningful |
Gabbing
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'Those two women were standing there, gabbing away' |
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To stab with a knife. |
Shank
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'I'm gonna shank you up!' |
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To start; to get going |
Get Weaving
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'The night is young, let's get weaving' |
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To steal |
Nick
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'That block just tried to Nick my wallet' |
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To steal |
Filch
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'He's just filched my mobile phone!' |
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To take a large mouthful of drink |
Chug
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'I chugged back a big bottle of water' |
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To take money, especially without it being properly earned |
Trouser
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To talk at length, without saying much |
Waffle
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'Stop waffling on and on' |
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To telephone |
Bell
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'I'll give you a bell later.' |
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To throw up. |
Vom
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'He had so many Red Bull and voddies, he vommed in a wheelie bin.' |
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To understand |
Ken
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'I'm not lending you any money - d'y'ken?' |
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To urinate |
Pee
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To urinate |
Piddle
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To urinate |
Wazz
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'Just going for a quick wazz' |
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To urinate |
Wee
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To urinate |
Widdle
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To urinate |
Tinkle
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To urinate |
Slash
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'I'm going for a slash' |
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To urinate |
Sprinkle
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To urinate (female only) |
Powder My Nose
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'Just going to powder my nose' |
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To urinate (male only) |
Point Percy at the Porcelain
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To walk unhurriedly, or aimlessly |
Pootle
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'Let's take a pootle down to the shops.' |
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To walk, especially walk slowly |
Droog
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'Let's go for a droog around the shops' |
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To walk, especially without any particular plan or direction |
Bimble
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'Let's go for a bimble in the countryside' |
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To waste time, dawdle; to spend an inordinately long time getting ready to go out |
Faff
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'I've been waiting half an hour to go out - why are you still faffing about?' |
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To whine or moan |
Whinge
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'Shut up and stop whinging' |
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Tobacco |
Baccy
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Toilet |
Carsey
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''Scuse me, just gotta pay a visit to the Khazi.' |
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Toilet |
Bog
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'She's a long time on the bog.' |
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Toilet |
Khazi
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Toilet |
Netty
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'Gannin tae the netty' |
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Toilet |
Shitter
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Toilet paper |
Bog Roll
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Toilet paper |
Bogroll
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Tooth |
Pot
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Tough or aggressive person (especially male), or one who thinks he is tough or good at fighting |
Hard
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'Think you're hard mate? Come outside and we'll see.' |
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Tourist |
Emmet
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'The town was overrun with Emmets today.' |
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Tracksuit. |
Trackie
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'Look at you in your trackie-bottoms, going for a run are you?' |
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Tramp, homeless person |
Bootsie
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'You bootsie old tramp' |
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Tramp, homeless person |
Man of the Road
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Trick, prank |
Marlock
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Trouble, especially financial trouble. Bankruptcy |
Queer Street
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Trousers |
Strides
Alternatives
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Trousers |
Strides
Alternatives
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'Bought a nice new pair of Strides today' |
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Trousers |
Kaffies
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Trousers that are too short. |
Divorced His Ankles and Married His Knees
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