17 British Slang Terms Americans Should Start Using Immediately

17 British Slang Terms Americans Should Start Using Immediately

I thought this might help members here, so that stuff does not get "Lost In Translation"...
courtesy of buzzfeed Enjoy

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Definition: A messed up situation
How to use it: ?The VMAs were a total balls-up.?


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Definition: Drinking heavily; going out for the purpose of drinking heavily
How to use it: ?LiLo admitted she went on the piss pre-rehab.?




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Definition: Being a loud mouth and/or offensive
How to use it: ?Bill Maher can be kind of gobby.?




4.

Definition: Penis
How to use it: ?Did you see Alexander Skarsgard?s todger on True Blood?!?




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Definition: A rear end
How to use it: ?Chris Brown is a total arse.?




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Definition: Testicles or something useless or of poor quality
How to use it: ?Ben Affleck being cast as Batman is a load of bollocks!?




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Description: Extremely drunk
How to use it: ?Did you hear that David Cassidy was arrested for a DUI? Apparently he was legless.?




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Definition: Exhausted
How to use it: ?I was knackered after a weekend at Coachella.?




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Definition: Upset or offended
How to use it: ?It was so stupid when Taylor Swift was miffed at Amy Poehler and Tina Fey making fun of her.?




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Definition: A disparaging term for cheap wine, especially cheap red wine.
How to use it: ?Girls, a new episode of the Bachelorette is on tonight. I?ll print out the rules of the drinking game, you bring the plonk.?




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Definition: Sexual intercourse
How to use it: ?I hear it?s possible Mindy Kaling and James Franco may have a little rumpy pumpy on The Mindy Project this season.?




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Definition: To fall head over heels
How to use it: ?I?ll never forget when Jennifer Lawrence fell arse over tit at the Oscars.?




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Definition: An idiot
How to use it: ?Ryan Lochte is such a wazzock.?




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Definition: Sexually attractive
How to use it: ?Ryan Gosling is fit.?




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Definition: An upset stomach or feeling of acute nervousness
How To Use It: ?Before I met Harry Styles I got a serious case of the collywobbles.?




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Definition: To be wealthy
How to use it: ?Bieber can buy whatever car he wants. He?s minted.?




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Definition: Nonsense
How to use it: ?People being angry about Miley at the VMAs is such tosh.?

when the hell did tadger become todger!! thats what i want to know.

Panther28 said:

when the hell did tadger become todger!! thats what i want to know.

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It was always a todger to me?
as in Roger Todger?

I wouldn't call that pic a todger it's more like a tinkle!

I would love to experiment these since we were taught british english during our school days but i was basically a back bencher cracking jokes which is why my english not that good....

Good list.

Pretty sure Wanker isn't used in the USA, or in the same way as it is here

Panther28 said:

when the hell did tadger become todger!! thats what i want to know.

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North/South divide Mate, darn sarth Todger, oop norf Tadger

abhi007 said:

I would love to experiment these since we were taught british english during our school days but i was basically a back bencher cracking jokes so my english not that good....

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The term "BackBencher" has an entirely different meaning over here

Goal Line Technology said:

The term "BackBencher" has an entirely different meaning over here

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They wouldn't suck a on a "fag butt" in the states either :cockblock

Well some might!

*English Accent* I'm bloody finna be fitted and minted!

Shagged a bloody bird a fortnight ago

WizGizmo said:

Shagged a bloody bird a fortnight ago

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Shagged a bird is OK. Nobody says Shagged a bloody bird LOL, sounds like you were fucking her during her period haha!

WizGizmo said:

Shagged a bloody bird a fortnight ago

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Ha, I thought I was in the boozer chatting to one of my mates, there Wiz.



I once asked an American girl if I could lick her fanny, came away looking like this :

Smart SEO said:

Shagged a bird is OK. Nobody says Shagged a bloody bird LOL, sounds like you were fucking her during her period haha!

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Sounds like Yorkshire Dales dialect to me.

Smart SEO said:

Shagged a bird is OK. Nobody says Shagged a bloody bird LOL, sounds like you were fucking her during her period haha!

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Oh well . . . you can't blame a bloke for giving it a go!

The only thing i can think of after i saw this thread is the following picture:

mickyfu said:

Sounds like Yorkshire Dales dialect to me.

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Nah! . . . I am just a Damned Yankee trying to imitate a Limey.

Me Mum was born in the Motherland though.

We dont really say "minted" we say "Got a bit of wedge" or "Broosted"

Cushty- I use this word every day, and most of the people in my country will know what I mean when saying this, thanks to Del Boy and Rodney

G-S-T said:

We dont really say "minted" we say "Got a bit of wedge" or "Broosted"

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In Liverpool possibly yes lol

(btw, off topic, but Everton were the winners in yesterdays transfer window, Congratulations)