This book has been written using UK English and contains euphemisms and slang words that form part of the UK spoken word, which is the basis of this book’s writing style.
Please remember, that the words are not misspelled, they are slang terms and form part of the everyday, UK lifestyle. Some euphemisms or slang terms have been provided below for your information. This book has been written using UK English.
If you would like further explanation, or to discuss the translation or meaning of a particular word, please do not hesitate to contact the author – contact details have been provided, for your convenience, at the end of this book.
Awesome Sauce – Describes something or someone as awesome.
Bang – Fuck, have sex.
Bellend – A dick or penis, similarly used for the word dickhead.
Bird – A girl or a woman.
Bloody – Commonly used expletive to describe something. A mild swear word.
Bonking – To have sex.
Calm-your-farm – Telling someone to chill out or relax when stress gets out of hand.
Chipper – A joyful person.
Chuffed – Pleased or delighted.
Clunge – A woman who is promiscuous or loose.
Crushing – To be very attracted to someone, to have a crush on them.
Damndest – To describe an action taken or emotion (used for emphasis) especially to express anger or frustration.
Dickhead – An inept, foolish, stupid or contemptible person.
Digs – House.
Douche – A word to describe a person as being brainless, an idiot.
Douchewad – Stupid person, dickhead.
Fucktard – A fucking retard – or an idiot.
Fuckwit – Moron, dimwit, idiot, stupid, unintelligent person.
Git – Silly, incompetent, stupid, silly.
Going bananas – To become wildly irrational, to freak out.
Gotten up his goat – To make a person angry.
Hanky panky – Anything between a couple including sex and/or flirting.
Hubbub – Busy, noisy situation caused by a crowd of people.
Isle of Wight – Cockney rhyming slang, which simply means right.
Jelly – Jell-O.
Lounge room – Living room.
Lounge suite – Sofa.
Madder than a March hare – Gone completely mad or crazy.
Mate – Buddy or friend.
Minge – Vagina.
Mobile phone – Cell phone.
Muffin top – When a woman wears a pair of tight pants that makes her excess weight spill out over the waistband, just like the top of a muffin sits over the edge of the paper case.
Nads – Testicles.
Nippy – Cold.
Nut it out – To find a solution for, or to work out the finer details.
Paramedic – EMT.
Pash – Heavy kissing session.
Pash rash – Inflammation of the skin caused by passionate kissing.
Pish posh – Opinions or thoughts are absurd, irrelevant or redundant.
Pommie – British person.
PTSD – Post-Traumatic stress disorder, for more information.
Punk – Gangster, hoodlum or ruffian.
Righto – All right or okay.
Shag – To have sex.
Shiela – A woman.
Shit list – Strongly disapprove or dislike.
Shitfaced – Drunk.
Shits me off – Make me angry or upset.
Slags – A coarse or loose, promiscuous woman.
Slurry – A promiscuous young woman, similar to a slut or skank.
Snogging – To kiss passionately.
Spaz – A person who acts insane or mentally retarded.
Stark bollock naked – Absolutely naked, no clothes or even jewellery.
Stark raving mad – Completely and wildly insane.
Stellar – Sensational, splendid, sterling, slick.
Stiff – A shortened version of ‘stiff shit’ meaning tough or bad luck.
Stupid O’clock – Very early morning or late evening.
Taxi – Cab.
Tosser – Male masturbation.
TTYL – Abbreviation for talk to you later.
Twat – Fanny, Vagina.
Twelvie - A twelvie is a person that is between twelve and fourteen, who thinks they’re cool and they know everything. Twelvies are also known as teenie boppers.
Uber – Super, ultimate, above all, the best.
UNO – Card game which is played with a specially printed deck.
Up Shit Creek – Usually ‘up shit creek without a paddle’ – to be in a bad situation with no way to fix it.
Vest – Wifebeater or tank top.
Wanker – An idiot, stupid or annoying person. Also a person who masturbates.
Wanks – An idiot.
Wankstain – Useless person.
Weirdo – A person who is considered strange to others.
Whack-job – A person who is considered crazy to others.