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DIRECTORY OF SAUCY SLANG
Where Did That Expression Really Come From?
Know Your Onions! A Jumble of Random Slang
THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH
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A cheeky collection of all slang, insults, curses and idioms available from all categories
Where Did That Expression Really Come From?
Know Your Onions! A Jumble of Random Slang
THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH
- The British Greatest Hits List
- The British Love their Bits N’ Bobs
- Chockablock of Quirky British Slang
- The Cockney Bits About Rhyming Slang
- Raggabrash Runaway to the Middle Ages
- The Victorian Play of Bricky Old Bags
- The Victorian Replay of Bags of Mystery
- Is That Victorian Gibberish or Slang?
- V is for Vulgar Victorian Vagabonds
- Insulted by a Clanging Church Bell
- Two Whoops & A Cowboy Holler
- Penny for Your Thoughts - l Money Talks
- Making a Portmanteau Love Connection
- The Name of the Game in Sports Idioms
- Stealing the Cliff Notes for Millennials
- Pirates Plundering With Curses and Slang
- Walkabout of Aussie Slang - (Home)
- Stirring the Possum - (People)
- Happy Little Vegemite - (Feelings)
- True Blue Values - (Country & Government)
- Sozzled Didgeridoo Solo - (Entertainment)
- Scratching Your Arse - (Curses & Insults)
- Short the Stack - (Abbreviations)
- Froth and Bubbles - (Rhyming Slang)
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The Brits Love Their Bits N’ Bobs
BRITISH SLANG
ALL TO POT is British term for a situation going out of your control and failing miserably.
ARSED is a British term for “can’t be bothered” as in someone who really does not want to do something.
BAGSY is a Briitish term equivalent of claiming shotgun on the front seat or dibs on the last beer.
BATTY-FANG is a Victorian term meaning “to thrash thoroughly,” possibly from the French battre a fin.
BITS ‘N BOBS is a British term for an odd selection of things.
BLINDING is a British term term meaning excellent, great, or superb.
BLOKE is the the British stereotypical way of referring to a British man. Circa 1829.
BOG ROLL is a British term for toilet paper that is used in the bog which is bathroom.
BOLLOCKS is a British term to indicate dismay or derision and mocking disbelief, or a colorful way to reference the scrotum and testicles.
BRASS MONKEYS is an obscure British term meaning extremely cold weather.
BRICKY is a Victorian term meaning brave or fearless.
BUGGER all is British term meaning nothing at all.
CHEESED OFF is British for annoyed or displeased.
CHIN WAG is a British term to have a long chat. From a Welsh word meaning empty.
CHUFFED Is a British term meaning pleased or delighted.
CLAWS SHARP means being well informed on a variety of topics.
COCKALORUM is a little self-important man. Early 18th century: an arbitrary formation from cock.
CODSWALLOP is British for a load of nonsense.
DAMFINO is a Victorian cuss is a contraction of “damned if I know.”
DODGY is a British term to describe something as evasive or questionable.
DONKEY’S YEARS is a British term for saying you haven’t seen someone in a long time.
GAGGING is a British term for desperately needing or wanting something.
GIGGLEMUG is a Victorian term meaning An habitually smiling face.
GAL SNEAKER Is a Victorian term meaning a man devoted to seduction.
GOBBY is a British term for someone who talks a lot and has a lot of opinions and not necessarily in a good way.
GOBSMACKED is a British term for shocked and surprised beyond belief. It comes from The word ‘gob’ meaning mouth.
GOT THE MORBS is a Victorian term meaning temporary melancholy. 1880.
GUTTED is a British term meaning to be devastated and saddened.
HAPPY CABBAGE is a sizable amount of money spent on self-satisfying things.
JAMMIEST BITS OF JAM is a Victorian term meaning absolutely perfect young females. Late 18th century.
JAMMY is a British term to describe someone who is extremely lucky for something without putting in much effort for it.
KERFUFFLE is a British term for skirmish or a fight or an argument caused by differing views.
KIP is a British term for bed or to describe sleeping or taking a nap.
KNACKERED Is a British term meaning extremely tired or worn out from overuse. Late 18th century from the word knack meaning ‘old worn-out horse’ .
KNOW YOUR ONIONS is a British compliment meaning knowledgeable or clever. It comes from a man called S.G. Onions who used fake coins to teach children about money.
MINGING Is a British term for disgusting or gross. Posh is a British term referencing the upper class or something flashy or needlessly classy or expensive.
NANTY NARKING is a Victorian tavern term, popular from 1800 to 1840, that meant great fun.
NARKY is a British term meaning moody or bad-tempered.
NOSE BAGGER is a Victorian term meaning Someone who takes a day trip to the beach. He brings his own provisions and doesn’t contribute at all to the resort he’s visiting.
NUMPTY is a British term for someone who does or says something inappropriate, wrong or silly.
PANG-WANGLE is a term meaning to live or go along cheerfully in spite of minor misfortunes.
PEAR-SHAPED is a Nritish term for something that has gone terribly awry. The phrase supposedly originated with World War II RAF pilots who failed to achieve mid-air loops.
PLASTERED is a British term meaning drunk. Other terms to reference intoxication are legless, sloshed, wankered, or trolleyed.
QUID is a British term for the English Pound or £1. Derived from the Latin phrase quid pro quo, meaning an exchange.
SCALLLYWAG is a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal. Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
SHIRTY is a British term for describing someone as ill-tempered.
SKILAMALINK is a Victorian term meaning secret, shady, doubtful.
SNOG Is British for kiss or make out.
TICKETY-BOO is a British term meaning OK and may have come from a Hindi word meaning everything is fine.
TWITTERPATED means lovestruck — or even foolish.
WAZZOCK is British for idiot. Other terms referencing idiocy are wanker, pillock, twit, git, and muppet.
WHIZZO Is a British word meaning excellent.
WONKY is a British term for shaky or unstable.
ZIB is a term meaning nincompoop.
ZONKED is a British term for someone who is sleeping or someone who is expressing they are super tired.
ARSED is a British term for “can’t be bothered” as in someone who really does not want to do something.
BAGSY is a Briitish term equivalent of claiming shotgun on the front seat or dibs on the last beer.
BATTY-FANG is a Victorian term meaning “to thrash thoroughly,” possibly from the French battre a fin.
BITS ‘N BOBS is a British term for an odd selection of things.
BLINDING is a British term term meaning excellent, great, or superb.
BLOKE is the the British stereotypical way of referring to a British man. Circa 1829.
BOG ROLL is a British term for toilet paper that is used in the bog which is bathroom.
BOLLOCKS is a British term to indicate dismay or derision and mocking disbelief, or a colorful way to reference the scrotum and testicles.
BRASS MONKEYS is an obscure British term meaning extremely cold weather.
BRICKY is a Victorian term meaning brave or fearless.
BUGGER all is British term meaning nothing at all.
CHEESED OFF is British for annoyed or displeased.
CHIN WAG is a British term to have a long chat. From a Welsh word meaning empty.
CHUFFED Is a British term meaning pleased or delighted.
CLAWS SHARP means being well informed on a variety of topics.
COCKALORUM is a little self-important man. Early 18th century: an arbitrary formation from cock.
CODSWALLOP is British for a load of nonsense.
DAMFINO is a Victorian cuss is a contraction of “damned if I know.”
DODGY is a British term to describe something as evasive or questionable.
DONKEY’S YEARS is a British term for saying you haven’t seen someone in a long time.
GAGGING is a British term for desperately needing or wanting something.
GIGGLEMUG is a Victorian term meaning An habitually smiling face.
GAL SNEAKER Is a Victorian term meaning a man devoted to seduction.
GOBBY is a British term for someone who talks a lot and has a lot of opinions and not necessarily in a good way.
GOBSMACKED is a British term for shocked and surprised beyond belief. It comes from The word ‘gob’ meaning mouth.
GOT THE MORBS is a Victorian term meaning temporary melancholy. 1880.
GUTTED is a British term meaning to be devastated and saddened.
HAPPY CABBAGE is a sizable amount of money spent on self-satisfying things.
JAMMIEST BITS OF JAM is a Victorian term meaning absolutely perfect young females. Late 18th century.
JAMMY is a British term to describe someone who is extremely lucky for something without putting in much effort for it.
KERFUFFLE is a British term for skirmish or a fight or an argument caused by differing views.
KIP is a British term for bed or to describe sleeping or taking a nap.
KNACKERED Is a British term meaning extremely tired or worn out from overuse. Late 18th century from the word knack meaning ‘old worn-out horse’ .
KNOW YOUR ONIONS is a British compliment meaning knowledgeable or clever. It comes from a man called S.G. Onions who used fake coins to teach children about money.
MINGING Is a British term for disgusting or gross. Posh is a British term referencing the upper class or something flashy or needlessly classy or expensive.
NANTY NARKING is a Victorian tavern term, popular from 1800 to 1840, that meant great fun.
NARKY is a British term meaning moody or bad-tempered.
NOSE BAGGER is a Victorian term meaning Someone who takes a day trip to the beach. He brings his own provisions and doesn’t contribute at all to the resort he’s visiting.
NUMPTY is a British term for someone who does or says something inappropriate, wrong or silly.
PANG-WANGLE is a term meaning to live or go along cheerfully in spite of minor misfortunes.
PEAR-SHAPED is a Nritish term for something that has gone terribly awry. The phrase supposedly originated with World War II RAF pilots who failed to achieve mid-air loops.
PLASTERED is a British term meaning drunk. Other terms to reference intoxication are legless, sloshed, wankered, or trolleyed.
QUID is a British term for the English Pound or £1. Derived from the Latin phrase quid pro quo, meaning an exchange.
SCALLLYWAG is a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal. Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
SHIRTY is a British term for describing someone as ill-tempered.
SKILAMALINK is a Victorian term meaning secret, shady, doubtful.
SNOG Is British for kiss or make out.
TICKETY-BOO is a British term meaning OK and may have come from a Hindi word meaning everything is fine.
TWITTERPATED means lovestruck — or even foolish.
WAZZOCK is British for idiot. Other terms referencing idiocy are wanker, pillock, twit, git, and muppet.
WHIZZO Is a British word meaning excellent.
WONKY is a British term for shaky or unstable.
ZIB is a term meaning nincompoop.
ZONKED is a British term for someone who is sleeping or someone who is expressing they are super tired.
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