ace: really good, exceptional. anorak: very boring person, person who has no character. bash, have a bash: (1) try to do something, (2) have a party. bird: woman, female. blag: talk in persuasive language (blag in, blag out). blown away by: very impressed by. box , on the box: television, on TV. brass: money. brill: really good, brilliant. broke (adjective): without any money. bucks: dollars. bum abound: go round doing nothing. chill out: stop being excited, become calm. (c.f. cool it.) Chinese, go for a Chinese: have a take-away Chinese meal. chippie: fish and chip shop cool it: don't get excited, be more calm. cool: good, fashionable. crack up: (1) disintegrate under pressure, (2) laugh uncontrollably. crap (impolite): excrement, shit, something with no value. crash (out): go to bed, go to sleep cut it out: shut up, stop talking. cut up (adjective): distressed, sad. do over: burgle, steal from dope: drugs. doss: sleep dough: money dude: person, man easy, I'm easy; I don't mind, I have no preference one way or the other. fag (noun): (GB) cigarette: (USA) homosexual, gay. flak, take the flak: criticism, blame, take the blame funny farm: hospital for mentally retarded people, asylum. grand: thousand (pounds or dollars) grass (noun): 1. cannabis. 2. An informer. (also supergrass). grass (verb): to give information about someone (to the police or the authorities). grub: food. gutted: very annoyed, very angry with oneself guy: man, boy, person hair, keep your h. on: stay calm, don't get alarmed halls: university student residences. hand, lend a: help. hang on: wait hell of a (adjectival expression): enormous, giant, big. high, he's on a high: elated, in a very good mood. high: he's high: he's under the influence of drugs. hole in the wall: cash distributor, cash machine hump, he's got the hump.... : he's (very) angry with ... kip: sleep knackered: tired, exhausted knock someone up: (GB) wake someone up: (USA - impolite) have sex with someone. knot, tie the knot: get married. lad: brash young man who tries to be popular with other lads, see lager lout ladette: female version of lad lager-lout: hooligan, young male who drinks too much cheap beer. mate: friend mental: mad, stupid, idiotic. miffed: disconcerted, taken aback naf, naff: of poor quality, rubbish neat: really good, appreciated. nerd: person who is passionately interested in computers. nick (noun): prison nick (verb): take, steal pad: the place you live in. PIN number: personal identification number used at a hole in the wall. piss off: go away, stop it piss off, as in You piss me off: You bore or annoy me. pissed off: angry, fed up pissed: drunk. plastic: plastic bank card, Visa card etc. Pond: the Atlantic Ocean pop pills: take drugs psyched up: tense, anxious puke: vomit, be sick quid: pound (sterling) rat, to rat on someone: to give information about someone. sack, hit the: go to bed. sad: pathetic, poor, opposite of cool. sarnie: sandwich. score with... : have sex with... screw, have a screw loose: be mentally retarded. screw: (a) extort money from a person, overcharge for something. (b) (impolite) have sex with a person. screw it up: do something very badly, fail at something (e.g. an exam) screwball: idiot. shack up with: live with. shattered: very tired, distressed shoot down to: go quickly to...(e.g. shoot down to the station). shoot up: inject a drug (such as heroin). sickie, take a: be absent from work because you are (or are pretending to be) sick. skive: avoid work, avoid going to work. slag someone off: to say unpleasant things about someone to other people. slag: a woman who sleeps around with different men. sleep around: have sex with lots of different people. sleep over: spend the night at someone else's house. slog, a hard s.: something very difficult. snog: kiss, embrace. stoned: under the influence of cannabis. strapped: short of money. a swift one: a quick drink. switch, hit the: turn on or turn off (TV, etc.) takeaway: restaurant seeling take-away food. throw up: vomit, be sick (puke). twisted, he's twisted: he is a bit strange. twit: idiot, stupid person. wank: masturbate wanker: (impolite) stupid person, un-cool person wheelie, do a: cycle with the front wheel in the air. wheels: car, vehicle. wicked: fantastic, really good. Yucky, yug, yuggy: disgusting, unpleasant
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