british slang words with meanings

ace

awesome

adam and eve

believe

alright

hello / you okay

any road

anyway

a kent face

familiar face

a load of tosh

nonsense

bees knees

excellent

bite your arm off

be very willing

bits n bobs

odds and ends

bloke

man

bloody

very

bob’s your uncle

there you go

bonkers

crazy

brassed off

annoyed

butcher’s hook

look

catch a few zzzs

go to sleep

cheeky

playful / rude

cheerio

goodbye

cheers

thanks / goodbye

cheesed off

annoyed

chin wag

chat

chips

fries

chuffed

pleased

cuppa

cup of tea

daft cow

silly woman

dishy

attractive

dive

unpleasant place

dodgy

suspicious / unreliable

donkey’s years

very long time

don’t cry over spilt milk

don’t worry about mistakes

don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs

don’t teach an expert

earful

scolding

easy peasy

very easy

eejit

idiot

effing and blinding

swearing a lot

elevenses

mid

faff around

waste time

fancy

want / like

fit

attractive

flogging a dead horse

wasting effort

for crying out loud

expression of frustration

from the valleys

person from Wales

full of beans

energetic

gobby

loud and opinionated

gobsmacked

amazed

going to a do

going to a party

grub

food

gutted

very disappointed

hammered

drunk

horses for courses

different people like different things

hunky

dory

i’ve come over all peculiar

suddenly feel unwell

i’m easy

I don’t mind

i’m not being funny but I haven’t got all day

hurry up

i’m off to Bedfordshire

going to bed

it’s brass monkeys outside

very cold

jammy

lucky

jar

pint of beer

jiffy

quickly

jim jams

pyjamas

keep your hair on

calm down

kerfuffle

fuss

kip

sleep

knackered

exhausted

knees up

lively party

lairy

loud / aggressive

last orders

final chance to buy drinks

leave it out

stop it

let down

disappointment

lurgy

illness

mate

friend

miffed

annoyed

mind your p’s and q’s

behave well

minted

rich

mitts

hands

mug

fool

naff

tacky / poor taste

not my cup of tea

not my taste

nosh

food

numpty

idiot

odds and sods

bits and pieces

offie

liquor store