Top 100 Most Beautiful British Slang Words and Phrases

Top 100 Most Beautiful British Slang Words and Phrases

British English is a fountain of beautiful words that we don’t normally use in America. Some are hilarious, some are rude and some are… interesting.

Here’s our list of our top 100 favorite British slang words and phrases. Oftentimes, it’s not so much the word itself that’s awesome – but the usage of it so we’ve included what the word means approximately ‘in American.’



There are some rather rude words and phrases on this list – you’ve been warned!

1. Tosser – Idiot 2. Cock-up – Screw up 3. Bloody – Damn 4. Give You A Bell – Call you 5. Blimey! – My Goodness 6. Wanker – Idiot 7. Gutted – Devastated 8. Bespoke – Custom Made 9. Chuffed – Proud 10. Fancy – Like 11. Sod Off – Piss off 12. Lost the Plot – Gone Crazy 13. Fortnight – Two Weeks 14. Sorted – Arranged 15. Hoover – Vaccum 16. Kip – Sleep or nap 17. Bee’s Knees – Awesome 18. Know Your Onions – Knowledgeable 19. Dodgy – Suspicious 20. Wonky – Not right 21. Wicked – Cool! 22. Whinge – Whine 23. Tad – Little bit 24. Tenner – £10 25. Fiver – £5 26. Skive – Lazy or avoid doing something 27. Toff – Upper Class Person 28. Punter – Customer/Prostitute’s Client 29. Scouser – Someone from Liverpool 30. Quid – £ 31. Taking the Piss – Screwing around32. Pissed – Drunk 33. Loo – Toilet 34. Nicked – Stolen 35. Nutter – Crazy Person 36. Knackered – Tired 37. Gobsmacked – Amazed 38. Dog’s Bollocks – Awesome 39. Chap – Male or friend 40. Bugger – Jerk 41. Bog Roll – Toilet Paper 42. Bob’s Your Uncle – There you go! 43. Anti-Clockwise – We Say Counter Clockwise 44. C of E – Church of England 45. Pants – Panties 46. Throw a Spanner in the Works – Screw up 47. Zed – We say ZZZZZZZ 48. Absobloodylootely – YES! 49. Nosh – Food 50. One Off – One time only 51. Shambles – Mess 52. Arse-over-tit – Fall over 53. Brilliant! – Great! 54. Dog’s Dinner – Dressed Nicely 55. Up for it – Willing to have sex 56. On the Pull – Looking for sex 57. Made Redundant – Fired from a job 58. Easy Peasy – Easy 59. See a Man About a Dog – Do a deal or take a dump 60. Up the Duff – Pregnant 61. DIY – Do It Yourself home improvements 62. Chat Up – Flirt 63. Fit – Hot 64. Arse – Ass 65. Strawberry Creams – Breasts 66. Shag – Screw 67. Gentleman Sausage – Penis 68. Twigs & Berries – Genitalia 69. Fanny – Vagina 70. Bollocks – Balls 71. Ponce – Poser 72. Don’t Get Your Knickers in a Twist – Don’t Get worked up 73. The Telly – Television 74. Bangers – Sausage 75. Chips – French Fries 76. Daft Cow – Idiot 77. Do – Party 78. Uni – College/University 79. Starkers – Naked 80. Smeg – From Red Dwarf 81. Bits ‘n Bobs – Various things 82. Anorak – A person weirdly interested in something 83. Shambles – bad shape/plan gone wrong 84. I’m Off to Bedfordshire – Going to bed 85. Her Majesty’s Pleasure – To be in prison 86. Horses for Courses – Won’t work for someone else 87. John Thomas – Penis 88. Plastered – Drunk 89. Meat and Two Veg – Genitalia 90. Knob Head – Idiot/Dickhead 91. Knob – Penis 92. Chav – White trash 93. It`s monkeys outside – it is very cold 94. Stag Night – Bachelor Party 95. Ace – Cool! 96. Plonker – Idiot 97. Dobber – Penis 98. BellEnd – Penis 99. Blighty – Britain 100. Rubbish – Garbage or ‘That’s crap!’

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