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  2. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    a term for parole in England and Wales [142] retail park an out-of-town shopping complex populated mainly by large format stores, one of which is typically a supermarket. (US: strip mall, or the specialised business jargon power center, are roughly equivalent) return A ticket that is valid for travel to a destination and back. A round-trip ...

  3. British slang - Wikipedia

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    Pejorative term used, mainly in England to refer to travellers, gypsies or vagrants. [253] Sometimes also used to describe people of low social class or morals. [citation needed] Someone less than quarter blood Romani who travels, but may have less inclination to keep to the old ways (from Lancs Romanichal oral tradition) pillock

  4. Terminology of the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    The word England is sometimes used synecdochically to refer to Great Britain, or the United Kingdom as a whole, or sometimes the British Isles. [59] References to England as an island, [60] to an "English passport", [61] or to Scottish or Welsh places as being in England [61] [62] are examples of this usage of the term "England".

  5. Glossary of names for the British - Wikipedia

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    These terms are also used to refer to England in unofficial contexts. More formal names also exist, such as the Chinese 聯合王國 Liánhéwángguó and Japanese 連合王国 Rengōōkoku literally meaning 'United Kingdom'. Separate words exist in all of these languages for each of the constituent parts of the UK, including England, although ...

  6. List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles

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    The term is also traditionally used in Scotland as a land designation. cul C W narrow Culcheth [27] prefix -cum- L with Salcott-cum-Virley, Cockshutt-cum-Petton, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Bardsey cum Rigton, Wilsford cum Lake: interfix Used where two parishes were combined into one. Unrelated to Cumbric cum. cwm, cum [1] W, C valley

  7. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

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    A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...

  8. British English - Wikipedia

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    British English (abbreviations: BrE, en-GB, and BE) [3] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom. [6] More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single umbrella variety, for instance additionally incorporating Scottish English ...

  9. List of British bingo nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Eighteen is the age of majority in the England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Vampire's Dream Almost rhymes with "eighteen". 19 Goodbye, teens Nineteen is the age after which people stop being teenagers. 20 score 20 units in a score getting plenty cheeky phrase- rhymes with twenty 21 Key of the door The traditional age of majority. Royal salute