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British slang is English-language slang originating from and used in the United Kingdom and also ... Posh person [302] tommy A British soldier in WWI. ton 1. A large ...
(slang) to crash a motor vehicle with generally minor damage (US: fender bender) pram, perambulator wheeled conveyance for babies (US: baby-carriage) prat * (slang) an incompetent or ineffectual person, a fool, an idiot press-up a conditioning exercise in which one lies prone and then pushes oneself up by the arms (outside Britain: push-up ...
a person who rides a horse, bicycle or motorcycle [58] an addition or amendment to a document or law [58] [59] a condition or proviso [58] a person who travels on a train or bus (UK: passenger) ring (v.) to call (someone) by telephone: to sound a bell (ring up) *to total up a customer's purchases on a cash register: rise (increase)
(The young people in this article are being referred to by their initial to protect their privacy.) “It’s only said when a person is eating. But you would never call your overweight friend ...
One fat lady From the resemblance of the number 8 to an overweight woman; see also "88". 9 Brighton line [5] [6] A reference to the British railway line running from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. Doctor's orders Number 9 was a laxative pill given out by army doctors in WWII. 10 (Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ...
British slang for penis. In 2011, Harry returned from an expedition to the North Pole to attend his brother’s wedding and was alarmed to discover that his todger was frostbitten — an ...
In time, the term lost its naval connotation and was used to refer to British people in general and, in the 1880s, British immigrants in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. [9] Although the term may have been used earlier in the US Navy as slang for a British sailor or a British warship, such a usage was not documented until 1918. [9]
Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with ...