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In Hungary the English are called angol or in plural angolok. England is called Anglia. British people in general are called brit or in plural britek but the term is less widespread and very uncommon. Great Britain is called Nagy-Britannia but the United Kingdom is called Egyesült Királyság.
Blighty is commonly used as a term of endearment by the expatriate British community or those on holiday to refer to home. In Hobson-Jobson, an 1886 historical dictionary of Anglo-Indian words, Henry Yule and Arthur Coke Burnell explained that the word came to be used in British India for several things the British had brought into the country, such as the tomato and soda water.
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)
Plastic Scousers or Plazzies (a person who falsely claims to be from Liverpool), [58] Woolybacks or Wools (a person from the surrounding areas of Liverpool, especially St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, or the Wirral) [59] [60] Llanelli Turks [61] London Cockneys (Traditionally those born within the sound of the bells of St Mary le Bow, Cheapside) Looe
A male person. Short for body. [53] bodge (also botch) To make a mess of or to fix poorly. [53] bog Toilet [54] bog off Go away (originally RAF slang) [55] bog roll Toilet paper. [55] Bogtrotter Derogatory term for an Irishman, particularly an Irish peasant. [54] bollocking A severe telling off. [56] bollocks (or ballocks) Vulgar term used for ...
The British government said Thursday that the European Union made a “regrettable choice of words” when it referred to the U.K.-run Falkland Islands as the Malvinas, the name preferred by ...
the National Health Service, the state run healthcare system within the United Kingdom nob 1. head 2. a person of wealth or social standing nobble (v.) to sabotage, attempt to hinder in some way. E.g. "Danny nobbled my chances at the pub quiz by getting Gary to defect to his team." nonce
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old former Ivy League student accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson, defiantly spoke against what he described as “an insult to the ...