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The following terms are used to mean 'Britain' or 'British' and use etymologies mostly unrelated to "Britain": Chinese: Yīngguó (Simplified characters: 英国, Traditional characters: 英國) Japanese: Eikoku (Kanji: 英国) Korean: Yeongguk (Hangul: 영국, Hanja: 英國) Vietnamese: Anh Quốc (Chữ nôm: 英國)
Pejorative terms for men (1 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Slang terms for men" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The nations of the United Kingdom, which are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, all have their own slang words, as does London. London slang has many varieties, the best known of which is rhyming slang. [2] English-speaking nations of the former British Empire may also use this slang, but also incorporate their own slang words to ...
Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists) North Shields Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers [citation needed] North Wales Gogs [68] Northwich Salt Boys (from Northwich Victoria F.C.) Norwich Nodgies, Canaries, Budgies (the football club colours are green and yellow ...
The 17th century might, understandably, seem like a long, long time ago, but it wasn't until 2005 that the terms "spinster" and "bachelor" stopped being used in England and Wales to describe ...
(slang) lucky (person, woman) JCB generic name for a mechanical excavator or backhoe loader, based on the eponymously named company which manufactures such devices. jemmy To break into a lock, from the tool that is used in such an occasion as burglary (US: jimmy) jerry (slang) pejorative term for a German or Germans jerrybuilt or jerry-built
Polari, a jargon that began in European ports and evolved into a shorthand used in gay subcultures, influences much of today's slang in words like "zhuzh," "drag," "camp" and "femme."
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).