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British slang is English-language slang originating from and used in the United Kingdom and also used to a limited extent in Anglophone countries such as India, Malaysia, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, especially by British expatriates. It is also used in the United States to a limited extent.
Tiller Girls posing on a ship, c. mid-late 1920s. The Tiller Girls were among the most popular dance troupes of the 1890s, first formed by John Tiller in Manchester, England, in 1889. In theatre Tiller had noticed the overall effect of a chorus of dancers was often spoiled by lack of discipline. Tiller found that by linking arms the dancers ...
Victorian era cookbooks, like Isabella Beeton's "Book of Household Managment," helped popularize the concept of a cooked breakfast in the UK. - Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Alamy Stock Photo
Cover of the first volume of the print edition (2010) of Green's Dictionary of Slang. Green's Dictionary of Slang (GDoS) is a multivolume dictionary defining and giving the history of English slang from around the Early Modern English period to the present day written by Jonathon Green.
Biro. A term for a common ballpoint pen, similar to a Bic. Harry recalls receiving a Biro — wrapped, for some reason, in a tiny rubber fish — as a present one Christmas from Princess Margaret ...
1. Type of swing dance e.g. Lindy Hop; organized dance (1900s) [243] 2. Opiate, marijuana, morphine or other type of narcotics [243] hophead. Main article: Narcotic. Morphine addict [82] hope chest Pack of cigarettes [206] hopped up Under the influence of drugs [244] hopper. Main article: Lindy Hop. Dancer [206] horn in Get into a dance without ...