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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.
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Fancy dress What British people call costumes, for some reason. As in, “Harry claims that William and Kate encouraged him to wear a Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party in 2005.”
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 ...
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
Pages in category "English-language slang" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
(slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...