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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    collective source of funds (esp. for a group of people) piggy bank vagina (vulgar slang) ("Singin' 'hey diddle diddle' with your kitty in the middle" – Aerosmith, Walk this Way) knickers women's underwear (US: panties) knickerbockers: knob The penis, or specifically the glans (slang, vulgar) a rounded door handle fool, idiot, dim-witted person

  3. Posh and Becks - Wikipedia

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    The term "Posh and Becks" is commonly used by newspapers and other media, especially in headlines, and has become an expression that is widely used and recognised within popular culture in the United Kingdom. The term "Posh and Becks" has also found its way into rhyming slang, referring to "sex". [7]

  4. Rah (slang) - Wikipedia

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    Rah or yah is a pejorative term referring to a stereotypical affluent young upper class or upper-middle class person in the United Kingdom. [1] The term "rah" originated as a contraction of "Hoorah Henry" (sometimes "Hoorah Henries and Henriettas"), a pejorative description of a social stereotype similar to the Sloane Ranger stereotype also recognised in the UK, though a rah is generally ...

  5. Hooray Henry - Wikipedia

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    Use of the term "Hooray Henry" became common in Britain in the 1950s, originally to refer to the boisterous fans of jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton (pictured).. The term was originally coined as "Hoorah Henry" in 1936 by Eric Partridge, [1] [3] [7] [8] though Albert Jack (2006) has challenged the idea that Partridge made the term popular, crediting Jim Godbolt with the correct explanation of ...

  6. British slang - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    soft bread roll or a sandwich made from it (this itself is a regional usage in the UK rather than a universal one); in plural, breasts (vulgar slang e.g. "get your baps out, love"); a person's head (Northern Ireland). [21] barmaid *, barman a woman or man who serves drinks in a bar.

  9. List of British regional nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Burnleyites, Yorkies, Dingles (pejorative, by people from other Lancashire towns, notably Blackburn. From a family in the Emmerdale soap opera, set in Yorkshire) [26] Burton upon Trent Brewers, Burbles Bury Shakers (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bury and surrounding area) Bury St Edmunds Teddies Buxton Buggy ...