Queue - Line. If you queue, you are standing in line.
Quid - A pound in money is called a quid. A five pound note is called a fiver and a ten pound note is called a tenner.
Quite - When used alone, this word means the same as absolutely.
R
Rabbit - To chat.
RAC - Royal Automobile Club. Another roadside assistance company, similar to the American AAA. They drive mobile garages and can fix most things on the roadside. They will even drive you to the other end of the country if necessary, to get you there.
RAF - Royal Air Force.
Railway - Railroad.
Randy - To be randy means to be horny, ready for sex.
Rank - Taxi stand.
Rasher - You have to have a couple of back rashers with a proper English breakfast. You would call them slices of bacon.
Rat arsed - Yet another term for drunk, sloshed or plastered. You might say loaded. In the UK, "Loaded" is a men's magazine that covers sex and football.
Rates - Rates are local taxes. Currently based on the value of your property, they are generally lower than your property tax and are payable monthly. For some strange reason this is the only bill payment that is only paid in 10 months of the year - maybe the council find dividing by twelve too difficult. Rates are now called "council tax" here in the UK.
Read - If someone asks you what you read at university, they mean what was your major at school.
Reception - The front desk or lobby area in a hotel or place of business.
Red Indian - A Native American (an Indian from America). People from India are Indians.
Red route - When driving around London watch out for the roads with yellow lines that are red. These are special red routes designed to keep the traffic moving and free of obstructions.
Redundancy - If you are made redundant it means you are laid off.
Redundant - Unemployed.
Refectory - Cafeteria.
Removal - Moving.
Removal man - Mover.
Removal van - Moving truck.
Return - When you want to buy a round trip ticket, ask for a return.
Reverse the charges - To call collect. When you want to ring someone up and you have no money you can call the operator and ask to reverse the charges.
Revise - Before an exam, we would revise the subject. I remember spending many unhappy hours revising for my A Levels. You might review your subjects in a similar situation or simply study.
Right - If you say you're feeling right knackered, it means you feel very tired.
Ring - Call. You would "ring" someone on the phone or give them a ring -- not "call" them.
Rise or payrise - Pay raise.
Road works - A sign with "road works" on it, means men working.
Roger - To roger means to have your wicked way with a lady, to copulate.
Roof - The top of a convertible car is called the roof in England.
Roof-rack - Luggage rack on a car.
Room mate - This is someone you share your bedroom with in a flat.
Round - When you hear the words "your round" in the pub, it means it is your turn to buy the drinks for everyone in the group.
Roundabout - Traffic circle. The simple rule is "give way (yield) to the right". In other words, the traffic already on the roundabout has right of way.
Rounders - A child's game with almost exactly the same rules as baseball.
Row - Argument, quarrel.
Rubber - Eraser (as on a pencil).
Rubber Johnny - Condom. Usually shortened to "Johnny."
Rubbish - Trash or garbage. You might also accuse someone of talking rubbish.
Rucksack - Backpack.
Rugger - This is short for "rugby."
Rump steak - Sirloin steak in the US. Note: Sirloin steak in the UK is your porterhouse in the US.
Rumpy pumpy - Another word for hanky panky, or a bit of nookie.
Run the bath - To fill the bathtub.
Runner beans - String beans.
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Sack/sacked - If someone gets the sack it means they are fired. Then they have been sacked.
Sad - This is a common word, with the same meaning as naff. Used in expressions like "you sad b***ard".
Salad cream - One of the worst British inventions has got to be salad cream. It is supposed to be a salad dressing of sorts but it is more like yellow ketchup with a sour vinegary flavour. The only saving grace is that it is pretty good in coleslaw.
Saloon - A non-estate car. You might call it a sedan. Saloon is also one of the bars in a traditional pub.
Saloon - When I was a kid, most pubs had a saloon bar and a lounge bar. The price of a pint was cheaper in the saloon and the decor was more your spit and sawdust style. The labourers drank in the saloon. These days both bars have been knocked into one and everyone shares everything.
Saloon car - Sedan.
Sand pit - Sand box. Every parent buys a sand pit for the kids to play in and the cat to pee in. They are nw available with lids to keep the cat out.
Sarny - Sandwich. Sarnies for lunch.
Saveloy - The saveloy is a rather odd kind of sausage. Similar to a long hot dog sausage, it is generally found in fish and chip shops, heated in hot water and served with chips.
Savoury - Pastries that are savoury rather than sweet. They might have cheese, or meat in them.
Savoury biscuit - Cracker.
Scatty - Whacky people. Otherwise known as scatterbrains.
School - This is either primary school (ages 5 to 11) or secondary school (ages 11 to 18).
School leaver - This is what we call a college graduate. Next stop - work or university. (Note: Second source says this is a dropout. So which is it?)
Schooner - This is a rather ridiculous looking sherry glass, for what the pubs call a "large" sherry. It is not the same as the American glass of the same name.
Scoff - If you were off home for some scoff you would be on your way for some food. However you might then scoff it down, meaning to eat it.
Scones - These pastries (like US biscuits) are eaten with clotted cream and strawberry jam.
Scotch egg - Hard-boiled eggs surrounded in a half-inch layer of sausage meat and coated in breadcrumbs and deep fried. You eat them cold at picnics.
Scouse - This is the language used by Liverpudlians. It is basically English but hard to understand.
Scouser - Someone from Liverpool.
Scrubber - This is a nasty way of referring to a loose woman. Similar to tart or floozy.
Scrummy - This is a word that would be used to describe either some food that was particularly good (and probably sweet and fattening). Or it could also be used to describe an attractive girl, if you were a guy. The reverse is also true.
Scrumpy - A rough cider.
Secateurs - Hedge clippers or pruning shears. You use a pair of secateurs to cut the shrubs in the garden down or to trim bushes.
Secondary school - High school. Short for "secondary modern school." If you failed your eleven plus exam, this is the kind of school you would go to instead of a grammar school. After this system changed to the current one, both these kinds of schools were replaced by comprehensive schools.
Second class - When we travel in the cheap seats of a train or plane, we are travelling second class (known as coach in the US).
Seedy - Nauseous.
Sellotape - This is a brand of scotch tape, but we use it to describe all sticky tapes.
Semi - Short for a semi-detached house or a duplex in the US. If someone is being a bit dim you might also say they are semi-detached.
Semi skimmed - 2%-fat milk (lowfat milk).
Semolina - Cream of wheat cereal.
Send-up - To send someone up is to make fun of them. Or if something is described as being a send-up it is equivalent to your take-off. Like Robin Williams does a take-off on the British accent.
Septic - An American. It's actually the rhyming slang for yank. Septic is short for "septic tank" and tank rhymes with yank.
Settee - Sofa.
Serviette - Napkin.
Set down - Signs saying "set down only" mean you may only stop the car momentarily to drop off your passengers. No parking is allowed.
Shag - Same as bonk but slightly less polite.
Shagged - Past tense of shag, but also see knackered.
Shammy - Cloths originally made from the skin of the chamois (a wild antelope, the size of a goat) which dry rigid and leave horrible streaks across the windows they are supposed to clean.
Shandy - Generally lager and lemonade. However, bitter shandy and cider shandy are also popular, especially with drivers or at lunchtimes.
Shareholder - Someone who owns shares of stock in a company.
Shares - Stocks in a company are called shares.
Sheath - Condom.
Shepherds pie - Originally made from leftovers, this is not a true pie. It is mince, either beef or lamb, cooked with some veggies and topped with mashed potato with cheese on top and grilled till brown.
Shirty - To get shirty means to get bad tempered.
Shite - This is just another way of saying shit. It is useful for times when you don't want to be overly rude as it doesn't sound quite as bad.
Shitfaced - If you hear someone saying that they got totally shitfaced it means they were out on the town and got steaming drunk. Normally attributed to stag nights or other silly events.
Shop - A store. We will go to the shops the same way you will go to the mall. We don't have many malls, though they are beginning to appear.
Shopping trolley - Shopping cart.
Short sighted - Near sighted.
Shove-halfpenny - Pronounced "shove hape-knee", this is a an old pub game where you push polished coins, old halfpennies, along a polished board to score points. Still around in a few pubs but mostly replaced by newer games that take your money quicker.
Shufti - Pronounced shooftee, this means to take a look at something, to take a butchers.
Sick - Nauseous.
Sideboards - Sideburns. Both words are used here.
Silencer - Muffler. Or the device you put on a gun to shoot quieter.
Simnel cake - This is the traditional British Easter cake. It is a heavy fruit cake with a thick layer of marzipan right through the centre. There is marzipan on the top too plus usually balls or chicks made from marzipan decorating the top.
Single cream - This cream is used for pouring on cakes and pies and is best served poured over apple pie. Single cream can be whipped to make it stiff for topping cheesecakes etc.
Sirloin steak - A porterhouse steak in the US. And a rump steak in the UK is a sirloin steak in the US.
Sixes and sevens - If something is all at sixes and sevens then it is in a mess, topsy turvy or somewhat haywire.
Skew-whiff - This is what you would call crooked. Like when you put a shelf up and it isn't straight we would say it is all skew-whiff.
Skimmed milk - Skim milk.
Skip - Dumpster.
Skipping rope - A jump rope.
Skirting board - Baseboard. The wood that goes around the bottom of the wall.
Skive - To evade something.
Skiver - Someone who evades something. For example a truant is someone who skives off school instead of studying.
Slag - To slag someone off, is to bad mouth them in a nasty way. Usually to their face.
Slag - A slag or an "old slag" is not a very nice way of describing a woman who is a bit loose, a bit of a slapper.
Slapper - A slapper is a female who is a bit loose. A bit like a slag or a tart.
Slapper - A less offensive word than slag, this is another way of calling someone a tart, a major flirt.
Slash - Having a slash means to urinate. Other expressions used to describe this bodily function include siphon the python, shake the snake, wee, pee, piss, piddle and having a jimmy.
Sledge - Sled. We go sledging when you go sledding.
Sleeper - Railroad tie.
Slide - Barrette.
Slip road - Entry ramp or exit ramp.
Sloane Ranger - Preppie.
Sloshed - Yet another way to describe being drunk. Clearly we need a lot of ways to describe it since getting plastered is a national pastime.
Slowcoach - Slowpoke.
Smarmy - Another word for a smoothy, someone who has a way with the ladies for example. Usually coupled with "git" - as in "what a smarmy git". Not meant to be a nice expression, of course.
Smart - When we say someone is smart, we are talking about the way they are dressed. In the US, you might say they look sharp.
Smart arse - Someone who is a bit too clever for their own good. A wise guy. Often used to describe someone who has an answer for everything.
Smashing - If something is smashing, it means it is terrific.
Smeg - This is a rather disgusting word. Short for smegma, the dictionary definition says it is a "sebaceous secretion from under the foreskin."
Snap - This is the name of a card game where the players turn cards at the same time and shout "snap" when they match. And when you tell someone about something that happened to you, they might say "snap" to indicate that it has also happened to them.
Snog - Making out, serious kissing. If you are out on the pull you will know you are succeeding if you end up snogging someone.
Snooker - Also played on a large table, with pockets. There are 15 reds and 6 other coloured balls, each with a different value. Players take it in turns to use the white to pocket a red, then a colour then a red and so on. Once the reds are all gone, the colours have to be pocketed one by one in the order yellow (2), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6) and black (7). Highest break is 147. Pool is also played but mainly in pubs.
Snookered - If you are snookered it means you are up the famous creek without a paddle. It comes from the game of snooker where you are unable to hit the ball because the shot is blocked by your opponent's ball.
Sod - This word has many uses. You might say "Oh Sod!" or "Sod it!" if something goes wrong and you don't want to swear too badly. If someone is a sod or an "old sod" then it means they are a bit of a bastard or an old git. "Sod off" is like saying "piss off" or "get lost" and "sod you" means something like "f*** off". It also means a chunk of lawn.
Sod all - Nothing.
Sod off - Go away.
Sod's law - Another name for Murphy's law: whatever can go wrong will go wrong.
Soldiers - Finger-sized slices of toast which we dip in soft boiled eggs.
Solicitor - Attorney.
Sorted - When you have fixed a problem and someone asks how it is going you might say "sorted". It's also popular these days to say "get it sorted" when you are telling someone to get on with the job.
Spend a penny - To go to the bathroom. It is a very old fashioned expression that still exists today. It comes from the fact that in ladies loos you used to operate the door by inserting an old penny.
Spirits - Liquors. The 40% alcohol drinks. Not usually drunk in pints.
Splash out - If you splash out on something, it means you throw your senses out the window, get out your credit card and spend far too much money. You might splash out on a new car or even on a good meal.
Spondulicks - Money.
Sponger - Someone who borrows or begs and does nothing to earn their own money. People sponge off their friends or some who refuse to work and collect dole money sponge off the state.
Spot on - Perfect.
Spotted dick - A suet pudding with dried fruit and is an excellent pudding with custard.
Spotty youth - This is a generic term used by older people to refer to teenagers. The "spotty" refers to the fact that they may well have acne.
Spring onions - Salad onions, green onions or scallions.
Spring roll - Egg roll.
Sprog - A baby.
Squash - Juice concentrate. This is a sweet, fruit and sugar based drink for kids. It comes in concentrated form in big bottles that you just add water to.
Squidgey - A chocolate cream cake would be squidgey. It means to be soft and, well, squidgey.
Squiffy - This means you are feeling a little drunk. Some people also use it to mean that something has gone wrong.
Squire - "Morning squire" is something you may hear in England. Squire is used to mean Sir.
Staff - The employees in a company.
Stag night - Bachelor party. Before you get married, you and your buddies go out on a stag night, or a stag weekend. The object being to get as drunk as possible before the happy day, hoping to meet a bunch of girlies.
Stand for election - Run for office.
Standing order - Electronic funds transfer.
Starkers - Stark naked.
Starter - As well as being part of a car (usually coupled with the word "motor") this is what we call the appetizer on a menu. The more upmarket restaurants would use the word "entree."
Steak & kidney pie - Another
traditional English dish.
Steak & kidney pudding - This is variation of the traditional pie. It is steak and kidney in a thick, soft, suet pastry crust.
Stiffy - Yet another word for erection.
Stock cube - Boullion cube. The cheats way to make gravy is to use a stock cube.
Stodge - Stodge means heavy food.
Stone - The pit in fruit (such as in a peach or prune).
Stone - In weight, a stone is 14 pounds. So 10 stone is 140 pounds.
Stone the crows - This is an old expression with the same meaning as "cor blimey".
Stonker - Something that is huge. Looking at the a big burger you might say "blimey what a stonker". It is also used to refer to an erection.
Stonking - Huge. You might say "what a stonking great burger" about a big burger.
Strimmer - Weed eater or trimmer.
Strop - If someone is sulking or being particularly miserable you would say they are being stroppy or that they have a strop on.
Stuff - To say "stuff this [anything]" is a polite way of saying "f*** this [anything]". Who cares! Stuff it! You can also say "stuff him" or "stuff her" meaning they can sod off.
Stuffed - When you have had enough to eat it is quite acceptable to tell everyone that you are stuffed. It means you are full.
Subway - Underpass, pedestrian crossing. The tunnel that allows pedestrians to walk under a busy road.
Suet - Suet is a fairly dry white beef fat. It is rubbed into flour as a base for many puddings. Sweet and savoury.
Sultanas - Golden raisins.
Surgery - Doctor's exam room. Apart from what happens in an operating theatre, we also call the local doctor's office, the surgery. Also, when members of parliament hold meetings for members of the public to raise questions with them, they often call them surgeries.
Suspenders - Garter belts for holding up stockings.
Suss - If you heard someone saying they had you sussed they would mean that they had you figured out! If you were going to suss out something it would mean the same thing.
Swede - Rutabaga, turnip.
Sweet fanny adams - This means nothing or sod all. It is a substitute for "sweet f*** all". It is also shortened further to "sweet F A".
Sweets - Either another word for dessert or also the candies you give to kids.
Swimming baths - We say we are off to the swimming baths when we are going to the swimming pool. We use both expressions to mean the same thing.
Swimming costume - What you wear to go swimming. We also say swimsuit and cozzy.
Swiss roll - Jelly roll.
Swot - We used to call the boys at school "girlie swots" if they preferred to do homework and study, rather than proper kids things like shoplifting and hiding from teachers. It was not cool to be a swot.
Swotting - Swotting means to study hard, the same as cram does. Before exams we used to swot. If you swotted all the time, you would be called a swot, which is not a term of endearment.
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Ta - Thank you. Short for "thanks."
Table - A motion is tabled when it is brought to the table, or suggested for consideration. In the US it's the opposite: You table a motion when it is left for a later date.
Tailback - Traffic jam. Bumper to bumper traffic.
Take-away - This word has several meanings. First it is the place that only sells food to take out. You might go to the take-away for an Indian or Chinese. If you got a take-away for dinner it would mean the meal itself. Also if you go to a restaurant where you can choose where you eat it then you would be asked if you want to "eat in or take away".
Taking the biscuit - Similar to "takes the cake" in the US. If something really takes the biscuit, it means it out-does everything else and cannot be bettered.
Taking the mickey - See taking the piss. Variations include "taking the mick" and "taking the Michael".
Taking the piss - Making fun of someone.
Talent - Talent is the same as totty. Checking out the talent means looking for the sexy young girls (or boys, if you are female).
Tap - Faucet.
Tara - Pronounced "churar", this is another word for cheerio or goodbye.
Tart - You old tart! That's what you'd say to someone whose morals are a little loose. A bit too much flirting. Normally you'd hear people being described as having been a tart after the office Christmas party, if they were caught snogging their secretary. People may also dress like a tart - maybe if their skirt is too short. Used to apply only to women but these days it is a mild insult used for both sexes.
Tarts - If you flirt with members of the opposite sex you could be described quite legitimately as a tart. If you are a pastry base with jam or fruit topping you would also be a tart.
Tea - One of the English classics. Tea is either a drink made from tea leaves (loose in a pre warmed pot), boiling water, served in china cups, milk first and at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Or tea is the name for the meal served early evening, nowadays by Grandma and Grandad since most modern folk eat dinner at about 7:30pm or later.
Telephone box - Phone booths. That lovely old red thing you see on every British street corner. Or did until they were mostly replaced by modern phone booths.
Telephone directory - We don't use the expression white pages like you do. We just refer to the telephone directory. However, we do talk about yellow pages in the same way as you.
Teletext - On our TVs, text is transmitted along with the programmes. You just press a button from any channel and you get the text channel. There you can book holidays, check the lottery results, read the news, check the weather and a hundred other things. And best of all - it's free.
Telly - Television. There are five channels. Still no commercials on two of them, still very few commercials on the others.
Tenner - Ten pound note. Our notes are all a different colour and different size. This, along with subtle but bold shapes on each note, helps partially sighted people and blind people to handle money as well as the rest of us.
Terrace - Bleachers.
Thatch - There are still many houses in England that have thatch for their roof material. It is basically straw and is very picturesque.
Thick - If someone is thick it means they are stupid. You might hear it said that someone is "thick as shi*" - that means they are really stupid. Thicko is a nicer way of saying someone is stupid though - try it on your friends. Throw a spanner in the works - This is an expression that means to wreck something.
Tick - When we fill in forms we are asked to tick the boxes. You check the boxes in the US. A tick is also a little biting insect.
Tick over - If you leave your car ticking over, it would be idling in the US.
Tickety-boo - If something is going well with no problems we would say it is tickety-boo.
Tidy - Apart from the obvious meaning of neat, tidy also means that a woman is a looker, attractive or sexy.
Tights - Pantyhose. Also a way that kids remember the difference between stalagmites and stalactites: The tights come down and the mites go up.
Timber - Timber is any kind of treated wood. It is also something a lumberjack shouts when the tree starts to topple. Note: Lumber is either a lolloping walk or the lower part of your back.
Time - Tthe way we tell time is different. We say "half ten" for 10:30. We say "quarter past ten" for 10:15. We say "quarter to ten" for 9:45.
Tin - Can of food. You could say either a tin of beans or a can of beans here.
Tip - Dump.
Tippex - This is another brand name for a correction fluid. However, we generally say "tippex" in the same way that you say white out.
Tire - Something you do when you are worn out or knackered.
Toad in the hole - Yorkshire pudding or batter with sausages embedded in it.
To - We go to school from ages 5 to 18. You might go to school from ages 5 through 18. We don't say through in that context at all.
Todger - Penis.
Toff - Someone who is rather well spoken, upper class and looks down on the rest of us. My mate calls them "posh gits".
Toilet - The Brits are not so shy about their use of the word toilet. In fact, it is perfectly reasonable to ask for the toilet in the most classy of establishments. A bathroom often does NOT have a toilet in it.
To let - Signs with "to let" on them mean "to rent" in the US.
Tomato sauce - Ketchup. We use both names here.
Ton - I remember telling my friends at the office that I was stopped doing a "ton twenty" up the M40 at the weekend. We use the word ton to mean one hundred miles an hour. A "ton twenty" is a hundred and twenty miles and hour.
Toodle pip - This is an old expression meaning goodbye.
Tool - Penis.
Torch - Flashlight.
Tosser - This is another word for wanker and has exactly the same meaning and shares the same hand signal.
Totty - If a chap is out looking for totty, he is looking for a nice girl to chat up.
Tout - Scalper.
Tower block - Highrise.
Traffic wardens - Similar to traffic cops. Our wardens wander the streets of our towns in their black uniforms, hiding until you leave your car illegally parked for 1 or 2 nano-seconds then they write you a ticket and stick it your screen before you can say "You B****rd".
Trainers - Sneakers. Short for training shoes.
Trainspotter - Not your mate. Not that you'd admit to anyway. A trainspotter is a particularly sad breed of middle-aged man, usually wearing a cardie and an anorak. He stands on the end of railway station platforms and writes down the registration numbers of trains. Pretty close to a nerd in American.
Tramp - This is a homeless person who begs on street corners. We don't use this word in the flirting sense that you have.
Transporter - The huge lorries that carry up to 10 cars.
Treacle - Molasses.
Treacle pudding - Smothered in custard, treacle pudding is a steamed pudding, eaten for dessert with a runny syrup topping.
Trolley - When you arrive at the airport the first thing you'll need is a trolley. Don't be tempted to ask for a cart.
Trousers - Pants. Note: Pants in the UK refers to men's underpants.
Trunk call - This is the old expression for a long distance call.
TTFN - Short for "ta ta for now". Which in turn means goodbye.
Tube - Subway. It is also called the underground.
Tuition - Instruction.
Turf accountant - This is one of the words we use to describe a bookie. You will see it outside their shops. We also use the expression "betting shop". The best place to bet, though, is on the racecourse.
Turn right - Make a turn. We don't "make" turns in the UK, we just turn. So when you'd make a left at the light, we would turn left at the light.
TV licence - These are the licences we buy in order to watch TV legally in the UK. There are detector vans that roam the country looking for TVs that are switched on at addresses that have not purchased a TV licence. The licence fee means we don't have commercials on the BBC.
TV programme - TV show. We use both phrases.
Twat - Another word used to insult someone who has upset you. Also means the same as fanny but is less acceptable in front of your grandmother, as this refers to parts of the female anatomy.
Twee - Twee is a word you would generally hear older people say. It means dainty or quaint.
Twiglets - A snack with a strange marmite tang. They look and feel like sticky twigs.
Tyre - A tire. The rubber based thing that goes on a wheel. It is illegal to guarantee 50,000 mile usage in the UK as these tyres contain less rubber and more nylon. Nylon doesn't stick to wet roads, hence the usual pile-ups on I35 when it rains.
U
Ulcer - A canker.
Under caution - Under oath.
Underground - Subway. Also called the tube.
Uni - Short for university, we would say we went to uni like you would say you went to school.
University - Age 18 to 21 or so. You say school. Basically still free, entry being based on merit and exam results, rather than money. However, the government is gradually sneaking in more costs for students and it is unlikely to remain free for much longer.
Up the duff - If a woman is up the duff it means she is pregnant.
Upmarket - Classy.
V
Vacuum flask - Thermos. It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold.
VAT - Value added tax or sales tax in the US. The main difference is ours is included in the price you see, so nothing gets added at the till.
Verge - The grassy edge to a road. You park on the verge if you break down to avoid being hit by the traffic.
Very well - When someone says hello to you in England and asks how you are, please don't say good. Say you are "very well". Good is a behavioural thing, which would mean you are a good boy or girl and haven't been naughty today.
Vest - Undershirt. Worn by old men and anyone who is nesh, a vest is worn under your shirt to keep you warm.
Vet - Veterinarian. Note: It does not refer to a veteran here, just a veterinarian. Also means interrogate, investigate.
Vice girl - Prostitute.
Video - Video cassette recorder or VCR. Also the videotape you put in it.
W
Wacky backy - This is the stuff in a joint, otherwise known as pot or marijuana.
Wad - If you had a big fat wad, you would have loads of money.
Waffle - To waffle means to talk on and on about nothing. It is not something you eat.
Waistcoat - Vest. Worn under your dinner jacket, the waistcoat is called a vest in America.
Wallet - A bill fold.
Wally - Nerd. This is another term for someone who has been a bit stupid. Unlike the previous examples, this one is safe with the elderly or the young.
Wangle - Some people have all the luck. Some people that can wangle anything, such as upgrades on planes and better rooms in hotels.
Wank - This is the verb to describe the action a wanker participates in.
Wanker - This is a derogatory term used to describe someone who is a bit of a jerk. It actually means someone who masturbates and also has a hand signal that can be done with one hand at people that cannot see you shouting "wanker" at them.
Wardrobe - Wardrobes are usually free standing wooden cupboards, designed for holding clothes on hangers. In America you have closets. A walk-in wardrobe is a walk-in closet.
Wash up - Wash the dishes.
Water closet, or WC - Bathroom.
Way out - A sign saying "way out" is an exit sign.
Waz - To go for a waz means to wee or pee.
Wazzock - The same as a pillock - it's someone who has done something stupid. Not too offensive.
WC - Short for "water closet," meaning the loo or toilet.
Wedge - Money.
Weed - The skinny little wimps at school that wear glasses and get picked on.
Well - Well can be used to accentuate other words. for example someone might be "well hard" to mean he is a real man, as opposed to just "hard". Something really good might be "well good". Or if you were really really pleased with something you might be "well chuffed".
Wellies, Wellingtons - Galoshes, boots (rubber). Wellington Boots, named after the Duke of Wellington.
Welly - If you "give it welly", it means you are trying harder or giving it the boot. An example would be when accelerating away from lights, you would give it welly to beat the guy in the mustang convertible in the lane next to you. Welly is also short for wellington boots.
Whinge - Whine. Whingers are not popular in any circumstance. To whinge is to whine.
White - When someone in the UK asks you how you take your tea or coffee you should say "black", "white without" or "white with". White means with milk and the "with" and "without" bit refers to the sugar.
White goods - The electrical appliances that you have in your kitchen or utility room like fridges, freezers, washing machines and driers.
White horse - Around Wiltshire there are a number of white horses. They are cut into the hillside and are visible from miles around. In fact, if you are visiting Stonehenge there is a leaflet there that describes a three hour driving tour of about 6 or 7 local white horses. The reason they are white is that below the top soil the area is made of white chalk.
White sauce - A gravy made from flour, butter and milk.
Wholefood - Healthfood.
Willy - Penis. It is the word many young boys are taught as it is a nicer word than most of the alternatives. Some people also use it for girls as there are no nice alternatives. Hence "woman's willy". Also used by grown ups who don't wish to offend (this word is safe to use with elderly Grandparents).
Windscreen - A windshield.
Windscreen wipers - Windshield wipers.
Wind up - If something you do is a "wind up" it means you are making fun of someone. However it you are "wound up" it means you are annoyed.
Wine gums - These are a kind of sweet that are made from the same stuff as Gummi-bears.
Wing - Fender (as on a car).
Wireless - This is an old word for a radio.
Wobbler - To "throw a wobbly" or to "throw a wobbler" means to have a tantrum.
Wonga - Money.
Wonky - Unstable. If something is shaky or unstable (like an unstable chair) you might say it is wonky.
Woofter - If you are a gay man you might be called a "woolly woofter" or just woofter. This is one of the less offensive terms.
Write-off - This is when you have wrecked your car. Or totalled it. We don't use either of those expressions. It comes from the fact that the insurance companies have calculated that it would cost more to repair the car than to replace it. So the value is written off the books. If you are in a serious crash and you don't fancy some garage trying to put all the pieces back together as good as it was to start with, then you hope that your car becomes a write-off as that means you get a nice new one.
Wuss - Pronounced "woos" this is another word for a big girl's blouse, or namby pamby.
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Y-fronts - Men's underpants.
Yakking - This means talking incessantly.
Yank - An American.
Year - At school we refer to the grades as forms or years. We call the first year, "the first year". We also call it the "first form". We also use years to describe our progress through university.
Yob, Yobbo - Hooligan.
Yonks - Years. If someone says to you, "Blimey, I haven't heard from you for yonks," it means that they have not seen you for ages.
Yorkshire pudding - A light batter that rises when it is cooked. In pubs you will sometimes see huge ones that rise at the edges to form a sort of bowl. The middle can be filled with anything from sausages and beans, to soup or stew. Traditionally, smaller Yorkshire puds are served with roast beef, as an accompaniment with horseradish sauce and gravy, roast spuds and veggies.
You lot - You guys.
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Zebra crossing - Similar to the pelican but with flashing orange beacons on either side. If a pedestrian steps onto a pelican crossing, you should stop.
Zed - The last letter of the alphabet. The English dislike saying "zee".
Zonked - If someone is zonked or "zonked out" it means they are totally knackered or you might say exhausted.
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