Damian's Dominion + Helen's Haven + Gareth's Gateway: American-British Glossary

American-British Glossary

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__:15 (time) - Quarter past __
__:30 (time) - Half past __
__:45 (time) - Quarter to __
100 miles per hour - Ton

Absolutely - Quite
Accident (with vehicles) - Wreck (few vehicles), Pile-up (many vehicles)
Acetaminophen - Paracetamol
Advertisement (TV or print), Commercial - Advert
Airplane - Aeroplane
Aisle (between rows of seats) - Gangway
Also, Too - As well
Aluminum - Aluminium
Amazed - Gobsmacked
Americans - Yanks, Septics
Angry - Pissed off
Annoyed - Wound up
Answering machine - Answerphone
Antenna - Aerial
Anything - Owt
Anyway - Any road
Apartment - Flat
Apartment house - Block of flats
Appetizer - Entree, Starter
Appliances (major ones) - White goods
Appointment book - Diary
Apron - Pinny
Argentina - The Argentine
Argentinian - Argentine
Argument (quarrel) - Row
Argument (heated) - Argy-bargy
Ass - Arse
Asshole - Arsehole
ATM - Cashpoint, Cashpoint machine, Hole in the wall
Attic - Loft
Attorney (trial lawyer) - Barrister (trial lawyer), Solicitor
Attractive, Good looking - Dishy, Scrummy, Tidy (woman)
Autopsy - Post mortem

Baby - Sprog
Baby carriage - Pram
Babysitter - Minder
Bacon slices - Back rashers
Bad luck, Hard luck - Hard lines
Bachelor party - Stag night
Bachelorette party - Hen night
Backpack - Rucksack
Bad mouth someone - Slag someone off
Bad tempered (get bad tempered) - Get shirty
Badger - Brock
Baked potato - Jacket potato
Ballpoint pen - Biro
Bandaid - Elastoplast, Plaster, Sticking plaster
Bangs (hair) - Fringe
Bar - Pub
Barbeque - Barbie, BBQ
Bar hopping - Pub crawl
Barrette - Slide
Bartender - Barmaid (female), Barman (male)
Barter, Negotiate - Haggle, Wangle
Baseboard - Skirting board
Bathroom - Loo, Water closet, W.C.
Battery (car) - Accumulator
Beans - Pulses
Bed & breakfast - B&B
Beef extract - Bovril (brand name)
Beets - Beetroot
Best (the best) - Cracking
Bet (noun) - Flutter
Beverage (usually alcoholic) - Bevvy
Bill (paper currency) - Note
Bill fold - Wallet
Bleachers - Terrace
Blinders (on a horse) - Blinkers
Bobby pin - Hair pin
Bodyguard - Minder
Booger (nasal) - Bogey, Crusty dragon
Bookie - Turf accountant
Bookworm, Studious (overly) student - Swot
Boots (rubber) - Wellies, Wellingtons
Boring - Dull
Boss - Gaffer
Botch something up - Botch something up, Do a botch job
Boullion cube - Stock cube
Boy - Lad
Braces (for teeth) - Brace
Braid - Plait
Breasts - Bristols, Knockers
Briefly (for a brief time, as in duration, NOT time until) - Momentarily
Bribe - Bung
Brilliant, Cool - Ace, Brill
Bring (an issue) to the table (for discussion) - Table
Broccoli rabe - Calabrese
Broil - Grill
Bugs - Insects
Bum something off someone (like a cigarette) - Ponce
Bumper cars - Dodgem cars, Dodgems
Burlap - Hessian
Bus with two levels - Double decker
Bus that goes long distances - Coach
Bus terminal - Bus station
Busy (telephone) - Engaged
Buttocks - Bum

Cabbage and potato - Bubble and squeak
Caboose - Guard's van
Cad - Bounder
Cafeteria - Refectory, Canteen
Call - Ring, Give a ring
Call collect - Reverse the charges
Call me - Give us a bell
Can (of food) - Tin
Canker (skin sore) - Ulcer
Candy (for kids), Dessert - Sweets
Can't be bothered - Can't be fagged
Car (old) - Banger
Cardigan - Cardie
Carnival - Fair
Carpenter - Cabinet maker, Joiner
Carried away - Over the top
Cat - Pussy
Catch a burglar - Nick
Catsup, Ketchup - Tomato sauce, Ketchup
Cellular phone - Mobile
Chamois - Shammy
Change purse - Purse (holds money in a handbag)
Chat (noun) - Natter
Chat (verb) - Natter, Rabbit
Cheap, Inexpensive - Peanuts, Costs peanuts
Check a box - Tick a box
Check (bank) - Cheque
Check (restaurant) - Bill
Check stub - Counterfoil
Checkers - Draughts
Checking account - Current account
China cabinet, Dresser hutch - Dresser
Chocolate (candy) - Flake
Chrysanthemums, Mums - Chrysanths
Cigarette - Fag
Cilantro - Coriander
Cinch, Easy task - Doddle, Piece of cake
Class (in school) - Course
Classy, Upscale - Upmarket
Clipping (newspaper, magazine) - Cutting
Closet - Cupboard (in kitchen or bedroom), Wardrobe
Clueless, Stupid - Gormless
Clumsy - Cack-handed
Clumsy person - Butterfingers
Coach class air travel - Cattle class, Economy, Second class (plane or train)
Coaster (for beer) - Beer mat
Coax someone along, Hurry them along - Chivvy along
Coffee/tea, Black, With/without sugar - Black with / Black without
Coffee/tea, With milk/cream, With/without sugar - White with / White without
Cold (weather) - Parky
College, School - Unversity, Uni
Comforter - Duvet
Commercial, Advertisement (TV or print) - Advert
Con, Rip off - Diddle
Condom - Sheath, Johnny, Rubber johnny
Conductor - Guard
Conductor (bus) - Clippie (Scotland)
Convertible (car) - Cabriolet
Cookie - Biscuit, Bickie
Cool, Brilliant - Ace, Brill
Copulate - Bang, Bonk, Have a hump, Roger, Shag
Copulation - How's your father?
Copy machine - Photocopier
Corn starch - Cornflour
Correction fluid, White out - Tippex
Costume - Fancy dress
Costume party - Fancy dress party
Cotton - Cotton wool
Cotton candy - Candyfloss
Counterclockwise - Anticlockwise
Courage - Bottle
Coveralls - Boiler suit
Cracker - Savoury biscuit
Crane fly - Daddy long legs
Crap - Total pants
Crazy (person) - Nutter
Crazy (adjective) - Barmy, Off your trolley, Bonkers, Mad, Potty (a little crazy), Scatty, Scatterbrains
Cream of wheat cereal - Semolina
Credit - Hire purchase
Crib (for baby) - Cot
Crooked (not physically straight) - Skew-whiff
Crossing guard - Lollipop man (male), Lollipop lady (female)
Crotch - Crutch
Crust (pie) - Pastry base
Cup of tea - Cuppa
Cupcake - Fairy cake
Curator - Keeper
Curb - Kerb
Customer - Punter
Custom-made - Bespoke

Dainty, Quaint - Twee
Darn, Wow, Oh my, etc. - Blast, Bugger and blast, Blimey, Blow me, Blow me down, Bugger, Cor blimy, Crikey, Crikey Moses, Fiddle sticks (that's a substitute for a cuss word), Stone the crows
Day care center - Creche
Deadbeat, One who sponges off others - Sponger
Dead end - Close, Cul-de-sac
Deaf - Cloth ears
Dear (and other terms of endearment) - Chuck, Duck, Love, Flower
Deductible (insurance) - Excess
De-fogger - De-mister
Delicious - Scrummy
Dent in car (small or large, but the car isn't totaled) - Prang
Desirable residence (nice house, nice neighborhood) - Des res
Desire, Like - Fancy
Desperate (in a fat, slaggy way) - Gagging
Dessert - Afters, Pudding, Sweets
Detour - Diversion
Diaper - Nappy, Napkin
Dilly dally, Procrastinate - Faff, Fanny around, Fanny about
Dim wit, Stupid - Clot
Disaster (to become a disaster) - Go pear shaped
Divided highway - Dual carriageway
Doctor's exam room - Surgery
Do it yourself - DIY
Donkey - Ass
Dress - Frock (term usually used by older people)
Dresser hutch, China cabinet - Dresser
Drinking session - Bender (heavy session), Piss up
Driving violations (covers many different ones) - Due care and attention
Dropout - School leaver
Drunk - Blotto, Legless, Paralytic, Pissed, Arseholed, Bladdered, Plastered, Rat arsed, Shitfaced, Sloshed, Squiffy (a little drunk)
Drunk driving - Drink driving
Dry wall, Sheet rock - Plaster board
DUI, DWI - Drunk in charge
Dull (knife) - Blunt
Dull person - Duffer
Dump - Tip
Dumpster - Skip
Duplex - Semi
DWI, DUI - Drunk in charge

Ears - Lug holes
Easy task - Doddle
Eat - Scoff
Editorial - Leader
Effeminate - Ponce
Egg roll - Pancake roll, Spring roll
Eggplant - Aubergine
Elated - Over the moon
Electrician - Sparky
Electric cord, Extension cord - Flex
Electrical outlet, Socket - Power point
Electronic funds transfer, EFT - Direct debit, Standing order
Elevator - Lift
Emergency room (hospital) - Casualty
Employees - Staff
England - Blighty
Entry ramp, Exit ramp - Slip road
Eraser (pencil type) - Rubber
Erection - Biggie, Stiffy, Stonker
Evade - Skive
Evasive person - Skiver
Excellent, Fantastic - Hunky-dory, The mutt's nuts, Dog's bollocks, Pukka, Smashing
Exercise class - Keep fit
Exhausted - Knackered, Zonked, Shagged
Exit (sign) - Way out (sign)
Exit ramp, Entry ramp - Slip road
Expensive - Dear, Costs a bomb
Extreme - Blinding (e.g., if something was a blinding success it was fantastic)
Eyeglasses - Bins, Specs

Fabulous - Bees knees, Dog's bollocks
Fall (the season) - Autumn
Familiar with - Au fait
Fanny pack - Bum bag
Fantastic, Excellent - Hunky-dory, The mutt's nuts, Dog's bollocks, Pukka, Smashing
Far sighted - Long sighted
Fart - Puff
Faucet - Tap
Faux pas (make one) - Drop a clanger
Feast (noun) - Nosh-up
Feces - Biggie (child's term)
Fed up, Pissed off - Brassed off
Feeble-minded - Dotty
Fellow - Bloke, Chap
Fender (car) - Wing
Figure out - Suss, Suss out
Fifth wheel (as in three's a crowd) - Gooseberry
Fill the bathtub - Run the bath
Fillet mignon - Fillet (pronounced "fill it")
Fine, Good (in response to how are you) - Very well
Fire (verb) - Sack
Fired - Sacked
Fire department - Fire brigade
Fire truck - Fire engine
Firecracker - Banger
First floor - Ground floor
First name - Christian name
Fish store - Fishmongers'
Fixed (as in a problem fixed) - Sorted
Flashlight - Torch
Flatware, Silverware - Cutlery
Flirt (try to pick someone up by talking to them) - Chat up
Flirt (noun) - Tart
Fluke (something great happening to you by chance) - Fluke
Food - Grub, Nosh, Stodge (heavy food)
Fool - Burk, Berk
Fooling around, Horseplay - Gallivanting, Pissing around
Football (American) - American football
Fourteen pounds - One stone
French fries - Chips
Freshman - Fresher
Friend - Chum, Mate
Friendless person, On your own - Nobby no-mates, On your tod
Front desk, Lobby - Reception
Fruit store - Fruiterers'
Full of energy - Full of beans
Full (of food) - Stuffed
Fun tac, Poster putty - Blu tac

Game - Match
Garage sale - Jumble sale, Car boot sale
Garbage - Rubbish
Garbage bag - Bin liner
Garbage can - Bin
Garbageman - Dustman
Garbage truck - Dust cart, Bin lorry
Garter belt - Suspenders
Gas (for cooking food or heat homes) - Gas
Gas heater - Gas fire
Gas station - Petrol station
Gasoline - Petrol
Gay man - Bender, Bum chum, Shirtlifter, Arse bandit, Nancy boy, Poofter, Woofter, Woolly woofter
Geezer, Old person - Duffer
Gelatin - Jelly
Genitals - Naughty bits
German shepherd - Alsatian
Get a refill (e.g., of coffee in a restaurant) - Have a refill
Get drunk - Out on the piss, Get pissed
Get lost! or Get out of here! - Clear off!
Get on with it, Get on with the job - Get sorted
Get or become tired - Tire
Girl, girlfriend, Your girl - Bird
Give it gusto, Give it all you've got, Try harder - Give it welly
Give my right arm - Bite your arm off
Glasses - Bins, Specs
Glove compartment - Glove box
Glue - Gum
Go away - Naff off, Sod off, Get lost, Get stuffed, Clear off, On your bike
Go away for the weekend (with a lover for sex) - Dirty weekend
Go to the bathroom - Spend a penny
Gofer (person) - Dog's body
Going-away party - Leaving do
Going well with no problems - Tickety-boo
Golden raisins - Sultanas
Good, Fine (response to how are you) - Very well
Goodbye - Cheerio, Cheers, Pip pip (outdated), Tara (pronounced churar), Toodle pip, TTFN (short for ta ta for now)
Good deal, Good money value - Good value
Good job - Nice one
Good looking, Attractive - Dishy, Fit (fit bird, fit bloke), Tasty
Good luck - Best of British, Best of British luck
Grade - Form, Year
Graduate student - Postgraduate student
Granola - Muesli
Grill - Barbie, BBQ
Grounded (electrically) - Earthed
Ground beef, Ground meat - Mince
Gullible - A bit of a mug
Gurney, Hospital cart - Hospital trolley
Gutter - Gully
Guy - Bloke, Chap

Ham - Gammon
Hamburger bun - Bap
Hammer (an idea) into someone's head - Din into
Hamper (laundry) - Laundry basket
Hard at work - On the job
Hard luck, Bad luck - Hard lines
Hardware store - Ironmongers'
Have a look, Take a look (at something) - Have a butchers, Take a butchers, Shulti (pronounced shooltee)
Have a tantrum - Throw a wobbly, Throw a wobbler
Having sex - On the job
Haywire, Topsy turvy - Sixes and sevens
Head - Bonce
Head butt - Nut
Head over heels - Arse over elbow, Arse over tit
Headlight - Head lamp, Headlight
Healthfood - Wholefood
Healthful - Healthy
Heater (gas) - Gas fire
Heater (electric) - Electric fire
Hedge - Hedgerow
Hedge clippers, Pruning shears - Secateurs
Hello, How are you? - All right?
Hi - Hiya
Hickey - Love bite
High class - Posh (rough translation)
Highrise - Tower block
High school - Secondary school
Highway - Carriageway, Motorway
Homeless person, Bum, Hobo, Beggar - Tramp
Hood of a car - Bonnet
Hooligan - Yob, Yobbo
Horn on a car - Hooter
Horny - Randy
Horse chestnut - Conker
Horseplay, Fooling around - Gallivanting
Hospital cart, Gurney - Hospital trolley
Hour glass - Egg timer
House with one floor - Bungalow
Huge - Stonking
Huge thing - Stonker
Hungry - Peckish
Hurry someone along, Coax along - Chivvy along

I don't care, I'm flexible, It's all the same to me - I'm easy
I don't know - Pass
Idle (car) - Ticking over
Iffy, Suspect - Dodgy
Ill, Have the flu - Have the lurgy
Imprisoned with no release date - Her Majesty's pleasure
In a (bad) mood - Narked, Have got the hump (Caution: have the hump (no "got") means to have sex)
In good condition - In good nick
In the know, Know what is going on - Have the gen
Inclusive - All-in
Information assistance (telephone) - Directory enquiries
Instant replay - Action replay
Instruction - Tuition
Intermission - Interval
Interrogate - Vet
Investigate - Vet

Jail - Gaol
Jelly - Jam
Jelly roll - Swiss roll
Jerk, Undesirable - Git, Prat, Pillock, Wanker (literally, one who masturbates), Tosser, Twat (vulgar)
Juice concentrate - Squash
Jumper, Pinafore (dress) - Pinafore
Jump rope (noun) - Skipping rope
Junk, Trash, Useless - Duff

Keep a straight face, Poker faced - Po-faced
Keep your chin up - Keep your pecker up (Caution: in some places pecker means penis)
Kerosene - Paraffin
Ketchup, Catsup - Tomato sauce, Ketchup
Knock me down with a feather - Blow me, Blow me down
Know what is going on, Be in the know - Have the gen

Ladybug - Ladybird
Ladies' room - Ladies'
Laid off, Unemployed - Redundant
Ladies man, Womanizer, Smooth talker - Smarmy git (not a kind term)
Laundry hamper - Laundry basket
Lawyer - Barrister, Solicitor
Leash - Lead
Lemonade - Non-carbonated beverage
Letter opener - Paper knife
License plate - Number plate
Lies, Fibs - Porkies
Like, Desire - Fancy
Line (of people) - Queue
Lineup - Identity parade
Liquor store - Off license
Liquors - Spirits
Litter box (for cat) - Sand pit
Liverwurst - Liver sausage
Living room - Lounge
Loading and unloading only (like at airports) - Set down only
Lobby, Front desk - Reception
Long-distance call - Trunk call
Long time - Donkey's years
Look around - Go off for a gander
Look sharp - Look smart
Look for love (i.e., for a girl/guy) - Be on the pull, Check out the talent, Look for totty
Lovely - Luvvly-jubbly
Lowfat milk (2%) - Semi skimmed
Low water crossing - Ford
Lucky - Jammy, Jammy bugger, Jammy beggar, Jammy bastard
Luggage cart (like at airport) - Trolley
Luggage rack (on top of car) - Roof rack
Lumber, Wood - Timber

Mail (noun or verb) - Post
Mail box - Letter box, Postbox, Pillar box
Mailman - Postman, Posty
Main street - High street
Major (your major in school) - What you read
Make something from odds and ends - Knock up
Make a meal from leftovers - Knock up
Make a left/right turn - Turn left/right
Make fun of someone - Pull their plonker, Take the piss, Send someone up, Take the mickey, Take the mick, Take the michael, Do a wind up
Making out - Hanky panky, Nookie, Rumpy pumpy, Snogging
Marijuana, Pot - Wacky backy
Mashed potato - Mash
Masturbate - Wank
Math - Maths
Median (in a road) - Central reservation
Men's room - Gents
Men working (sign) - Road works
Mess (make a real mess of something) - Dog's dinner
Middle of nowhere - Back of beyond
Mimosa (drink) - Bucks fizz
Mistake - Cock up
Model (of sorts) - Page 3 girl
Molasses - Treacle
Mom - Mum
Money - Dosh, Spondulicks, Wad (lots of), Wedge, Wonga
Monkey wrench - Spanner
Moron - Berk, Burk
Motor home - Caravan
Mouth - Cake hole, Gob
Mover - Removal man
Movie - Film
Movie theater - Cinema, Pictures
Moving - Removal
Moving truck - Removal van
Muffler - Silencer
Mums, Chrysanthemums - Chrysanths
Murphy's law - Sod's law

Nail polish - Nail varnish
Naked - Starkers
Nap - Kip
Napkin - Serviette
Narrow minded - Blinkered
Nasty, Unpleasant - Beastly
National holiday - Bank holiday
Native American (Indian) - Red Indian
Nauseous - Sick, Seedy
Near sighted - Short sighted
Negotiate, barter - Haggle, Wangle
Nerd - Wally, Anorak, Boffin (usually male)
Neuter - Doctor
Newscaster - Presenter
Nice job - Nice one
Night and day (as different as) - Chalk and cheese (as different as)
No good, Rubbish - Bollocks
Nonsense - Rubbish
Not to my liking - Not my cup of tea
Not using your head - Gumby
Nook - Cubby hole
Nose - Hooter, Konk (unkind word)
Nosey person - Nosey parker
Nothing - Nought, Bugger all, Nowt, Sod all, Sweet fanny adams, Sweet FA
Nudist - Naturist

Oatmeal - Porridge
Obvious (really obvious) - Blatant
Off Broadway (equivalent thereof) - Fringe
Old timer - Codger, Old bloke, Duffer
On your own, Friendless person - Nobby no-mates, On your tod
One time event - One off
Onions (for salad), Scallions - Spring onions
Organ meat (e.g., liver, kidney) - Offal
Oven - Cooker
Over (as in please turn form over) - PTO
Overalls - Dungarees
Overpass - Flyover
Overspend, Splurge - Splash out

Pacifier - Dummy
Package - Parcel
Paddywagon - Black maria
Pale, Ill - Off colour
Panties - Knickers
Pants - Trousers (pants are men's underpants)
Pantyhose - Tights
Paper towel - Kitchen towel
Parade - Carnival
Parentheses - Brackets
Parka - Anorak
Parking brake - Hand brake
Parking garage (multi-level) - Multi storey
Parking lot - Car park
Pass (a vehicle on a road) - Overtake
Pathetic - Nancy boy, Nesh
Part - Parting
Party (noun) - Do
Party favor - Cracker
Party tent - Marquee
Pay check - Pay packet
Pay raise - Pay rise, Rise, Payrise
Pedestrian crossing - Subway, Pelican crossing
Pelvic area (woman's) - Fanny (vulgar term), Twat (vulgar term)
Penis - John Thomas, Knob, Plonker, Dick, Todger, Tool, Willy
Pennies (British ones) - Pence
Perfect - Spot on
Period (in punctuation) - Full stop
Pharmacist - Chemist
Phlegm - Grem
Phone booth - Telephone box
Pickle - Gherkin
Pie with lid - Pie
Pie without lid - Tart
Pilfer, Steal - Filch
Pimp - Ponce
Pimple - Spot
Pin (jewelry) - Brooch
Pissed off, Fed up - Brassed off, Cheesed off
Pit (in fruit) - Stone
Plastic tape - Sellotape
Plastic wrap - Clingfilm
Playing field - Pitch
Pleasant - Homely
Please turn over - PTO
Pleased - Chuffed
Poker faced, Keep a straight face - Po-faced
Police - Bill, Plod
Police car - Panda car, Jam sandwich (motorway police car)
Policeman - Bobby, Copper
Pool (swimming) - Swimming baths
Poor attempt (extremely) - Piss poor
Popsicle - Ice lolly
Pork rinds - Pork scratchings
Porterhouse steak - Sirloin steak
Potato chips - Crisps
Pound sign (currency) - Hash, Pound sign
Pounds (14 pounds, to be precise) - 1 stone
Powdered sugar - Icing sugar
Pregnant - Have a bun in the oven, Up the duff
Prenatal - Antenatal
Preppie - Sloane ranger
Prison - The nick
Private school - Public school
Procrastinate - Faff, Fanny around, Fanny about
Professors (Oxford, Cambridge) - Dons
Projects (housing) - Council house (single house), Council estate (neighborhood of council houses)
Prom - Ball
Propeller - Air screw
Prosecute - Do
Prostitute - Vice girl
Pruning shears, Hedge clippers - Secateurs
Pub owner or manager - Landlady (female), Landlord (male)
Public restroom - Public convenience
Punch in the face - Knuckle sandwich
Purse, Pocketbook - Handbag
Push up - Press up
Put an end to (something) - Put paid to
Put to sleep - Put down

Quaint, Dainty - Twee
Quarrel - Row

Radio - Wireless (old word)
Railroad - Railway
Railroad tie - Sleeper
Raincoat - Mac, Mackintosh
Raise - Rise
Raisins (golden ones) - Sultanas
Range, Stove - Cooker
Ready to fight anything or anyone, Ready to take on any bet - Hard
Real estate - Property
Really + adjective - Well + adjective
Realtor - Estate agent
Regular (non-diet) soda - Normal pop
Relish - Pickle
Rent - Hire
Rent (for rent) - To let
Rental car - Hire car
Reprimand - Carpet
Research a subject - Gen up
Reserve - Book
Rest stop - Lay-by
Resumé - CV, Curriculum vitae
Review (before a test), Study - Revise the subject
Rip off, Con - Diddle
Roast - Joint
Robe - Dressing gown
Roller coaster - Big dipper
Room mate (with different room) - Flat mate
Room mate (share same room) - Room mate
Round-trip ticket - Return
Rubbish, Something no good - Bollocks
Rubbish, Lies - Codswallop
Rubbish (what a load of) - What a load of cobblers, What a load of bollocks
Ruin something, Wreck something - Throw a spanner in the works
Run (in stockings) - Ladder
Run for it - Leg it
Run for office - Stand for election
Rutabaga, Turnip - Swede

Sand box - Sand pit
Sandwich - Butty, Sarny
Santa Claus - Father Christmas
Sardines - Pilchards
SATs - A-levels (college entrance exams)
Sausage - Banger
Sausage & potatoes - Bangers and mash
Scalper - Tout
Scarf (big, fluffy one) - Muffler
Scotch tape - Sellotape
Second floor - First floor
Sedan - Faloon car
Seedy - Downmarket
Seeing eye dog - Guide dog
Sell - Flog, Do (to sell in a store, to carry in a store)
Senior citizen - OAP (Old Age Pensioner)
Serve food - Dish up
Serve prison time - Do porridge
Shilling - Bob
Shit - Shite (less vulgar way of saying it)
Shopping bag - Carrier bag
Shopping cart - Shopping trolley
Shoulder of roadway - Verge
Shut up - Belt up, Shut your clanging cake hole, Put a sock in it
Sick - Nauseous, Dicky
Sideburns - Sideboards, Sideburns
Sidewalk - Pavement
Silverware, Flatware - Cutlery
Sink (for personal use) - Hand basin
Sirloin steak - Rump steak
Ski mask - Balaclava
Skim milk - Skimmed milk
Slate (noun) - List of candidates for election
Slate (verb) - Designate for action or appointment
Sled - Sledge
Sledding - Sledging
Slingshot - Catapult
Slot machine - Fruit machine
Slow lane (of road) - Near side lane
Slowpoke - Slowcoach
Smart ass, Wise guy - Clever clogs, Clever dick, Smart arse
Smart ass (to be a) - Cheeky (to be)
Smoked herring - Kipper
Smooshy - Squidgey
Smooth talker, Ladies man, Womanizer - Smarmy git
Sneakers - Daps, Trainers, Plimsolls, Pumps
Snob (someone upper class, rather well spoken and looks down on others) - Toff, Posh gits
Snow peas - Mange tout
Soccer - Football
Soda - Pop
Sofa - Couch, Settee
Spay - Doctor
Specialty - Speciality
Spit, Hock up - Gob
Splurge, Overspend - Splash out
Spoiled - Off
Spy - Nark
Squash - Marrow
Station wagon - Estate car
Steal - Nick, Pinch, Filch, Knock off
Stick shift - Gearstick
Stick shift car - Nanual
Stingy - Mean
Stocks - Shares
Stockholder - Shareholder
Stopper - Bung
Store (noun) - Shop
Stove, Range - Cooker
Stove burner - Hob
Straight (alcoholic drink) - Neat
Street entertainer - Busker
String beans - Runner beans
Stroller - Pushchair
Study for a test - Revise the subject
Study hard - Cram, Swot
Stupid - Daft, Gormless, Clot, Dim, Dim wit, Dip stick, Divvy, Pillock, Wazzock, Semi-detached, Thick, Wally (someone who has been a bit stupid)
Stunning (like a stunning girl) - Cracking
Styrofoam - Polystyrene
Subdivision (residential) - Estate, Housing estate
Subway - Underground, Tube
Successful (e.g., an event) - Bomb (the event went like a bomb or went down like a bomb)
Sulking, Being miserable - Stroppy, Having a strop on
Superbowl of Soccer - FA Cup
Supermarket (huge one) - Hypermarket
Suspect, Iffy - Dodgy
Suspenders (for trousers) - Braces
Sweater - Jumper, Jersey, Pullover, Cardie
Swimming pool - Swimming baths
Swimsuit - Cozzy, Swimming costume

Take a look, Have a look (at something) - Have a butchers
Take-off (noun, as in spoof or imitation) - Send-up
Take-out (food) - Take-away
Take the cake - Take the biscuit
Talk show - Chat show
Talk small talk, Talk about nothing - Waffle
Talking incessantly - Yakking
Taxes (local taxes) - Rates
Taxi - Cab
Taxi stand - Rank
Tea/coffee, Black, With / without sugar - Black with / black without
Tea/coffee, With milk / Cream, With / without sugar - White with / white without
Teenagers - Spotty youth
Telephone - Blower
Telephone booth - Telephone box
Teleprompter - Autocue
Television, TV - Box, Telly
Television show - TV programme
Teller (bank) - Cashier
Tenement - Housing estate
Testicles - Bollocks, Goolies
Thank you - Cheers, Ta
That's it, That's all there is to it - Bob's your uncle
There's no such thing as a free lunch - You don't get owt for nowt
Thermos - Vacuum flask
Thicket - Copse, Coppice
Think, Use your head - Use your bonce
Through (as in from ages __ through __) - To
Throw, Toss - Bung
Throw in for free - Bung in for free
Throw together, Do a quick job - Do a bodge job
Thumbtack - Drawing pin
Tic tac toe - Naughts and crosses
Tire (for car) - Tyre
Tobacco - Backy
To each his own - Horses for courses
Toilet - Loo, Bog (vulgar term), Khazi
Too, Also - As well
Toothpick - Cocktail stick
Top of convertible (vinyl top) - Hood, Roof
Topsy turvy, Haywire - Sixes and sevens
Toss - Bung
Totaled car - Write-off
Tourists - Grockles
Traffic circle - Roundabout
Traffic cop - Traffic warden
Traffic jam - Tailback
Trailer home - Mobile home
Tramp, Loose woman - Scrubber, Slag, Slapper, Tart
Trash, Garbage - Rubbish
Trash, Useless, Junk - Duff
Trash bag - Bin liner, Bin bag
Trash can (indoors) - Bin
Trash can (to put out for collection) - Dustbin
Trash collection day - Bin day
Trash collection truck - Bin lorry, Dust cart
Trash collectors - Bin men, Dustmen
Trimme, Weed whacker - Strimmer
Troublemaking (deliberate) - Aggro
Truck - Lorry
Truck (trailer truck) - Articulated lorry, Artic
Truck (large truck, 18-wheeler) - Juggernaut
Truck carrying several cars - Transporter
Truck driver - Lorry driver
Trunk of a car - Boot
Try harder, Give it gusto, Give it all you've got - Give it welly
Tube top - Boob tube
Turn lights (on car) - Indicator
Turnip, Rutabaga - Swede
Turtle-neck sweater - Polo neck
Tuxedo - Dinner jacket, DJ
TV, Television - Telly, Box
TV show - TV programme
Two weeks - Fortnight

Umbrella - Brolly
Under oath - Under caution
Underpants (men's) - Y-fronts, Pants
Underpants (women's) - Knickers
Underpass - Subway
Undershirt - Vest
Underpants - Pants (men's), Y-fronts (men's), Knickers (ladies')
Unemployed, Laid off - Redundant
Unfashionable, Worthless - Naff, Sad
Unpleasant, Nasty - Beastly
Unstable - Wonky
Up a creek without a paddle - Snookered
Upscale, Classy - Upmarket
Upset (very) - Gutted
Urinate - Slash, Siphon the python, Shake the snake, Wee, Pee, Piss, Piddle, Have a jimmy, Waz
Urine - Jimmy
Use your head - Use your loaf
Useless, Junk, Trash - Duff

Vacation - Holiday
Vacuum - Hoover
Very - Bloody, Bleeding, Blooming, Jolly, Right
Vest - Waistcoat
Veterinarian - Vet
Videocassette recorder, VCR - Video
Videotape - Video
Vomit - Pavement pizza, Puke
Vomiting - Honking

Wake someone up - Knock up
Walk-in closet - Walk-in wardrobe
Wasp, Yellow jacket - Jasper
Wash dishes - Wash up
Washcloth (for face) - Flannel
Weed whacker, Trimmer - Strimmer
Well dressed (particularly) - Dapper
What are you talking about? - What are you on about?
Wheat bread - Brown bread
Whine - Whinge
Whip, Beat (verb) - Flog
White out, Correction fluid - Tippex
White pages - Telephone directory
Who cares - Stuff this, Stuff it
Whole thing, Going the whole way - Full monty
Wimp - Big girl's blouse, Namby pamby, Nancy boy, Nesh, Weed, Wuss (pronounced woos)
Windbreaker (thin, fold-up kind) - Cagoule
Windshield - Windscreen
Windshield wipers - Windscreen wipers
Wine (cheap) - Plonk
Wise guy, Smart ass - Clever clogs, Clever dick, Smart arse
Woman (attractive) - Crumpet
Womanizer, Smooth talker, Ladies man - Smarmy git
Wood, Lumber - Timber
Wood trim (on furniture edges) - Beading
Worthless, Unfashionable - Naff
Wreck something, Ruin something - Throw a spanner in the works
Wrench - Spanner
Wrong way (road sign) - No entry

Yard - Garden
Yard sale - Jumble sale
Years - Yonks
Yellow traffic light - Amber
Yield (in traffic) - Give way
You guys - You lot
You're welcome - [not used in Britain]
Yuppie - Hooray Henry

Zee (the letter) - Zed
ZIP code - Postal code, Postcode
Zucchini - Courgette

Glossary information sources: The Very Best Of British: America's Guide To Speaking English and British-American Dictionary.

British-American Glossary: Part 1 (0-9, A-D)
British-American Glossary: Part 2 (E-P)
British-American Glossary: Part 3 (Q-Z)

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