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150+ British slang words list with meanings PDF. You can use these British slang words in your daily conversation. These slang words are very important and used in our daily life. Normally when you watch movies you don’t understand what they are saying or sometimes celebrities speak these words and you don’t get these words. Here almost all the most common and important british slang words are listed.

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What are British Slang Words?

Slang words are normally informal language words. The informal or native language words that are spoken by british people between friends when they are sitting in a group are known as british slang words.

British Slang words List

Twee — (Meanings) Small, dainty, or quaint.
Puke — (Meanings)
Twat — (Meanings) Harsh insult but not quite swearing, more extreme than ‘Prat’.
Alright? — (Meanings) This is a greeting, comprising ‘all right’, as in; ‘is all right with you?’.
Squiffy — (Meanings) On the way to being drunk. Not quite sloshed but only a few drinks away.
All right? — (Meanings) Everything is fine
Ace — (Meanings) Positive exclamation, equivalent to ‘great!’ or ‘Awesome!’
Toodle pip — (Meanings) An old English word that means goodbye.
Tenner — (Meanings) 10 GBP (Great British Pound).
Nuts — (Meanings) Crazy in a good or bad sense
Taking the biscuit — (Meanings) when you are starting to push your luck.
Ta — (Meanings) Short for thanks.
Ta — (Meanings) Casual thank you.
Swear — (Meanings) In the United Kingdom to swear is the same as to cuss or curse.
Stiff Upper Lip — (Meanings) self restraint in the expression of emotion.
Starkers — (Meanings) Naked. Without clothing.
Spend a penny — (Meanings) This means going to the bathroom.
Sod’s law — (Meanings) when something can go wrong, it will, owing largely to Sod’s law.
Snog — (Meanings) Heavy kissing, like a french kiss.
Snog — (Meanings) A kiss.
Smashing — (Meanings) Positive exclamation, really good.
Shirty — (Meanings) Someone who is demonstrating signs of irritability
Scrummy — (Meanings) A word to describe something deliciously tasty.
Score — (Meanings) 20, often 20 GBP (Great British Pound).

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british slang words list

British Slang words

Rubbish — (Meanings) Not trash or garbage, but rubbish.
Rank — (Meanings) Disgusting, revolting.
Quid — (Meanings) Slang word for a British pound.
Put a sock in it — (Meanings) This is a fairly rude way of telling someone to be quiet.
Prat — (Meanings) A stupid, or badly behaved person.
Posh — (Meanings) High class, sophisticated.
Porridge — (Meanings) Doing a stretch in porridge means serving time in prison.
Porkies — (Meanings) Spreading lies
Baccy — (Meanings) The tobacco that you use to roll your own fags
Aye — (Meanings) It is commonly used in Scotland. It means yes.
Smart — (Meanings) Smart means clever and intelligent
Smarmy — (Meanings) A person, usually male, who is too smooth for their own good
Sloshed — (Meanings) Yep, another way to describe being drunk, pissed, blotto
Skive — (Meanings) Hopefully not getting caught in the process.
Piece of cake — (Meanings) When something is easy peasy
Pear-shaped — (Meanings) When something has not gone entirely to plan
Cheers — (Meanings) Expressing good wishes with a drink
Chat up — (Meanings) Speaking flirtatiously
Pants — (Meanings) British pants are our undergarments.
One off — (Meanings) A one time event.
On your bike — (Meanings) A not so polite way of telling someone to go away.
On about — (Meanings) As part of ‘what are you on about?’, ‘on’ replacing ‘talking’.
Off-colour — (Meanings) Sick, poorly, or generally under the weather.
Off your trolley — (Meanings) Someone who is described as such is usually behaving in a crazy manner.
Nut — (Meanings) To headbutt someone. Not pleasant.

Most common British Slang

Not my cup of tea — (Meanings) that does not bring one pleasure.
Nosh — (Meanings) Food! You might describe a tasty meal as a good nosh up.
Nitwit — (Meanings) An inoffensive way of describing someone a bit silly.
Nicked — (Meanings) Commonly used as alternative to ‘stolen’.
Nick — (Meanings) To steal or take something that doesn’t belong to you.
Mug — (Meanings) If you are a bit of a mug then you are gullible, and will believe anything.
Mug — (Meanings) A naïve or gullible person.
Lurgy — (Meanings) If you have the dreaded lurgy then you are unwell with either the flu or a cold.
Lovely-Jubbly — (Meanings) Equal to ‘lovely’, a positive exclamation.
Lost the Plot — (Meanings) Gone crazy, not following the situation.
Loony/Loopy — (Meanings) A mad or crazy person.
Loaded — (Meanings) Wealthy, rich or having a lot of money.
Leg it — (Meanings) To run away, usually from trouble.
Knockers — (Meanings) The female bosoms.
Knees up — (Meanings) A proper British party, full of warm beer and loud music.
Knackered — (Meanings) Physically or mentally exhausted, tired.
Kip — (Meanings) A short power nap, the English word for a snooze.
Khazi — (Meanings) British slang for the toilet. Don’t forget your bog roll.
Keep Calm and Carry On — (Meanings) Not really slang
Jolly Good — (Meanings) Very good
Jammy — (Meanings) Consistently being on the right side of good fortune.
I’ll Give You What For! — (Meanings) An old expression meaning I’ll hurt you
Honking — (Meanings) Being violently sick.
Her Majesty’s Pleasure — (Meanings) Being locked up in prison for life.
Wind up — (Meanings) A situation that is very annoying.

Important British Slang

Wicked — (Meanings)Formally meaning bad, but in slang meaning cool or exciting.
Welly — (Meanings) If you give something welly you’ve given it a really good go.
Waffle — (Meanings) To endlessly drone on about nothing.
Up for it — (Meanings) Very willing to do something.
Uni — (Meanings) short word for university.
Hell — (Meanings) Extreme, such as ‘hell of a storm
Hard — (Meanings) who is ready to take on anyone or anything in a fight.
Hard lines — (Meanings) A way of saying bad luck.
Hanky panky — (Meanings) In American English this would be known as making out.
Haggle — (Meanings) To negotiate or argue over the price of something
Gutted — (Meanings) Extremely disappointed or upset.
Gutted — (Meanings) Being incredibly upset about something.
Grub — (Meanings) Food.
Gormless — (Meanings) Lacking in sense or initiative
Gormless — (Meanings) A person who has little clue or idea
Yonks — (Meanings) A general term for a long period of time
Yakking — (Meanings) Talking too much.
Wobbler — (Meanings) To have a tantrum or throw a strop.
Cheesed off — (Meanings) Annoyed or displeased.
Gobsmacked — (Meanings) Completely and utterly awestruck in amazement.
Gnashers — (Meanings) Teeth
Give us a bell — (Meanings) Calling somebody on the telephone.
Geezer — (Meanings) Another male nickname typically used by males.
Gawp — (Meanings) To stare with a gormless expression
Gander — (Meanings) To take a look around.

Conversational British slang words list

Narked — (Meanings) Cheesed off, irritated.
Naff — (Meanings) Something that is a bit uncool would be described as naff.
Na — (Meanings)
Mush — (Meanings) Slang for your mouth, i.e. shut your mush.

Full of beans — (Meanings) Someone who is full of energy
Freaking Out — (Meanings)Not quite panicking
Flutter — (Meanings) To bet or place a wager.
Fluke — (Meanings) If something happens purely by chance then it is a fluke.
Flog — (Meanings) To sell something.
Flippin’ — (Meanings) A negative adjective, softer version of a swear word.
Fiver — (Meanings) 5 GBP (Great British Pound)
Filch — (Meanings) Simply to steal.
Fancy — (Meanings) A soft desire for something, including people
Fag — (Meanings) A cigarette.
Fag — (Meanings) A cigarette.
Mufti — (Meanings) An old army term for your non-military clothing.
Minted — (Meanings) Very wealthy.
Mint — (Meanings) An item in perfect condition.
Faff — (Meanings) Faffing around is a very British pleasure.
Excuse me — (Meanings) Asking to be excused for a mistake
Easy Now — (Meanings) A command to calm down or be more gentle.
Ducky — (Meanings) Term of endearment, particularly for family
Dosh — (Meanings) Cash. Slang for all types of currency.
Do-Lally — (Meanings) Crazy but in a non offensive context.
Dodgy — (Meanings) Bad quality, untrustworthy or dysfunctional.

British slang words list

Dodgy — (Meanings) something a little bit suspicious or questionable.
DIY — (Meanings) Do It Yourself.
Dishy — (Meanings) A person, usually male, who is very good-looking.
Dear — (Meanings) Dear can mean expensive
Dapper — (Meanings) Well dressed and/or well to-do.
Daft — (Meanings) silly behavior, at worst; stupid.
Daft — (Meanings) A bit stupid. Not particularly offensive, just mildly silly.
Crikey — (Meanings) A neutral exclamation
Cracking — (Meanings) A positive exclamation or describing something as good.
Crack On — (Meanings) To get on with something, or continue doing something.
Codswallop — (Meanings) A load of rubbish, something that is clearly nonsense.
Cock up — (Meanings) A badly executed plan or a mistake.
Chuffed — (Meanings) Thrilled to bits. Happy.
Chock-a-block — (Meanings) A place that is very busy.
Chips — (Meanings) french fries.
Chap — (Meanings) A man, particularly of gentlemanly nature.
Chalk and Cheese — (Meanings) Two things that do not go together
Bugger all — (Meanings) Very little, almost nothing or completely nothing.
Bravo — (Meanings) Well done, or congratulations.
Botched — (Meanings) Something that has not gone according to plan.
Bonkers — (Meanings) It means you are a bit barmy
Bollocks — (Meanings) Male reproductive organs
Bog — (Meanings) Not a muddy marsh
Bog roll — (Meanings) The paper you use in the bog.
Bloody — (Meanings) A very old swear word, one that has become so familiar

Famous british words list

Bloke — (Meanings) Nickname for a male, usually used by males.
Bloke — (Meanings) A man. What in American English might be called a dude.
Blinkered — (Meanings) Having a narrow minded attitude or limited view
Blinding — (Meanings) Too a great extent.
Bladdered — (Meanings) Extremely drunk.
Beggar Off — (Meanings) Go away
Beef — (Meanings) Disagreement or physical aggression between people.
Barry — (Meanings) meaning ‘good’ when exclaimed, or at least ‘okay’
Barmy — (Meanings) it means you are bonkers
Barmy — (Meanings) Crazy or insane.
Balls up — (Meanings) A mistake leading to a negative outcome
Ballistic — (Meanings) in slang this describes a fit of anger and rage.
Ball and Chain — (Meanings) A wife or female spouse.
Arseholed — (Meanings) Be sure not to fall arse over tit.
Arse over tit — (Meanings) The undignified process of falling over, drunk).