BLAH-BLAH-CLUB English Conversation Club

British English is a fountain of beautiful words that are not normally used in America. Some are hilarious, some are rude and some are… interesting.

Here’s the list of favorite British slang words and phrases. Oftentimes, it’s not so much the word itself that’s awesome – but the usage of it so we’ve included what the word means approximately ‘in American.’

1. 1. The Telly ― Television
2. 2. Shag ― Screw
3. 3. Ponce ― Poser
4. 4. Don’t Get Your Knickers in a Twist ― Don’t Get worked up
5. 5. Fancy ― Like
6. 6. Sod Off ― Piss off
7. 7. Lost the Plot ― Gone Crazy
8. 8. Fortnight ― Two Weeks
9. 9. Sorted ― Arranged
10. 10. Hoover ― Vacuum
11. 11. Kip ― Sleep or nap
12. 12. Strawberry Creams ― Breasts
13. 13. Gentleman’s Sausage ― Penis
14. 14. (Complete) Tosser ― Idiot
15. 15. Cock-up ― Screw up
16. 16. Bloody ― Damn
17. 17. Give You A Bell ― Call you
18. 18. Blimey! ― My Goodness
19. 19. Wanker ― Idiot
20. 20. Gutted ― Devastated
21. 21. Bespoke ― Custom Made
22. 22. Chuffed ― Proud
23. 23. Zed ― ZZZZZZZ
24. 24. Absobloodylootely ― YES!
25. 25. Nosh ― Food
26. 26. One Off ― One time only
27. 27. Shambles ― Mess
28. 28. Arse-over-tit ― Fall over
29. 29. Brilliant! ― Great!
30. 30. Dog’s Dinner ― Dressed Nicely
31. 31. Up for it ― Willing to have sex
32. 32. On the Pull ― Looking for sex
33. 33. Plastered ― Drunk
34. 34. Knob Head ― Idiot/ Dickhead
35. 35. Chav ― White trash
36. 36. It`s monkeys outside ― It is very cold
37. 37. Stag Night ― Bachelor Party
38. 38. Ace ― Cool!
39. 39. Plonker ― Idiot
40. 40. John Thomas ― Penis
41. 41. Blighty ― Britain
42. 42. Rubbish ― Garbage or "That’s crap!"
43. 43. Made Redundant ― Fired from a job
44. 44. Easy Peasy ― Easy
45. 45. See a Man About a Dog ― Do a deal or take a dump
46. 46. Up the Duff ― Pregnant
47. 47. DIY ― Do It Yourself
48. 48. Chat Up ― Flirt
49. 49. Fit ― Hot
50. 50. Arse ― Ass
51. 51. Shambles ― bad shape/ plan gone wrong
52. 52. I’m Off to Bedfordshire ― Going to bed
53. 53. Her Majesty’s Pleasure ― To be in prison
54. 54. Horses for Courses ― Won’t work for someone else
55. 55. Tad ― Little bit
56. 56. Tenner ― £10
57. 57. Fiver ― £5
58. 58. Skive ― Lazy or avoid doing something
59. 59. Toff ― Upper Class Person
60. 60. Bee’s Knees ― Awesome
61. 61. Know Your Onions ― Knowledgeable
62. 62. Dodgy ― Suspicious
63. 63. Wonky ― Not right
64. 64. Wicked ― Cool!
65. 65. Whinge ― Whine
66. 66. Bangers ― Sausage
67. 67. Chips ― French Fries
68. 68. Daft Cow ― Idiot
69. 69. Do ― Party
70. 70. Uni ― College/University
71. 71. Gobsmacked ― Amazed
72. 72. Dog’s Bollocks ― Awesome
73. 73. Chap ― Male or friend
74. 74. Bugger ― Jerk
75. 75. Bog Roll ― Toilet Paper
76. 76. Bob’s Your Uncle ― There you go!
77. 77. Starkers ― Naked
78. 78. Bits ‘n Bobs ― Various things
79. 79. Anorak ― A person weirdly interested in something
80. 80. Taking the Piss ― Screwing around 32.
81. 81. Pissed ― Drunk
82. 82. Loo ― Toilet
83. 83. Nicked ― Stolen
84. 84. Nutter ― Crazy Person
85. 85. Anti-Clockwise ― Counter Clockwise
86. 86. C of E ― Church of England
87. 87. Pants ― Panties
88. 88. Punter ― Customer/ Prostitute’s Client
89. 89. Scouser ― Someone from Liverpool
90. 90. Quid ― £
91. 91. Knackered ― Tired

What’s your favorite? Let us know in the comments!