A To Z British Slang 2023 | British Slang Sentence! Are you planning a trip to the United Kingdom? Or perhaps you’re just curious about the latest British slang. Either way, we’ve got you covered with this comprehensive guide to British slang from A to Z.
So what’s included in this guide? We’ve compiled a list of popular British slang terms and their meanings, from “barmy” to “zombie”. We’ve also included a few example sentences so you can see how these words are used in context.
So without further ado, let’s get started with our A to Z of British slang.
A To Z British Slang 2023
1- A Bit Much: Too much, excessive.
2- Ace: Great, terrific.
3- All To Pot: To go wrong, to fall apart.
4- Arse About Face: Backwards, the wrong way around.
5- Barmy: Crazy, insane.
6- Bee’s Knees: Excellent, great.
7- Bent: Corrupt, illegal.
8- Bighead: Conceited, egotistical.
9- Birds: Women, girls.
10- Blinding: Excellent, great.
11- Bollocks: Rubbish, nonsense.
12- Bondi: To fall asleep, to pass out drunk.
13- Brass Monkeys: Cold weather.
14- Brolly: Umbrella.
15- Brussel Sprouts: Bleeding hearts, do-gooders.
16- Butter Someone Up: To flatter someone.
17- Chat Up: To flirt with someone.
18- Cheeky: Disrespectful, impudent.
19- Chuffed: Pleased, satisfied.
20- Clanger: A mistake.
21- Cobblers: Rubbish, nonsense.
22- Cracking: Great, excellent.
23- Daft: Stupid, foolish.
24- Dig Out: To find something.
25- Dodgy: Suspicious, untrustworthy.
26- Dozy: Sleepy, drowsy.
27- Drongo: Idiot, fool.
28- Early Doors: Early on, early in the day.
29- Easy Peasy: Simple, straightforward.
30- Fortnight: Two weeks.
31- Fag End: The end of something, the last bit.
32- Fit: Attractive, sexually appealing.
33- Flog: To sell something.
34- Fruit Cake: Crazy, eccentric person.
35- Full Monty: The whole thing, the works.
36- Gander: A look, a glance.
37- Get Stuck In: To get started, to get going.
38- Give It A Bash: To give something a try.
39- Go Mental: To go crazy, to lose control.
40- Gobsmacked: astonished, surprised.
41- Gormless: Stupid, foolish.
42- Gutted: Disappointed, upset.
43- Half Inch: To flirt with someone.
44- Handbag: An argument, a fight (usually between women).
45- Harry Up: To hurry up, to hurry along.
46- Have A Butchers: To have a look, to take a look.
47- Hay Fever: To be hungover.
48- Holden Caulfield: To be crazy, to be insane.
49- Icy Pole: Ice cream.
50- Jack Jones: To relax, to take it easy.
51- Jam Roly Poly: A type of pudding.
52- Jiggery Pokery: Trickery, deception.
53- Jumper: Sweater.
54- Knackered: Tired, exhausted.
55- Kirking Off: To play truant, to skip school.
56- Lamp: To hit someone.
57- Legless: Drunk.
58- Lemon Squash: A type of drink.
59- Lipstick On A Pig: To make something look better than it is.
60- Little Nippers: Children.
61- Lurgy: A cold or flu.
62- Make A Bricks: To urinate.
63- Mickey Finn: A drink spiked with drugs or alcohol, designed to render the drinker unconscious.
64- Minted: Rich, wealthy.
65- Minging: Disgusting, vile.
66- Moggy: A cat.
67- Mutt’s Nuts: The best, the greatest.
68- Naff: Rubbish, terrible.
69- Neurotic: Anxious, stressed.
70- Nice One: Well done, good job.
71- Nick: To steal something.
72- Nonce: A sexual offender.
73- Off His Trolley: Crazy, insane.
74- On The Pull: Looking for sex, trying to pick someone up.
75- Paki: An offensive term for someone of Pakistani
76- Packed In Like Sardines: very crowded.
77- Pearl Necklace: ejaculating on a woman’s neck.
78- Peckish: hungry.
79- Pigging Out: eating a lot.
80- Pissed: drunk.
81- Pissed Off: angry.
82- Pisshead: someone who drinks a lot of alcohol.
83- Plastered: drunk.
84- Plonk: cheap wine.
85- Pollyfilla: newspaper used to start a fire.
86- Port Out, Starboard Home: rhyming slang for ‘horny’.
87- Posh: wealthy, upper class.
88- Pratt: idiot.
89- Pull: to pick someone up (romantically).
90- Punter: customer.
91- Pussyfooting Around: wasting time.
92- Queue Jumper: someone who jumps in front of others in a queue.
93- Right Royal Pain In The Arse: a pain that is very annoying.
94- Rings A Bell: sounds familiar.
95- Rinsed: to be completely emptied of money.
96- Robbing Peter To Pay Paul: taking from one person to give to another.
97- Salty: angry or upset.
98- Savvy: knowing or understanding something.
99- Sussed: to know or understand something.
100- Taking the Michael: making fun of someone.
101- That’ll Be The Day!: I will never believe that!
102- The Dog’s Bollocks: something that is really good.
103- The Whole Nine Yards: everything that is needed.
104- Tickety-Boo: everything is good.
105- Tomfoolery: silly or stupid behaviour.
106- Uppy-Downy: a mess or something that is mixed up.
107- Waffle: to talk nonsense.
108- Wallop: a hit or punch.
109- Wee: small.
110- Wet Blanket: someone who ruins the fun.
111- Wool Gathering: daydreaming.
112- Wrap It Up!: stop talking, I’m bored!
113- Wrecked: very tired.
114- Yob: a rowdy or aggressive person.
115- Zonked: very tired.
