July 30

Some vocabulary:

Aggro: Aggressive/in someone’s face.

“Are you having a laugh?”: Statement of incredulity, like “you’ve got to be kidding”, and such. “You think I’ll hire your brother after he gets out of prison for armed robbery? Are you having a laugh?”

Argy-bargy: Quarrelsome, arguing.

Arse: One’s backside/buttocks.

Arsed: Bothered. “I can’t be arsed to go to my cousin’s third wedding.”

Balls-up: “Gone wrong”, as in a situation that hasn’t gone according to plan.

Barmy: Crazy, insane.

Bimble: An ambling walk.

Biscuit arsed: Dirty, filthy.

Bog: Toilet/restroom.

Bog roll: Toilet paper.

Bollocks: Nonsense.

Buggered: Worn out, broken, ruined.

Catch flies: To sit with one’s mouth hanging open.

Chav: An ignorant, trashy, lower-class person.

Cheeky: Playfully impertinent. “Did you just whistle at that old lady? You cheeky monkey.”

Chin-wag: A chat or brief conversation.

Chuffed: Pleased, delighted.

Clanger: A mistake.

Cock up: Make a mess of something. “He really cocked up his job interview when he mentioned that he’d shagged the boss’s daughter.”

Collywobbles: Nervousness; butterflies in the stomach.

Crease up: To laugh heartily (so one’s face creases up).

Crumpet: A sexually desirable person.

Dodgy: Suspicious, dubious. “I ate a dodgy curry last night and now my stomach’s off.”

Dogsbody: The person who takes care of most tasks, especially menial ones.

Drop a clanger: To make an obvious mistake or terrible faux-pas.

Dull as dishwater: Exceedingly, horribly boring or plain.

Ear-bashing: A severe reprimand. “He got a right ear-bashing after crashing his dad’s car into that buffalo.”

Fall arse over tit: Take a tumble/head over heels.

Gammy: Injured, lame, or painful. “My gran’s had a gammy leg ever since she fell off a horse.”

“Get stuffed!”: An angry rebuke, similar to “Go f*ck yourself!”

Giddy kipper: An overly excitable person.

Ginger: A red-haired person.

Gobby: Offensively outspoken.

Gobsmacked: Stunned/utterly blown away.

Grotty: Unpleasant/disgusting.

Gutted: Devastated. “She was gutted after her boyfriend left her for her nephew.”

Knackered: Exhausted.

Legless: So drunk, one has difficulty standing.

Liquid lunch: A meal that consists mostly of alcohol, rather than food.

Lost the plot: Lost one’s mind/gone senile. “My great-uncle thinks he’s an admiral with the United Federation of Planets, but of course, he lost the plot years ago.”

Lurgy: The flu, or other illness that makes you feel horrible.

“Mad as a bag of ferrets”: Utterly and completely insane.

Manky: Disgusting. “The chicken you left on the counter for a week has gone manky.”

Miffed: Irked.

Moggy: Cat.

Muck up: Ruin something.

Murder: Devour. “I could murder a sandwich right now.”

Naff: Unfashionable.

Nethers: Euphemism for genitals.

Pants: Rubbish. “She said the film was pants, but I rather liked it.”

Peckish: Slightly hungry.

Peevish: Petulant and sullen.

Plonk: Horrible, cheap wine.

Prat: An idiot.

Rubbish: Terrible, crap. “I’m totally rubbish at math—can’t even add.”

Sad arse: Pathetic person.

Sausage fest: An event that has a disproportionate amount of males to females… like a comic convention.

Shag: Have sex.

Shattered: Worn out, exhausted.

Shufflebutt: A restless, fidgety person.

Slag: A contemptible person; possibly a promiscuous one.

Smarmy: Creepy, sleazy.

Smashing: Brilliant, wonderful.

Snog: To make out/fool around.

Snookered: Defeated/thwarted.

“Sod it.”: “I give up.” Used in a sentence: “I’ll never understand this math problem. Sod it, let’s go down to the pub.”

Sprog: A child/offspring.

Starkers: Naked.

Taking the piss: Making fun of something.

Tosh: Rubbish/nonsense.

Tosser: A contemptible idiot.

Twee: Overly dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint. “Her bunny-themed tea set is so utterly twee.”

Wazzock: Imbecile.

Wonky: Unstable. “The table leg’s a bit wonky; you might want to slide a book under it.”