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British | Southern |
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Aluminium | Aluminum |
Angry | Pissed, pissed off |
Battry(sp. battery) | Battery |
Biscuit | Cookie |
Blind road | Cul-de-sac/Dead-end street |
Bloody | Damn/Damned |
Chap/Bloke | Man |
Cheque | Check |
Chip | Fries |
Colour/Honour etc. | Color/Honor etc. |
Crisp | Chip |
Dynamo | Alternator |
Fag | Cigarette |
Faggot | Spicy Meatball |
Flat | Appartment |
Fortnight | Two weeks |
Fruit machine | Slot machine/One-armed bandit |
Gash | Superfluous; Wasted, worthless |
Gramme | Gram |
Grey | Gray |
Ground nut/Monkey nut | Peanut |
Hoarding | Billboard |
Knickers/Trousers | Britches/Drawers(pron. drores) |
Lift | Elevator |
Lorry | Truck |
Me | My |
Missile (pron. miss-ile) | Missile (pron. miss-ul) |
Mum | Mom |
Nancy (n) | Homosexual |
Padge | Barn owl |
Peep-toe | Opened-toe shoe |
Petrol | Gas |
Pissed | Drunk, piss-faced |
Plough | Plow |
Po-faced | Poker-faced |
Point | Outlet, Socket |
Point duty | Duty of a policeman assigned to direct traffic at an intersection |
Ponce | Pimp |
Ponce, second def. | Flaming queer |
Pub | Bar |
Queue (pron. q) | Line (waiting in line) |
Quid | Dollar |
Randy | Horny |
Reash-me-down | Hand-me-down |
Shag | To have sex |
Smart money | Money allowed to soldiers for injuries received on service, Money paid to escape an unpleasent situation |
Squab | Cushion |
Swish | Something fashionable |
Swishy (adj) | Effeminate homosexual/Queer/Flaming |
Theatre/Centre etc. | Theater/Center etc. |
Towerblock | High-rise |
Twitcher | Birdwatcher |
Tyre | Tire |
Yank/Yankee | American |
Zip | Zipper |