British Slang is a fountain of beautiful words.

Some are hilarious, some are rude and some are…

interesting.

Here’s our list of our top 100 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.’ Consider this your brief primier guide to English Slang words and
phrases.

There are some rather rude words and phrases on this list – you’ve been warned!

Anglotopia’s Top 100 Favorite British Slang Words and Phrases

22. Whinge – Whine 41. Bog Roll – Toilet Paper

1. Tosser – Idiot 23. Tad – Little bit 42. Bob’s Your Uncle – There

2. Cock-up – Screw up 24. Tenner – £10 you go!

3. Bloody – Damn 25. Fiver – £5 43. Anti-Clockwise – We Say

4. Give You A Bell – Call you 26. Skive – Lazy or avoid Counter Clockwise

5. Blimey! – My Goodness doing something 44. C of E – Church of

6. Wanker – Idiot 27. Toff – Upper Class Person England

7. Gutted – Devastated 28. Punter – 45. Pants – Panties

8. Bespoke – Custom Made Customer/Prostitute’s Client 46. Throw a Spanner in the

9. Chuffed – Proud 29. Scouser – Someone from Works – Screw up

10. Fancy – Like Liverpool 47. Zed – We say ZZZZZZZ

11. Sod Off – Piss off 30. Quid – £ 48. Absobloodylootely – YES!

12. Lost the Plot – Gone 31. Taking the Piss – 49. Nosh – Food

Crazy Screwing around 50. One Off – One time only

13. Fortnight – Two Weeks 32. Pissed – Drunk 51. Shambles – Mess

14. Sorted – Arranged 33. Loo – Toilet 52. Arse-over-tit – Fall over

15. Hoover – Vacuum 34. Nicked – Stolen 53. Brilliant! – Great!

16. Kip – Sleep or nap 35. Nutter – Crazy Person 54. Dog’s Dinner – Dressed

17. Bee’s Knees – Awesome 36. Knackered – Tired Nicely

18. Know Your Onions – 37. Gobsmacked – Amazed 55. Up for it – Willing to have

Knowledgeable 38. Dog’s Bollocks – sex

19. Dodgy – Suspicious Awesome 56. On the Pull – Looking for

20. Wonky – Not right 39. Chap – Male or friend sex

21. Wicked – Cool! 40. Bugger – Jerk 57. Made Redundant – Fired
from a job things

58. Easy Peasy – Easy 82. Anorak – A person weirdly

59. See a Man About a Dog – interested in something

Do a deal or take a dump 83. Shambles – bad

60. Up the Duff – Pregnant shape/plan gone wrong

61. DIY – Do It Yourself home 84. I’m Off to Bedfordshire –

improvements Going to bed

62. Chat Up – Flirt 85. Her Majesty’s Pleasure –

63. Fit – Hot To be in prison

64. Arse – Ass 86. Horses for Courses –

65. Strawberry Creams – Won’t work for someone else

Breasts 87. John Thomas – Penis

66. Shag – Screw 88. Plastered – Drunk

67. Gentleman Sausage – 89. Meat and Two Veg –

Penis Genitalia

68. Twigs & Berries – 90. Knob Head –

Genitalia Idiot/Dickhead

69. Fanny – Vagina 91. Knob – Penis

70. Bollocks – Balls 92. Chav – White trash

71. Ponce – Poser 93. It`s monkeys outside – it is

72. Don’t Get Your Knickers in very cold

a Twist – Don’t Get worked up 94. Stag Night – Bachelor

73. The Telly – Television Party

74. Bangers – Sausage 95. Ace – Cool!

75. Chips – French Fries 96. Plonker – Idiot

76. Daft Cow – Idiot 97. Dobber – Penis

77. Do – Party 98. BellEnd – Penis

78. Uni – College/University 99. Blighty – Britain

79. Starkers – Naked 100. Rubbish – Garbage or

80. Smeg – From Red Dwarf ‘That’s crap!’

81. Bits ‘n Bobs – Various