Ace - If something is ace it is awesome. I used to hear it a lot in Liverpool.

Kids thought all cool stuff was ace, or brill. Aggro - Short for aggravation, it's the sort of thing you might e pect at a football match. In other words - trouble! "here is sometimes aggro in the cities after the pubs shut!

All right# - "his is used a lot around London and the south to mean, $%ello, how are you$# &ou would say it to a complete stranger or someone you 'new. "he normal response would be for them to say $All right$# bac' to you. It is said as a (uestion. Sometimes it might get e panded to $all right mate$# )ostly used by blue collar wor'ers but also common among younger people.

Anti-cloc'wise - "he first time I said that something had gone anti-cloc'wise to someone in "e as I got this very funny loo'. It simply means counter-cloc'wise but must sound really strange to you chaps! I thin' he thought I had something against cloc's!

Any road - *p north +where they tal' funny!!, instead of saying anyway, they say $any road$! -eird huh#

Arse - "his is a word that doesn't seem to e ist in America. It basically means the same as ass, but is much ruder. It is used in phrases li'e $pain in the arse$ +a nuisance, or I $can't be arsed$ +I can't be bothered, or you might hear something was $a half arsed attempt$ meaning that it was not done properly.

Arse about face - "his means you are doing something bac' to front.

Arse over elbow - "his is another way of saying head over heels but is a little more descriptive. *sually happens after ..pm on a Saturday night and too many lagers! Some Americans say ass over tea'ettle apparently!

Arse over tit - Another version of arse over elbow, but a bit more graphic!

Arsehole - Asshole to you. /ot a nice word in either language.

Arseholed - 0run'! *sually in the advanced stages of drun'en stupor, someone would be considered $completely arseholed$. /ever me, of course!

As well - &ou chaps say also when we would say $too$ or $as well$. 1or instance if my friend ordered a )iller Lite, I would say $I'll have one as well$. I often heard people saying something li'e $I'll have one also$. &ou'd be more li'ely to hear someone in 2ngland ordering a pint of lager!

Ass - &our bac'side, but mostly a don'ey!

Au fait - Another one of those 1rench e pressions that have slipped into the 2nglish language. "his one means to be familiar with something. I'd say at the end of reading all this you'd be au fait with the differences between American and 2nglish!

3accy - "obacco. "he sort you use to roll your own.

3ang - /othing to do with your hair - this is a rather unattractive way of describing having se . Always gets a smile from 3rits in American hair dressers when they are as'ed about their bangs.

3army - If someone tells you that you're barmy they mean you have gone mad or cra4y. 1or e ample you'd have to be barmy to visit 2ngland without trying blac' pudding!

3eastly - &ou would call something or somebody beastly if they were really nasty or unpleasant. )ost people would consider you a snob or an upper class git if you used this word. 5eople li'e 1ergie can get away with it though.

3ees Knees - "his is the polite version of the dog's bolloc's. So if you are in polite company and want to say that something was fabulous, this phrase might come in handy.

3elt up - 1or some reason I heard this (uite a lot as a 'id. It's the 3ritish for shut up.

3ender - I used to go out on a bender (uite fre(uently when I was at university. Luc'ily bender doesn't only mean a gay man, it also means a pub crawl or a heavy drin'ing session.

3espo'e - -e say something is bespo'e if it has been created especially for someone, in the same way that you say custom. 1or e ample a computer program might be bespo'en for a client, or you may order a bespo'e holiday, where the travel agent creates an itinerary around your e act re(uirements.

3est of 3ritish - If someone says $"he best of 3ritish to you$ when you are visiting the *K, it simply means good luc'. It is short for $best of 3ritish luc'$.

3iggie - "his is unusual. A biggie is what a child calls his poo! %ence the reason -endy's %amburgers has never really ta'en off in 2ngland - who would buy $biggie fries$# &uc' I'm sure you wouldn't buy poo fries! "he other meaning of 3iggie is erection. It 6ust gets worse!

3ite your arm off - "his is not aggressive behaviour that a football fan might engage in. In fact it 6ust means that someone is over e cited to get something. 1or instance you might say that 'ids would bite your arm off for an ice cream on a sunny day.

3laddered - "his rather ugly e pression is another way of saying you are drun'. "he lin' is fairly apparent I feel!

3last - An e clamation of surprise. &ou may also hear someone shout $blast it$, or even $bugger and blast$!

3latant - -e use this word a lot to mean something is really obvious.

3leeding - An alternative to the word bloody. &ou'll hear people say $bleeding hell$ or $not bleeding li'ely$ for e ample.

3limey - Another e clamation of surprise. )y 0ad used to say $7awd 3limey$ or $7or 3limey$ or even $8or 3limey$. It is all a corruption of the oath 7od 3lind )e.

3linding - If something is a blinding success - it does not mean that any eyes were po'ed out with sharp stic's - it means it was awesome.

3lin'ered - Someone who is blin'ered is narrow minded or narrow sighted - they only see one view on a sub6ect. It comes from when horses that pulled carriages wore blin'ers to stop them seeing to the side or behind them which stopped them from being startled and only let them see where they were going.

3loody - 9ne of the most useful swear words in 2nglish. )ostly used as an e clamation of surprise i.e. $bloody hell$ or $bloody nora$. Something may be $bloody marvellous$ or $bloody awful$. It is also used to emphasise almost anything, $you're bloody mad$, $not bloody li'ely$ and can also be used in the middle of other words to emphasise them. 2.g. $Abso-bloody-lutely$! Americans should avoid saying $bloody$ as they sound silly.

3looming - Another alternative to the word bloody. &ou might hear someone say $not blooming li'ely$ so that they don't have to swear.

3low me - -hen an 2nglish colleague of mine e claimed $3low )e$ in front of a large American audience, he brought the house down. It is simply an e clamation of surprise, short for $3low me down$, meaning something li'e I am so surprised you could 'noc' me over 6ust by blowing. Similar to $-ell 'noc' me down with a feather$. It is not a re(uest for services to be performed.

3low off - -ho blew off# )eans who farted# 8onstant source of amusement to us 3rits when you guys tal' about blowing people off. 8on6ours up all sort of bi4arre images!

3lunt - If a saw or a 'nife is not sharp we say it is blunt. It is also the way most of us spea'! In America the 'nife would be dull.

3ob's your uncle - "his is a well used phrase. It is added to the end of sentences a bit li'e and that's it! 1or e ample if you are telling someone how to ma'e that fabulous banoffee pie you 6ust served them, you would tell them to boil the condensed mil' for three hours, spread it onto a basic cheeseca'e base, slice bananas on top, add some whipped double cream, another layer of banana and 3ob's your uncle!

3odge - -e bodge things all the time here. I'm sure you do too! "o do a bodge 6ob means to do a (uic' and dirty. )a'e it loo' good for the ne t day or two and if it falls down after that - hey well we only bodged it! Applies to building, 0I&, programming and most other things.

3ogey - 3ooger. Any variety, crusty dragons included!

3olloc's - "his is a great 2nglish word with many e cellent uses. "echnically spea'ing it means testicles but is typically used to describe something that is no good +that's bolloc's, or that someone is tal'ing rubbish +he's tal'ing bolloc's,. Surprisingly it is also used in a positive manner to describe something that is the best, in which case you would describe it as being $the dog's bolloc's$. 2nglishmen who live in America ta'e great delight in ordering specialised registration plates for their cars using the letters 3.9.L.L.9.:. 7ood eh#

3omb - If something costs a bomb it means that it is really e pensive. -e say it when we see the price of insurance in the *S, you could try saying it when you see how much 6eans or petrol cost over here!

3omb - If something goes li'e a bomb it means it is going really well or really fast. 9r you could say an event went down li'e a bomb and it would mean that the people really en6oyed it. In the *S the meaning would be almost e actly the reverse.

3on' - Same meaning as shag. )eans to have se . 2.g. $0id you bon' him;her#$.

3otch - "here are two e pressions here - to botch something up or to do a botch 6ob. "hey both mean that the wor' done was not of a high standard or was a clumsy patch. )y 0ad used to always tell me that wor'men had botched it up and that he should have done the wor' properly himself.

3ottle - Something you have after twenty pints of lager and a curry. A lotta bottle! "his means courage. If you have a lotta bottle you have no fear.

3o your ears - )any young chaps heard their dads threaten to bo their ears when I was a littlun. 7enerally meant a slap around the head for misbehaving. 5robably illegal these days!!

3rassed off - If you are brassed off with something or someone, you are fed up. 5issed perhaps.

3rill - Short for $brilliant$. *sed by 'ids to mean cool.

3udge up - If you want to sit down and someone is ta'ing up too much space, you'd as' them to budge up - move and ma'e some space.

3ugger - "his is another fairly uni(ue word with no real American e(uivalent. Li'e bloody it has many uses apart from the obvious dictionary one pertaining to rather unusual se ual habits. )y father was always shouting $bugger$ when he was wor'ing in the garage or garden. *sually when he hit his thumb or dropped a nail or lost something. "oday we might use the sh<< or the f<<< words but bugger is still as common. "he fuller version of this would be $bugger it$. It can also be used to tell someone to get lost +bugger off,, or to admit defeat +we're buggered, or if you were tired or e hausted you would be buggered. &ou can also call someone a bugger. -hen I won =.> on the lottery my mate called me a $luc'y bugger$.

3ugger all - If something costs bugger all, it means that it costs nothing. )eaning it is

cheap. If you have bugger all, it means you have nothing.

3um - "his is the part of your body you sit on. &our ass! It might also be someone who is down and out, li'e a tramp. &ou might also bum around, if you are doing nothing in particular, 6ust hanging out. 1inally to bum something means to scrounge it from someone.

3ung - "o bung something means to throw it. 1or e ample a street trader might bung something in for free if you pay cash right now! 9r you could say $bung my car 'eys over, mate$.

3ung - A bung is also a bribe.

3utchers - "o have a butchers at something is to have a loo'. "his is a coc'ney rhyming slang word that has become common. "he reason $butchers$ means a loo' even though it doesn't rhyme is because it is short for $butchers hoo'$ and $hoo'$ of course, does rhyme.

8 of 2 - "he 8hurch of 2ngland. 9ur official protestant church - of which the ?ueen is the head.

8hat up - "o chat someone up is to try and pic' them up. If you spotted a scrummy girly in a bar you might try to chat her up. 9r a girl might try and chat up a chap!

8hee'y - $2ee you chee'y mon'ey$ was what my mother said to me all the time when I was a 'id. 8hee'y means you are flippant, have too much lip or are a bit of a smart arse! 7enerally you are considered to be a bit chee'y if you have an answer for everything and always have the last word. )y licence plate on my ):@ +)iata in American, was 8%22K&, which most "e ans thought was something to do with bottoms - wrong!!

8heerio - /ot a brea'fast cereal. Aust a friendly way of saying goodbye. 9r in the north $tara$ which is pronounced sort of li'e $churar$.

8heers - "his word is obviously used when drin'ing with friends. %owever, it also has other collo(uial meanings. 1or e ample when saying goodbye you could say $cheers$, or $cheers then$. It also means than' you. Americans could use it in 2nglish pubs, but should avoid the other situations as it sounds wrong with an American accent. Sorry!

8heesed off - "his is a polite way of saying you are pissed off with something.

8hin -ag - "his is another word for a 8hat. &ou can probably tell why!

8hinese -hispers - "his a good one. It refers to the way a story gets changed as is passes from one person to the ne t so that the end result may be completely different from what was originally said. Sound familiar#

8hivvy along - -hen I'm standing patiently in the chec'out (ueue at "esco I li'e to chivvy along the old ladies in front of me. If only they would stop fannying around and hurry up!

8huffed - &ou would be chuffed to bits if you were really pleased about something.

8lear off! - "his e pression brings bac' memories of being a 'id and stealing apples from people's gardens. Sometimes we would get caught and some old blo'e would come out and shout $oi clear off you lot$. It basically means get lost.

8obblers - I have heard people say $what a load of cobblers$ more than once. )aybe that's because I tal' so much rubbish. An e(uivalent would be what a load of bolloc's. It means you are tal'ing out of your butt and has nothing to do with any 'ind of dessert! 0erived from the coc'ney rhyming slang where 8obblers Awls B 3alls!

8oc' up - A coc' up means you have made a mista'e. It has nothing to do with parts of the male body.

8oc'ney rhyming slang - "here are lots of words that ma'e up coc'ney rhyming slang. "hese are basically rhyming words li'e $butchers hoo'$ which means $loo'$. If you are in London and you hear someone tal' about a Septic they are probably tal'ing about you because it's short for $Septic tan'$ which e(uals $yan'$, which is our word for an American. %ow do you li'e that!

8odswallop - Another one I heard a lot as a 'id - usually when I was ma'ing up e cuses for how the window got bro'en or why my dinner was found behind the sofa. )y 0ad would tell me I was tal'ing a load of codswallop. American 'ids might be tal'ing baloney under the same circumstances.

8or - &ou'll often hear a 3rit say $cor$! It is another one of those e pressions of surprise that we seem to have so many of. It will sometimes be lengthened to $cor blimey$ or $cor love a duc'$, depending on where you are. $8or blimey$ is a variation of $7awd 3limey$ or $7or 3limey$. "hey are all a corruption of the oath $7od 3lind )e$.

8rac'ing - If something is crac'ing, it means it is the best. *sually said without pronouncing the last $7$. If a girl is crac'ing it means she is stunning.

8ram - 3efore a big e am you would be e pected to cram. "his simply means to study hard in the period running up to the e am.

8rap - "he same word in both countries - but less rude here. I loved watching 3rits being interviewed on *S chat shows and embarrassing the interviewer when they said something was $total crap$.

8ri'ey - Another e clamation of surprise. Some people say $8ri'ey )oses$.

8rusty dragon - A booger. 9ne of the really crispy ones.

0aft - )y 0ad used to call me a daft 'apeth which is short for a daft half penny +in old

money,. It basically means stupid.

0e''o - "o have a loo' at something.

0ear - If something is dear it means it is e pensive. I thought "e an insurance was dear.

0ic'y - 0ic'y rhymes with sic'y and means you feel sic'.

0iddle - "o rip someone off or to con someone is to diddle them. -hen you visit 2ngland, chec' your change to ma'e sure you haven't been diddled!

0im - A dim person is stupid or thic' or a dimwit. 0imwit - Someone a bit on the dim side.

0ishy - If someone is a bit of a dish or a bit dishy it means they are attractive or good loo'ing.

0I& - "his is short for do it yourself and applies not 6ust to the 0I& stores but also to anything that you need to do yourself. 1or e ample, if we get really bad service in a restaurant +oh, you noticed!, then we might as' the waiter if it is a 0I& restaurant - 6ust to wind them up.

0o - A party. &ou would go to a do if you were going to a party in the *K.

0o - If you go into a shop and say $do you do batteries#$ it means $do you sell batteries$.

0o - If you drive along a motorway in the wrong lane the police will do you. &ou could then tell your friends that you have been done by the police. 5rosecute is another word for it!

0oddle - Something that is a doddle is a cinch, it's easy. *nli'e ordering water in "e as with an 2nglish accent, which is definitely not a doddle!

0odgy - If someone or something is a bit dodgy, it is not to be trusted. 0odgy food should be thrown away at home, or sent bac' in a restaurant. 0odgy people are best avoided. &ou never 'now what they are up to. 0odgy goods may have been nic'ed. -hen visiting )iami I was advised by some 2nglish chums that certain areas were a bit dodgy and should be avoided!

0og's bolloc's - &ou would say that something really fantastic was the dog's bolloc's. 8omes from the fact that a dog's bolloc's are so fantastic that he can't stop lic'ing them! /ice huh# 9ften shortened to 6ust $"he dog's$.

0og's dinner - If you ma'e a real mess of something it might be described as a real dog's dinner. A bit li'e some 6oint Anglo-American approaches to 2astern 2urope for e ample!

0on'ey's years - Someone said to me the other day that they hadn't seen me for don'ey's years. It means they hadn't seen me for ages.

0rop a clanger - -hen I as'ed a large lady on the tube if she would li'e my seat since she was so obviously pregnant, she too' the seat then told me she was fat, not pregnant! 3oy did I drop a clanger. &ou might ma'e a gaffe. 2ither way it was horrendously embarrassing, especially as half the people on the tube had heard me!

0uc' - In and around Leeds you will find older people might call you $duc'$ in the same way that they might call you $love$ or $dear$ in other places. *sually pronounced more li'e $doo'$, which rhymes with $boo'$.

0uff - Anything that is duff is useless, 6un', trash. It usually means that the ob6ect doesn't do the 6ob it was intended for. 9ur last 5rime )inister was pretty duff!

0uffer - Any person that is duff could be referred to as a duffer. "he 5rime )inister was a

duffer.

0ull - &ou would say something that was no longer sharp was dull. -e would say blunt. "o us something is dull if it is boring. It can apply to things - li'e a film could be dull. It also applies to people - I can thin' of several people who are dull!

2asy 5easy - A childish term for something very easy. &ou might say it's a snap.

2ngaged - -hen you ring someone and they are already on the phone you will get the engaged tone. In other words, they will be engaged. &ou would say you get the busy signal or the line is busy.

2 cuse me - "his is a great one! It's what 'ids are taught to say when they belch in public. -e are also taught to say $pardon me$ if we fart out loud. *nfortunately in American $e cuse me$ means you are encroaching in someone's personal space and you say $pardon me$ when you don't hear someone properly. Imagine our surprise when we discovered that actually Americans are not belching and farting all the time.

1aff - "o faff is to dither or to fanny around. If we procrastinated when getting ready for bed, as 'ids, our 0ad use tell us we were faffing around.

1agged - If you are too la4y or tired to do something you could say $I can't be fagged$. It means you can't be 3othered.

1agging - 1agging is the practice of ma'ing new boys at boarding schools into slaves for the older boys. If you are fagging for an older boy you might find yourself running his bath, cleaning his shoes or performing more undesirable tas's.

1ancy - If you fancy something then it means you desire it. "here are two basic forms in common use - food and people. If you fancy a ca'e for e ample it means you li'e the loo' of it and you want to eat it. If you see someone of +hopefully, the opposite se then you might fancy them if you li'ed the loo' of them and wanted to get to 'now them a little better!!!

1anny - "his is the word for a woman's front bits! 9ne doesn't normally tal' about anyone's fanny as it is a bit rude. &ou certainly don't have a fanny pac', or smac' people on their fannys - you would get arrested for that! 8areful use of this word in the *K is advised!

1anny around - I'm always telling people to stop fannying around and get on with it. It means to procrastinate. 0rives me mad!

1iddle stic's - I have an old Aunt who is much too well mannered to swear. So when the need arises for a swear word, she will substitute $fiddle stic's$.

1ilch - "o filch is to steal or pilfer. "he origin is apparently un'nown.

1it - 1it is a word that I have heard a lot recently - it seems to be ma'ing a comebac'. A fit bird means a girl who is pretty good loo'ing or tasty! A fit blo'e would be the male e(uivalent.

1log - "o 1log something is to sell it. It also means to beat something with a whip, but when your wife tells you she flogged the old "C it is more li'ely she has sold it than beaten it +hopefully!,.

1lu'e - If something great happened to you by chance that would be a flu'e. -hen I was a 'id my )um lost her engagement ring on the beach and only realised half way home. -e went bac' to the spot and she found it in the sand. "hat was a flu'e.

1lutter - I li'e to have a flutter on the horses. It means to have a bet, usually a small one by someone who is not a serious gambler.

1ortnight - "wo wee's. 8omes from an abbreviation of $fourteen nights$. %ence terms li'e $I'm off for a fortnights holiday$ meaning $I am going on a two wee' vacation$.

1ruity - If someone is feeling fruity then they are feeling fris'y. -atch out!

1ull monty - Since the movie has come out of the same name I have heard some odd "e an descriptions of what the full monty means. It really has nothing to do with ta'ing your clothes off. It 6ust means the whole thing or going the whole way. "hat's it. 8learly when applied to stripping it means not stopping at your underwear! "he origins of the e pression are still under discussion. "here are many theories but no conclusive evidence at the moment.

1ull of beans - "his means to have loads of energy. It is a polite way of saying that a child is a maniac. I was often described as being full of beans as a 'id and now it is my wife's way of telling me to 'eep still when she is trying to get to sleep. Strangely the same e pression in some parts of the *S means that you are e aggerating or tal'ing bolloc's!

7agging - 0esperate, in a fat slaggy 'ind of a way. /ot nice.

7allivanting - "he dictionary says $to gad about$, which probably doesn't help much! It means fooling around or horseplay.

7ander - -hen I was a 'id, my 0ad often used to go off for a gander when we were visiting a new town or village. It means to loo' around.

7en - 7en means information. If you have the gen then you 'now what is going on.

7en up - "o research a sub6ect or to get some information.

7et lost! - 5olitely translated as go away, this is really a mild way of telling someone to f<<< off!

7et stuffed! - 2ven politer way to tell someone to get lost is to tell them to get stuffed. %owever, this is still not a nice thing to say to someone.

7etting off - "his seems to be the ob6ective of most teenagers on a big night out. 7etting off with someone means ma'ing out or snoggingh them.

7ive us a bell - "his simply means call me. &ou often hear people use the word $us$ to mean $me$.

7obsmac'ed - Ama4ed. &our gob is your mouth and if you smac' your gob, it would be out of ama4ement.

7ood value - "his is short for good value for money. It means something is a good deal.

7oolies - If you have been 'ic'ed in the goolies, your eyes would be watering and you would be clutching your balls!

7ormless - A gormless person is someone who has absolutely no clue. &ou would say clueless. It is also shortened so you could say someone is a total gorm or completely gormy.

7rem - "he form of gob meaning to spit something out. e.g. 0id you see him grem# &uc'. *sually associated with that ghastly noise as the content of the lungs are coughed into the mouth before gremming can ta'e place. 7rem is also the word that describes the green lump that is created in the process. &ou might call it hac'ing up a hac'er.

7rub - 1ood. Similar to nosh. I remember my 0ad calling $grub's up$, when dinner was ready as a 'id. A grub is also an insect larva. /ot usually eaten in 2ngland. Actually is available in some Australian restaurants!

7utted - If someone is really upset by something they might say that they were gutted. Li'e when you are told that you have 6ust failed your driving test!

%aggle - "o haggle is to argue or negotiate over a price. )ost people that wangle stuff are usually (uite good at haggling. I 6ust learnt that in the *SA you dic'er over a price, particularly for used cars!

%an'y pan'y - %an'y pan'y - or $slap and tic'le$ as some older fol's call it - would be ma'ing out in America.

%ard - After your D> pints of lager, the curry or the doner, your average D> year old feels hard. Since his male organ has no chance of wor'ing at this stage, hard clearly refers to something else - it means he is ready to fight anything or anybody or to ta'e on any bet. "his is the time to ma'e fun of drun'en lads by betting them they can't 6ump off the end of the pier, hang on to the bac' of a bus etc.

%ard lines - "his is another way of saying hard luc' or bad luc'.

%ash - "he thing you call a pound sign! 3efore you as', yes it is also something you smo'e - see wac'y bac'y. Also to ma'e a real hash of something means you really screwed it up.

%ave - "his one used to wind me up a treat in "e as. -hen we were in restaurants with friends, they would say to the waiter something li'e $8an I get a refill$. And the waiter would go and get them a refill. /o no no - that's completely wrong. It's $8an I %AC2 a refill$. /ot 72"! If you say $8an I 72" a refill$ in the *K, the waiter will give you a funny loo' and tell you where to go and 72" it - yourself!

%ealthy - %ealthful. I'm not really sure if this is slang or whether the American use of healthful is the real alternative to the 2nglish $healthy$. -e tal' about a healthy lifestyle and about healthy food. I never heard anyone say smo'ing was $unhealthful$ in the *S but I suppose that must e ist too!

%er )a6esty's pleasure - -hen visiting 2ngland, try to avoid being detained at %er )a6esty's pleasure. "his means being put in prison with no release date!

%iya - Short for hi there, this is a friendly way of saying hello.

%on'ing - %on'ing is being sic' or throwing up. 5resumably this is a problem in /ew &or' where there are signs on the streets that say $/o %on'ing$.

%orses for courses - "his is a common saying that means each to his own. -hat suits one person might be horrible for someone else. If my 0ad was trying to understand why my brother had wanted to get his ear pierced he might say $9h well, it's horses for courses I suppose$!

%ow's your father# - "his is a very old term for se which plays on our apparent 3ritish sensitivity. Eather than saying the actual $se $ word you could refer to having a bit of %ow's your 1ather, instead - nudge, nudge, win', win'. "he sort of old fashioned saying dragged up by Austin 5owers.

%ump - If you have got the hump it means you are in a mood. If you are having a hump, it means you are having se . 8are is advised when you try using these words for the first time. It could be embarrassing!

%un'y-dory - )y 2nglish dictionary tells me that hun'y-dory means e cellent. -e would generally use it to mean that everything is cool and groovy, on plan, no worries and generally going well.

I'm easy - "his e pression means I don't care or it's all the same to me. /ot to be confused with how easy it is to lure the person into bed!

Irony;sarcasm - "he cornerstones of 3ritish humour. "his is one of the biggest differences between the nations. "he sense of humour simply doesn't translate too well.

Aammy - If you are really luc'y or flu'ey, you are also very 6ammy. It would be (uite acceptable to call your friend a 6ammy b<<<<rd if they won the lottery.

Aimmy - Actually short for Aimmy Eiddle. i.e. I'm off for a Aimmy Eiddle. "his is 8oc'ney rhyming slang for piddle!

Aohn "homas - &et another word for a blo'es willy! I always felt a bit sorry for people who were actually called Aohn "homas. -hat were their parents thin'ing#

Aolly - &ou hear people use this in all sorts of ways, but basically it means very. So $6olly good$ would mean very good. A common e ception is where you hear people say $I should 6olly well thin' so!$ which is more to emphasise the point.

Keep your pec'er up - "his is one way of saying 'eep your chin up. *se with caution as in some places your pec'er is also your willy!

Kha4i - Another word for the toilet. 9ur version of your bathroom.

Kip - A short sleep, forty win's, or a snoo4e. &ou have a 'ip in front of the telly on a Sunday afternoon.

Knac'ered - "he morning after twenty pints and the curry, you'd probably feel 'nac'ered. Another way to describe it is to say you feel shagged. 3asically worn out, good for nothing, tired out, 'nac'ered.

Knees up - If you're having a 'nees up, you're going to a dance or party.

Knob - &et another word for your willy.

Knoc' off - "o 'noc' something off is to steal it, not to copy it!

Knoc' up - "his means to wa'e someone up. Although it seems to have an altogether different meaning in the *SA! At one time, in 2ngland, a chap was employed to go round the streets to wa'e the wor'ers up in time to get to wor'. %e 'new where everyone lived and tapped on the bedroom windows with a long stic', and was 'nown as a $'noc'er up$. %e also turned off the gas street lights on his rounds. Another meaning of this phrase, that is more common these days, is to ma'e something out of odds and ends. 1or e ample my 0ad 'noc'ed up a tree house for us from some plan's of wood he had in the garage, or you might 'noc' up a meal from whatever you have hanging around in the fridge.

Knoc'ers - Another word for breasts.

Knuc'le sandwich - If somebody offers you a 'nuc'le sandwich you'd be best to decline the offer and leave at the ne t convenient moment. It isn't some 3ritish culinary delight they're about to thump you in the face.

Leg it - "his is a way of saying run or run for it. *sually said by 'ids having 6ust been caught doing something naughty. -ell it was when I was a 'id!

Left, right and centre - If you have been loo'ing left, right and centre, it means you have been searching all over.

Love bite - &ou call them hic'ies - the things you do to yourself as a youngster with the vacuum cleaner attachment to ma'e it loo' li'e someone fancies you!

Lurgy - If you have the lurgy it means you are ill, you have the 1lu. 0on't go near people with the lurgy in case you get it!

Luvvly-6ubbly - 8learly another way of saying lovely. )ade famous by the "C show 9nly 1ools and %orses.

-ly - "hese are two letters that seem to be left off words in America. I never heard anyone say something was $really nice$ or $really cool$, they would say real nice and real cool. -e would be sent to the bac' of the class for grammar li'e that!

)ate - )ost chaps li'e to go to the pub with their mates. )ate means friend or chum.

)omentarily - As you come into land at an American airport and the announcement says that you will be landing momentarily, loo' around to see if anyone is sniggering. "hat will be the 3rits! I never did figure out why they say this. )omentarily to us means that something will only happen for an instant - a very short space of time. So if the plane lands momentarily will there be enough time for anyone to get off# -eird!

)orish - Also spelt $moreish$, this word is used to describe desserts in my house, when a single helping is simply not enough. &ou need more! It applies to anything - not 6ust desserts.

)ufti - An old army term for your $civvies$. 8ivilian clothes that is, rather than your uniform.

)ug - If someone is a bit of a mug, it means they are gullible. )ost used car salesmen rely on a mug to show up so they can sell something!

)ush - Ehymes with $push$. Slang word for your mouth as in $shut your mush$. Also means mate as in $Alright mush#. -hich means $%i$!

)utt's nuts - If something is described as being $the )utt's$ then you'll 'now it is fantastic or e cellent. $"he )utt's$ is short for $"he )utt's nuts$ which is clearly another way of saying the $0og's 3olloc's$! All clear now#

/aff - If something is naff, it is basically uncool. Anora's are naff, salad cream is also naff. &ou could also use it to tell someone to naff off, which is a politer way of telling them to f<<< off!

/ancy boy - If someone is being pathetic you would call them a nancy or a nancy boy. It is the opposite of being hard. 1or e ample in cold weather a nancy boy would dress up in a coat, hat, gloves and scarf and a hard guy would wear a t-shirt. It's also another word for a gay man.

/ar' - If someone is in a nar', it means they are in a bad mood, or being grumpy. It's also the word for a spy or informant. 1or e ample a coppers nar' is someone who is a police informant - which you might call a stoolie or stool-pigeon. "he origin is from the Eomany word, na', meaning $nose$.

/ar'ed - In the *K you would say that someone loo'ed nar'ed if you thought they were in a bad mood. In the *S you might say that someone was pissed. -e definitely would not say that, as it would mean they were drun'!

/esh - )y 0ad used to call me a nesh wimp when I was a 'id and I wanted him to ta'e me places in his car because it was too cold to go on my bi'e. %e meant I was being pathetic or a bit of a nancy boy. %e might have had a point!

/ice one! - If someone does something particularly impressive you might say $nice one$! to them. It is close the "e an good 6ob that you hear all the time.

/ic' - "o nic' is to steal. If you nic' something you might well get nic'ed.

/ic'ed - Something that has been stolen has been nic'ed. Also, when a copper catches a burglar red handed he might say $you've been nic'ed$!

/itwit - See twit.

/oo'ie - /oo'ie is the same as han'y pan'y. Something you do with your bird!

/osh - 1ood. &ou would refer to food as nosh or you might be going out for a good nosh up, or meal! 2ither way if someone has 6ust coo'ed you some nosh you might want to call it something else as it is not the nicest word to describe it.

/ot my cup of tea - "his is a common saying that means something is not to your li'ing. 1or e ample if someone as'ed you if you would li'e to go to an all night rave, they would 'now e actly what you meant if you told them it was not e actly your cup of tea!

/owt - "his is &or'shire for nothing. Similarly owt is &or'shire for anything. %ence the e pression $you don't get owt for nowt$. Eoughly translated as $you never get anything for nothing$ or $there's no such thing as a free lunch$.

/ut - "o nut someone is to head butt them. /utting is particularly useful when at a football match.

9ff colour - If someone said you were off colour they would mean that you loo' pale and ill! /ot (uite the same as something being off colour in the *S!

9ff your trolley - If someone tells you that you're off your trolley, it means you have gone raving bon'ers, cra4y, mad!

9n about - -hat are you on about# "hat's something you may well hear when visiting the *K. It means what are you tal'ing about#

9n the 6ob - If you are on the 6ob, it could mean that you are hard at wor', or having se . *sually the conte t helps you decide which it is!

9n the piss - If you are out on the piss, it means you are out to get drun', or to get pissed.

9n your bi'e - A very polite way of telling someone to f<<< off.

9ne off - A one off is a special or a one time event that is never to be repeated. Li'e writing this boo'!

9wt - "his is &or'shire for anything. Similarly nowt is &or'shire for nothing. %ence the e pression $you don't get owt for nowt$. Eoughly translated as $you never get anything for nothing$ or $there's no such thing as a free lunch$.

5ants - "his is (uite a new e pression - I have no idea where it came from. Anyway, it is now (uite trendy to say that something which is total crap is $pants$. 1or instance you could say the last episode of a "C show was $total pants$.

5ardon me - "his is very amusing for 3rits in America. )ost 'ids are taught to say $pardon me$ if they fart in public or at the table etc. In America it has other meanings which ta'e us 3rits a while to figure out. I thought I was surrounded by people with flatulence problems!

5ar'y - 2ither short for )ichael 5ar'inson, a famous chat show host, or more li'ely a word to describe the weather as being rather cold!

5ass - "his means I don't 'now and comes from the old "C show, )astermind, where contestants were made to say $pass$ if they did not 'now the answer to the (uestion.

5avement pi44a - -ell here the pavement is the sidewal' and a pavement pi44a is a descriptive way of saying vomit. 9ften found outside Indian restaurants early on a Sunday morning.

5eanuts - I hated one of my summer 6obs as a 'id because it paid peanuts. "he full e pression is that if you pay peanuts, you get mon'eys. It is a fairly derogatory way of saying that manual labour doesn't need to be bright and doesn't need a lot of pay. "ypically these days peanuts means something is cheap. 1or e ample we would say the

petrol in the *SA is peanuts or costs peanuts. 8ompared to our prices it is.

5ear shaped - If something has gone pear shaped it means it has become a disaster. It might be preparing a dinner party or arranging a meeting, any of these things can go completely pear shaped.

5iece of ca'e - I remember saying it's a piece of ca'e in front of one of my American friends, who then started loo'ing around for the ca'e! It means it's a cinch!

5inch - "his means to steal something. "hough when you say $steal$ it is a bit more serious than pinch. A 'id might pinch a ca'e from the 'itchen. A thief would steal something during a burglary.

5ip pip - Another out-dated e pression meaning goodbye. /ot used any more.

5iss poor - If something is described as being $piss poor$ it means it is an e tremely poor attempt at something.

5iss up - A piss up is a drin'ing session. A visit to the pub. "here is an 2nglish e pression to describe someone as disorganised which says that he;she could not organise a piss up in a brewery!

5issed - "his is a great one for misunderstanding. )ost people go to the pub to get pissed. In fact the ob6ect of a stag night is to get as pissed as possible. 7etting pissed means getting drun'. It does not mean getting angry. "hat would be getting pissed off!

5issing around - 1ooling about, in the sense of messing around or ma'ing fun or 6ust being silly. /ot terribly polite.

5lastered - Another word for loaded. In other words you have had rather too much to drin' down your local. It has nothing to do with being covered with plaster though

anything is possible when you are plastered.

5or'ies - )ore coc'ney rhyming slang. Short for $por'y pies$, meaning $por' pies$. Ehymes with lies. )y )um always used to tell me I was telling por'ies! And she was right!

5orridge - 0oing porridge means to serve time in prison. "here was also a comedy "C series called 5orridge about a prisoner starring Eonnie 3ar'er of "he "wo Eonnies fame.

5osh - Eoughly translates as high class, though if you loo' at 5osh Spice there are clearly e ceptions to the rule! 8omes from the cabins used by the upper class on early voyages from 2ngland to India. "he coolest +and most e pensive cabins, were 5ort side on the way 9ut and Starboard on the way %ome.

5otty - "his isn't 6ust the thing you sit a toddler on - if you are potty it means you are a little cra4y, a bit of a looney, one card short of a full dec'.

5ound sign - 2ver wondered why 3rits flounder when voicemail messages say to press the pound sign# -hat on earth is the 3ritish currency doing on a phone anyway# -ell, it isn't. "o a 3rit, the pound sign is the wiggly thing we use to denote the *K pound +or (uid,, in the same way you have a dollar sign.

5rat - &et another mildly insulting name for someone. In fact, this one is a bit ruder than pilloc' so you probably wouldn't say it in front of 7randma.

5"9 - "his is an abbreviation for $please turn over$. &ou will see it on forms in the *K where you would see the single word over in the *SA.

5uff - If a 3rit starts giggling in your local drugstore - it may be because they have 6ust found a bo of 5uffs. "o some of us 3rits a 5uff is another word for a fart. Stems from the coc'ney rhyming slang, to $5uff a dart$.

5u''a - "his term has been revived recently by one of our popular young "C chefs. It means super or smashing, which of course is how he describes all his food.

5ull - )e and the lads used to go to the disco when we were on the pull. It means loo'ing for birds. 9f course, it wor's the other way round too. "he ladies may also be on the pull, though probably a bit more subtly than the chaps!

5ussy - "his is what we call our cat, as in $pussy cat$, or in the fairytale, 5uss in 3oots. So if you have a 3rit neighbour who as's if you have seen their pussy - try to 'eep a straight face and thin' bac' the last time you saw their cat!

5ut a soc' in it - "his is one way of telling someone to shut up. 8learly the soc' needs to be put in their loud mouth!

5ut paid to - "his is an e pression which means to put an end to something. 1or e ample you could say that rain put paid to the cric'et match, meaning it stopped play.

?ueer - Apart from the obvious gay lin', this word used to be used a lot to mean someone loo'ed ill. As in $&ou loo' (ueer$. 9f course you might not say that these days in case you get either pic'ed up, or thumped!

?uid - A pound in money is called a (uid. It is the e(uivalent to the buc' or clam in America. A five pound note is called a fiver and a ten pound note is called a tenner.

?uite - -hen used alone, this word means the same as absolutely!

Eat arsed - &et another term for drun', sloshed or plastered. &ou might say loaded. In the *K, loaded is a men's maga4ine that covers se and football.

Eead - If someone as's you what you read at university, they mean what was your ma6or at school.

Eeally - "his is one of those words where you say almost the same thing as us, but 6ust can't be fagged to finish it off. "he word is $really$, not real. &ou say things li'e it's real hot, something's real cool, a baby is real cute. If we said that we would be sent to the bac' of the class for our grammar - or lac' of it!

Eedundancy - If you are made redundant it means you are laid off.

Eeverse the charges - -hen you want to ring someone up and you have no money you can call the operator and as' to reverse the charges in the *K. In the *S you would call collect.

Eight - I'm feeling right 'nac'ered. "hat would mean you were feeling very tired.

Eing - &ou would ring someone on the phone not call them, in the *K. "ry saying $give me a ring$ to the ne t 3rit you meet. "his does not wor' well in reverse. I as'ed someone in a shop to ring me up and he dragged me to the till and pulled my head across the scanner!

Eoger - Same 'ind of problem that Eandy has here, e cept we have people called Eoger and no Eandys. &ou will see a strange smile on the face of a 3rit every time $Eoger the Eabbit$ is mentioned!! "o roger means to have your wic'ed way with a lady. )y 9 ford 2nglish 0ictionary says to copulate. &ou might say screw.

Eound - -hen you hear the words $your round$ in the pub, it means it is your turn to buy the drin's for everyone in the group - nothing to do with the si4e of your tummy! Since beers are more and more e pensive these days, the art of buying the rounds has developed into ensuring you buy the first one before everyone has arrived, without being obvious!

Eow - Ehymes with $cow$ this means an argument. &ou might hear your )um having a row with your 0ad, or your neighbours might be rowing so loud you can hear them!

Eubbish - "he stuff we put in the bin. "rash or garbage to you. &ou might also accuse someone of tal'ing rubbish.

Eugger - "his is short for $rugby$. It is a contact sport similar to your football but played in muddy fields during winter and rain. /ot only that, but the players wear almost no protection!

Eumpy pumpy - Another word for han'y pan'y, or a bit of noo'ie! Something two consenting adults get up to in private! "heoretically!

Sac';sac'ed - If someone gets the sac' it means they are fired. "hen they have been sac'ed. I can thin' of a few people I'd li'e to sac'!

Sad - "his is a common word, with the same meaning as naff. *sed in e pressions li'e $you sad b<<<ard$.

Scrummy - "his is a word that would be used to describe either some food that was particularly good +and probably sweet and fattening,.

Scrumping - "o go stealing - usually apples from someone elses trees!

Send-up - "o send someone up is to ma'e fun of them. 9r if something is described as being a send-up it is e(uivalent to your ta'e-off. Li'e Eobin -illiams does a ta'e-off on the 3ritish accent - (uite well actually!

Shag - Same as bon' but slightly less polite. At seventies parties watch the loo' of

surprise on the 2nglishman's face when an American girl as's him if he would li'e to shag. 3est way to get a 3rit to dance that I 'now! &ou can even go to shagging classes!

Shagged - 5ast tense of shag, but also see 'nac'ered.

Shambles - If something is a shambles it is chaotic or a real mess. It's also a very old name for a slaughterhouse. So if you ever visit "he Shambles in &or', then the name does not refer to the somewhat shambolic nature of the buildingsF it's a reference to the site it's built on - an old slaughterhouse!

Shambolic - In a state of chaos. 7enerally heard on the news when the government is being discussed!

Shirty - $0on't get shirty with me young man$ was what my 0ad used to tell me when I was little. %e was referring to my response to his telling off for doing some terrible little boy thing. Li'e tying my brother to the bac' of )um's car or putting my shoes in the toilet. It meant I was getting bad tempered.

Shite - "his is 6ust another way of saying shit. It is useful for times when you don't want to be overly rude as it doesn't sound (uite as bad!

Shitfaced - If you hear someone saying that they got totally shitfaced it means they were out on the town and got steaming drun'. /ormally attributed to stag nights or other silly events.

Shufti - 5ronounced shooftee, this means to ta'e a loo' at something, to ta'e a butchers! It's an old Arabic word, pic'ed up by 3ritish soldiers during -orld -ar II, in /orth Africa.

Si es and sevens - If something is all at si es and sevens then it is in a mess, topsy turvy or somewhat haywire!

S'ew-whiff - "his is what you would call croo'ed. Li'e when you put a shelf up and it isn't straight we would say it is all s'ew-whiff.

S'ive - "o s'ive is to evade something. -hen I was a 'id we used to s'ive off school on -ednesdays instead of doing sports. -e always got caught of course, presumably because the teachers used to do the same when they were fourteen!

Slag - "o slag someone off, is to bad mouth them in a nasty way. *sually to their face.

Slapper - A slapper is a female who is a bit loose. A bit li'e a slag or a tart. 5robably also translates into tramp in American.

Slash - Something a lager lout might be seen doing in the street after his curry - having a slash. 9ther e pressions used to describe this bodily function includeF siphon the python, sha'e the sna'e, wee, pee, piss, piddle and having a 6immy.

Sloshed - &et another way to describe being drun'. 8learly we need a lot of ways to describe it since getting plastered is a national pastime.

Smarmy - Another word for a smoothy, someone who has a way with the ladies for e ample. *sually coupled with $git$ - as in $what a smarmy git$. /ot meant to be a nice e pression, of course.

Smart - -hen we say someone is smart, we are tal'ing about the way they are dressed - you might say they loo' sharp. -hen you say someone is smart you are tal'ing about how intelligent or clever they are.

Smashing - If something is smashing, it means it is terrific.

Smeg - "his is a rather disgusting word, popularised by the "C show, Eed 0warf. Short for smegma, the dictionary definition says it is a $sebaceous secretion from under the

fores'in$. /ow you 'now why it has ta'en me G years to add it in here. /ot nice! Eather worryingly smeg is also the name of a company that ma'es ovens!!!

Snap - "his is the name of a card game where the players turn cards at the same time and shout $snap$ when they match. 5eople also say $snap$ when something someone else says has happened to them too. 1or e ample when I told somebody that my wallet was stolen on holiday, they said $snap$, meaning that theirs had too!

Snog - If you are out on the pull you will 'now you are succeeding if you end up snogging someone of the opposite se +or same se for that matter!,. It would probably be referred to as ma'ing out in American, or serious 'issing!

Snoo'ered - If you are snoo'ered it means you are up the famous cree' without a paddle. It comes from the game of snoo'er where you are unable to hit the ball because the shot is bloc'ed by your opponent's ball.

Sod - "his word has many uses. )y father always used to say $9h Sod!$ or $Sod it!$ if something went wrong and he didn't want to swear too badly in front of the children. If someone is a sod or an $old sod$ then it means they are a bit of a bastard or an old git. $Sod off$ is li'e saying $piss off$ or $get lost$ H $sod you$ means something li'e $f<<< off$. It also means a chun' of lawn of course. &ou can usually tell the difference!

Sod all - If you are a waiter in America and you serve a family of 3rits, the tip is li'ely to be sod all or as you would call it - nothing. 3ecause we don't 'now about tipping.

Sod's law - "his is another name for )urphy's law - whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.

Sorted - -hen you have fi ed a problem and someone as's how it is going you might say $sorted$. It's also popular these days to say $get it sorted$ when you are telling someone to get on with the 6ob.

Speciality - "his is another one where you chaps drop your $I$. when I first saw specialty

written down in the *S I thought it was a mista'e. 3ut no! -e love our I's!

Spend a penny - "o spend a penny is to go to the bathroom. It is a very old fashioned e pression that still e ists today. It comes from the fact that in ladies loos you used to operate the door by inserting an old penny.

Splash out - If you splash out on something - it means you throw your senses out the window, get out your credit card and spend far too much money. &ou might splash out on a new car or even on a good meal.

S(uidgy - A chocolate cream ca'e would be s(uidgey. It means to be soft and, well, s(uidgey!

S(uiffy - "his means you are feeling a little drun'. Some people also use it to mean that something has gone wrong.

Star'ers - Avoid being seen star'ers when visiting 2ngland. It means star' na'ed.

Stiffy - &et another word for erection.

Stone the crows - "his is an old e pression with the same meaning as $cor blimey$.

Ston'er - "his means something is huge. Loo'ing at the burger you might say $blimey what a ston'er$. It is also used to refer to an erection! 8learly 2nglish modesty is a myth!

Ston'ing - "his weird word means huge. &ou might say $what a ston'ing great burger$ if you were in an American burger 6oint.

Strop - If someone is sul'ing or being particularly miserable you would say they are being stroppy or that they have a strop on. I heard an old man on the train tell his wife to stop being a stroppy cow.

Stuff - A recent headline in the /ew Statesman read $stuff the millennium$. *sing stuff in this conte t is a polite way of saying $f<<< the millennium$. -ho cares! Stuff it! &ou can also say $stuff him$ or $stuff her$ meaning they can sod off.

Suss - If you heard someone saying they had you sussed they would mean that they had you figured out! If you were going to suss out something it would mean the same thing.

Sweet fanny adams - "his means nothing or sod all. It is a substitute for $sweet f<<< all$. It is also shortened further to $sweet 1 A$.

Swotting - Swotting means to study hard, the same as cram does. 3efore e ams we used to swot, not that it made any difference to some of us. If you swotted all the time, you would be called a swot - which is not a term of endearment!

"a - -e said $ta$ as 'ids in Liverpool for years before we even 'new it was short for than's.

"able - -e use this word in e actly the opposite way. "o us a motion is tabled when it is brought to the table, or suggested for consideration. &ou table a motion when it is left for a later date.

"a'ing the biscuit - If something really ta'es the biscuit, it means it out-does everything else and cannot be bettered. Some places in America they said ta'es the ca'e.

"a'ing the mic'ey - See ta'ing the piss. Cariations include $ta'ing the mic'$ and $ta'ing the )ichael$.

"a'ing the piss - 9ne of the things Americans find hardest about the 3rits is our sense of humour. It is obviously different and is mainly based on irony, sarcasm and an in-built desire to $ta'e the piss$. "his has nothing to do with urine, but simply means ma'ing fun of someone.

"alent - "alent is the same as totty. 8hec'ing out the talent means loo'ing for the se y young girls +or boys I suppose,.

"ara - 5ronounced $churar$, this is another word for cheerio or goodbye. 8illa 3lac', a scouse "C presenter has probably done most to promote the use of this word as she says it all the time on her programmes.

"hrow a spanner in the wor's - "his is an e pression that means to wrec' something.

"ic'ety-boo - If something is going well with no problems we would say it is tic'ety-boo.

"idy - Apart from the obvious meaning of neat, tidy also means that a woman is a loo'er, attractive or se y.

"o - -e go to school from ages @ to .I. &ou might go to school from ages @ thru .I. -e don't say thru in that conte t at all. If we did though, we would say $through$!

"odger - As if we don't have enough of them already, this is yet another word for your willy, or penis.

"oodle pip - "his is an old e pression meaning goodbye. %owever, I only hear it when Americans are doing impressions of 3rits as it has fallen into disuse, along with steam trains and gas lights.

"ool - &et another word for your willy or penis. &ou'd thin' we were obsessed.

"osser - "his is another word for wan'er and has e actly the same meaning and shares the same hand signal. *nfortunately my house in "e as was in "ossa Lane, which was a problem when telling older members of the family where to write to me!

"otty - If a chap is out loo'ing for totty, he is loo'ing for a nice girl to chat up. "here is an Italian football player called "otti - which is pronounced the same. It's really funny hearing the commentators when he gets the ball saying $it's "otty for Italy$. It sounds li'e some beautiful Italian girlies have invaded the pitch.

""1/ - Short for $ta ta for now$. -hich in turn means goodbye! Said by older fol's and one Eadio "wo 0A in particular.

"wat - Another word used to insult someone who has upset you. Also means the same as fanny but is less acceptable in front of your grandmother, as this refers to parts of the female anatomy. Another use for the same word is to twat something, which would be to hit it hard. 7et it right or I'll twat you over the head!

"wee - "wee is a word you would generally hear older people say. It means dainty or (uaint. A bit li'e the way you chaps thin' of 2ngland I suppose.

"wit - &ou twit! /ot so rude as calling someone an idiot but it amounts to the same thing. Eemember )onty 5ython's $"wit of the &ear$ competition# 9ther versions include $nitwit$.

"wo finger salute - -hen you see a 3rit stic' up two fingers at you in a C shape, he may be ordering two of something +if his palms are toward you,. "he other way around and it's an insult along the lines of your one finger salute. -hich, by the way, is very popular here now too!

* - A letter used far more in 3ritish. It is in words li'e colour, favour, labour etc. I thin' this is why *K 'eyboards have .>D characters on them instead of your .>., or is it because they have a pound sign on them#

*ni - Short for university, we would say we went to uni li'e you would say you went to school. School here is 6ust for 'ids.

-ac'y bac'y - "his is the stuff in a 6oint, otherwise 'nown as pot or mari6uana!

-affle - "o waffle means to tal' on and on about nothing. It is not something you eat. Americans often thin' that 3rits waffle on about the weather. "he truth of course is that our news reports last J>-.D> seconds and the weather man is not hyped up to be some 'ind of superstar as he is on the "C in the *S. If you want to see an e ample of real waffle watch the weather channel in "e as where there is nothing to tal' about other than it is hot and will remain so for the ne t J months. Another e ample is the ladies who waffle on about anything on the %ome Shopping /etwor'. "hey would probably be classed as professional wafflers!

-angle - Some people have all the luc'. I 'now some people that can wangle anythingF upgrades on planes, better rooms in hotels. &ou 'now what I mean.

-an' - "his is the verb to describe the action a wan'er participates in.

-an'er - "his is a derogatory term used to describe someone who is a bit of a 6er'. It actually means someone who masturbates and also has a hand signal that can be done with one hand at people that cannot see you shouting $wan'er$ at them. "his is particularly useful when driving.

-atcha - Simply means %i. Also short for $what do you$ as in $watcha thin' of that$#

-a4 - 9n average, it seems that for every pint of lager you need to go for a wa4 twice! A complete waste of time in a serious drin'ing session. It means wee or pee.

-ell - -ell can be used to accentuate other words. for e ample someone might be $well hard$ to mean he is a real man, as opposed to 6ust $hard$. Something really good might

be $well good$. 9r if you were really really pleased with something you might be $well chuffed$. 7rammatically it's appalling but people say it anyway.

-elly - If you $give it welly$, it means you are trying harder or giving it the boot. An e ample would be when accelerating away from lights, you would give it welly to beat the guy in the mustang convertible in the lane ne t to you. -elly is also short for wellington boots, which are li'e your galoshes.

-hinge - -hingers are not popular in any circumstance. "o whinge is to whine. -e all 'now someone who li'es to whinge about everything.

-illy - Another word for penis. It is the word many young boys are taught as it is a nicer word than most of the alternatives. Some people also use it for girls as there are no nice alternatives. %ence $woman's willy$. Also used by grown ups who don't wish to offend +this word is safe to use with elderly 7randparents,.

-ind up - "his has a couple of meanings. If something you do is a $wind up$ it means you are ma'ing fun of someone. %owever it you are $wound up$ it means you are annoyed.

-obbler - "o $throw a wobbly$ or to $throw a wobbler$ means to have a tantrum. /ormally happens when you tell your 'ids they can't have an ice cream or that it's time for bed.

-on'y - If something is sha'y or unstable you might say it is won'y. 1or e ample I changed my chair in a restaurant recently because I had a won'y one.

-rite to - -hen visiting the *S one can't help noticing that you write each other. &ou don't $write to$ each other. %ere it would be grammatically incorrect to say $write me$ and you would be made to write it out .>> times until you got it right.

&a''ing - "his means tal'ing incessantly - not that I 'now anyone who does that now!

&on's - $3limey, I haven't heard from you for yon's$. If you heard someone say that it would mean that they had not seen you for ages!

Ked - "he last letter of the alphabet. "he 2nglish hate saying 4ee and only relent with names such as KK "op +Ked Ked "op does sound a bit stupid!,.

Kon'ed - If someone is 4on'ed or $4on'ed out$ it means they are totally 'nac'ered or you might say e hausted. -hen a baby has drun' so much mil', his eyes roll into the bac' of his head, it would be fair to say he was 4on'ed!