British Slang Words & Phrases

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  1. Patsy Faye

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    Ok the meaning of the word.... knackered

    Take my car to the garage for a repair am told sorry its Knackered not worth repairing

    Take My whippet out for a run after Rabbits take him home and he lies on his bed he is Knackered.


    Picked my lovely daughter up she after she done a 26 mile walk at Blemheim Palace.

    Her second words to me after I pointed out on the phone they had got the distance wrong and to had she had walk 29 miles she and her friend stated they were KNACKERED when they finished

    Go to work on my Allotment do a lot of digging come home Knackered.

    Come home from a heavy day at work and need to sleep knackered.

    Also in context anything that needs repair is knackered
     
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    Quid

    Means a £ same as an American $ is known as a Buck

    Quids in means you have had a cash wind fall.
     
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    How about Smeg

    Not used down South but with people from Liverpool.

    Used a lot in the TV version of Red Dwarf
     
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    I don't know much British slang, but I love to say "chuffed." Such a great word.

    Oh, and occasionally I'm "cheesed."
     
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    Chuffed here means , very pleased, or even proud...

    ''Cheesed'' wouldn't be used on it's own... the phrase is ''Cheesed off''.. meaning really fed up..or irritated.. ( not angry or annoyed)... just really ''pissed''

    Incidentally the word ''pissed'' here , means really drunk... you have to use the phrase ''pissed off'' to have the same meaning as Americans...( to be angry or annoyed)
     
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    Yes, I know the meaning of "chuffed." I learned it from a Scottish poster on another site I frequent. For some reason I just really like that word!!

    In this area of the country we have dropped "off" and just say cheesed or pissed, lol.
     
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    I am Scottish.... :D
     
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    peckish .-. hungry?

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    Just slightly.
     
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    We say 'Oops a daisy' when someone trips over
    I wonder who Daisy was - accident prone, that's for sure :p
     
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    "Oops a daisy" is also used here, Patsy. Though I don't hear it much anymore.

    How about "wanker" or "tosser?"
     
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    OH lol.. well you wouldn't say that to a guy's face .. not if you want to walk away without a fat lip...

    However it is widely used as derogatory term.....but not in proper company if you understand ma meanin'....
     
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    Peckish - meaning slightly hungry is used here all the time as well
     
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