Moving to London - Popular Slangs
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People in London communicate with a lot of slangs. If you are not familiar with them, you might feel left out or confused when people are having conversations. Here are some common slangs with examples of how they are used.
Ace
Meaning - Excellent
Use: “That’s Ace”.
Allright?
Meaning – is everything fine?
Use: “Alright Mate”.
Ballistic
Meaning - to get very angry
Use: “He went Ballistic when he realised his car had been stolen”.
Banged up
Meaning - put in prison
Use: “John’s been banged up”.
Bloke/ geezer
Meaning - a man you don’t know the name of
Use: See that Bloke/geezer over there”.
Bun in the oven
Meaning - Pregnant
Use: “She’s got a bun in the oven”.
Chuffed
Meaning - happy
Use: “I’m chuffed that he gave me a gift”.
Darlin
Meaning - normally used for female’s if their names are not known
Use: In a small shop, Sales assistant would say – “That would be £5.00 darlin”.
Doing my head in
Meaning - getting on my nerves
Use: “He is doing my head in”.
Dosh
Meaning - money
Use: “That’s a lot of Dosh”.
Doughnut
Meaning - a fool or an idiot.
Use: “You Doughnut!".
Footie
Meaning - football
Use: “I’m playing footie on Saturday”.
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Gobsmacked
Meaning surprised
Use: “I can’t believe they are going out together. I’m gobsmacked”.
Gutted
Meaning - upset about something
Use: “She was so gutted that she didn’t get the job”.
Hammered
Meaning - Drunk
Use: “I got hammered last night”.
Iffy
Meaning - dubious
Use: “That business man seems iffy to me”.
Keep your hair on
Meaning - keep calm, don’t get upset
Use: “Alright, keep your hair on”.
Knackered
Meaning - Tired
Use: “I’ve been working all day without a break, I’m knackered”.
Leave it out
Meaning - stop doing that/ stop saying that
Use: A friend keeps on teasing you - “Leave it out”.
Legless
Meaning - very drunk
Use: “She is legless”.
Loaded
Meaning - has a lot of money
“David Beckham is loaded”
Lost the plot
Meaning - gone mad or crazy
Use: “What’s wrong with you, have you lost the plot? ”.
Mate
Meaning - Friend
Use: “Hi Mate”.
Skint
Meaning - to have no money
Use: “I paid a lot of bills yesterday, I’m skint”.
Wicked (pronounced wikid)
Meaning - Excellent / good
Use: “That’s a wicked idea”.
There are more but you’ll pick them up as you interact with people.
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Also Read: Moving to London Part 2 - More Popular Slangs
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Cheers Fiery Mate, you are right. I left out all the rude ones. I must read your Hub on British Flicks. I'm sure its a wikid one, innit? :)
Funny, interesting and educative. Thanks.
Thanks Philipo, remember to go through them again when you are visiting London. :)
Oh i've got one -
Peng - "to be fit, hot, good-looking, attractive".
"Aw man she is well peng!" :D
Cheers Katacham. :)
I get new information about slang words. thanks for sharing some information. Because British English is a little difficult to learn.different from American English.
Wow nice one, really useful to understand English movies. :)
I lived with a Brit for awhile. I normally could understand what she was saying but when she spaking to home on the phone it was another language. Bob's yer Uncle.
Thanks Michele.
Prasetio, I think you should teach me some American English slangs. :)
Lol. Capisce - I say "Bob's yer uncle" alot.
You missed out gobshite lol.
Lol Charmaine. Thanks for visiting. :)
I like the one 'Bun in the oven' :P
Very interesting. It's hard sometimes to determine what is slang when you use it all the time.
Canadian Slang is the same with:
"Wicked" and "Hammered"
"Gutted" is for the hunters and
"Keep your hair on" is the same as our "keep your shirt on"
and new one from Canada
"Knocked up" = "Pregnant"
Cheers Duchess - Its quite similar to UK. So, whenever I visit Canada, I will understand people when they use slangs. :)
wagwan you lots this so cool ukno i love em yh
that's a really wonderful slangs,you know
** lol Bboy, wikid of you to drop by.
** Cheers hhdmy.
What about 'Safe'? 'Blud', 'skeen'...lol
Sorry, just some of the slang I grew up in East London with...lol, theres plenty you've missed out but thats a good thing...hehehehe
Great hub, made me 'crack up', you get me? lol
Lol nettech. I get you, I'm feelin you.
It's time this Hub had a part two - you are right there are loads of slangs not in. Thanks for stopping. :)
wow
dis helps alot
Cheers Dimmy. :)
how i wish i could be i London by now
No problems Johnkay, I've put a first class ticket to London in the post to you.
You just need to get past Mr Ash Cloud. Thanks for stopping. Regards. :)
Some slang expression are similar to those in Swedish.
Thank you for an interesting read.
Hi Mariannn
that's interesting to know - it means I won't feel lost, if ever I get a chance to visit Sweden.
Thanks for stopping.
thats very informative Lady-that will help next month although I shall not be loaded but,at least wont look doughnut cause I am fore warned and therefore forearmed,thank you mate.
Thanks Suny51
I enjoyed reading your comments.
Best Wishes.
Hey, I had read the sequence to this hub but not this one!! This is as wonderful as the other one!! :)
Thanks dreamreachout. You have to teach me some Indian Slangs one day... :)
Quite informative. I really like british slangs n i want to thank u for givin' me some of the useful slangs,though i know majority of them r still missing and u can't help it. And,above all,i thank Mr.PG Wodehouse for creating such great characters,plots n giving some of the wickedest(right,elena?) slangs.
Cheerio!
Lol Akhil, that's right. Glad you found the article useful. Best Wishes.
Interesting. Banged-up here usually means 'pregnant.'How about dosh-loaded (just kidding; that would seem like tons and tons of money, LOL!). Well, I must say that I am chuffed to have an on-line mate such as yourself Lady_E. Have a great day! Voted-up and rated.
Lol Support Med
I'm very chuffed to read your comments too. :)
I see you're tweeting older hubs. Awesome strategy.
Anyway, I love wicked! I use it all the time. Cool hub (thumbs up)!!
Hi Dre - I think they'll get dusty if I don't keep on circulating them. lol. I hope I am following you on Twitter. If not: please let me know your Twitter profile.
Thanks for stopping.
Have an Ace Weekend. :)
lol @ gobsmacked and skint. This hub is great. Some funny ways to use words here but I've heard a few of these expressions - not most - just a few.
Hi Mythbuster - Glad you enjoyed it.
Best Wishes. :)
lol (mint) (giz a suck) (sappnin) (sup)
When I first moved to London the expression "Legless" really got me, my studio mates used it all the time. These are fun!
Lol Alladream - Thanks for sharing that. :)
You bring back lots of cherished memories for indeed these were the kind of terms, sorry slang, I heard when I was living in the UK. Legless, intereting, pissed, another, ace and dosh and what have you, grand another. These bits and pieces of speech are culturally very important, they keep us alive. Great Hub, Voted Up.
Ha ha.... that made me smile. Indeed, they keep us alive. Oh, you must come back for Olympics 2012.
Best Wishes.
Lady_E, this is wonderful, this article discover me at the first of the year. I guess it was time. The one slang I love the best and will never forget is,"Doing my head in"
This one is priceless. happy New Year.
Hi Plantinum - I like that one too.... Infact, sometimes I say. "She is doing my Nut in." Lol.
Thanks for stopping. Have a Happy New Year.
fierycj 2 years ago
Ha ha ha, Elena. brillant one. There are a whole lot of others you left out. which I know if you included, you hub would sure be flagged down. But its nice though. I like british slangs. Thats why I did the new hub on British flicks...they kill me with their dialogues.