British English: What are some phrases, sayings, or words that people use in the

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• 'Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs' - an expression of amazement or surprise.
• 'It's black over Bill's mothers' - implying oncoming bad weather.
• 'He had an ague bout' - a layperson's description of some sort of medical affliction. I remain uncertain of what this is despite many years in the medical sector.
• 'Ey up me duck' - a form of greeting used in certain parts of the English Midlands.
• 'Its piddling down' - rain is currently falling.
• 'Mardy' - a descriptive term used for someone who is over-emotional (currently me!)
• A 'Chelsea Tractor' - the four wheeled drive, expensive, vehicles beloved of rich ladies in London.
• 'She could talk the hind legs off a donkey' - she talks too much.
• 'Coffin dodger' - an extremely elderly individual, not yet deceased.
• 'Fur coat and no knickers!' - an individual who is all appearance, no underlying substance.
• 'Syrup of figs' - a wig.
• Butty - sandwich
• Brolly - umbrella
• Soz - sorry
• Gutted - upset
• Chuffed - happy
• Pants - underwear, NOT trousers
• Chips - fries, not potato chips
• Crisps - potato chips
• Wanker - literally means someone who masturbates (or wanks off) but used as an insult, like asshole
• FFS - for fuck's sake
• Sod - fuck as in sof off (fuck off), this sodding rain (this fucking rain)
• Swings and roundabouts - it's all the same things, just different ways of looking at it
• What are you on about - what are you saying?
• Can't be bothered/can't be arsed - don't want to do something
• Shag - sex
• Chav - UK equivalent of American trailer trash
• Twat - literally I think it means vagina but is used as an insult
• Nowt - nothing
• Tea - dinner
• Cuppa/brew - cup of tea or coffee
• Innit - literally means isn't it, used at end of a sentence to get ageement or after stating a fact

• Shank  - knife or stab. "I will fucking shank you bruv"

  Butters - ugly.

  Sket - slut/slag.

  Fam/famo - abbreviation of family, but used to describe "your crew".

  Endz - your area "I come from the endz fam"

  Brap - useless filler word "brap brap fam, your sket is butters"

  Blud - used the same way groups of friends in the USA might use the N word/blood brother. Can be aggressive or friendly.

  Wagwan - what's going on?

  Bare - a lot/great

  
  

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