Top 70 Most Popular British Slang Words and Phrases – Guide to English Slang

1. Blighty – Britain 2. Give You A Bell – Call you 3. Blimey! – My Goodness 4. Gutted – Devastated 5. Bespoke – Custom Made 6. Chuffed – Proud 7. Fancy – Like 8. Lost the Plot – Gone Crazy 9. Fortnight – Two Weeks 10. Sorted – Arranged 11. Hoover – Vacuum 12. Kip – Sleep or nap 13. Bee’s Knees – Awesome 14.  Know Your Onions – Knowledgeable 15. Dodgy – Suspicious 16. Wonky – Not right 17. Wicked – Cool! 18. Whinge – Whine 19. Tad – Little bit 20. Tenner – £10 21. Fiver – £5 22. Skive – Lazy or avoid doing something 23. Toff – Upper Class Person 24. Punter – Customer/Prostitute’s Client 25. Scouser – Someone from Liverpool 26. Quid – £ 27. Taking the Piss – Screwing around32. Pissed – Drunk 28. Loo – Toilet 29. Nicked – Stolen 30. Nutter – Crazy Person 31. Knackered – Tired 32. Gobsmacked – Amazed 33. Dog’s Bollocks – Awesome 34. Chap – Male or friend 35. Bob’s Your Uncle – There you go! 36. Anti-Clockwise – We Say Counter Clockwise 37. C of E – Church of England 38.  Ace – Cool! 39. Absobloodylootely – YES! 40. Nosh – Food 41. One Off – One time only 42. Shambles – Mess 43. Brilliant! – Great! 44. Dog’s Dinner – Dressed Nicely 45. Made Redundant – Fired from a job 46. Easy Peasy – Easy 47. See a Man About a Dog – Do a deal or take a dump 48. Up the Duff – Pregnant 49. DIY – Do It Yourself home improvements 50. Chat Up – Flirt 51. Fit – Hot 52. Ponce – Poser 53. Don’t Get Your Knickers in a Twist – Don’t Get worked up 54. The Telly – Television 55. Bangers – Sausage 56. Chips – French Fries 57. Daft Cow – Idiot 58. Do – Party 59. Uni – College/University 60. Starkers – Naked 61. Bits ‘n Bobs – Various things 62. Anorak – A person weirdly interested in something 63. Shambles – bad shape/plan gone wrong 64. I’m Off to Bedfordshire – Going to bed 65. Bloody – Damn 66. Rubbish – Garbage 67. Plastered – Drunk 68. Chav – White trash 69. It`s monkeys outside – it is very cold 70. Stag Night – Bachelor Party