British Slang & UK Lingo

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Driving into a rival area looking for trouble — or, in production, the signature gliding 808 bass.

Cockney for neck — 'Gregory Peck' rhymes with neck, clipped to a 'Gregory'.

The street. Literally the 'horse road' — the bit where the traffic goes.

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A wheeler-dealer profiteer; the village loan shark archetype.

Rhyming slang for word; 'not a dicky bird' = not a word.

One's local area

Cockney rhyming slang for jewellery.

Welsh and West Country word for plimsolls or trainers.

Cockney for the Flying Squad — 'Sweeney Todd' rhymes with Squad, clipped to 'the Sweeney'.

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Polari for to smarten, fluff or style up — the word that gave us modern 'zhuzh'.

To cry or weep.

Rhyming slang for lies, clipped to 'porkies'.

Rhyming slang for table.

Cold

A haircut — and the slap on the head you got after one.

Polari for a dull or unavailable man — 'naff' here meaning ordinary, possibly 'not available for...'.

'Sort yourself out' / get organised.

Mate (clipped from 'china plate').

London filler tagged onto the end of sentences for emphasis — 'still,' but stretched.

No bother — it's all good.

To look or stare; to squint.

To steal — the cant verb that gave us 'shoplifting' centuries on.

None

Money; cash.

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You lot — the plural 'you' in MLE.

Money (Northern English).

Lodger.

Go your own way

Rhyming slang for boozer (pub), clipped to 'battle'.

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Drunk — 'a bit elephants'.

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Something went wrong but you keep pushing forward without dwelling on it — no complaints, we move.

To thrash, beat, or give someone a proper hiding.

A friend or mate — UK road slang term of address.

Money — British slang for cash.