Berk

An innocently sounding insult but actually means the ‘c word’

My other half is from Wakey and he uses the word "mungy" meaning similar to "mardy". I've been described as such many times.

We say "Mardy arse" in Derbyshire lol

I know this is a Reddit trope but "cunt". It's not associated with misogyny in the UK, so it really conveys a sense of utter contempt and disgust towards someone with the same sort of venom and impact as the N-Word, but without the baggage that comes with it.

Also, as a happy coincidence, you can use it as a term of endearment like the non-hard-R version of the N-Word. Proper win-win.

It's slang for a vagina innit

Never quite got that argument though cause no one is arguing that 'dick' is misandrist but whatever, seppos gonna seppo.

I really enjoy nonce as insults go

They call’em Bacon[s] too, “Bacon Bonce” =Nonce

Also, 'proper' used in the way you did there. And as a west country denizen 'proper lush' or 'proper job' are favourites.

It doesn't make sense easily for a British person because words are used incorrectly.

Blagged = get something through charm, confidence or deception. You can't normally "blag" cash, you'd borrow or scrounge it. You'd blag free concert tickets or someone's login details in a bank scam.

"Wodge of wonga" would almost always be "wodge of cash" because phrases with the same syllabic stress sound more natural.

"Lorry carrying maize" - firstly it would be corn. Also it's formal phrasing in an otherwise informal sentence, "corn lorry" or just "lorry" would be more sensible unless there are multiple lorries and one can be easily identified as carrying corn.

Hope that's not too critical, I find the "unwritten rules" that make it difficult to speak a second language in a way undetectable to a native speaker. Example on here short while ago was "I drove around a child" vs "I drove a child around". Both could technically mean the same thing but the first would normally be taken to be there was a child as an obstacle to be driven around, second the child was a passenger. You'd need a proposition to make them the same, e.g. "I drove around with a child".

Yes, very close. However, 'wonga' also identifies the speaker's district of origin.

I'm a native speaker from the US. I know that bloke = guy, lorry = big 18-wheel truck, and maize = corn but I would never use any of those words in my own speech.

I have absolutely no idea what "blagged a whole wodge of wonga" means.

Very close. Lorry is basically synonymous with truck, including straight trucks and not necessarily very big. If you meant a semi specifically you could say artic, short for articulated lorry.

And blag could involve negotiation but could just be fast talk, or gain by chutzpah. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/blag

A lorry is the generic term for a truck, not necessarily a semi. The British equivalent of a semi is an artic, short for articulated lorry.

I'm a Scot living in London and it sounded perfectly normal to me until I got to the word maize. We don't use that. Except maybe a farmer would. But most farmers aren't driving lorries in london and talking about wonga.

Incidentally this reminded me of an 80s comedian who liked to take the piss out of 80s yuppies.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ULeDlxa3gyc&pp=0gcJCf8Ao7VqN5tD

To be even more clear, slang is a mass noun, not a count noun. If you want to talk about an individual slang term then you have to use a phrase like "slang term" or "slang word".

Also, this: "they would understand that?" isn't how a native speaker would ask the question. This sounds more fluent: "But if someone who isn't British came across this sentence, would they understand it?"

American living in the UK here. I feel like I still hear a new phrase once a month even after years of living here. You will almost never learn the whole list of British slang because it is so regionally specific.

Also word of advice: Keep in mind the visa rules to move here. They can be very difficult and you will likely need some type of sponsor. Its not nearly as easy as saving money and moving like you would one state to another.

Yank here… also in tech and also living in the UK.

Biggest unexpected language difference for me:

When you fall off of a skateboard and land on your face you will frequently get a “you all right?” In America .

Falling off a ladder, through a plate glass window, getting shot, stabbed, stabbed, poisoned, etc…. these are the scenarios where Americans will ask if you are all right.

But here it’s just a greeting! Like… you walk into a shop and the shop owner might say: “you all right?” and as a yank your first instinct is to assume that there is an arrow sticking out of your forehead that somehow you failed to notice….

But it’s not that. It’s just a friendly greeting.

Completely depends what part of the uk you are going to. There are many different slang words used regionally.

Just don't try to say TWAT cos you guys can't pronounce it.

Note this is not advisable in many workplaces, especially if office based. But you will hear it a lot in public and socialising.

I say this every time the subject comes up but Tom Scott did an excellent video on this called Why “No Problem” Can Seem Rude, might be worth watching for OP. It’s about differences in language in general but it mainly focuses on US vs UK examples.

Stub toe: Cunt! Someone cuts you up in traffic: Cunt! Burnt toast: Cunt! Wake up and it's Monday: Cunt! See your best friend: Cunt! Late for an appointment: Cunt! Stood in dog poo: Cunt! Your friend dies but owed you money: Cunt! The shop doesn't have your flavour crisps: Cunt!

Not a teen but my son got in trouble at school last week for saying "gyat". I have no idea what it means.

Maybe originally but she uses it for bum generally. Her favourite cheeky phrase is when I ask where something is she will say “in my gyat”

According to my 12 year old.

Gyat - a bum

Sigma - something or someone cool

Sigma Rizz - Something or someone really cool

Negative aura points - something not cool

Slay - that’s awesome

Skibbidy - something a bit sketchy or not quite right.

What the Skibs! - what she’s allowed to say instead of WTF!

What are you? A road man off Temu? - her favourite insult (I have no idea what a road man is lol. I imagine like a road works worker?)

Fam/bruh! - seems to be said in frustration when I say no or ask her to do something 🤷‍♀️

Innit! - I completely agree with you

Can’t think of any more off the top of my head but I’m sure there’s loads more

Yeah, I got the Temu part. Didn’t know what a road man was though.

Interesting. I doubt she knows that it means gangster/drug dealer as she’s 12 and it doesn’t really fit the context in which she uses it.

Probably heard older kids saying it and it’s taken on some new meaning among the younger ones who are saying it without the previous context.

At weekends we have some teens working in my local pub , strangely they can understand every word I say.

However when they reply it is in some sort of alien language that even Google translate can't understand .

If you start any conversation with a teen with "skibbidy sigma gyat Ohio", they'll immediately accept you as one of them.

Cushty - Good or enjoyable Shite cloth/Shit rag- Toilet roll Wanker - Jerk Tosser - idiot Mush - Mush actually has 2 meanings. The first meaning mouth or face, as in “I don’t want to see your mush again!”. The second is simply a way to address a person, often a man but can be a woman, as in “Do you understand me, mush?”

Goin' te lav - I'm going to the toilet

Pull your finger out your arse - Don't be a lazy c*nt

On the pull - Getting laid tonight

I'm skint - I've no money to my name

Copper/pig/5-0 - Police Officer / PCSO

Faff - Messing around

Ya reet? - Are you okay?

Popped the Clogs - Someone died

There's so much missing from here, this will get you well on your way, pal. Good luck 👍

Whyaye. Bairn. Yam. Yem

You have bangers = sausage. Now you need sausage = idiot

I said ‘Quim’ the other day and no one else knew what I was on about. Anyone else ever use quim?

Dinlow

Bobs your uncle, fanny's your aunt

Cockwomble

Numpty

Gash

Adding "-ed" to words to mean drunk

"That bloke is absolutely trollied"

Works for pretty much any word.

"Fucking Dave! Did you see him last week? Absolutely pineappled"

Using inanimate objects as an insult.

"He's a fucking wet wipe"

I feel like we may be the only people who say “pop” and “nip” to describe going somewhere.

Using the word "absolute" before almost any noun you can think of to mean the other person is an idiot.

"You absolute donut / tool / breadbin / weapon / plum" etc etc = idiot

Not usually taken in an offensive manner, it's often jovial. Eg. You drop something on the floor. I'd call you an absolute plum.

Other forms of absolute can also be used to express admiration. Eg "you absolute legend"

Calling someone an utter wazzock is something I say a lot...

A useful word with multiple applications:

"Where's ma football?" "Ah wellied it into next door's garden."

'Steaming' means drunk in Scotland. Scousers are just weirdos

It was only when I first went to Yorkshire that I discovered “while” can mean ‘from’ and ‘until’, as in the statement “I’ll be here while seven while eight”.

This seems like a one off strangeness. I’m yet to meet anyone, scousers included, who thought ‘steaming’ meant horny.

Steamy can refer to horny... And as another poster just said, getting steamed means pissed out your tree.

Yeah that's pants

‘Dinlo’ and ‘mush’ (rhymes with ‘bush’), used for ‘idiot’ and ‘mate’ in Southampton and Portsmouth. ‘Nipper’ is also common for a male younger than you.

Nesh. If someone feels the cold easily, they're nesh. I'm from the East Midlands, dunno how common it is everywhere else.

I wouldn’t say that either smart or het up are dialect. I’m in the Home Counties and hear it round here. Also seen them in written form

Also, the phrase “ I’m gan oot” meaning I’m going out, very similar in pronunciation to the Dutch for exit which is uitgang, although obviously the two terms are reversed.

In Cumbria it's "Yam"

"As garn yam" - "I'm going home"