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My thanks to the following people:

Christine Butterworth, David Brown, Elizabeth Sparrow, Helen Rathore, Jane Pollard, Jeremy Faulkner-Court, Kath Morgan, Martin Wood, Michael Wise, Richard Coralie, Sarah Campbell, Sue Louineau, Susie Nott-Bower, Villayat Sunkmanitu and Warren Stevenson.

Glossary of British Slang Terms

British slang
: US equivalent

’andouts:
handouts/charity

’scuse:
excuse

4 X 4:
four wheel drive vehicle/off-roader

arse:
ass

bitter (type of drink):
ale

blighty:
informal/nostalgic term for England / the UK

bollocking:
a severe reprimand

bollocks:
nonsense (noun)/damn (exclamation)

booze cruise:
ferry trip to bring back cheap alcohol

cheers:
when not used as a toast can mean thank you

chuffed:
pleased/delighted

civil servant:
government worker

clogging:
filling/blocking

Cockney Sparra:
Cockney Sparrow - native Londoner

comprendez:
do you understand [French]

craic:
an enjoyable time [Irish]

Diwali:
Hindu religious festival of lights

dogsbody:
servant or underling

downed:
drank

dunno:
don't know

durn’t:
doesn't

easy-peasy:
trouble free

exocet:
type of missile

fat chance:
slim chance

Feng Shui:
Chinese system of balancing energies

get it down yer:
drink this

give them a tug:
pull them in for questioning

had a skinful
: was drunk

hen party:
bachelorette party

industrial estate:
industrial park/trading estate

jammy:
lucky

Jaysus:
Jesus [Irish]

lamped:
beat up/punched

landed one on:
punched

matey:
friendly

might’a:
might have

mobile:
cellphone

Murphys:
common Irish surname

nicked:
arrested/busted

nought:
zero

o’him:
of him

oik:
peasant/lowlife

okey dokey:
OK

on’t:
on the

oppo:
work buddy

owt:
anything

Oxbridge:
Oxford and Cambridge Universities, equivalent to Harvard or Yale

paracetamol:
painkiller

plonked:
placed something without care

poss:
possible

prat:
jerk (derogatory)

promo:
promotional film

quid:
one UK pound (currency)

Rififi:
a classic French gangster movie

s’pose:
suppose

scrunched:
squeezed into a ball

shandy:
ale or lager mixed with a soft drink

shiter:
crappier

skint:
poor

snidey:
contemptuous

Sotheby’s:
Name of a premier auction house

summat:
something

sussing out:
weighing up someone's character or motives

ta:
thank you

telly:
TV

tenner:
ten pound note (currency)

tête à tête:
meeting between two people (French)

tha:
you

tossers:
jerks (derogatory)

tutted:
expressed disapproval

walkie-talkie:
two-way radio

wi’:
with

yer:
you

zip-gun:
home-made firearm

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