40 Everyday British Slang Words and Phrases | Essential English Slang 

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I CAN’T BE ARSED!, DO YOU NEED BOG ROLL?, I’M CHUFFED! THE PARTY WAS DEAD! 40 Essential Slang Words and phrases CHUFFED KNACKERED BONKERS MANKY SLANG ALTERNATIVES FOR EVERYDAY WORDS 1. Nope (adv) /nəʊp/ Meaning: NO. “Have you done your homework?” “Nope!”. Nah (adv) /nᴂː/ Meaning: NO. “Do you fancy going to the cinema tonight?” “Nah, not really.” 2. Yeah (adv) /jeə/ Meaning: yes. “Have you done your homework?” “Nope!”. You bet (expression) Meaning: yes. “Have you done your homework?” “You bet!” 3. Soz (adv) /sɒz/ Meaning: sorry. My bad (expression) Meaning: sorry/my mistake. Did you break that vase?” “Soz, my bad!” 4. No biggie (adv) / nəʊ bIgi:/ Meaning: no problem. “Would you mind going to the shops and getting some milk?” “Yeah, no biggie!” 5. Cheers (exclamation) /tʃIəz/ Meaning: thank you “Cheers for your help” Ta (exclamation) /tɑː/ Meaning: thank you. “Ta for doing the washing up.” 6. Hi or Hiya /haI ‘haI.jə/ Meaning: hello. “Hiya, how you doing?” 7. See ya /siː jə/ Meaning: goodbye 8. TTFN ta-ta for now. Meaning: goodbye. Verb = (V), Adjective = (adj), Noun = (n), Adverb = (adv). Not be arsed (adj) /ɑːst/ Meaning: Not bothered. “Have you done the hoovering?” “I can’t be arsed!” 9. The bog (n) /bɒg/ Meaning: the toilet. “Could you tell me where the bog is?” 10. Bog roll (n) /bɒg rəʊl/ Meaning: toilet paper. “Honey, we’ve run out of bog roll!” 11. Bonkers (adj) /’bɒƞ.kəz/ Meaning: crazy/mad. “She is absolutely bonkers, She was up until 2 ‘o’clock dancing at the disco last night!” 12. ? 13. Cheeky (adj) /’tʃiː.kiː/ Meaning: Naughty/rude or showing no respect Usually in a funny way. (often used with children) He was a little bit cheeky last night, asking you for a dance.” “She is suck a cheeky monkey always asking for chocolate.” 14. Chuffed (adj) /tʃᴧft/ To be chuffed to bits. Meaning: happy/pleased. “I was chuffed when I heard they got engaged.” “I was chuffed to bits when I got my exam results They were all As!” 15. A cuppa (n) /’kᴧp.ə/ Meaning: cup of tea. “Fancy a cuppa?” 16. Cushy (adj) /nəʊp/ Meaning: easy/undemanding usually referring to a job Or situation. “Her new jobs seems to be rather cushy, she doesn’t have to do much at all, just type a few emails.” 17. Cushty (adj) /’Kʊʃ.tiː/ Meaning: good, enjoyable or excellent. ‘I’ve got a new job and they pay me loads of money!” “Wow! Cushty!” 18. Comfy (adj) /’kᴧmfiː/ Meaning: comfortable. “Oh my bed is so comfy in the hotel” “Cushty!” 19. Dead (adj) /ded/ Meaning: quiet or dull. “The bar was dead last night because the weather was so bad, people didn’t want to go out.” 20. Dodgy (adj) /’dɒdӡiː/ Meaning: Suspicious or not trustworthy. “He seems a bit dodgy.” “The car seems to be a bit dodgy at the moment.” 21. Dogsbody (n) /’dɒgz.bɒd.i:/ Meaning: a person who has to do all the boring or unpleasant jobs that other people do not want to do. “Pick up your own toys I’m not your dogs body.” 22. A drag (n) /drᴂg/ Meaning: tiresome, boring or troublesome. “It is such a drag doing homework after school, I just want to sit and watch some Netflix.” 23. Fab (adj) /fᴂb/ Meaning: fabulous “Do you fancy having lunch tomorrow?” “That would be fab, I’d love it!” 24. Flaky (adj) /’fleI.Ki:/ A flake (n) /fleIk/ Meaning: unreliable. “He promised to be at the meeting yesterday, I can’t believe what a flake he is.” 25. Gutted (adj) /’gᴧt.Id/ Meaning: very disappointed. “I was so gutted about my exam results, I worked really hard.” 26. Manky (adj) /’mᴂƞki:/ Meaning: disgusting, dirty or unpleasant. “Have you cleaned the bathroom, it is so manky.” 27. Miffed (adj) /mIft/ Meaning: a little disappointed. “I was so miffed I missed out on the tickets to that concert.” “She was a bit miffed that he didn’t turn up for their date on time.” 28. Murder (v) /’m3ː.dər/ Meaning: devour/eat. “I could murder a burger right now.” I’m gonna murder that chocolate bar when I get home.” 29. Numpty (n) /’nᴧmp.ti:/ Meaning: foolish/silly. “Of course I would help you, why didn’t you ask? You’re such a numpty!” 30. A Nutter (n) /nəʊp/ Meaning: crazy, silly Or strange. “You are a bit of a nutter sometimes, why did you stay out drinking till 2 in the morning.” 31. Kerfuffle (n) /kə’fᴧf.əl/ Meaning: noise, disruption or argument. “There was a real kerfuffle when someone tried to jump the queue!” 32. Knackered (adj) /’nᴂk.əd/ Meaning: very tired. Cream-crakered. “I had such a busy day at work, I am knackered.” 33. Kid (v) /Kid/ Meaning: joke, not be serious. “You’re kidding me! She spent how much on that car?!” “Oh don’t kid with me!” 34. A Prat (n) /prᴂt/ Meaning: an idiot/stupid. “He was a total prat when we were out last night, he drank too much and was rude to everybody.” 35. A sad-arse (adv) Or saddo. Meaning: pathetic person. “He’s a bit of a saddo.” “He’s a bit of a sad-arse.” 36. Shag (n/v) /ʃᴂg/ Meaning: sex. “Have a shag.” Or “shag someone.” 37. Shattered (adj) /’ʃᴂtəd/ Meaning: very tired. “I was shattered after having the kids all day, they completely wore me out.” 38. Starkers (adj) /’stɑː.kəz/ Meaning: Naked. “I was completely starkers when the postman came to the door.” Idiom In your birthday suit Meaning: Naked. 39. Skint (v) /skInt/ Meaning: very poor Have no money. “I’m skint, I can’t afford to go out tonight. Soz.” 40. Minted (adj) /’mIntId/ Meaning: very rich To have lots of money. “Mark Zuckerburg is minted because of Facebook.” Would you rather be skint or minted? 41. To take the piss (out of someone) To take the mickey (Out of someone) Meaning: to mock or ridicule. “The kids were taking the piss out of the maths teacher because he was had no hair.” 42. Tosh (n) /tɒʃ/ Meaning: rubbish, nonsense not true. “Oh tosh, of course you can do it!”

As a nudist who's often tired "knackered" is my new favorite english slang, so much funny words play/pun to do with this one. "Arse paper" is pretty much a word for word translation of the french "papier cul" that is somehow common in France and a bit in Quebec so people who use "arse paper" are probably frenchpersons trying to sound english.

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An interesting thing about "shattered" is that American English also uses it as slang, but in the US it typically would mean "deeply emotionally hurt/devastated," rather than "exhausted." I suspect its usage connects to another English slang term for deep emotional pain, "heartbreak," from which we get the common emoji 💔.

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Dodgy is the word I have been looking for, particularly the 2nd meaning, describing a thing not working properly

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Doing my head in...having a hissy fit...having a tizzy...cozi!

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