# British
Tagged British
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The British tag covers slang spoken in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland: inherited dialect terms (reet, knackered, chuffed), Multicultural London English (peng, bare, mandem), and the regional vocabularies that mark a speaker postcode within seconds. The tag overlaps with the British and Irish category but is broader, sweeping up terms that any UK speaker would recognise regardless of where in the country they were raised. Notable: innit, cheeky, bruv, gaff, proper. Strong UK Twitter and grime/drill lyric presence.
air-raid warden
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new penny
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
noughts and crosses
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
hypothecation
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
nappy changer
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
sprog
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
resection
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dishwasher
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nap the regulars
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
soap dodger
🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
lusk
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
short drop
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come a cropper
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infanteering
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
Country Code
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Maxwellisation
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stoated
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
hockey stick
🎤 Black culture & AAVE
American pondweed
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
nestle-cock
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
assistant referee
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
Jimmy O'Goblin
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
pop one's clogs
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
chiplike
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
brishings
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
commence
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
CSC
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
English
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
goosegog
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
caretaker
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headish
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
engaol
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bolshiness
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
missus
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
lollipop man
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
brake tender
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proper job
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
preload
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internal
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
French partridge
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
ginging
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
standgale
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
Fanny Adams
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
Black Act
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mauther
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squeaky bum time
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
jimmer
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
imperial pint
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
dutyman
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sand perch
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
scratchback
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
decorator
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plimsoll
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sparrow-fart
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
multicolour yawn
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
Guy Fawkes Day
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coalface
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
shorthold
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
old chap
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
hurdies
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang