# 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.
ring spanner
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potter around
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meet a sticky end
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Smudge
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special measures
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skip lorry
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income support
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ghost island
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motive
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SA106
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strip off
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Greenwich Time Signal
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warrant officer class 1
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commemoration
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redneck
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live rough
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canny
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backyard cricket
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subway
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socking
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stag night
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stee
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knicks
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lah-di-dah
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dialled
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amber gambler
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hop garden
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my giddy aunt
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smittle
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jelly baby
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posey
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dairous
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pantech
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backroom boy
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bash together
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tarmac
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all in
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onsell
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demob-happy
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roughrider
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GMP
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ferric sulphate
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candroy
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extraburghal
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nothing ball
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cor blimey
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psalm-smiter
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pudding rice
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fried bread
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smexting
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private member's bill
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food hall
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holibobs
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rittock
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fettling
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sponge
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Royal Marine
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gallus
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daft
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not bear thinking about
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