# 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.
lunzie
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extension lead
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fire-raiser
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
fair dos
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Munroist
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laugh in one's sleeve
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
passenger
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Colonel Blimp
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protractor
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scramble
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par off
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
stammel
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call the fire brigade
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clock up
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whisht
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
controlee
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
tea break
🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
prossy
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
minnow
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hardtop
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
anenst
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fried slice
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
queenfish
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
loved-up
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
nail varnish
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slumpy
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
mortling
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develin
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
CPN
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
sheriff
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last chance saloon
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downland
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
shingler
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
Macca
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
on about
🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
ends
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drink-driver
🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
victualler
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filmgoer
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
blue badge
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
single-driver
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convenor
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
peckish
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
kenspecked
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
perv
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
claret
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queer
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black cap
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
declinatory plea
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
box-ticking
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castle-guard
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jacketing
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open-top bus
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
Hall
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Five Power Defence Arrangements
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bone-idle
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SABS
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
service lift
🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
rough
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Mexican wave
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