Talk:British slang

message: 3 Words I know you don't have:
*Daft- Stupid, simple, or dumb
*Chuffed- Delighted.
*Tosh- Rubbish.
*Gormless- Dumb.
Some others just in case:
*Bevvy is beverage.
*Kip is a nap
*Dekko is a look/ peek
*Banger is a sausage.
98.124.14.83 (talk) 00:46, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Word Suggestions

message: I'm seeing a couple issues here, but I'm too tired at the moment to fix them:
# The phrasing with 'British'/'others' doesn't really work for me... If by 'others' you mean 'Americans', then say that.  And as a rule, avoid implying that ~all~ Americans/others can't understand it.  I understand it just fine.  Also, in general I don't really think it's appropriate to focus solely on differences with American slang/spelling... if that's your focus, change the section header.
# Format your tabular data as a table.
--Alynna 07:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "spelling" section 

message: A Barney is an argument, often with minor physical aggression but not actual assault.  It certainly predates 'the flintstones'. Brunnian (talk) 13:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barney 

message: These are dialect, rather than slang. Brunnian (talk) 05:04, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Nowt,Owt

message: Added Snog to words with no equivalent. I figured that Make out was two words and didnt count as an equivalent. Im surprised this wasnt already on here. 71.176.134.94 (talk) 17:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 'Snog' is currently equated only to 'french kiss', which I think is nonsense.  I've always understood that 'snogging' was any act of clothed intimacy, involving kissing, cuddling and carressing. Brunnian (talk) 13:48, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snog 

message: I don't thik that 'Scally' is a synonym for 'chav'.  A Chav is a pretentious fashion victim from the underclass, whereas a Scally is someone who tends to take a casual attitude to law, particularly the law of private property.  Chavs are a Thames Estuary phenomenon, Scallies seem to mainly be from the banks of the Mersey.Brunnian (talk) 10:10, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scally 

message: Some of the "American equivalents" are words used in practiacally every English-speaking country in the world, including the UK. Therfore this article is inaccurate. Please do something to change this. AlmightyClam 11:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just like to point out: 

message: Why do we have to have it being compared to American slang? The world doesn't revolve around your bloody country, you know! Can't we have one column for slag and another for the Queen's English?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.121.15 (talk) 13:49, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: American Slang

message: Hey all, Im going to make an objection against some of the words listed as British slang, as slang by definition is a synonym used by a minority, whereas I agree with most of the words given as slang terms, I do have to object to the following:
pips
pram
queue
rubbish
My basis for objection is that these terms are said/written/accepted by the majority (if not all) of British people, and the American equivlents are not accepted as correct as per the Chambers English Dictionary, so by definition the terms are not slang, there just correct English vs American English (which is based on British English rather than vice versa). 
So technically trash and stroller are slang terms, and line and seeds are not accepted as correct English in the context given in the article. 
 
NB this isnt meant as a jive at Americans.
Sorry to rant, but I think the definition of slang needs a rethink DannyM (talk) 23:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of "slang" 

message: It would be great to see some references on this. Anything unreferenced can be removed. I intend to do so in a while if no improvement is forthcoming. --John (talk) 01:35, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I would hazard that every one of these entries can be found in a standard dictionary and also in Rogers' Profanosaurus, to which I have added a link. Brunnian (talk) 21:14, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:V]] 

message: The page is called British slang, but I can see no words from Wales or Scotland Brunnian (talk) 12:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I imagine this list is slang commonly used and understood throughout the UK, not dialect words.Gymnophoria (talk) 14:12, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  English or British 

message: This article is a mess, lots of common slang terms are missing, and some of the definitions given are inaccurate. Does anybody care enough to do something about it?--Ykraps (talk) 22:22, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anybody care? 

message: There are scant few instances of specific words outside of England in this list. Whilst I am sure the members of the celtic home nations would understand and recognise these list, I think they are a lot less prone to actually using them than, say, someone from Macclesfield. I am adding a line to indicate this, but it's going to be a bit clumsy. 189.216.249.195 (talk) 04:37, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland 

message: I grew up in the UK, and left for the U.S. in 1966. I quickly encountered this wonderful term, which I guarantee 
wasn't known in the UK back then. So much American speech has made its way into Britain in the last 40-some years, 
and resident Brits, even of my generation, don't recognise it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.148.133.240 (talk) 15:55, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The citation is from Collins but, not having the print edition to see if it denotes origin or usage, I checked the online version but it doesn't list the term at all. Chambers reckons it "especially US". Mutt Lunker (talk) 17:23, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Initially I took the term from an online dictionary of "..English Slang and Colloquialisms Used in the United Kingdom". As I didn't consider this a reliable source, I cross referenced with Collins which on a second look, doesn't give an origin. Quinion is of no help as he doesn't even list it. I am therefore removing it pending further investigation.--Ykraps (talk) 09:10, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

text: According to The Cassel Dictionary of Slang (Green, 1999.), brown-nose is 1930s US military jargon. I am still undecided as to whether it should go in the article or not. The lead clearly states, "British slang is slang used in Britain...."; which brown-nose is. The British equivalent from around the same time is 'brown-tongue' so perhaps I'll insert that instead (excuse the innuendo).--Ykraps (talk) 08:47, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brown-nose

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message: *Is there any proof that "all wind and piss" originally referred to false pregnancy? Here the "piss" is an accumulation of liquid which had built up inside the uterus and comes out (along with gas) at the pseudo-labour. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:34, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
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message: Arse is not a slang word, it's Old English, from aers. If anything the American ass is slang, since it's a corruption of the original English word.Gymnophoria (talk) 14:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You are quite correct that arse is not slang but ass is not American in origin. It was used in England to mean backside, from at least the 16th century (long before America was populated by English speaking Americans). There is a pun in 'A Midsummer's Night Dream' where a weaver named Bottom is transformed into a donkey (ass). If you think this article is a mess, perhaps you ought to visit London Slang where several mainstream English words are being passed off as slang.--Ykraps (talk) 20:55, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Arse and ass are the same word. The different spellings just denote pronunciation differences in different English dialects. --Ef80 (talk) 18:32, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arse 

message: The vast majority of slang drug terms in this article are unreferenced and certainly not in general use. Some serious pruning is called for. Ef80 (talk) 18:27, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drug references 

message: Mitch 24.32.65.121 (talk) 05:57, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not listed at :wikt:mitch. Don't you mean arse? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:38, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ass cheeks do it