40 Everyday British Slang Words and Phrases | Essential English Slang

If you find yourself confused when speaking to a native Brit or if you'd like to boost your vocabulary and sound more native when you speak, then these 42 essential English slang words and phrases will help you do just that!
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No worries. Statement : Don't pay attention to him he only speaks tosh. I fancy taking the mickey of my twin sister when she feels under the weather due to I can change her mood.

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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!”

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Hi leila, lesson was cushty. And of course your smile and expression makes it spiffing. It was helpful and informative. Cheers.......

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Awesome as always, and thanks a ton for the great effort you are making!!! Keep it up and all the best.

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Yes ..keep teaching slangs and informals ..I'm fond of them ..

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Hiya see ya thank so much Leila I really love to learn more slang words

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Thanks! A very useful lesson! 💗

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Love those expressions for every day life ! So useful cheers !

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What a terrific lesson!

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Cheers!) The more slang expressions the better! It's the pivotal for sounding far more native on my take.

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Useful .Thanks.

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Amazing slang phrases

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Thank you, I enjoyed your lesson!

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That was worth waiting for! Incredible lesson for non-natives on British slang clubbed with a marathon effort to educate us. Exceptional choice of words, which would be unknown to us, unless you natives explain. Words used in every day activities would be welcome too. Thanks a million Leila! Doing a wonderful job even in Sabrah's absence.

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Oh! Actually its a fantastic lesson that I have ever found and it is cushty n comfy for me

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Thank you for this lesson we need more of words slang

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Lovely video. Learned new slang words. I love your expressions. Cheers Leila 👍

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Clear, to the point. Just perfect. Cheers!

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Thank you great Leila teacher l have wrote all your slang words its has useful to study every days learning english it rather similar to tougn twister really beautiful and hard word thank you so much

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This video let me feel chuffed !!! I Learned a few new words and how to use them. Thank you Sabrah.

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[@MsSafetyPin]

As a foreign, living in the UK for about 8 years now, I would like to point at nr 19th. Dead- you explained it as a word that can be used when describing something - quiet/dull. But actually when u from Manchester area, then u would learn that here- Dead is more often used to describe something really nice. For example - "Thank you, you're dead nice!".

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Yes dead meaning VERY

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Much wider than just Manchester, maybe northern in general.

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I'm extremely flattered. Osm viedo. ❤️

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some of those words I already knew from my experience in the UK, but learned some new ones. Thank you, really useful, great lesson.

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Thank you so much. That was really informative!!

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Thank you for slang lesson. It is very useful though.

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quite useful slang words .

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You’re very welcome 💕💕

[@AlashiaTuol]

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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Ahh I remember , I was yesterday looking at at the UK GMT calendar on web searching timezone in my local area for this lesson. Never learned this at schools but have learned few from Clash of clans and PUBG

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Ta for your efforts .

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Nice and useful video

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It is a fab and cheers

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Hello Leila, I must admit that you have a really captivating way of explaining things, in this case the slang vocab. It's fun to listen to and so lively: a real treat, a real joy! Here is one of my example sentences pertaining to my life: With temperatures hanging around 0°C I got dinky toe and fingertips, especially during and right after having made a trip by bike.

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Your expression ❤️❤️

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Thnkuu Ma'am....Really useful stuff

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Sweet

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Cheers if was very useful

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" No biggie" sounds so brit. I loved it 😊

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☺️ that’s great! I’ll try to do something similar again soon 👍😊