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

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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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Much wider than just Manchester, maybe northern in general.

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

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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.

[@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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Amazing slang phrases

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Sabrah you're just awesome!!! Thank you sooooo much!! Could you please make another video for the 100 most important British expressions? I appreciate if you make a video about the essential language for the UK recently arrived non native speakers? Please make also a video on London accent!! Thanks in advannce!!

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Thank you for this lesson we need more of words slang

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

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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 👍😊

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dandy but manky :D I learnt 4-5 new words indeed. Cheers!

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Hello, many thanks for this awesome vid. Is the verb "to miff" is still used in a context " to piss smb off, to annoy " ? I know this word has been around for a long while, but not sure that it's still in use.

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Maybe 50 years ago!

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Nice! I'm American but have some British friends and I hear them use these!

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Love your accent. Leaning lot from this channel

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quite useful slang words .

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Dodgy is the word I have been looking for, particularly the 2nd meaning, describing a thing not working properly

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Hi great lesson! being+past participle or get+past participle can we use this interchangeable? for eg without getting caught or without being caught, how to use them correctly pls tell me the difference

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Really it's a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious video made by you my sister. I am chuffed to watch such a video which helps me to learn some unknown British slang words. I wanna watch more such videos from you. Stay fit & happy go lucky!

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Actually I am knackered, when the video finishes I am going to take a nap, I've been doing exercise and I just need to rest. Sometimes it is confusing because if you don't pronounce it properly or if the other person doesn't catch it they may think something else (you know what) so be careful when saying this word Thank you Leila, you are being very helpful for improving my English skills, this year I am going to take the second University course. My dream is to become a primary English teacher and thanks to your help I will be able to make that dream come true By the way is it raining in the UK?? Hugs, take care ❤❤💖

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If I play any part in helping you achieve your dream of becoming a teacher it would be a massive honour. We are so incredibly grateful for your kind comments that you take the time to write regularly, thank you so much Jacob ☺️💕💕💕

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Hi i like the way you express .very helpful lesson.keep going...

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Loude*

[@crownrizla3168]

Very impressive. I have to admit , today I learnt a few words. Also there is great variation , from region to region and also the age of people who they use them . Anyhow great to watch you. And I believe, you lived in the UK from an early age ,since you no accent at all. Good luck. From loughborough, Farshad.