The ULTIMATE A-Z of British Slang

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

COMPETITION CLOSED! Thank you to everyone for taking part. The winners are Le Serge, Cube It and Drunk Cherry. They all wrote excellent sentences that combined some of the slang phrases naturally and in a fun engaging way. Well done guys, a book is on its way to each of you.

[@arpitasamanta4667]

(Arpita) Me: Teacher Tom!! Teacher Tom!! Teacher Tom!! Teacher Tom!! Guess what?? I can go on rabbiting to your endz, mates and students that your biggest fear is GREAT WHITE SHARK and your sister, Annie once scared you horribly at night ;-) hahaha *Author, Tom Rees of " A really British guide to English" * He : ohh Nooo!! Plzz dont..!! Let the secret be between us..Take a copy of my book instead but please dont tell this to anyone.. Me: cheers! Teacher Tom!! *laughs * why aye,Sir!?? ;) -From India * whispers * I KNOW YOUR SECERT ;-)

[@John-ec8zw]

*Monika Zakrzewska* 2 days ago *'I find the kerfuffle in this comments section quite self-referential, if you know what I mean.'* I voted for this comment.

[@leserge7823]

I can't believe it, just emailed you mate. This is the best news for this day!))

[@ishikaishika6588]

how can i buy your book as ebook

[@Виталий-т5с6н]

My sentence: Jack was jammy to be uncaught when he did a runner in a famous restaraunt in London - Sketch

[@aizaemilie6313]

In London, If you want to rabbit in English with locals but you don't want to go tits-up of the conversation. This book is so lush for you. If you couldn't find any English lesson to learn British slang in the ends. And you don't wanna be a plonker here.This book is really suit you. Otherwise you have to carry the can for all what you said.Good luck to me😉im Aiza Emilie from HK. ..Cheers~

[@sergioortigozacanul2967]

I haven't seen the video but I alredy know that I will learn a lot

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Loving that attitude Sergio! Enjoy!

[@sergioortigozacanul2967]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish I enjoyed it! Thanks Tom

[@ezgiilci6532]

"well now then mardy bum, oh i'm in trouble again aren't i" that is the first thing came to my mind..............

[@gingerninjawhinger9986]

I was at a jobs fair this week and, talking to one of the delegates, I asked if he had any 'bumf' - mostly leaflets containing information that is sometimes useful (such as product information), but more often than not is useless or tedious (such as the flyers that suddenly appear through your letterbox). I don't know if 'bumf' is used predominantly in the North of England, as the guy with whom I was speaking was a Southerner and had to ask what it meant.

[@borgdylan]

Here in Malta, zebra crossing is a standard way of referring to pedestrian crossings. I'm surprised to hear it's actually a slang term.

[@donnar4261]

We also call them zebra crossings in Spain

[@drunkcherry9152]

This afternoon I was all over the place: I made a half-arsed attempt at the housework which I hadn't done for yonks, but it all went tits up. I got really mardy, gave it up and went to bed, but when I was lying there in the buff I saw your video - and now I'm full of beans! Thanks for another great lesson Tom! It was super useful 👍 I love it when you teach modern English - I learned a lot from your videos.

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Winner! Well done Drunk Cherry, I really liked the way you organically used the new slang phrases in a very natural way while also telling a story. Send me an email and I'll arrange a book to be sent to you. [e-mail]

[@drunkcherry9152]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish OMG, I didn't even expect it... Thank you sooo much, Tom, for liking and choosing my comment!!! ❤❤❤

[@cecilia155]

Guys, don't be plonkers: for Christmas use your loaf and buy this book! Nothing can go tits up with this lush gift under your Christmas tree 🌲

[@joannsergenko9929]

I am asking for it, but in the U.S. it is expensive! I hope I can get it. I am going to watch this video over and over until I only talk in British slang. I love it!

[@giuliamarchetti5985]

Mardy=Louis Tomlinson. I knew you'd put him, he's such a Yorkshire lad

[@khaoulafellah8009]

I mean, he's the sass master of Doncaster amirite😂

[@ramonsanmartinsentanes8969]

Years ago I bought a mug with lots of pictures of Mr Bean with the words “Full of Beans”. Until today I believed it was a joke I didn’t understand. Thanks Tom for your videos. They help us a lot to learn English better.

[@swarnimaspassion1599]

My sentence: There’s a bloke living in my ends who often does runners. From India

[@germanmorganti9686]

What a great lesson, Tom! Here's my example: Why aye! I did realize he was slagging me off! Not surprising coming from such a plonker! Thank you Tom and greetings from Argentina.

[@swarnimaspassion1599]

Thanks a ton for this video! I am from India. I’m a student from class 10 and I am trying to learn the British English! Your videos have helped greatly. By the way, your British Accent is so elegant! I want to speak with the same accent! Cheers!

[@dearpruddence]

I discover this channel with the Louis Tomlinson accent's video (sorry if I rabbit about him all day) but I stay for your videos and personality, you're such a full of beans mate!

[@davidkiraly2994]

-Although it is such a well-known restaurant, there aren't many guests tonight so I'm afraid it's impossible to do a runner mate. -Do you think so? Hold my beer.

[@ainanags]

My sentence: I felt such a bell-end during the kerfuffel I initiated after trying to do a runner in that restaurant crammed with toffs.

[@rbarnett3200]

That tory restaurant was full of toff bell-ends! They'll be crying saltwater tears from the shin-kicking I savaged them with! We laughed 'til we wept after we pegged it out the gaff and not a pence spent so we were quids-in at the end of the affair anyways. Proper horror-show! It was mint! Found a bang-tidy missus an all after we got lathered down the boozer. Sicking up diamond white on the down-low the morrow though, innit.

[@ruicoelho1962]

Hi Tom. May I suggest an example for an X slang word? You didn't say "no", so it goes. XIXI. You pronounce sheeshee and it means pee. Like, when you ask your son before leaving the house before a trip. "Do you need a sheeshee before leaving?" By the way, this is Portuguese, from Portugal.

[@leserge7823]

My sentence : At school. "John, could you shut the window please?" "Why aye Man" "What do you mean saying WHY I? Because teacher asks you doing that, you plonker "

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Love it Le Serge! This sentence made me laugh. You are a winner. Email me - [e-mail] and we'll arrange a book for you.

[@leserge7823]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish I'm a bit late) Thanks a lot!

[@eddyleonelmenesespedr9702]

Le serge . Could you send me the PDF ? Please

[@eddyleonelmenesespedr9702]

Please La serge

[@eddyleonelmenesespedr9702]

I'll be eternally grateful with you . Please

[@priyashvisingh7850]

I love your videos Tom. You are a great teacher 🤗

[@mariamali2289]

I'm Egyptian and my aim is to reach your amazing British accent , it's my favourite 💜

[@omarmuhammad6868]

عملتي اي ؟

[@mariamali2289]

@@omarmuhammad6868 والله بقالى فترة مش متابعة لانى مشغولة بالكلية وخصوصا ان تخصصى لغة مختلفة _اسبانى_ فتجاهلت الانجليزى شوية بس النطق تحسن شوية عن الأول

[@rubencobollo6446]

My small niece are studying English in her school and yesterday she asked about translation "pedestrians cross" so I had to looking for this word but today I have discovered is also zebra crossing in London!! This word is better for us because is very similar in Spain!! We will not forget it next time!! 😉

[@JohnZaabi]

sadly, you españolitos should be calling them "bull crossings", if you get my drift...sad

[@donnar4261]

@@JohnZaabi I haven't seen any stripped bull in my whole life, maybe that's why we call that kind of crossing pasos de cebra

[@BrockMak]

1:51 Ah, in Chinese, we have one that means exactly the same, but it's (bracketed words not spoken) "to carry a (black) wok (on one's back)".

[@jamescook7796]

I bet you enjoyed making this one! Didn’t realise lush is from the West Country; it’s also used in the NE

[@cpulguz]

Tom!!!! I am absolutely loving your book! I'm learning loads of new super useful stuff, thank you so much!!

[@MustangErin]

I like the work Kerfuffle. We use it in Canada as well. I have also used half-assed as well.

[@Istrice963]

My favourite accents are Liverpool ( paddy pimblet) and Cokney. Third may be Brummie

[@stefantan3943]

I was all ready for my holiday in London this summer, but it goes tits up due to the corona virus outbreak!

[@julioabbadie9828]

Zebra crossing reminds me of the iconic picture of The Beatles Julio Abbadie Argentina

[@1dfamily822]

My sentence: "Star Wars l ,ll would have been great , but Lucas became involved and the story- line went titsup!"

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

I'm sometimes so all over the shop feeling like a right plonker, trying to remember what to do so I have to use my loaf to get stuff in order. And if I manage to do that, it makes me full of beans because things are finally looking up.

[@Ari-xr2ye]

It's really interesting to see that some of these have made it into Canadian English, at least in British Columbia and Alberta.

[@yasminpinkypinky9928]

What a useful lesson! I can't thank you enough🥰

[@EduardoBeccerrit]

I had a kerfuffle with my mum on my birthday about the mardy mate of her. He wanted to do the runner that time. He thought I was a bell-ends. I'd fancy a copy of your book as well.

[@terrytong8665]

you know what i think would be Really useful ? A book with a complete list of slang/ idioims used in the UK.

[@LouieDoesaThing]

Hey Tom, any chance you could make & sell a t-shirt version of your UK slang map? I think that'd be great, especially on a good quality shirt, like maybe a ringer T in a natural with dark ribbing, etc.

[@josegalotti2932]

Great video!!!!. Thank you very much. I' ll put some of these expressions into use next time i have guests from the UK ( i am a tour guide by the way😊). See you on your video

[@anetthalasznedr.borbely6344]

-A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman. The bus driver had to go on a long bustrip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave the woman seven apples. Why? -??? -It's a piece of cake. Use your loaf, Mate! (The solution: An apple a day keeps the doctor away! 😀)

[@sonyasandoval1477]

Some of these have very different meanings in America! "Neck" means kissing and cuddling, while "full of beans" can mean crazy. I'd love to know the etymology behind all of these.

[@michaelbagyura6138]

Mate, United was all over the shop against us when we played against them. Also Kane and Sonny where full of beans that day. No wonder we won 6-1. But against Antwerp our players looked a bit half-arsed. But I think we are having a great season so far. We have not been on top of the table for yonks!

[@juanap132]

There was a bit of a kerfuffle when I ran into the pub in the buff to order a pint of lager.

[@juanap132]

Tom! Should it be "as" instead of "when"? (#afterthought...)

[@gaellehubert6060]

Mrs Bucket ( pronounced bouquet) is such a toff.

[@BrockMak]

4:19 Is it from "belly-up", as in "animals, esp. fish that died when their corpses show their bellies as they float back to the surface"?

[@matefate9162]

My sentence: "Germany's footy game against Spain went absolutey tits-up and now they should carry the can for playing utterly atrocious ". From Germany

[@John-ec8zw]

I just really need this book. That's all... Thanks a lot Thomas.

[@1babysag]

Lush is a “Drunk” in American English. “Neck” in American English is slang for kissing. “Loaded” also means wealthy in American English.

[@purplelimitz7601]

v for vex, spoken a lot in london slang,

[@BurtSampson]

I remember back in the day when I first started watching Top Gear, I only understood about half of what they were saying. lol, It's crazy how different two versions of English can be.

[@oswaldodelgado2980]

Amazing video as always and the best teacher ever ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@marcovirgili6949]

I’ve just bought your last book and I’m really enjoying it!

[@dianaivanova1542]

A guy I used to work with is such a bell-end, I've always wondered what is the meaning of this word because he uses it a lot, thank you for explaining it to us :)

[@johndonson1603]

Bell end is actually the end of you penis when erect, it looks like a bell.

[@adamwlodarczyk8336]

Instead of 'use your loaf', can we also say 'use your noddle' ? Does it have a similar meaning?

[@ShivaanshsTech]

I really wanna your book tom I love these slangs but I was knowing 13 of them from before hand 😁

[@davidwesley2525]

In America I'm familiar with the phase " In The BUFF ".

[@alys4670]

-He's changed..full of beans, lost weight..bought a house... -Yeah, shocking diet: does a runner from restaurants, saving money on both gym and foods.

[@newloggers]

If had to choose an ends to live in, I'd definitely go for one close to Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade.

[@samilazkani1720]

Hello Tom. I would like to have a Kindle edition of that book, but unfortunately I could not find. Is there still some of them?

[@amnafatima163]

My sentence : Oi mate haven't seen you in yonks, fancy a drink in my endz?

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Winner! I really liked this sentence because it feels like something I might genuinely say. Well done! Send me an email and we'll arrange the book for you. [e-mail]

[@John-ec8zw]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish Okay. If my sentence didn't win, please can you just say your professional point of view about my sentence as a native English teacher? Thank you!

[@amnafatima163]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish thank you so much im really happy to be winning one of your amazing book :)

[@John-ec8zw]

@@amnafatima163 Congratulations!

[@HELLOHELLO-tf2qf]

@@amnafatima163 It's a pdf copy or not

[@robertduda7550]

great video, Tom! I like that

[@hondaboy2001]

For ‘V’ how about ‘veg out’? “What you doing this evening?” “Mate, I’m just gonna stay home and veg out.” I’m pretty sure I’ve not heard that here in the US, so I guess it’s unique to us in the UK.

[@BrockMak]

10:14 Loaf, loaf of... bread, bread rhymes with head... Ah, Eureka!

[@raisa_cherry35]

Perfect video that covers all that we need to know :)

[@MariaC-ko1pg]

I have been wanting to travel to Italy for the past 25 years and decided for my 50th birthday this year, I would go for a week but due to the virus it all went tits up

[@brandonl0504]

Blimey! I have been waiting for this book for yonks! Winning this giveaway will save me a couple of quid.

[@ashlynavarro9340]

I told my cousins I was going to participate to win Tom's book and there was a huge kerfuffle over who I was going to lend it first if I won it. I've had many amazing english teachers but if someone asked me if Tom has been the best of them I would say: why aye man! without a second thought. Really interesting video as always, thanks for sharing 👍🥳👏

[@Γεωργία-τ5ζ]

"Do I want this book? Way aye man!!" Thanks for everything Tom🌻 -A full of beans fellow teacher from Greece ☃️

[@azrashaff]

" I'll take you to the best satay kiosk in Jakarta!" Love from Indonesia!☺️

[@Александра-й1ф4в]

You have such a great content, I hope you'll get more eatsleepdreamers I hope we won't have to wait your video in the buff for yonks, if you know what I mean.

[@LouieDoesaThing]

I wish the paperback was available in the US, but it's showing up as being around $70 rather than the $20 or so it would be in the UK :( This is a great video, thanks Tom! I wonder how Burton's feels about the slang definition of "jammy" ;)

[@maulanayusuf8697]

I'm from Indonesia always waiting your videos mate!!

[@robertopetrazzuolo4749]

Hey Tom. How are you ? Can I get your book on Amazon not as kindle?

[@wesleydonders1469]

I should be studying but instead I'm watching this, my planning is all over the gaff!

[@patriciamargarcia3959]

True story: when in Ibiza last summer, me and my bestie did a runner from the top "full of toffs" Beach Club.. Mate.. We waited yonks for the bill but never showed up 🤷🏼‍♀️well.. We were kind of forced.. Weren't we? Lushhhh😎

[@iterminator987]

There is a plonker living in my ends who does runners from the nearby hotels.

[@aresta21]

I made a half-arsed attemp to enter this contest and mine is all over the gaff, it’s utterly rubbish ! 🤣

[@yeshsharma1890]

I want this book because I am coming to uk for my studies and it will help me to learn some British English slangs which will help me there. Need this book badly. But the choice is yours Tom to give me this book or not. Love from India. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏👍👍

[@teonazabakhidze9464]

I am full of beans today, so I am going to watch over again all of the videos of Eat Sleep Dream English to improve my British English ❤️❤️❤️

[@beatriced222]

My friend is such a bell-end : I told him to do a runner and he did! Use your loaf,mate!

[@mariamali2289]

I believe that this video is like a cannon ball 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩l haven't watched it yet but I'm so excited to watch it 😊

[@Travelogues_Arunava]

I really wanted to buy the book online but seems it’s not available in Amazon India 🇮🇳 hence couldn’t get ahold of it. Example sentence:- Everyone was “rabbiting” about my birthday special suit before seeing me entering the party “in the buff” and that left them speechless as they haven’t seen me like this in “yonks”. 😉

[@jamesstark1512]

I feel like I'm learning more English by watching your videos than I learned for twelve years at school.

[@markusnone7744]

I heard the expression 'im all over your stuff'. does that mean 'disorganized' too?

[@kt9910]

1:40 what’s the title of this film?

[@missjessel9434]

It's a TV show called "The Inbetweeners", quite funny. I think they made a couple of films as well.

[@maxgeorgalbers547]

Mangen Tak for dieses Video.

[@roselie57]

How much do i need to pay for shipping the paperback to UE?

[@dipper9755]

Some of those are pretty common for Americans as well. A couple of em are just a tad old

[@rociosotelo4629]

Very interesting!! I love the bellend word🤣

[@fatemeh9895]

It was useful tahnk you so much❤❤😍😍 I hope it will be available in Iran as soon as possible🙂 I can't wait to have it❤

[@englishbits]

I love slang words! Thanks for this handy video! I'd be jammy if I could get the copy of your brand-new book!

[@CarlosGarcia-ku2ql]

I'll love a video about Adele, never ever I get it that she say, she speak so fast :3

[@thegreatserene]

in america i think they say 'a minute' as more of like a young kids slang thing or i've heard 'a hot minute' in youtube videos before. i honestly don't know.

[@cheenumama2079]

5:00 ... Tom .. no no nooooooo please not 😂🙈🙉

[@prasadperera271]

My sentence: I was about to win the race all my friends cheered me up but suddenly I fell on the ground how ever I manage to got up and started running again but instead of the ribbon there was the door of my bedroom soon I realize that I am such a plonker.

[@andydixi]

I'm pretty sure that by the time I get the book the slang will have changed a hundred times ))

[@ihahaidoprzodu4321]

When I saw the notification I was full of beans, because I knew this video will be lush

[@YULIamalia09]

How's price that book?

[@SylusN109Zone]

Is there any way to get your book? I am in Indonesia :(

[@YULIamalia09]

How's price?

[@md.mishukali9446]

How come I will get this book on my hands?

[@RunrigFan]

Tom, for v you have vexed. Some of my fave slang, minging, mashed. off your head, ace, sick as in thats sick mate, banging ie that's banging, beef, owned ie he owned you, wicked, wasted