20 Incredibly British Words Phrases with examples and pronunciation
hello everyone and welcome back to
english with lucy
today i have a pronunciation video for
you
we are going to go through 20 very
british slang words i’m going to show
you
how to pronounce them and also how to
use them
as well as what they mean before we get
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right let’s get started with the lesson
first we have
to bagsy to bagsy this
is a verb that means to manage to get
something for yourself
or to succeed in getting something for
yourself
so if you bagsy something you claim it
as yours before anyone else can get
there
it’s normally used for the front seat of
cars
i know a lot of people say shotgun i
call shotgun
i claim the front seat of the cart that
always used to annoy me so much because
i never remembered to say that
so an example you can’t sit there i
bagsied the front seat
we also have number two bloke
bloke this is a slang noun meaning
a man an example and this actually
describes my first impression of my
fiancee will i thought he was going to
be arrogant
but he turned out to be such a nice
bloke
number three this one is slightly rude
it is bog bog
bog it means toilet
so if you have bug roll it means
toilet roll this is vulgar
slang be careful who you use it with
an example mom
you’ve forgotten to buy bog roll
terrible problem is even worse to hear
that someone up in the loo
lou another british slang word toilet
again uh
has run out of bog roll number four our
first
slang phrasal verb it is to budge up
to budge up notice how i don’t separate
the words i push them together
budge up budge up this means
to move along in order to make space for
someone
an example would you mind budging up
there is room for all of us on this
bench
i used to hear budget budge up a lot at
school when we had to sit on benches
in assembly and there was always someone
taking up too much space so they were
told to budge up
number five another phrasal verb is
to cheese off cheese off and this means
to annoy it is a separable phrasal verb
an example he’s really cheesed me off
today
who does he think he is who do you think
you are
who does he think he is that’s a really
common phrase
number six is chinwag chinwag
a noun this means an enthusiastic
somewhat enthusiastic conversation an
example
i saw them having a chin wag at the park
maybe there’s romance in the air
number seven is a lovely one i use this
a lot
it is chuffed chuffed
it means very pleased
very pleased an example i’m so
chuffed with my exam results they were
way better than i expected
you often hear people say chuffed to
bits chuffed to bits
completely chuffed very very pleased
number eight
this is possibly my favorite word on
this list
it’s so fun to pronounce are you ready
codswallop
codswallop it’s a term used to refer
to ideas statements or beliefs that you
believe to be
silly or untrue an example i’ve
never heard such an old load of
codswallop in my life
i’ve never heard something so silly and
untrue you’ll often hear it in the
phrase
a load of old codswallop and it’s got to
be really
emphasized on god’s wallop a load of old
codswallop oh this is exhausting
number nine an adjective
dodgy dodgy
sometimes shortened to dodge
dodge that’s so dodge but that’s really
slang
this means seeming untrustworthy we can
use it for people
we can also use it for things maybe
something is
fake or as a knockoff that’s a fake
product
i bought this iphone from a market but
it seems a bit dodgy it doesn’t seem
real
an example for people don’t speak to
that old woman she seems
really dodgy very untrustworthy number
10
we have dosh dosh
and this means money if you’ve got loads
of dosh
you’ve got loads of money an example
how much dosh have you got on you and if
you have something on you it means you
are carrying it with you
how much have you got on you how much
money are you carrying with you number
eleven
this is a word that you may know but you
may not know
our slang use for it it is
fit fit so yes it can mean
in shape but it also means for
us attractive really attractive
he is fit he is attractive she is
fit she is attractive i remember hearing
this at school for the first time when
it became popular
and i couldn’t quite understand it
because people were calling people
fit and i was thinking i haven’t seen
their their body i don’t know if they’ve
got a six-pack but no it just means
attractive
number 12 we have gutted
gutted if you are gutted then you are
devastated or
sad or disappointed i was completely
gutted when we had to cancel our wedding
but i feel okay now true story i was
gutted i was sad and disappointed
actually i’m not i’m not number 13
we have knackered knackered and this
means
very tired or exhausted an example
i was so knackered after work yesterday
that i fell asleep on the train
when i used to work in london and
commute back to the countryside
i used to fall asleep on the train and
go all the way to the end of the line
and then i’d have to wait another hour
to get the train
all the way back into the countryside
and i still ran the risk of falling
asleep again and going all the way to
the other end
i’m not made for trains number 14
another word you may know
already but we have another use for it
it is
legend legend and this means a great
person or a person we
really like it doesn’t mean they’ve done
anything legendary
it just means they’re really cool ah he
is such a legend
he’s such a great guy i really like him
i love you
you’re such a legend it can be shortened
down to
ledge what a ledge number 15
is miffed miffed
if you need help with your ed
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i promise miffed means
annoyed annoyed an example
i’m a bit miffed that i didn’t get the
job i was the best candidate by far
number 16 is minted
minted if you are minted then you
are very rich an example my
uncle lives in a castle he is absolutely
minted
this is not true well he might be minted
we don’t discuss
finances number 17 is
skint skint and this means the exact
opposite of minted it means that you
don’t have
any money normally it implies a
temporary
a more temporary situation for example i
can’t go out tonight i am
absolutely skint i haven’t got any money
left this was a word i used a lot
at university number 18 is
to skive to skive
this means to avoid work or school by
staying away completely or by leaving
early
an example i always skive off work
the day after a bank holiday this is
naughty you shouldn’t do it
but i think that sick days go up
massively
the day after a bank holiday a public
holiday
number 19 we have starkers
starkers and this is short for
stark naked if you are starkers
then you are naked it’s very slang
an example the last time i saw you
you were starkers in ibiza and the last
one
number 20 is to take the mickey
or shorten down to to take the mick
mickey or mick are you taking the mick
are you mocking me are you making fun of
me
an example are you taking the mick i’m
not going to drive you to the airport
i always feel people are a little too
willing to ask me to drive them to
airports it’s a very long way
and it’s a lot of pressure time pressure
i don’t like it don’t take the mick
right that is it for today’s lesson i
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