- Ace. Meaning: excellent, wonderful.
- Example:
- “Kids think Ferrari is an ace car.”
- Example:
- Barmy. Meaning: crazy, mad, insane.
- Example:
- “You’d have to be barmy to come to Paris without visiting Eiffel Tower.”
- Example:
- Bobby-dazzler. Meaning: an amazing thing or person (informal).
- Example:
- “His father is bobby-dazzler.”
- Example:
- Cancer stick. Meaning: a cigarette.
- Example:
- “Do you have a cancer stick?”
- Example:
- Cheerio. Meaning: a friendly way of saying goodbye.
- Example:
- I have to go now. Cheerio, Dave!
- Example:
- Dodgy. Arti: risky, suspicious, dubious (informal).
- Example:
- “A dodgy person is best avoided.”
- Example:
- Doll. Example: a young and especially attractive woman.
- Example:
- “Emma Watson is a doll.”
- Example:
- Fagged (out). Meaning: exhausted, tired.
- Example:
- “I’m so fagged out after running for 1 mile.”
- Example:
- Farty. Meaning: insignificant.
- Example:
- “I’m not going back to that restaurant, they serve farty sized portions”
- Example:
- Gammy. Meaning: injured, painful. Usually applied to a body-part.
- Example:
- “Her leg is gone gammy since that fall last Friday.”
- Example:
- Juice. Meaning: electricity.
- Example:
- “My laptop’s run out of juice, can I borrow your charger?”
- Example:
- Kick in. Meaning: to begin.
- Example:
- “The movie kicked in with a welcoming speech from the director.”
- Example:
- Lift. Meaning: to steal.
- Example:
- “The old lady lifted some food from the supermarket, so her child could eat.”
- Example:
- Manky. Meaning: unwell.
- Example:
- “I’m not coming into school, I feel a bit manky.”
- Example:
- Munch. Meaning: food, a snack.
- Example:
- “Can we stop at the next café and get a munch?”
- Example:
Telly. Meaning: “television.” – @YektiTriana- Example:
- “Give my telly back!”
- Example:
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Knackered. Meaning: “tired” – @radenreiden
- Example:
- “After a long day at work, I feel absolutely knackered.”
- Example:
- Shattered. Arti: “tired” – @tamara_talib
- Example:
- “I barely get any sleep last night and now I feel shattered.”
- Example:
- Wicked! Arti: “cool/awesome” – @LV_Ayuningtyas
- Example:
- “Wicked! I’ve never seen anything like that.”
- Example:
- Blimey! Meaning: “Oh my! ‘Blimey’ is an exclamation of surprise.” – @LV_Ayuningtyas
- Example:
- “Blimey! I didn’t see that coming.”
- Example:
- Bog. Meaning: “toilet” – @diargh
- Example:
- “I need to go to the bog.”
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Compiled and written by @fabfebby at @EnglishTips4U on Sunday, August 26, 2012
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