Slang from the Old Dart
Quintessential English from England
One of the most common sayings in England is the expression Alright? Sometimes said Awright? If I’m guessing right it’s shortened from the expression are you alright? If you are not used to it as a foreigner you could be left thinking What is alright? The weather? That girl over there? The proper answer would be; “Good and you?”
Greetings and Salutations
Awright?? (English for hello- Foreign English speakers often don’t know how to reply to this)
cheerio! -Goodbye!
cheers! Goodbye or thank you!
Ta-ta
Tood-lio- Toodley-Oo- Toodles- Goodbye (apparently anglicised version of French “a toute a l’heure”)
Not bad
Can’t complain (and if I did no-one would listen to me)
ay-up! [Midlands/North use. Dialect]
Good morning old chap
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Chatting Up/ On the Pull
On the Hunt
She’s mingin
To not look in an attractive state
She’s a bit of awright!
An attractive woman
She’s fit, that bird!
To be the opposite of mingin i.e. attractive
Shag/ bonk
to have sexual relations
Fancy a snog treacle?
Would you like a tongue kiss sweetness?
In the Bar
The lads will be on the piss tonight
The boys will be having a drink (alcohol) tonight
We got plastered last night
To get very drunk
We noshed up on bangers and mash
We feasted on sausages and mashed potatoes
That’s Great
Ace
Brilliant!
I’m well chuffed- to be very happy
Lovely Jubbly
Pukka
That’s the dog bollocks
That’s a stirling idea, old chap
Wickid (from wicked, in a slang sense meaning awesome)
Explaining Yourself
All sorted-all ( sometimes pronounced “sor-ed”, without the T)
Everythings ok. Done etc.
Are you taking the piss?
Are you making a joke at my expense?
He’s a right royal nutter, Innit?
He’s really crazy, isn’t he?
He’s such a toff
He’s such pretentious rich person
I’m shagged after that shag (I’m fatigued from making love)
Rubbish (polite way to say Bullshit! or I don’t believe you)
Sod it! (damn it!)
That manky is such a tosser
That Manchunian is a big show off/idiot
What you like geezer?
How’s your form dude?
You’re nicked you are !
You’re in trouble
You twat! Don’t be a twat!
You idiot! Don’t be an idiot
Songs (That the English Like to Sing)
Wonderwall ~ Oasis
Writer: GALLAGHER, NOEL
Today is gonna be the day
That they’re gonna throw it back to you
By now you should’ve somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
Backbeat the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I’m sure you’ve heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
I don’t know how
[CHORUS:]
Because maybe
You’re gonna be the one who saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the day
But they’ll never throw it back to you
By now you should’ve somehow
Realized what you’re not to do
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
And all the roads that lead to you were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
I don’t know how
[CHORUS, REPEAT]
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