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)

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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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