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Proper British English

Chuffed, knackered, a cuppa and a good bit of banter: the slang, idioms and habits that make English proper British.

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A woman sits with a laptop, hand on her forehead in embarrassment. Text: plonker, meaning a silly or foolish person. Example: I just replied to everyone at work. I'm such a plonker!

Slang – Plonker

A young man laughs in a cheesy Christmas jumper covered in Santas and snowflakes, holding party horns. Text: naff, meaning uncool, cheap-looking or in poor taste. Example: My mate's Christmas jumper is so naff, but he loves it!

Slang – Naff

Cut-paper collage of a London street: an elderly gentleman on the back platform of a red double-decker bus raises his bowler hat to a young person waving from the pavement. Title: Are Brits still saying "Marvellous"?

British Culture, Slang

Are Brits Still Saying “Marvellous”? The British Words That Are Fading

50 British Slang Words and Expressions: poster-style illustration of a rainy British high street with a bloke under a brolly holding a cuppa, a moggy on a wall, a chip shop queue, a curtain-twitcher at a window, a police officer and a knackered man asleep on a bench

British Culture, Lessons, Slang

British Slang: 50 Common Words & Expressions With Meanings & Examples

Cartoon of a grinning cat licking cream from a bowl, with the idiom like the cat that got the cream, its meaning and an example sentence

British Culture, Idioms

Idiom – Like the Cat That Got the Cream

Real English greetings: "How do you do?" crossed out, replaced by "Hiya!", with a smiling woman waving.

British Culture, Common Phrases

Real English Greetings: What Brits Actually Say

nowt slang

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Nowt

cheerio slang

Slang – Cheerio

hullabaloo slang

Slang – Hullabaloo

daft slang

Slang – Daft

chuffed slang

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Chuffed

full of the joys of spring

Idiom – Full Of The Joys Of Spring

gormless slang

Slang – Gormless

bagpipe vocabulary

Bagpipes Vocabulary

pear shaped

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Go pear shaped

Cartoon of a man and woman arguing and pointing at each other, with the British slang word 'kerfuffle', an example sentence and its meaning

Slang – Kerfuffle

as sick as a parrot idiom

British Culture, Idioms

Idiom – As Sick As A Parrot

chop chop idiom

Idiom – Chop Chop

Illustrated graphic for the British slang word 'chav': a cartoon young man in a baseball cap and gold chains, labelled 'a young person who behaves like a lout and is a bit of a troublemaker'

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Chav

boo to a goose idiom

Idiom – Wouldn’t Say Boo To A Goose

storm in a teacup idiom

Idiom – Storm In A Teacup

stiff upper lip idiom

British Culture, Common Phrases, Idioms

Idiom – Keep A Stiff Upper Lip

cheap as chips idiom

British Culture, Idioms

Idiom – Cheap As Chips

cracking slang

Slang – Cracking

curtain-twitcher slang

Slang – Curtain-twitcher

skin of teeth - idiom

Idiom – By The Skin Of Your Teeth

mate slang

Slang – Mate

Slang - Dicky bow

Slang – Dicky Bow

skive slang

Slang – Skive

Twit

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Twit

tea

British Culture

British Culture – Tea

Slang - Plonk

Slang – Plonk

Watercolour of a shocked man in a flat cap spilling his tea beside an equally shocked terrier, with the British slang word gobsmacked, its meaning and an example sentence

Slang – Gobsmacked

Touch Wood

British Culture

British Culture – Touch Wood

Illustration of a golden retriever with a speech bubble asking Are you on the dog and bone, explaining the Cockney rhyming slang dog and bone, meaning telephone

Slang – Dog And Bone

A stack of British one-pound coins, with the slang word 'quid', its meaning (one British pound) and an example sentence

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Quid

Photo of two people walking up an outdoor staircase, illustrating the Cockney rhyming slang phrase apples and pears, meaning stairs

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Apples And Pears

Slang - Argy-bargy

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Argy-bargy

Tickety-boo British slang: a smiling old gentleman in a flat cap gives a thumbs-up with his tea in a sunny English village garden

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Tickety-boo

Cartoon of a cheeky boy pulling a face and sticking out his tongue, with the slang word 'banter', an example sentence and its meaning: friendly, playful teasing and jokes between people

Slang – Banter

Slang - Codswallop

Slang – Codswallop

Clay model of a man outside a British pub turning out his empty pockets, with the slang word skint, meaning having no money, and the example I can't come to the pub tonight, I'm skint until payday

Slang – Skint

Dilly-dally British slang: a 1970s hippy stops to smell a daisy in a flower meadow while his friends wait impatiently in a painted camper van

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Dilly-dally

The Legend of Gelert

British Culture

The Legend of Gelert

A football stadium crowd with smoke flares and flags, overlaid with the word 'footy'

British Culture, Slang

Slang – Footy

A small dog fast asleep on a carpet with the British slang word knackered, meaning very tired

Slang – Knackered

Photo of a person wearing sunglasses on the back of their head, with the British slang word 'numpty', an example sentence and its meaning

Slang – Numpty

Photo of a smiling man in a jacket, with the British slang word 'bloke', an example sentence and its meaning

Slang – Bloke

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01IdiomsRaining cats and dogs — and why 02SlangChuffed, knackered, gutted 03Phrasal VerbsGet on, get over, get by 04GrammarTenses without the tears 05Common PhrasesWhat people really say 06British CultureQueues, tea and ‘you alright?’07Photo VocabWords you can actually see 08ProverbsOld wisdom, still handy 09LessonsThemed deep dives 10In the NewsEnglish from the headlines

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