60 British slang words that will confuse anybody who didn't grow up in the UK

These British slang words will leave anyone outside the UK scratching their heads. Learn quirky British phrases and how to ...
Yahoo

International students taught slang to help them learn English

Foreign students are learning our language from internationally broadcast US series such as Friends, pictured - CHANNEL 4 Foreign students learning English are now being taught modern phrases and ...
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15 Slang Words You Didn’t Know Were in the Dictionary

Vacay is one of many modern entries that are simply shortened versions of actual words. According to Merriam-Webster, the truncated form of vacation was first used in 1991. Does this word-shortening ...
Ars Technica

Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can.

British comedian Michael McIntyre has a standard bit in his standup routines concerning the many (many!) slang terms posh British people use to describe being drunk. These include "wellied," ...
Wall Street Journal

British Slang Might Not Be the Dog’s Bollocks Much Longer

LONDON—Stone the crows, our lingo’s all gone Pete Tong. British slang isn’t what it used to be. American stars might enjoy grappling with the alternate universe of what people say on the other side of ...
Golf Digest

British Open 2023: Tom Kim trying to guess English slang words is just as charming as it sounds

Kim starts well, identifying “loo” as “toilet.” He also correctly guesses “lift” as an elevator, “petrol” as gas and “queue” as a line, but fades quickly as the local lingo gets tougher. When he ...
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Gen Z and Gen X square off in a slang showdown: Do you know what ‘slay,’ ‘tubular,’ ‘Bogart’ and more mean?

These generations are lost in translation. Gen X isn’t exactly “slaying” when it comes to understanding their zoomer children’s slang — but Gen Z is similarly stumped by the popular words and phrases ...