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Dictionary of British Slang

Slang and low verbage from the UK, Ireland, Scotland and Wales!

This dictionary of British slang will include regional slang: Geordie slang, Scottish slang, Cornish slang, Welsh slang, Yorkshire slang, Brummie slang (Birmingham slang), Mancunian slang, and Essex slang/Estuary English.

This project has just started (March 2007). If you're wondering why the dictionary is currently empty it's because we are still in the midst of compiling our first version of it.

YOU can help by contributing British slang here.

If you're looking for Cockney Rhyming Slang you'll find it at Cockney Rhyming Slang. We've already built that dictionary so there's no Cockney slang in this dictionary.

Top 10 latest slang ...

Sweater Muffins from wreckless on 14-Aug-2007
Minerals from Anon on 10-Aug-2007
Sword from Neal Grout on 07-Aug-2007
Sticky wicket from nathan on 07-Aug-2007
sixes and sevens from fezandsword on 06-Aug-2007
lol from yo moma on 04-Aug-2007
Hairy Muff from Al Flowers on 02-Aug-2007
donkey from on 23-Jul-2007
Bush from Jon Mint on 20-Jul-2007
Twig and berries from on 27-Jun-2007

Top 10 classic British slang

1 Blower from helen with 34 ratings
2 Kite from m_talbot_@homail.com with 33 ratings
3 Mate from with 24 ratings
4 Ton from grant with 24 ratings
5 sixes and sevens from fezandsword with 21 ratings
6 spiv from alex with 20 ratings
7 Sticky wicket from nathan with 18 ratings
8 Innit from Dode with 13 ratings
9 Hairy Muff from Al Flowers with 13 ratings
10 Painters and Decorators from Joey Mechelle with 12 ratings

Top 10 modern British slang

1 lol from yo moma with 11 ratings
2 Blower from helen with 10 ratings
3 Jaspered from with 9 ratings
4 Nang from adam hickey with 9 ratings
5 Squeeze from James with 9 ratings
6 Innit from Dode with 8 ratings
7 Bush from Jon Mint with 8 ratings
8 donkey from with 8 ratings
9 Sweater Muffins from wreckless with 8 ratings
10 Hairy Muff from Al Flowers with 7 ratings

The slangers

Much of the latest slang in the dictionary is contributed by our good friends, the readers. Get your name on our list of slangers by slinging us some slang!

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