British vs American slang?

Question

I've always been interested in the differences between American slang and British slang.

Do you have any examples?

Here are a few i know of:

BRITISH - AMERICAN

Fit - Hot (we says someone is FIT if they are good looking..not just physically fit)

Tramp - Bum

Johnny - Condom

Swimming costume - Bathing suit

Rubber - Eraser

Sunbed - Tanning bed

Rubbish - Garbage/Trash

Chips - Fries

Crisps - Chips

Take away - Take out

Cheers - Thank you

Fullstop - Period

Yob - Hooligan

Mobile phone - Cell phone

'Giving it some stick' - Trying really hard

Jelly - Jelo or Gelo? (i don't know how you spell it)

Jam - Jelly

Answer 1

biscuit - cookie

lorry - truck

bonnet - hood

windscreen- windshield

braces - suspenders

trousers - pants

pavement - sidewalk

shop - store

wardrobe - closet

queue - line

luggage - baggage

...

Answer 2

maths - math

sums - math problems  (of course, Americans also say sums, but British tend to use it to refer to mathematics problems in general)

gone off - gone bad  (as in, "The milk has gone off/gone bad")

tablet - pill

trolley - shopping cart

tram - streetcar

registration plate - licence plate

petrol - gas/gasoline

toilet - washroom

football - soccer

Answer 3

Trunk of the car-boot of the car

cad- silly  (silly is different in the US)

upset-sad (upset is angry in US)

a funny one-) f***y packer- F**********r  (a f***y pack is a bag carried at the waste in the US, hahahaha)

bugger-fairy

We use jam and jelly and mermalade, but they all are different kinds of the same thing; I thought that in the UK they said the same thing.

We also say mobile phone

We only say Cheers when we toast

waste basket-bin

Tramps are harlots in US

bathroom the loo or lu

Answer 4

Nicker Bahker are pants in USA I think....

Answer 5

prat/pr*ck - idiot, d*ckhead.

Toad - not sure what it means in American slang. It's not very nice.

Trainers: sneakers, apparently. I once read it in a book by an English writer and I was like, what the h**l is that?