Some help with British Slang??

Question

I was wondering if anyone could help me with list of the different words they use over in England. Like how they say the "loo" for bathroom or "pram" for stroller. Stuff like that. It'd be really helpful.

A good website would work too. Thanks!!

Answer 1

Here are some just about railroads:

Railroad - railway

depot - station

track - platform

car - carriage

engineer - driver

cross-tie - sleeper

caboose - guard's van.

Answer 2

There are literally hundreds of them!

Here are a couple of ood websites:

http://www.effingpot.com/

http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/141/di...

Answer 3

In the UK, we usually call a stroller a 'buggy' (as in 'baby buggy').  

A 'pram' has more old-fashioned connotations.  It's a much bigger thing than a stroller, has bigger wheels and the baby can lie down flat in it, rather than having to sit upright all the time.

Answer 4

Umm ... pants = underwear

wardrobe = closet

sweets = candy

loo = toilet

bathroom = room with a bath in it

**** = ***

snog = kiss with tongues or french kiss

chips = french fries

crisps = chips

Answer 5

: fit - hot

As in, "That boy is so fit!"

: chips - french fries

: biscuits - cookies

Answer 6

OK - I have lived in Australia for two and a half years now and these are the ones I still use which Aussies look at me strangely for using:

Crisps ... chips (not the hot kind)

Sellotape ... sticky tape

Hoover ... vacuum cleaner

Trainers - sneakers or sand shoes

Squash ... cordial

Trousers ... pants

Sweets ... lollies

Field ... paddock

Lorry ... semi

Pushchair ... stroller (a pram is the large solid bodied 'vehicle' in which a baby would lie flat ... from perambulator)

Football ... soccer

Loo ... specifically the toilet which is usually in the bathroom in British houses as the washing machine is in the kitchen which most Aussies find amazing ... as do I now!

Horsebox ... float

None of these would really be termed slang as they, and your examples, are the normal words in English use.  I am sure as the day goes on I will remember loads more!  Have fun finding out!

Oh Yes ..

Courgette ..... Zucchini

Pepper (red,green,yellow, etc)  ... capsicum

Answer 7

There are published dictionaries filled with hundreds of words

with different meanings.

My favorite was a sign by a motorway rest area which said

"No football coaches allowed".

Americans were clueless that it meant

"No busloads of rowdy soccer fans, please."

How about this one:

I looked down on the motorway from my first floor bedsit

and saw an articulated lorry on the dual carriageway.

Translation:

I looked down on the expressway/freeway from my second floor

studio apartment and saw a semi on the divided highway.

Good luck!

Answer 8

Loo is a toilet

A bathroom is where you have a bath or shower.

Pram is a baby carriage.

It's a shortened form of the word perambulator - a vehicle for moving a baby around which consists of a small enclosed bed (for lying the baby down) supported by a frame on four wheels:



A pushchair or buggy is a stroller.

Here's a helpful site - English (British) - American Dictionary

Some examples (there are many more listed, most of these apply to Australia and New Zealand too.):

http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html

Cars and driving

British - US

bonnet - hood

boot - trunk

car park - parking lot

Food

aubergine - eggplant

biscuit  - cookie

chips - french fries

jam - jelly

Others

flat - apartment

gents - men's room

solicitor - lawyer, attorney

starters - appetizers

mobile (phone) - cell (phone)

This is a good site for English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom.

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

Answer 9

this site is good http://www.bu.edu/mfeldman/Slang/glossar...

just click on whether you want it to be english to american or american to english.

hope it helps