Slangs

bab
Verb. To defecate. [Yorks/Hull/Notts use]
Noun. 1. Faeces. [Yorks/Hull/Notts use]
2. Term of affectionate address, such as dear or friend. [W. Midlands use]
baba *   Verb. To defecate. [Yorks/Hull/Notts use]
Noun. Faeces. [Yorks/Hull/Notts use]
* Also spelt babber.
babby    Noun. A baby, child. [Northern & Midlands use. Dialect]
babe    Noun. 1. Usually applied to a young attractive female but also said with reference to males. [Orig. U.S.]
2. An affectionate form of address.
babe magnet   Noun. An attractive or sexually desirable male. [Orig. U.S.]
baboon    Noun. An oaf, a fool.
baby batter    Noun. Semen. Cf. 'baby gravy'
baby gravy   Noun. Semen. Cf. 'baby batter'
backdoor    Noun. A euphemism for the anus. [Orig. U.S.]
backhander    Noun. A bribe.
backie    Noun. A pillion ride on a bycycle.
back passage   Noun. The rectum. {Informal}
back scuttle   Noun. Anal intercourse.
Verb. To have anal intercourse.
backs to the wall
Phrs. A homophobic comment and warning to fellow heterosexuals that contact with a gay male is likely or happening. From the misconception that all gay males will endevour, or want to have anal intercourse with any male. Derog.
backy    Noun. Abb. of tobacco. Another variation is Backo.
bacon sarnie   Noun. Pakistani. Rhyming slang. See 'sarnie'.
bad    Adj. Good, excellent. [Orig. U.S.]
bad egg    Noun. A miscreant, a corrupt person, an untrustworthy person. Cf. 'good egg'.
badger    Verb. To bother incessantly. E.g."Stop badgering her, she's not interested in buying another pair of your cheap trainers."
bad hair day    Noun. 1. A day when one is unable to arrange one's hair into a satisfactory and pleasing style.
2. Used figuratively for a problematic and difficult day.
badly packed kebab   Noun. The female genitals. [1990s]
bad mouth   Verb. To insult or denigrate. [Orig. U.S.]
bad news    Noun. A troublesome person.
baffies    Noun. Slippers. [Scottish use]
bag    Noun. 1. An ugly woman. Derog. Cf. 'old bag'.
2. An objectionable and unpleasant person.
3. Meaning that which interests. E.g."What's your bag ? Mine is dance music." [Orig. U.S. 1960s]
4. The scrotum.
Suffix. A suffix that emphasises the essential undesirable nature of a person in perjorative nouns such as 'tossbag', 'shitbag', 'ratbag' etc.
bag (of sand)   Noun. £1000, a thousand pounds sterling. Rhyming slang on a 'grand'. Often shortened to bag.
baggin(g)   Noun. A snack or food taken between meals. Heard pronounced as baggin. [Lancs/Yorks use]
bag lady    Noun. A homeless woman who carries her worldly possessions in bags.
bag of bones    Noun. A very thin or emaciated person or animal.
bag off    Verb. To commune with someone sexually desirable, occasionally in so much as having sex. E.g."She bagged off with that"
bag of shit   Noun. A general disparaging term, used for either a person or thing. E.g."He hadn't slept or washed for 4 days and looked like a bag of shite."
bag of shite   Noun. See 'bag of shit'.
bag of wank   Noun. A thing or situation that is not very good, that is poor, without value. E.g."I was expecting a big bag of wank, but I actually enjoyed the film, apart from the scene where the dog died."
bag of washing    Noun. A failed parachute or other material based airfoil, such as a handglider. [Orig. Military use]
bag on   Noun. A bad mood. [E. Midlands use]
bags    Verb. To claim as one's own due to being the first to make such a claim. E.g."Bags I go first." {Informal}
Noun. Trousers. {Informal}
bagsy    Verb. A variation on 'bags' (verb). Basically meaning bags I. See 'bags'.
bahookie   Noun. The backside, the bottom, the buttocks. [Glasgow use]
bake    Noun. The mouth. [Irish/Scottish use]
baked bean   Noun. The queen. Rhyming slang.
baldy notion    Noun. An idea, a clue. Usually in the negative sense such as "to not have a baldy notion". Often abbreviated to baldy. [N. Irish use]
ball-ache   Noun. A troublesome and inconvenient task. Also ballache. E.g."I wish I hadn't sold the car, walking 5 miles to and from work, everyday, is a real ball-ache."
ball and chain    Noun. A wife or girlfriend. Derog.
ball-bag   Noun. The scrotum.
ballocks (!)    Noun. 1. The testicles. A variation on 'bollocks'. S.E. from 1200s, slang from mid 1800s. Cf. 'bollocks'.
2. Rubbish, nonsense.
Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance, disbelief or disagreement.
balloon knot   Noun. The anus. From its appearance.
balls (!)    Noun. 1. Testicles. Usually in plural.
2. Courage, in for example, "She hasn't got the balls to tell him the truth."
3. Rubbish, nonsense.
Exclam. Expressing annoyance.
ballsed-up    Adj. Ruined, in a mess.
balls (something) up   Verb. To make a mess of a situation. E.g."I couldn't believe I ballsed up my driving test by making exactly the same mistake as the previous six times."
balls to the wall   Phrs. Quickly.
balls-up    Noun. A mess up, a 'cock-up'. E.g."I've made a right balls-up of my exams."
Verb. To make a mess of a situation.
balm    Noun. A bread bun or roll. Cf. 'balmcake'.
balmy    Adj. Insane, crazy. A derivative of the earlier 'barmy.'
baloney    Noun. Nonsense. Also spelt boloney. [Orig. U.S.]
baltic   Adj. Very cold, with respect to the weather or air temperature. [Orig. U.S.]
bam   Noun. A foolish and objectionable person. Abbreviated form of 'bampot'. Derog. [Scottish use]
bampot   Noun. A foolish and objectionable person. Derog. Cf. 'bam' and 'bamstick'. [Scottish use]
bamstick   Noun. A foolish and objectionable person. Derog. Cf. 'bam' and 'bampot'. [Scottish use]
banana    Noun. A penis.
bananas    Adj. Insane, mad, hysterical. [Orig. U.S.]
bang    Verb. 1. To copulate. A particularly aggressive term.
2. To put or place, the implication being with nonchalence. E.g."I'll bang those in an envelope and send them off first post in the morning."
Noun. An act of copulation.
banger    Noun. 1. A sausage. The English meal of sausages and mashed potato is traditionally called bangers and mash.
2. A delapidated car.
3. A small firework that is explosively loud but visually unstimulating.
banging    Noun. Sexual intercourse.
Adj. Exciting, energetic, wonderful, excellent. Often heard pronounced bangin'.
bang on    Adj./Adv. Exactly, correct. {Informal}
bang on about (something)    Vrb phrs. To talk incessantly and uninterestingly, to nag. E.g."You're not going to change my mind by banging on about it!"
bang one out   Vrb phrs. To masturbate. E.g."Steve watched Bay Watch on TV and then banged one out before his mum came home."
bang out of order   Phrs. Totally unacceptable.
bang to rights    Phrs. Caught red-handed. Police/criminal vernacular often heard used jocularly.
bang (someone) up   Verb. 1. To put (someone) in prison. {Informal}.
2. To make (someone) pregnant.
banjax    Verb. To ruin. [Mainly Irish use.]
banjaxed    Adj. 1. Ruined, defeated. Originally Anglo-Irish use, popularized by the UK radio/TV presenter Terry Wogan with his book of the same name.
2. Drunk, by extension of meaning 1.
banjo
Verb. To hit or punch. [Scottish use]
Noun. A sandwich, particularly one that contains sauce type condiment or other runny ingredient that may spill onto one's clothes, for example egg banjo (fried egg sandwich).
banjo'd   Adj. Drunk, intoxicated.
banjo string   Noun. The frenulum of the penis.
banko    Noun. Abb. of bank holiday (a national holiday).
baps    Noun. Breasts. E.g."Look at the baps on her!"
bar   Noun. One pound sterling.
barbie    Noun. Abb. of barbecue. [Orig. Aust.]
barbs    Noun. Abb. of barbituates.
Barclay's (Bank)    Noun. An act of masturbation. From the rhyming slang for 'wank'.
barcode   Noun. A supporter of the Newcastle United football club. From their team kit being designed around black and white vertical stripes, like a barcode.
bare   Adj. A lot of, significant amount. E.g."It's just bare hype, the film's just famous faces and no plot." [London use]
Adv. Significantly. [London use]
barf    Verb. To vomit, probably onomatapoeic in origin. E.g."He's feeling woozy, I think he's gonna barf his dinner up." [Orig. U.S. 1940/50s]
barking    Adj. Insane, crazy. Short for barking mad.
barmcake    Noun. 1. A lighthearted term for a fool or idiot.
2. A bread bun. Also barm cake. [North-west use]
barmpot    Noun. A silly person. A lighted-hearted expression.
barmy    Adj. Mad, crazy, insane. Cf. 'balmy'. [1600s]
barnet    Noun. Hair. From the Cockney rhyming slang barnet fair. [Mid 1800s]
barney    Noun. An argument. [Late 1800s] {Informal}
barney (rubble)   Adj. Trouble. Rhyming slang. [1960s]
barry    Adj. Good, nice. [Edinburgh use]
Barry White *   Noun. 1. Rubbish, nonsense.
2. An act of defecation.
* Both uses are rhyming slang on 'shite' (shit). See 'shite'. Barry White, U.S. soul singer who came to the fore in the 1970s.
barse   Noun. The perineum. From the area between the balls and the arse.
bar steward    Noun. A pun on 'bastard'.
base over apex    Phrs. Head over heels, upside down. E.g."His front wheel hit a rock on the road and he went base over apex."
bash    Noun. 1. An event, a party. E.g."I'm having a bash at a club for my birthday."
2. An attempt. E.g."Try having a bash at the next question if you can't answer the first."
bash the bishop    Verb. To masturbate. Derived from the similarity of the head of the penis with a bishop's mitre. E.g."It's a myth that constantly bashing the bishop makes you blind."
basket    Noun. A euphemism for 'bastard'.
basket case    Noun. An emotionally unstable person, a dysfunctional person, a completely useless person. Originally an amputee, especially a soldier, who had lost all four limbs, coined during the First World War.
bastard (!)    Noun. 1. A contemptible person. Derived from the original meaning, an illegitimate person, when to be born out of wedlock was viewed as objectionable.
2. A pitiable person. E.g."That poor bastard never stood a chance once the avalanche started."
Adj. Used as an negative intensifier. E.g."My bastard car wont start again!"
Exclam. Exclamation of anger.
bastarding    Adj. An intensifier. E.g."I'm sorry for being late, I missed the bastarding bus again!"
bat for both sides   Vrb phrs. To be bisexual.
bat for the other team   Vrb phrs. To be homosexual.
bat for the opposition   Vrb phrs. To be homosexual.
bathers   Noun. Swimming/bathing costume. [Orig. Aust./N.Z.] {Informal}
bat in the cave   Noun. A globule or lump of nasal mucus when visible up a nostril.
bat on a sticky wicket   Vrb phrs. To put oneself in a difficult and unfavourable position.
battered    Adj. Very intoxicated by drink or drugs.
battery operated boyfriend   Noun. A vibrator, sex toy. Cf. 'bob'.
battle cruiser   Noun. A pub, bar. From rhyming slang for 'boozer'. See 'boozer' (noun 1).
batty    Adj. Crazy, eccentric.
Noun. Buttocks, bottom. [Orig. W.I.]
batty boy   Noun. A homosexual male. From batty meaning buttocks. Also battyboy, battyman. Derog. [Orig. West Indies]
batty bwoy   Noun. See 'batty boy'. Also batty-bway.
batty crease   Noun. The area between the buttocks. See 'batty' (noun).
batty man   Noun. See 'batty boy'. Also battyman.
batty rider   Noun. Skimpy shorts that 'ride' up to expose the wearers bottom ('batty') cheeks, usually female attire. [West Indies/Black UK?]
baw-bag   Noun. 1. The scrotum. From 'ball-bag'. [Scottish use]
2. A contemptible person. [Scottish use]
bawheid   Noun. 1. A bald head. [Scottish uses]
2. An idiot, buffoon. [Scottish uses]
bazzin'   Adj. Excellent. E.g."That was a bazzin cricket match." [Midlands/North use?]
beach-bum    Noun. A person devoted to spending as much time as available on the beach. Cf. 'surf bum'.
beak    Noun. 1. The mouth. [Irish/Scottish use]
2. Cocaine.
beakie    Noun. The dirt or bodily secretions that accumulate at the corner of the eyes or between the toes. [Scottish use]
beaked up   Adj. High on cocaine. E.g."We had a great night, everyone was well beaked up."
bean   Noun. An ecstasy pill.
beanfeast   Noun. A party, celebratory event. {Informal}
bean-flicker   Noun. A lesbian. The bean refers to the clitoris.
beano   Noun. A party. Abbreviated form of 'beanfeast'. {Informal}
bear    Noun. A large hairy man. [Gay use]
beard   Noun. 1. A woman who is seen to be romantically linked with a gay man, so protecting his true sexuality from public scrutiny - often associated with celebrities. [Orig U.S.]
2. Of a woman, pubic hair.
bearded clam   Noun. The female genitals, inclusive of pubic hair.
beast with two backs    Noun. A man and woman engaged in the act of sexual intercourse. An expression whose usage dates from at least as early as 1604, being mentioned in Shakespeare's Othello. E.g."Your daughter and the Moore are making the beast with two backs" [1600s]
beat seven shades of shit out of someone    Vrb phrs. To thoroughly beat up. Also beat 7 kinds of shit out of someone.
beat the bishop   Verb. To masturbate. Cf. 'bash the bishop'.
beat the meat    Verb. To masturbate. E.g."My son seems to be preoccupied with beating his meat at every possible hour of the day."
beaver    Noun. The female genitals, implying the inclusion of pubic hair. [Orig. U.S.]
Verb To work hard. {Informal}
beaver cleaver   Noun. Penis. See 'beaver' (noun).
beaver leaver   Noun. A homosexual male. Due to not being interested in 'beaver' and leaving it alone. See 'beaver' (noun).
beaver lever   Noun. Penis. See 'beaver' (noun).
beddable   Adj. Sexually desirable, from being good enough to take to bed.
Bedfordshire   Noun. Bed or bedtime. [1700s]
bed hair   Noun. Dishevelled hair, as may result from a good night's sleep.
bedsit   Noun. Abb. of bed-sitter or bed-sitting room. A small apartment whereby the bedroom also serves as a sitting room (living room). {Informal}
Beeb    Noun. 1. The commonly used nickname for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), the nationally owned television production and broadcasting company. {Informal}
2. Nickname for the BBC Micro computer, an early form of home computer from the 1980s.
beef    Noun. 1. Muscly, strong looking males. {Informal}
2. A complaint, a grievance, problems (with something). E.g."If you've got a beef about the decision, then fill in the appropriate appeal forms." [Orig. U.S.]
beef bayonet    Noun. The penis.
beef curtains    Noun. The female genitals. [Orig. U.S.]
beef (something) up    Vrb phrs. To increase in size or volume; basically to make stronger. E.g."Once he'd beefed up his engine, his car was unbeatable on the track."
beer baby   Noun. A protruding belly, from drinking excessive amounts of beer, that makes its owner look pregnant.
beer belly    Noun. A bulging stomach caused by drinking large quantities of beer.
beemer   Noun. A BMW automobile. Cf. 'bimmer'.
beer goggles   Noun. The imaginary spectacles/glasses (goggles) that one wears after an over-indulgence in alcohol (beer), and that make an otherwise unappealing person seem sexually desirable. E.g."I was obviously wearing beer goggles last night; when I awoke and saw who I'd brought home the previous night I nearly threw up, she had 3 eyes, a green beard and tentacles coming out of the top of her head."
beer tits   Noun. Fatty deposits on the breasts of a male, arising through excessive beer drinking. Cf. 'bitch tits'.
beer tokens   Noun. Money.
bees and honey   Noun. Money. Rhyming slang.
bee's knees    Noun. The best. This term originates from the prolific slang of the Flappers along with the similar 'cats whiskers'. Cf. 'dogs bollocks'. [Orig. U.S. 1920s]
bee stings    Noun. Small breasts. Derog.
beetle    Verb. To hurry about. E.g."I'm just spent 2 hours beetling around the shopping precinct looking for a gift for Mick." {Informal}
beggar    Noun. Euphemism for 'bugger'.
begging for it    Vrb phrs. A general comment on a person's supposed, if not actual, yearning for sexual intimacies. E.g."Cor, look at her! She's begging for it."
bejesus!    Exclam. An Anglo-Irish corruption of the exclamation by Jesus! Expressing surprise or annoyance.
bell    Verb. To telephone (someone). E.g."I'll bell you tonight with the news."
bell-end    Noun. 1. The head of the penis, being vaguely bell shaped. Also bellend.
2. A contemptible person, an idiot.
bell on every tooth   Phrs. When applied to a person, noisy, loud. Also a bell in every tooth. [Welsh use]
belly-ache    Noun. A complaint. {Informal}
Verb. To complain persistently.
belly timber   Noun. Food. [Early 1700s]
belly-up   Adj. 1. Dead.
2. Failed, bankrupt.
belt    Verb. To hit.
Noun. 1. A hit. E.g."If you don't shut up moaning I'll give you a belt 'round the head."
2. A drink, by extension of meaning 1. E.g."Have a belt of that brandy, it'll warm you up."
belter    Noun. An excellent thing or event. [Orig. Northern dialect]
belting    Adj. Outstanding, wonderful. {Informal}
belt up!    Verb. Be quiet! Shut up!
bender    Noun. 1. An excessive bout of drinking, but more recently also inclusive of a drug taking spree. [Orig. U.S.]
2. A homosexual. Possibly derived from gender bender, or from being the passive partner, bending over to receive sex, as opposed to being the thruster. Derog.
bend one's elbow    Vrb phrs. To have an alcoholic drink.
bend someone's ear    Vrb phrs. To talk incessantly and tediously.
benny   Noun. A tantrum, a fit of anger. See 'throw a benny'.
bent    Adj. 1. Homosexual, as opposed to 'straight'. Derog. [Mid 1900s]
2. Criminal, corrupt. E.g."You can usually buy your freedom; the cops are bent and paid poorly." [Early 1900s]
3. Illegal, stolen. E.g."I'm not touching that video, it's bent." [Early 1900s]
bent as a bottle of chips   Phrs. 1. Homosexual.
2. Crooked, dishonest. See 'bottle of chips'.
bent as a nine bob note    Phrs. 1. Homosexual. See 'bent'.
2. Crooked, dishonest.
A catch-phrase whose original meaning was version 2, but with the onset of 'bent' referring to homosexually has come to be heard more with regard to version 1. In British currency, a bob was a slang expression for a shilling (five pence) but with decimalization in 1971 became obsolete.There was never any such thing as a nine bob note, hence the simile. Cf. 'queer as a nine bob note' and 'camp as a row of tents'.
bent as a nine pound note   Phrs. A modern variation on 'bent as a nine bob note', see above.
berk    Noun. An idiot, objectionable person. Derived from the rhyming slang Berkshire Hunt or Berkeley Hunt, meaning 'cunt'. Normally Berkshire and Berkeley would be pronounced Barkshire and Barkeley. This expression is generally accepted as inoffensive despite its source. Also 'burk'.
(the) berries   Noun. The best. Also 'the berrys'. [Scottish use]
best of British!    Phrs. Good luck!
(the) best thing since sliced bread   Phrs. Absolutely the best thing ever.
better half    Noun. One's wife, husband or partner.
better than a kick in the teeth / balls   Phrs. Catch-phrase expressing that one should be happy with the situation, as it could be much worse. E.g."I only won £10 on the national lottery yesterday, but I shouldn't complain, it's better than a kick in the balls."
better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick    Phrs. A catch-phrase that expresses that a situation could be much worse, hence one should be grateful. Also 'better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick'.
better than a slap in the face with a wet kipper / fish   Phrs. Expresses that a situation could be considerably worse, hence one should be grateful.
Betty Swollox   Noun. Perspiring, uncomfortable or itchy testicles. A spoonerism and literally sweaty bollocks. Also spelt Betty Swallocks and Betty Swollocks.
bevvied up    Adj. Drunk. Occasionally shortened to bevvied.
bevvy    Noun. A general term for an alcoholic drink. Taken from the word beverage. Cf. 'bevvied up'.
bezzy mates    Noun. Best friends. E.g."They've been bezzy mates since they were at nursery together."
bi    Noun. Abb. of bisexual.
Adj. Bisexual.
biatch   Noun. A contemptible person, usually woman. Alternative form of 'bitch'. [Orig. U.S. 1990s]
bible basher    Noun. A fanatical preacher of religion. Derog.
bible thumper    Noun. Meaning the same as 'bible basher'.
bicky    Noun. A biscuit.
biddy    Noun. 1. A woman, usually referring to an elderly woman and often reinforced with the word old. E.g."I suggest you don't go to the post office on a Thursday, that's when all the old biddies collect their pension money and the queues are terrible."
2. A head louse, and occ. any skin/hair parasite such as a flea. Usually in the plural, as biddies. E.g."First day at school and my youngest came home with a head full of biddies."
Adj. Small.
biff    Verb. To hit. E.g."He biffed his head on the low ceiling."
Noun. The vagina.
biffa   Noun. An ugly person, often assumed to be overweight, but also heard as fat biffa. Derog.
biffin's bridge   Noun. The perineum; the area between the anus and the vulva, or scrotum. Cf. 'biffon'
biffon   Noun. The perineum. The place where the man's testicles would hit (see biff) during vigorous sexual intercourse. Cf. 'biffin's bridge'.
biftah *
Noun. 1. A cigarette.
2. A marijuana or cannabis cigarette.
* Also bifta
big cheese    Noun. A very important person.
big deal!    Exclam. A sarcastic exclamation for not being very impressed.
(the) big E   Noun. Dismissal, rejection. From the metaphorical use of elbow (E), in rejecting someone. See 'give someone the elbow'.
big girl's blouse   Noun. A feeble and ineffectual person. Derog.
big it up   Verb. See 'big up'.
big style    Adj. Greatly. E.g."Yeah she's into him big-style."
big time    Noun. The upper levels of power, success. E.g."She's hit the big time with getting that fifty thousand pound contract." [U.S.]
Adv. Greatly, very much.
big up    Verb. To praise, to acclaim. Also to big oneself up or to big it up. [Orig W.I.]
big white telephone   Noun. The toilet; not the room itself, but the toilet bowl. Usually combined with various terms to express the action of vomiting, i.e. talking down the big white telephone, or talking to God on the big white telephone etc.
bike    Noun. A promiscuous woman, often with respect to the immediate district or locality. Derog. Cf. 'town bike'.
bilge (water)   Noun. Nonsense, rubbish. E.g."You are talking absolute bilge!"
(the) Bill    Noun. The police. Cf. 'old bill'.
billy    Noun. Amphetamine Sulphate. Abb. of 'Billy Whizz', a cartoon character from the children's magazine Beano; Billy Whizz does everything with exceptional speed and energy. Cf. 'whizz'.
billy goat   Noun. A coat. Rhyming slang.
Billy no mates    Noun. A person who appears to have no friends. Derog.
billy-o   Adv. A lot, greatly, quickly etc. E.g"She's been moaning like billy-o all morning, wanting me to hang out the washing, clean the car, do the hoovering, mow the lawn, I've had enough."
bimble   Noun. An ambling walk. E.g."I'm just going for a bimble to the shops, back in 20 minutes."
Verb. To wander aimlessly, to amble.
bimbo    Noun. A young attractive empty headed woman. Derog.
bimmer   Noun. A BMW car. Cf. 'beemer'. [Orig. W.I. / Black]
bin    Verb. To throw away, to discard.
bin-bag   Verb. To terminate a relationship. From the returning of possessions in a big bag, a disposable bag made of black polythene. E.g."I didnt come home until the next morning, and with lipstick on my shirt collar, I was promptly bin-bagged." [Merseyside use]
binge    Noun. A spree, often involving food or alcohol.
Verb. To go on a spree.
bingo wings   Noun. Fatty, folds of flesh on the underarms of overweight women, who might commonly be seen at Bingo nights. [1990s]
bin lid   Noun. An adolescent. Rhyming slang for kid.
binnie   Noun. A refuse collector. A variation on 'binman'. Also binno.
binman    Noun. A refuse collector, a dustbin man.
bin off *   Verb. 1. To discard, throw away.
2. To terminate a relationship.
* Both are North-west England usage.
bins    Noun. Spectacles.
bint    Noun. A woman. From the Arabic 'bint' meaning girl or daughter.
bird    Noun. 1. A female. Use can be taken as offensive. E.g."Did you see that bird at the back of the bus!"
2. A girlfiend, when used in conjunction with a possessive pronoun, such as my bird.
3. Time spent in prison. E.g."I did 20 years bird before I learnt how to control my temper and keep out of trouble."
birdbrained    Adj. Stupid, lacking commonsense. {Informal}
birmingham screwdriver   Noun. A hammer.
biscuit arsed   Adj. Dirty, filthy. Also biscuit ersed, from Scottish pronunciation. [Mainly Scottish use]
bit    Noun. A woman. Abb. of 'bit of fluff' or 'bit of skirt', generally a person viewed sexually. Derog.
bitch
Noun. 1. A contemptible woman. Used on the gay scene to describe an equally despised male.
2. A woman. Derog/Offens.
3. A girlfriend. Derog/Offens. [Mainly black use]
4. Something difficult or unpleasant. E.g."It's such a bitch, having nowhere warm and dry to sleep."
5. A complaint or disparaging tirade. E.g."Have you been having a bitch about me behind my back?"
Verb. To speak disparagingly, complain.
bitchin (!) *   Exclam. Excellent! Wonderful! Cool!
Adj. Excellent, cool. E.g."She was wearing a bitchin pair of shoes, but that hat was just awful."
* Also bitching.
bitch piss   Noun. Sweet, ready-mixed fruit and alcohol drink. Cf. 'alcopop' and 'tart fuel'.'
bitch tits   Noun. 1. Overly developed fatty deposits on the male breasts, the medical condition of gynecomastia. Term can be heard on the bodybuilding scene, the condition being one of the consequences of steroid abuse.
2. As the above, having fatty breast tissue, but due to excessive drinking of beer. Cf. 'beer tits'
bit of all right    Noun. Something excellent. Often heard used with reference to a sexually attractive person. E.g."She's a bit of alright! I'm going to ask her for a date."
bit of fluff    Noun. A sexual partner.
bit of rough    Noun. A sexual partner below one's normal standards or believed class.
bit of skirt    Noun. A woman or women. A male expression for females viewed sexually. Also abbreviated to 'skirt'. Derog.
bit of spare    Noun. A sexually available person.
bit of stuff   Noun. A sexually desirable person or persons.
bit on the side    Noun. 1. A sexual relationship extra to one's usual partner, an affair.
2. The other person in a sexual affair.
bits    Noun. A euphemism for the genitals, male or female.
bits and bats   Noun. Miscellaneous items. (North-East/ Tyneside use)
biz    Adj. Rubbish, nonsense. E.g."Don't go and see that new amateur play at the theatre, it was biz."
Noun. Abb. of business. See '(the) business'
bizzies    Noun. The police. Possibly derived from the expression busy body. [North-west use]
BJ   Noun. Oral sex. An abb. of 'blow job'.
blabbermouth    Noun. A person who reveals too much in conversation, a gossip.
black over Bill's mothers   Phrs. It looks as though it's going to rain. [E. Midlands use]
black as Newgate's knocker   Phrs. Very black.
bladdered    Adj. Drunk.
blag    Verb. To lie, or use clever talk with profit as an objective, to wheedle or persuade for gain. E.g."I blagged a lift to work with my sister but had to get the bus home."
Noun. 1. A con, a 'scam'.
2. A violent robbery or raid.
blag artist   Noun. A person with a reputation for using clever talk for self gain.
blagger   Noun. See 'blag artist'.
blank    Verb. To rudely ignore. E.g."Despite being introduced 5 minutes earlier, he just blanked me and continued talking.."
blaps    Noun. Diarrhoea, the illness.
blart   Verb. To cry. [Midlands use]
blast (!)    Noun. 1. An inhalation of a cigarette or 'joint'. E.g."Give us a blast on your cigarette, I've just run out."
2. An enjoyable experience. [U.S.] E.g."Wasn't the party last night a blast?"
3. A fast run in a vehicle. E.g."We're going for a blast up to the coast to get some fresh air."
Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance.
blates   Adj./Adv. Blatantly, blatant.
blatts    Noun. Diarrhoea, the illness. E.g."I daren't leave the house, I've got the blatts."
blaze   Verb. To set alight. Usually with respect to the lighting of cigarettes and marijuana cigarettes, 'joints'.
blazed   Adj. Very intoxicated, or high, on marijuana or cannabis.
blazin'   Adj. Smoking marijuana or cannabis.
bleeder    Noun. A person, more often than not one who is objectionable.
bleeding    Adv. Used as an intensive. E.g."That bleeding idiot from next door is drunk again."
bleed like a stuck pig    Vrb phrs. To bleed profusely.
blighter    Noun. An insignificant or objectionable person. E.g."This blighter approaches me and asks for a cigarette; sure I say, and then he has the gall to put it in his pocket and says he'll smoke that later and then asks for another to have now." {Informal}
Blighty    Noun. Affectionate name for England as one's home, often used jocularly. Orig. used by colonial Indian Army, from the Hindustani bilyati, meaning foreign. [Early 1900s]
blim   Noun. See 'blimp'.
blimey!    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise. An abbreviated form of blind me. Cf. 'cor blimey'.
blimey o'reilly!    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
blimp   Noun. A red hot fragment of cannabis that will occasionally fall from alight 'joints', causing small burns to skin, clothing and furnishings. E.g."You could tell he was a heavy smoker, cos he had little holes all over his t-shirt from blimps."
blinder    Noun. An excellent achievement. E.g."Tim's played another blinder." {Informal}
blinding    Adj. Excellent, wonderful. E.g."We had a blinding time last night."
bling   Noun. Abb. form of 'bling bling'.
bling bling
Noun. 1. Jewellery. There's been much speculation as to its origins, including amongst those suggestions put forward are the following:
· From either the sound of jewellery knocking against jewellery.
· The sound of cash registers when a sale is made.
· The written sound in cartoons when light catches and reflects off jewellery.
What does appear to be acknowledged is that the expression was popularized by U.S. rapper B.G. (aka Baby Gangsta) in 1999. [Orig. Black U.S.]
2. Obvious and appealing wealth, by extension of meaning 1.
bling up   Verb. To make showy and visually ostentatious. E.g."I blinged up my car so that I'd get some female attention."
blinking    Adj./Adv. Used as an intensifier, but a particularly mild expression. E.g."Your blinkin' washing machine has broken down again." or "It's blinkin' heavy, this washing machine".
blinkin' heck!    Exclam. An old fashioned inoffensive exclamation of surprise, often expressed without the 'h'. Also 'heck' can be replaced with 'hell'.
blithering    Adj. 1. An intensifier such as 'bloody'. E.g."How can I have toast when that blithering idiot has just eaten all the bread!"
2. Senseless and excessive talking. {Informal}.
blither on    Verb. To talk incessently and boringly. Blither is a varient spelling of the s.e.blather. E.g."Please stop blithering on, your voice is driving my crazy." {Informal}
blitzed   Adj. Very intoxicated, drunk.
bloater   Noun. A fat and unnattractive person. Derog.
blog on   Noun. A bad mood.
bloke    Noun. A man.
blonde moment   Noun. A moment of stupidity. Based on the misguided belief that blondes are considerably less intelligent than those with other hair colours. Derog.
blood   Noun. A friendly term of address. Orig. Black use for addressing a fellow Black.
blood and sand!    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or anger. A mild and antiquated curse.
bloodsports   Noun. Sexual acts with a woman during the period of her menstruation.
bloody    Adj. Expressing annoyance as an intensifier. E.g."That bloody idiot needs a good thumping."
Adv. As an intensifier. E.g."I'll bloody thump that idiot."
bloody hell!    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or frustration.
bloody-Nora!    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or anger. Cf. 'flaming-Nora!' and 'ruddy-Nora!'
bloomer    Noun. A mistake. {Informal}
blooming    Adj./Adv. An intensifier. E.g."It's blooming cold outside!"
blooter   Verb. To kick a ball forcefully, often implying without good control. [Scottish use]
blootered    Adj. Drunk. [Scottish use]
blotto    Adj. Very drunk. [Early 1900s]
blow    Noun. Cannabis or marijuana. It's interesting to note that in the U.S. it refers to cocaine. [1960s]
blow a fuse / gasket   Vrb phrs. To be very angry.
blow away    Verb. 1. To kill.
2. To amaze. Cf. 'blow one's mind.'
blowback    Noun. A method of sharing a 'joint' between two people, with one person blowing and the other inhaling.
blow chunks    Verb. To vomit. E.g."" Suzanne's been blowing chunks all night so I don't expect her to want any breakfast." [Orig. U.S.]
blower    Noun. The telephone. From the 'speaking tube', down which one blew to attract a person's attention prior to having a conversation through it. {Informal}
blow it!    Exclam. A dismissive exclamation of frustration and anger.
blow job    Noun. Fellatio or cunnilingus. [Orig. U.S.]
blow it!    Exclam. An exclamation of anger or frustration.
blow its tits off   Vrb phrs. To be very windy or blustery. E.g."It's still blowing its tits off this morning so we wont be able to go sailing into the bay." [Mainly/Orig. sailing use]
blow-off    Verb. To break wind, but not belching. E.g."As boys seem to spend all night blowing off, I recommend you avoid cleaning their dorm until later in the morning."
blow one's mind    Vrb phrs. To cause to be utterly confused or amazed, originally when on hallucinogens. E.g."That trip was too much, it just blew my mind." [1960s]
blow one's top    Vrb phrs. To explode with fury.
blow one's wad   Vrb phrs. To ejaculate semen. E.g."It was disgusting, he blew his wad all over my breasts."
blow out    Noun. An excessive spree of drinking, eating, spending or sex.
Verb. To cancel an arranged meeting with someone, or an planned event, unreasonably or without due notification. E.g."I'm going to blow out my brother's birthday party and go to that new club night instead."
blow the gaff   Vrb phrs. To reveal a plot or secret. {Informal}
blow the whistle on   Vrb phrs. To inform on.
blub    Verb. To sob. Possibly onomatopoeic. [Mid 1800s]
blud   Noun. A form of address. Alternative spelling of 'blood'. See 'blood'.
blue arsed fly    Noun. See 'like a blue arsed fly'.
blue rinser   Noun. An elderly lady, a lady pensioner. From the habit of some of this particular age group having their hair died with a hint of blue.
bluey   Noun. A £5 note (sterling). Because of its colour.
blunt   Noun. A marijuana/cannabis cigarette. More specifically, especially in the U.S., a blunt is marijuana rolled in the outer leaves of a cigar.
blunted    Adj. Intoxicated by marijuana. From the term 'blunt', .
boaby   Noun. Penis. [Glasgow use]
boak   Verb. To vomit. [Mainly N. England/Scottish use]
boat    Noun. Face. From the rhyming slang boat race.
bob    Verb. To visit briefly. E.g."I'm just gonna bob down to the corner shop for some fags, do you want anything?"
Noun. 1. A shilling in pre-decimal currency which now amounts to 5 pence.
2. A sex toy, a vibrator. An abbreviation of battery operated boyfriend.
bobbins    Noun. Rubbish, nonsense, useless. Manchester rhyming slang for rotten, from bobbins of cotton. E.g."That meal was bobbins, next time we'll eat at home."
bobbinsed   Adj. Drunk, intoxicated. [Manchester use]
Bobby    Noun. A policeman/woman. The name derives from the pet form of the Christian name of Sir Robert Peel, who established the present British police organisation. {Informal}
bobby-dazzler    Noun. A amazing thing or person. {Informal}
bobfoc   Acronym. A facially unattractive female, who possesses a sexually desirable body. From body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch; both TV programmes.
Bob (Hope)   Noun. Marijuana or cannabis. Rhyming slang for 'dope' (noun 2).
bo-boes    Noun. Sleep. Generally a children's expression.
Bobs your uncle    Phrs. There you have it; a catch phrase expressing satisfactory completion. E.g."Make sure you have primed and undercoated the wood. Then apply the gloss paint and Bob's your uncle! The wood will stay protected and look good for another couple of years."
bod    Noun. A person. {Informal}
bodge    Verb. 1. To do a poor job or repair.
2. To cobble (something together). E.g."I bodged together that furniture out of driftwood and old egg boxes."
* Compare with 'botch'.
bodge job    Noun. A job done poorly, something cobbled together, a makeshift repair.
* Compare with 'botch job'.
bof   Noun. A contemptible, old person. Acronym of boring old fart.
boff    Verb. 1. To break wind, 'fart'.
2. To have sex (with).
boffin    Noun. 1. A person involved in scientific/technical research, usually associated with the wearing of white laboratory coats, glasses, and carrying a clipboard. Derog. {Informal}
2. An intellectual.
bog    Noun. A toilet. [1800s]
bog all    Noun. Nothing, or a total lack of. E.g."We've bog all chance of winning without our captain and best player."
bogart    Verb. To selfishly hold on to (something). Jocular usage, heard amongst smokers of cannabis/marijuana. E.g."Come on Tim, don't bogart that joint, we all want to get stoned sometime tonight."
bogey    Noun. A tiny ball of nasal mucus.
bog-eyed   Adj. Bleary or tired looking eyed, either from too little sleep or intoxication by drink or drugs.
boggin    Adj. Unpleasant, vile, ugly. [Orig. Scottish]
bog off (!)    Verb. To go away.
Exclam. Go away! Leave me alone!
bog-roll   Noun. Toilet paper. See 'bog'.
bog-standard    Adj. Normal, average, usual. E.g."It was just a bog-standard Christmas, too much food, too much booze and not enough sleep."
bogtrotter    Noun. An Irish person. Derog/offens.
boiler    Noun. An unattractive woman. Often phrased as old boiler for added derogatory emphasis. Derog.
boke   Verb. To vomit. [Scottish/Northern Irish use]
Bolivian marching powder   Noun. Cocaine. Humourous use.
bollix   Noun. Alternative spelling of 'bollocks'.
bollock    Verb. To reprimand. E.g."My dad bollocked me for stealing money from his wallet! I was only borrowing it."
Noun. A testicle.
bollockbag   Noun. The scrotum and testicles.
bollock-brain    Noun. Idiot, imbecile. Derog.
bollocking    Noun. A severe reprimand.
(the) bollocks   Noun. The best, a thing or situation of excellence. Abb of 'dog's bollocks'.
bollocks (!) *   Noun. 1. Testicles. S.e. until mid 1800s.
2. Rubbish, nonsense, drivel. E.g."That film was bollocks."
Exclam. An expression of anger, frustration, or defiance.
* Also written as bollox or bollix.
bollocksed    Adj. 1. Worn out, ruined, tired.
2. Very intoxicated.
...bollocks off   Phrs. Suffixal use expressing the extreme or excessive nature of an action. For example, "I ran my bollocks off but still came last."
bollock (something) up   Vrb phrs. To make a mistake, to mess something up.
bollocks to that!   Exclam. A defiant exclamation.
bollox   Noun. Alternative spelling of 'bollocks'.
bolshie    Adj. Angrily provocative. Originating from the socialist revolutionaries the Bolsheviks.
bomb    Noun. 1. Another name for burning cannabis fragments. See 'blimps' for a fuller explanation. Variations include bombies and bombers.
2. A small quantity of illicit drugs wrapped in a handrolling cigarette paper, forming a pill like ball. Made either for easier consumption at a later date or to avoid the bitter taste of the drugs when loose.
3. As, the bomb, meaning excellent, the best. [Orig. U.S.]
Verb. To travel or move quickly. E.g."Will you bomb round to the corner shop and get a pint of milk?" {Informal}
bombed out    Adj. Incapacitated by drink or drugs. Also shortened to 'bombed'.
bommie night   Noun. Bonfire night, see 'bonnie night'. Possibly spelt bombie night from the use of fireworks. [East Lancashire/Merseyside use]
bonce    Noun. The head.
bone   Verb. To have sexual intercourse.
Noun. The act of having sexual intercourse.
bonehead    Noun. 1. A stupid person.
2. Of a person, having a shaved head.
boner    Noun. An erect penis.
bone up   Verb. To study hard. E.g."I've been boning up on my highway code - my driving exam is next week." [Orig. US]
bong    Noun. A water pipe used for smoking cannabis or marijuana.
bongo mag   Noun. A pornographic magazine. Abbreviated form of the less commonly heard bongo magazine.
bonk    Verb. To fornicate. An inoffensive expression, generally used more by adolescents.
Noun. A sexual act.
bonkers    Adj. 1. Crazy, insane. E.g."He must be bonkers! Imagine going out and getting drunk before meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time." [Early 1900s]
2. Eager for, crazy for.
bonnie    Noun. A bonfire.
bonnie night    Noun. Bonfire Night. An annual celebration of the foiling of an attempt to blow up The Houses of Parliament in 1605.
boob    Noun. 1. A mistake. Cf. 'booboo'.
2. A breast. See 'boobs'.
boobicles   Noun. Women's breasts. Affectionate usage, often implying small breasts.
boobies    Noun. Breasts. Humorous usage.
boob job    Noun. Breast enhancement by plastic surgery.
booboo    Noun. A mistake. E.g."Oh no! I've just made a classic booboo". Cf. 'boob'.
boob tube   Noun. 1. The television. [Orig. U.S. 1950s]
2. A tight, strapless top worn by females that is a basic tube of material. {Informal}
boobs    Noun. Breasts. Can be used singularly, as boob. [Mid 1900s]
boogie    Noun. A dance, usually to pop music.
Verb. To dance.
book   Adj. Cool, excellent. Teen and adolescence vernacular, derived from the first choice of words offered on a mobile phone (cellphone) when texting the word cool with predictive text . [2000s]
boom!   Exclam. A form of verbal appreciation, sounding more like boo!. Also spelt booom! Originally from the Black UK garage scene? [1990s]
boonies   Noun. Rural areas, the countryside. Abb. of boondocks. [Orig. U.S.]
boot    Noun. 1. An unattractive person.
2. As the boot, meaning the 'sack', termination of employment. See 'give one the boot.'

booty   Noun. The buttocks. Mainly black use. [Orig. U.S./Black]
booty call   Noun. A call to arrange a sexual rendezvous. Mainly black use. [Orig. U.S./Black]
bootylicious *   Adj. 1. Of a woman, sexually attractive. [Orig. U.S./Black]
2. Having a sexually desirable bottom, usually full and well rounded. [Orig. U.S./Black]
* The expression, in this form, was popularize by Beyonce Knowles in the song of the same title she wrote for, and performed with, Destiny's Child. Its first appearence in the media was in the U.S. sitcom A Different World in 1993.
booze    Noun. Alcoholic drink. {Informal}
booze cruise   Noun. A boat trip (usually just one day) to mainland Europe, in order to purchase the considerably cheaper alcohol (and cigarettes) than is available in Britain.
boozer    Noun. 1. A public house, a bar. {Informal}
2. A person who enjoys regularly drinking alcohol. {Informal}
3. An alcoholic. {Informal}
booze-up    Noun. A drinking spree.
boracic    Adj. Poor, having no money. Rhyming slang for 'skint', from boracic lint, an ointment, pronounced borrassic. Also heard as brassick. E.g."I can't come out for a drink, I'm boracic until I get paid next Friday."
bored out of one's skull    Phrs. Extremely bored.
bore rigid    Verb. To utterly bore. E.g."He bores me rigid with his tales of wealth, fame, and his sexual conquests."
bore shitless    Verb. Bore completely. E.g."I was bored shitless by her talking non-stop about her family."
bore stiff   Verb. Bore completely.
bore the pants off (someone)   Vrb phrs. To bore someone greatly. E.g."That 8 hour seminar on nuclear physics bored the pants off me." The suffixal ..the pants off is often used as an negative intensifier, e.g."He just mithered the pants off me all morning." Similar idiomatic intensifiers are '..the tits off'and '..the arse off'.
bore the tits off (someone)   Vrb phrs. Meaning the same as 'bore the pants off (someone)'.
bosh    Noun. Nonsense, rubbish.
Verb. To take orally, to imbibe. E.g."She boshed 7 pills, a handful of mushrooms and 8 vodka and tonics in the first hour, and then not surprisingly she threw up." [London use]
boss    Adj. Excellent, good. [Orig. U.S.]
boss-eyed    Adj. Cross-eyed or having a squint. {Informal}
bossyboots   Noun. A person who bosses others around, a domineering person. {Informal}
bost   Adj. Broken. Probably from bust. [W. Midlands use]
bostin   Adj. Great, good, enjoyable. E.g."She had a bostin figure." [W. Midlands use]
botch job   Noun. 1. A makeshift construction or repair. Cf. 'bodge'.
2. A thing done badly. Cf. 'bodge'.
botch (up)    Verb. 1. To build or repair in a makeshift manner.
2. To do something badly.
Noun. 1. A makeshift construction or repair.
2. A thing done badly.
* All the meanings and uses of 'botch' are informal. Cf. 'bodge'.
bottle    Noun. Courage, confidence. E.g."Johnny's scared, he's lost his bottle."
Verb. To smash a bottle into a person's face, very often a beer bottle after a drinking spree.
bottle it    Verb. 1. To lose courage. Also bottle out. See 'bottle'.
2. Shut up! Usually imper.
bottle of chips   Phrs. An unlikely thing. Used in expressions to add emphasis, such as in 'bent as a bottle of chips', 'queer as a bottle of chips', 'mad as a bottle of chips' etc
bottler   Noun. A person who easily gives up, or loses the courage to complete a task. Derog.
bottom burp    Noun. Wind from the anus, a 'fart'. Also abbreviated to botty burp. [1980s]
bottom feeder   Noun. A despicable person.
bottomless pit    Noun. A person with an insatiable appetite for food.
botty    Noun. The buttocks. Also abbreviated to bot. Children's expression.
boulder houlder    Noun. A brassiere. Jocular male usage. Cf. 'over the shoulder boulder holder'. [1950s]
bouncebackability   Noun. The ability to recover quickly from a period of failure, having the ability to bounce back. First coined by Iain Dowie, manager of the Crystal Palace football team. [2004]
bouncer    Noun. A person employed to eject troublemakers from clubs or events. These days they prefer the title of security.
bournville boulevard   Noun. The anus. A British equivalent of the US slang hershey highway. Often heard in phrases such as "take a stroll/trip down bournville boulevard", meaning to engage in anal intercourse. Commonly mispelt as bourneville boulevard. [1990s]
bovver    Noun. Trouble. A corruption of bother, derived from cockney pronounciation.
bovverboots    Noun. Sturdy heavy boots.
bowfin    Adj. Disgusting, unpleasant. [Scottish use]
box   Noun. 1. Anus.
2. Vagina.
box clever    Verb. To act shrewdly or in a manner so as to outwit someone. {Informal}
boxed    Adj. Intoxicated by drugs. Cf. 'off one's box'.
boy dem   Noun. A police officer. Also boydem. [Mainly Black use]
boyf   Noun. Abb. of boyfriend.
boy racer    Noun. A young man who has a penchant for fast cars and reckless driving.
boysie   Noun. Affectionate term of address, usually for a younger male.
bozo    Noun. An objectionable person, an idiot.
brace and bit   Noun. An act of defecation. Rhyming slang on 'shit'.
brad pitt   Noun. 1. An act of defecation. Rhyming slang on 'shit'. [1990s]
2. When plural, as Brad Pitts, meaning a bout of diarrhoea. Rhyming slang on 'shits'. [1990s]
brahms (and liszt)    Adj. Drunk, intoxicated with alcohol. Rhyming slang on 'pissed'. See 'pissed'.
brain    Verb. To hit on the head. E.g."If you don't tidy your room now, I'll brain you."
brained    Adj. Extreme drug intoxication, affecting the mental faculties.
brain fart    Noun. An inability to think clearly, or a moment of forgetfulness. [Orig. U.S.]
bran new   Adj. Excellent, respectable. [Scottish/Glasgow use]
brass    Noun. 1. Money.
2. Prostitute. Short for brass nail, rhyming slang for tail, which is itself slang for, amongst other things, a woman and prostitute.
brassed off    Adj. Fed-up, annoyed. E.g."I'm brassed off all this bad weather."
brassick   Adj. See 'boracic'
brass monkeys   Adj. Of the weather or air temperature, very cold. E.g."Wear a hat and scarf, it's brass monkeys out there." See 'brass monkey weather'.
brass monkey weather    Noun. Very cold weather. From the phrase, 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Cf. 'brassy' and 'brass monkeys'.
brass-neck   Noun. Impudence, cheek, nerve. Also brass-necked (adj). [Orig. Northern dialect]
brassy    Adj. Very cold. From the phrase, 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Cf. 'brass monkey weather'
brast   Verb. To burst. [Lancs/Yorks use]
bray   Verb. To beat up, thrash. [North-east use]
bread    Noun. Money.
breakbeat    Noun. 1. A style of drum patterns originating from jazz.
2. A dance music genre epitomised by speedy 'samples' of breakbeats. Originally 'rave' specific but developed into 'jungle' and 'drum and bass.'
break one's balls   Vrb phrs. To work very hard. [Orig. U.S.]
bredrin   Noun. Friend, brother. From the archaic s.e. brethren. [Mainly Black use]
breeder   Noun. A heterosexual. From the fact that heterosexuals actively procreate, or breed. Derog. [Gay use/ Orig. U.S.]
brekky    Noun. Abb. of breakfast. Also the variant, brekkers.
brer   Noun. A term of address, for a friend. From brother. [Mainly Black use]
brew    Noun. 1. A cup of tea, or more generally a warm drink.
2. Alcoholic drink, usually beer or lager.
brewers droop   Noun. An inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection due to excessive consumption of alcohol.
brew-up    Verb. To make a cup or pot of tea. {Informal}
brick   Noun. A helpful and reliable person. {Informal}
brickie    Noun. Abb. of bricklayer.
brick-it    Verb. To be very scared, terrified. Cf. 'shit bricks'.
brick shithouse   Noun. Something strong and very sturdy. Usually in the phrase 'built like a brick shithouse'.
brief   Noun. A solicitor or barrister. {Informal}
brill    Adj. Excellent, superb. An abbreviation of brilliant. E.g."We had a brill night, dancing for 8 hours." {Informal}
brilliant (!)
Adj./Exclam. Excellent, marvellous. {Informal}
bring off    Verb. To help achieve orgasm.
bristols    Noun. Breasts. From the rhyming slang Bristol City - titty. See 'tit'.
britneys   Noun. Beers. Rhyming slang on Britney Spears. Very popular and recent expression. [Late 1990s]
Britpop    Noun. Abb. of British Popular music. The sound epitomised by guitar based tunes of bands such as Oasis, Blur and Pulp. [Mid 1990s]
bro    Noun. Abb. of brother.
brolly   Noun. An umbrella. {Informal}
broo   Noun. Unemployment bureau or benefits office. An abbreviated form of bureau. E.g."I was laid off work yesterday, so I'm going down the broo to sign on for social security." Cf. 'on the broo'.
Brooky    Noun. An abbreviated name frequently used for the British TV soap Brookside, which ceased transmission in 2003. Cf. 'Corry' and 'Stenders'.
brown bread    Adj. Dead. Cockney rhyming slang.
browned off    Adj. Upset, fed up, miserable.
browneye   Noun. The anus.
brown hatter    Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
brownie point    Noun. A hypothetical award for achievement, usually given as a backhanded compliment for sycophantic behaviour.
brown-nose    Verb. To overly praise or behave sycophantically, i.e. to 'arse-lick'. E.g."Tom's in the manager's office brown-nosing - hoping to get that promotion."
brown-noser   Noun. A sycophant.
browns   Noun. Cigarette(s). E.g."Will you pass me a browns, I'm gasping for a smoke." [London use]
brown trout   Noun. A lump of excrement.
brown trouser moment    Noun. An extremely frightening moment.
Bruce Lees   Noun. Erect and prominent nipples. A play on words, from Bruce Lee (the actor famous for his Martial Arts skills/films) being a hard Nip (a tough and unyielding person from Japan, or rather oriental, being as Bruce Lee was American born and whose parents were from Hong Kong). See 'hard' and 'Nip'.
Brum   Noun. The City of Birmingham. From the word brummagem.
Brummie    Noun. A native of Birmingham. {Informal}
bruv   Noun. A term of address, usually for a friend. A corruption of brother. [Mainly South-east use]
bubbies    Noun. Female breasts.
bubble    Verb. To inform. From the rhyming slang bubble and squeak meaning speak. E.g."If you bubble me to the boss, I'll lose my job."
Noun. A person from Greece. From bubble and squeak, cockney rhyming slang on Greek.
bubble (bath)   Noun. A laugh. Rhyming slang. E.g."You're having a bubble James, if you think I'm going to give you twenty notes."
bubble butt   Noun. A well rounded, sexually attractive bottom. Also bubblebutt.
bubbled    Adj. Found out, discovered. E.g."I can't get any more of those cheap Reebok trainers, I was bubbled hiding ten pairs in my car so lost my job."
bubblehead    Noun. An empty headed and stupid person. [Orig. U.S.]
bucket down    Verb. To rain heavily. The past tense is bucketing down.
buck naked   Adj. Totally naked. Cf. 'butt naked'
buckshee   Adj. Free, without charge. {Informal}
buck up    Verb. To make happy or more cheerful.
bucky   Noun. Abb. form of Buckfast wine. [Scottish use]
bud   Noun. Marijuana, or occasionally cannabis. Specifically the part of the marijuana plant that is smoked.
budge up   Verb. To move, in order to make room for someone. E.g."Budge up and let Bob sit down."
buff   Adj. Good looking, attractive.
buftie   Noun. A homosexual male. Also bufty. [Scottish use]
bug    Verb. 1. To annoy, to bother.
2. To spy on via a concealed microphone.
bug-eyed    Adj. Having large bulbous eyes.
bugger (!)    Noun. 1. An objectionable person.
2. A person. Also used in a sense of pity, see 'sod'.
3. A situation or event that is difficult or distressing. E.g."It's a real bugger Pete catching the flu on his summer holidays."
Exclam. Expressing annoyance or frustration.
Verb. To ruin, damage, break. E.g."If I find out it was you that buggered my DVD player, then you can forget borrowing money from us to go on holiday."
bugger about / around    Verb. To mess around, waste time.
bugger-all   Noun. Absolutely nothing at all. E.g."There's bugger-all we can do about it now, the police are here and we're trapped."
buggeration!   Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance or surprise.
buggered   Adj. Worn out, broken, ruined.
buggergrips   Noun. Sideburns, facial hair on the side of a man's face.
bugger(ed) if...   Phrs. Beginning a phrase will mean 'there's no way', such as "bugger if I'm going to volunteer when it'll mean missing the party". It is an abbreviated form of 'I'll be buggered if...'.
buggering hell!   Exclam. Expressing surprise or anger. Also occasionally shortened to bugger hell!.
bugger it!   Exclam. Exclamation of frustration.
buggerlugs   Noun. A term of address, usually affectionate use. [Late 1800s]
bugger me!    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
bugger-off    Verb. Get lost, clear off. Usually said in annoyance and in the imper.
bugger that for a game of soldiers   Vrb phrs. A expression of resignation - i.e. there's no way that I'm doing that! Similar sentiments to the expression screw it. E.g."Bugger that for a game of soldiers, I dont care how safe you say it is, I'm not jumping out of a plane at 3,000 feet with or without a parachute." Cf. 'sod that for a game of soldiers'.
bugger-up    Verb. To mess up, to get wrong. E.g."It's no good, we may aswell go home, he's buggered up the evening by getting drunk."
buggery    Adj. Used as an intensifier in denials such as 'did I buggery!' or 'like buggery she did'.
bugger you    Verb. An exclamation of annoyance.
bugle   Noun. Cocaine.
builder's bum    Noun. Describing the top of the buttocks being in sight above the waistline of trousers when kneeling or bending. Stereotypical image of builders.
built like a brick shithouse    Phrs. Large, sturdy, strong. Often said of a person.
bulge    Noun. A euphemism for the male genitals usually from being apparent through clothing.
bull    Noun. Nonsense. A modification of 'bullshit'. [1600s]
Verb. To polish, clean. [Military use]
bull dyke    Noun. A masculine lesbian. Typifies the heterosexual necessity to impart male traits in a derogatory fashion, however the term is used and accepted within the scene.
bullshit    Noun. Nonsense, rubbish, egocentric boasting. Cf. 'bull'.
Verb. To lie, fib.
bullshitter    Noun. An egocentric boaster, a teller of untruths.
bum    Noun. 1. The buttocks or anus.
2. A objectionable person.
3. A beggar, homeless person. Derog. [Orig. U.S.]
Verb. 1. To beg. E.g."Can I bum a cigarette off you until I buy some later?"
2. To bugger, sodomize.
Adj. Great, excellent.
bum around    Verb. To mess about, to laze about.
bumbaclot   Noun. An idiot, an objectionable person. Also occasionally spelt bumbaclat or bumbaclut. [Orig. W.I.]
bum-bag   Noun. A small pouch worn around the waist or hips, held in place by a strap or belt, and used to hold valuables and money. The U.S. equivalent is a fanny pack.
bum bandit   Noun. A homosexual male. Derog. Cf 'arse bandit'.
bum-boy    Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
bum-chum   Noun. A person with an apparently overly close friendship with another person. Although the underlying implication is of homosexuality, the expression is mainly used by children, with little true awareness of the sexual slur they may be imbuing. Derog.
bum cleavage    Noun. The area between the buttocks.
bumf   Noun. Printed documents and papers that are of little interest or importance. Abb. of 'bum fodder'. Cf. 'bumph'.
bumfluff    Noun. Adolescent facial hair growth.
bum fodder   Noun. 1. Printed papers and documents that are of no interest, and are viewed as only being suitable for using as toilet paper. Cf. 'bumf' and 'bumph'.
2. Toilet paper.
bum-freezer    Noun. A short jacket, that doesn't cover one's bottom (bum), and thus leaves it vulnerable to the cold.
bummer    Noun. A bad time, a bad experience, a disappointment. [Orig. U.S.]
bum nugget    Noun. 1. Small faecal remnants that have stuck to one's anal hairs.
2. An idiot, contemptible person.
bum-numbing   Adj. Of work, a task, or event, exceedingly tiring or tedious. Also bum-numbingly.
bumph    Noun. Papers or documents, usually of little interest or importance. Short for 'bum fodder'. Cf. 'bumf'. {Informal}
bump into (someone)   Verb. To fortuitously meet with someone.
bump off    Verb. To murder.
bump start   Verb. To help motivate, assist in promoting action. E.g."I think we need to bump start the project with an ideas session."
bump tummies   Verb. To have sexual intercourse.
bump uglies   Verb. To have sexual intercourse. E.g."My mum knows we're bumping uglies but she doesn't mind as long as we are careful."
(the) bum's rush   Noun. Forced ejection or dismissal. [Orig. U.S.]
bum steer    Noun. An imparting of false information.
bumtag   Noun. A faecal deposit that has adhered to the anal hairs of a person or animal.
bumwad   Noun. Toilet paper.
bun   Noun. A smoke, particularly marijuana. From burn. [Orig W.I.]
bunce   Noun. Money.
bundle    Noun. A large quantity of money.
bung    Verb. To give or throw. E.g."Go on, bung her an extra tenner for trying."
Noun. A bribe.
bungalow   Noun. An idiot. From not having much up upstairs. Derog.
bun in the oven   See 'have a bun in the oven'.
bunk off    Verb. To shirk one's duties. A common adolescent's term for avoiding school lessons.
bunk up   Noun. Sexual intercourse. E.g."I thought if I brought her drinks all night I'd at least get a bunk up."
bunny boiler   Noun. An obsessive and psychotic woman. Taken from a scene in the film Fatal Attraction. Derog. [Orig. U.S.]
bunny hugger   Noun. An animal lover. Derog.
buppie    Noun. Bread and butter. Usually a children's expression.
burk   Noun. See 'berk'.
burn rubber    Verb. To depart quickly. Derived from burning tyre rubber from excessive acceleration with a motor vehicle.
burp the worm   Verb. To masturbate, of males.
bursting   Adj. Desperately needing to urinate. {Informal}
Burton    Noun. See 'go for a burton'.
bush    Noun. 1. The female genitals, but alluding to the pubic hair.
2. Marijuana.
(the) business    Noun. 1. The best. E.g."That new Mini Cooper from BMW is the business."
2. Sexual intercourse. E.g."I was doing the business with her all night."
bust    Noun. A police raid on a person and/or property.
Verb. To raid as in a bust.
bustin    Adj. Eager. Probably a corruption of bursting. E.g."I'm bustin for a pint and a smoke."
bust one's guts    Vrb phrs. To work with great effort.
butch    Adj. 1. Tough looking, masculine.
2. A masculine lesbian.
butchers    Noun. A look. From the Cockney rhyming slang butcher's hook. E.g."Let's have a butchers at it before you put it back."
butt    Noun. The buttocks. S.e from 1400s until 1600s.
butters   Adj. 1. Ugly. [Orig. W.I.]
2. Rubbish, useless, of no value. [Orig. W.I.]
butt fucker   Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
butt munch   Noun. A contemptible or objectionable person.
butt muncher   Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
butt naked   Adj. Naked. Cf. 'buck naked'.
butt out    Verb. An impolite request to keep one's nose out of something. E.g."Butt out John, it's none of your business." [Orig. U.S.]
butt pirate   Noun. A homosexual male. Derog. [Orig. U.S.]
butt plug   Noun. A plug, usually made of rubber, for insertion in the anus during sex.
butt ugly   Adj. Very ugly.
butty    Noun. A sandwich. The term originates in the North of England but has gained national use. Also spelt buttie. {Informal}
buzz    Noun. 1. A telephone call. E.g. "I'll give you a buzz with the details in the morning."
2. A thrill. E.g. "She gets a buzz from being provocative and causing arguments."
buzz along    Verb. A cheery request to hurry off.
buzz-cut    Noun. A short haircut using electric clippers.
buzzin'    Adj. Thrilled and full of energy, often as a result of partaking in illicit drugs.
buzz off (!)    Verb. To go away, to leave.
Exclam. Go away!
By gum!    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or amazement. [Northern dialect]
By (h)eck !    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise. Dialectically the h is dropped. [Northern English use]