Slangs - L

[Keane]

la    Noun. A form of address unique to Liverpool. Its prevalence is generally perpetuated by stereotypical 'scouse' impersonations by outsiders; younger generations from Merseyside tend not to utilize this expression. Pronounced lah.
labs    Noun. Abbrev. of labia.
lace into    Verb. To attack, either verbally or physically.
lacky-band    Noun. A corruption of the words elastic band.
lad   Noun. Penis. Affectionate use. E.g."I'm going to the clinic this afternoon, my lad's not been right after that shag with your sister."
laddette   Noun. A female equivalent of a male who might be considered 'laddish'. Such characteristics might be confident, brashness, loudness, sexism, enjoyment of drinking etc.
laddish    Adj. Of or like the characteristics of a young man or lad, often loud, macho, arrogant and sexist.
ladyboy   Noun. A male to female part transexual. [Orig. use from East Asia?]
lady garden   Noun. The female pubic area, the vagina and pubic hair.
Lady Godiva   Noun. A five pound note. Rhyming slang for fiver. [Mainly London use]
Lady Muck    Noun. The female equivalent of 'Lord Muck'.
lager boys   Noun. Young men who over-indulge in alcohol and consequently become loutish.
lagered (up)   Adj. Drunk, intoxicated through the use of lager.
lager lout   Noun. A young person whose anti-social behaviour is primarily instigated by the excessive drinking of alcohol. {Informal}
lagged /laggered   Adj. Drunk, intoxicated with alcohol. [London use]
laik   Verb. To play. Also leck. E.g."Are your two brothers laiking out this afternoon, because I've got a new football for my birthday?" [Yorkshire use]
lairy   
Adj. 1. Knowing, conceited.
2. Cheeky or brash.
* Also spelt leary.
3. Flashily dressed. [Orig. Aust.]
la-la-land    Noun. The hypothetical place where one is out of touch with reality, often after the excesses of alcohol or drugs. E.g."Don't bother calling Pete; ever since his drug binge last night he's in la-la-land". [Orig. U.S.]
lambchops   Noun. Sideburns. From their shape?
lamp    Verb. To hit, to clout. E.g."I can't believe she lamped him. Just for coming home drunk."
langer   Noun. 1. Penis. [Irish use]
2. A contemptible person, an idiot. [Irish use]
langered   Adj. Drunk, intoxicated.
Lanky   Noun. 1. The county of Lancashire.
2. The dialect of the county of Lancashire.
lanky streak of piss   Noun. A tall, thin person. Derog. [Northern use]
lardarse    Noun. A fat person. Cf. 'tub of lard'. Derog. [Orig. U.S.]
large    Adj. Excellent. See 'have it large'.
large it    Verb. To be enthusiastic. See 'have it large'.
lark   Noun. An activity one considers a waste of time. E.g."I'm not at all comfortable with this abseiling lark; the climbing up is alright but coming down backwards, now that's stupid!" {Informal}
Larry Lightweight   Noun. 1. A person who is easily intoxicated by alcohol or drugs, having low tolerance to intoxicants. Derog.
2. A person, who against the desires of others, has no ability or wishes to maintain an activity and gives up prematurely. Derog.
lash   Verb. To discard, throwaway. E.g."I'm going to lash those old boots, they're letting in water." [Merseyside use?]
lashed (up)   Adj. Drunk.
Later(s) !    Exclam. Goodbye! Derived from see you later or catch you later. [1990s]
laughing boy    Noun. A sardonic nickname for a male who looks miserable. E.g."Cheer up laughing boy, it's not the end of the world."
laughing gear    Noun. The mouth.
lav    Noun. A toilet. Abb. of lavatory. Also lavvy.
lay    Verb. To have sexual intercourse. E.g."I got a little drunk last night and got laid."
lay one on (someone)    Verb. To hit (someone).
lay some cable   Vrb phrs. To defecate. E.g."Can I get Tim to give you a call back? He's just in the toilet, laying some cable."
lazy lob   Noun. A semi-erect penis. Cf. 'lob on'.
lazz    Verb. To pass or throw. Cf. 'luzz'. [North-west/Merseyside use]
lead up the garden path    Vrb phrs. To mislead. {Informal}
leak    Noun. An act of urination. E.g. "Hold on a minute, I need to take a leak."
lean   Adj. Intoxicated with alcohol or drugs. [Mainly London use]
leathered    Adj. Drunk.
leathering    Noun. A beating. Originates from the use of a leather belt or thong to beat someone. Derived from the verb - to leather.
leave it out!   Exclam. Stop it! Stop doing that!
lech    Verb. To sexually lust. Also spelt letch. {Informal}
Noun. Someone who is lecherous and lustful. Derog.
leck   See 'laik'.
lecky    Noun. Electricity. Also 'lecko'. E.g. "I'm afraid we can't invite you back, we've had the lecky cut off."
Lee Marvin   Adj. Starvin' (starving), hungry. Rhyming slang.
leftfield    Adj. Taking an unconventional view or stance. [Orig. U.S.]
left footer   Noun. A Catholic. Derog.
lefty    Noun. A socialist. Derog.
leg it    Verb. To run hurriedly. E.g."We heard the police sirens and legged it."
legit    Adj. Abb. of legitimate.
legless    Adj. Very drunk. Obvious derivation from the consequences of excessive alcohol.
leg-over    Noun. Sexual intercourse, usually in phrase 'get one's leg over'. E.g."Did you get your leg-over with that girl last night?"
lemon   Noun. 1. A fool, idiot, objectionable person.
2. A lump of excrement. Rhyming slang on lemon curd, meaning 'turd'. [1960s]
lemon and lime   Noun. Time. Rhyming slang.
lemon squeezy   Adj. Easy, simple. Either from the rhyming slang or the juvenile rhyme - easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
length    Noun. Euphemism for the penis. See 'slip a length'.
Leo    Noun. An all day drinking spree. From the rhyming slang Leo Sayer - all dayer. Leo Sayer, a British pop music artist during the mid 1970s.
lesbo   Noun. A lesbian. Derog.
let off    Verb. To break wind, to 'fart'. Shortening of let off wind.
let one go   Verb. To break wind, to fart. E.g."That's disgusting! Who's just let one go?"
let (one) rip   Verb. To break wind, to fart.
lezzer   Noun. A lesbian. Derog.
lick arse   Verb. To act obsequiously, to be a sycophant.
Noun. A sycophant.
lickety-split   Adv. Fast, speedily. [Orig. U.S.]
lickle    Adj. Small. A lazy or childlike corruption of the word little.
lick (out)   Verb. To perform cunnilingus.
lick (someone's) arse   Verb. To act like a sycophant. E.g."Licking the manager's arse might get you a promotion, but you'll not gain many friends."
lick up    Verb. To fawn, to be obsequious. E.g."She licked up to the teacher and got a grade A in her English language test."
(the) life of Riley    Noun. The good life. E.g."Ever since they won the lottery and have stopping working they've been living the life of Riley."
ligger   Noun. A 'freeloader', a taker of things that are freely available, especially in the world of show business or music.
lights are on but no-ones home    Phrs. Of a person, that they are alive but not in touch with reality. A catch-phrase cast at a person who lacks commonsense or whose attention has wandered.
like a bastard   Phrs. In a hurried or agitated state. E.g."I raced around the shops like a bastard, looking for a birthday present."
like a blue arsed fly    Phrs. Hurriedly and frantically. E.g."God, I'm so knackered, I've been racing around all day like a blue-arsed fly."
like a dead heat in a zeppelin race   Phrs. Of a woman, having large breasts. Cf. 'zeppelins'.
like a dog with two dicks   Phrs. 1. Sexually promiscuous, with the implication that the person cannot control their sexual appetite, having animal urges. Applied to males. E.g."Did you see Tim ogling that woman's breasts? He was all over her like a dog with two dicks."
2. Sexually excitable or excited.
3. Over excited.
like a fart in a colander   Phrs. Useless. In expressions such as, about as much use as a fart in a colander.
like a pig in shit   Phrs. Happy, contented.
like a rat up a drainpipe   Phrs. Very quickly.
like a row of bombed houses   Phrs. Of teeth, crooked, irregular, not in a good state.
like a spare prick at a wedding   Phrs. Totally useless, unwanted, and with a hint of embarrassment for being in that predicament. Often preceded with the words standing about. E.g."There I was, waiting for my date at the entrance of this packed restaurant on Valentines Day."
like flies on shit   Phrs. Used as emphasis to imply great numbers and enthusiasm, usually with depreciative undertones. E.g."She'd go into a bar and all the men would be all over her, like flies on shit."
like fuck (!)   Adj/adv. Intensely, greatly, very much, speedily. E.g."We went at the decorating like fuck, and finished the whole house in 2 days."
Exclam. An exclamation of denial. E.g."Like fuck! I'm not running naked through the town centre."
like it or lump it   Phrs. An ultimatum - either like it or put up with it, but whatever, there is no choice. See 'lump it'.
like nobody's business    Phrs. Totally, quickly, very well.
like shit off a shovel    Phrs. Very quickly.
like the clappers   Phrs. Very quickly, very hard. E.g."We ran like the clappers." {Informal}
Lilly   Noun. The police. From Polari slang Lilly Law.
lils    Noun. Breasts.
Limey   Noun. An English person. Derived from the habit, on long journeys, of supplying lime juice to English sailors as a preventative against scurvy. [Orig. Aust. 1880s]
limp-wristed    Adj. Feeble, effeminate, usually applied to males, and often implying homosexuality. Derog.
line    Noun. A quantity of powdered drug, such as cocaine, that is chopped and presented as a line to be snorted.
Lionels   Noun. Flaired trousers/jeans. Rhyming slang on Lionel Blair's, meaning flairs. From the British dancer/entertainer, Lionel Blair. [1970s]
lip    Noun. Verbal impudence, cheek.
lippy    Adj. Impertinent, mouthy, cheeky. {Informal}
Noun. Lipstick.
lips    Noun. The labias.
lipstick lesbian    Noun. A lesbian who prefers to wear make-up and look conventionally feminine, as opposed to 'bull-dyke' or 'diesel-dyke'.
liquid lunch    Noun. A lunch break comprising of alcohol instead of food.
little boy's/girl's room    Noun. Euphemisms for a lavatory.
little fella   Noun. Affectionate term for an ectasy pill. E.g."We cant have a good night tonight until we get some little fellas."
little man in a boat    Noun. A euphemism for the clitoris.
littles   Noun. Pills, or more commonly ectasy pills.
load    Noun. The quantity of semen that is usually ejaculated. E.g."She was so horny I shot my load just looking at her." See 'shoot one's load'.
loaded    Adj. 1. Drunk, or drugged up.
2. Wealthy.
load of crap    Noun. Utter nonsense, complete rubbish, worthless. The prefixal element load of is regularly placed before nouns as an intensifier in perjorative expressions such as a load of shit, a load of bollocks, a load of tosh. E.g."That film we went to see was a load of crap."
load of old bollocks   Noun. Utter nonsense, complete rubbish. See 'load of crap'.
loaf   Noun. Head. Rhyming slang on loaf of bread. See 'use one's loaf'.
lob on    Noun. An erect penis.
lobster    Noun. A very sunburnt person. Derog.
(the) local    Noun. One's local drinking establishment, public house, bar. {Informal}
lock-in    Noun. The time after a public house has closed when a chosen few are offered the chance to buy more drinks. An illegal activity, hence the locking of doors.
log    Noun. A lump of excrement. From its vague similarity to a to a sawn tree trunk.
lolly    Noun. Money.
long-hair    Noun. A hippy. Derog.
long streak of piss    Noun. A tall thin person. Derog.
loo    Noun. A lavatory. {Informal}
lookah    Noun. Money. It is derived from lucre, a derogatory term for profit or gain. Also spelt luka.
look at someone gone out   Phrs. Expressed at a person who responds blankly at something. E.g."Look at you gone out! What's up? Haven't you understood a word I've been saying." [Midlands/South Yorkshire use?]
looker    Noun. An attractive person.
look like death warmed up    Vrb phrs. To look very pale and sickly.
look like something the cat brought in    Vrb phrs. To look scruffy, unkempt, or in a physical mess.
look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards   Vrb phrs. To have very unkempt hair. E.g."When was the last time he ran a comb through his hair? It looked like he'd been dragged through a hedge backwards."
looksee    Noun. A look, an inspection. Also looksy. E.g."Have a looksy at this brochure and tell me which holiday appeals to you."
loon   Noun. An insane person. Abb. of lunatic. Derog.
loony    Noun. An insane person. From lunatic. Derog.
Adj. Crazy.
loony-bin    Noun. Mental institution, a lunatic asylum.
loopy    Adj. Mad, insane.
loppy   Adj. Dirty, filthy. [Yorks use]
Lord Muck    Noun. The depreciatory name for a pompous conceited man. The female equivalent being Lady Muck.
lose it    Verb. To become confused or out of control.
lose one's bottle    Vrb phrs. To lose courage. Cf. 'bottle' and 'bottle it'.
lose one's marbles    Vrb phrs. To go crazy, to lose control.
lose one's rag    Vrb phrs. To lose control in a fit of fury, to be very angry. E.g."You should keep out of Jill's way when she loses her rag; she's got a lethal right hook."
lose the plot    Vrb phrs. Be confused, to go off direction, whether with conversation or in one's activities.
lounge lizard    Noun. 1. An idle frequenter of fashionable bars. {Informal}
2. Someone who is very lazy and unenergetic.
louse   Verb. To finish a job or task. [Scottish use]
love    Noun. A friendly term of address. {Informal}
love a duck!    Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
love custard   Noun. Semen.
loved up   Adj. 1. In love.
2. High on drugs and feeling intimate and empathetic, usually on MDMA.
love handles   Noun. An area and build up of fat on a person's waistline.
lovely-jubbly!    Exclam. Excellent! Great! A jocular expression recently popularized in the 1990s, by the cockney character Delboy in the British sit-com Only Fools and Horses. Originally from a 1950s advertisement for an ice lolly, by the name of Jubbly.
lover boy   Noun. 1. A lover, an attractive man.
2. A friendly term of address.
love spuds   Noun. Testicles.
low-life    Noun. Contemptible and despised person or persons, often with criminal leanings. E.g."I'm not going in that bar, it's full of low-life and I value my own life."
lug   Noun. Ear. {Informal}
lug-hole    Noun. The ear hole. Also lughole. See 'lug'.
luka   Noun. See 'lookah'.
lumber   Verb. To burden. E.g."What am I, a doctor? Don't lumber me with all your medical problems, go to the medical centre." {Informal}
lummox    Noun. A clumsy, stupid person. Often used affectionately.
lump it    Verb. To suffer or endure something. See 'like it or lump it'. E.g."You'll just have to lump it; being a parent isn't easy and you'll always have no time to yourself."
lunchbox    Noun. Male genitals.
lungs   Noun. Women's breasts.
lurgy   Noun. Any unspecified or indeterminate illness. Jocular use. Also lurgee. See 'dreaded lurgy'. {Informal}
lurve   Noun/Verb. Love. Humourous and intentional mispronunciation to suggest more passion and lust.
lush   Adj. Excellent, appealing, attractive.
Noun. A habitual, heavy drinker of alcohol. Derog.
lusty    Adj. Sexually excited. Derived from the s.e. lust and grammatically correct adjective lustful.
luvvie   Noun. 1. An actor or actress, especially one with a flamboyant and affected theatrical manner. Also luvvy. Often derog. {Informal}
2. A form of address. From lovey. {Informal}
luzz    Verb. To pass or throw. E.g."Will you luzz me that pen and paper, please?" Cf. 'lazz'. [S.E. England use]
lychees   Noun. Testicles.