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Hanky-Panky – To Have A Bit Of A Snog or “Making Out” in American English. It’s Original Meaning is That of Trickery or Shenanigans But it’s More Commonly Used in the First Sense in Modern England.
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Having a Benny – Another unusual British Saying. It simply means, “Having a tantrum” or “Throwing a fit”.
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- Cheeky:
Cheeky - Very naughty and a little bite rude but in a attractive and charismatic way.
- Raining Cats and Dogs:
This old unique British Slang Phrase probably originates from the 17th Century when dead cats and dogs would be carried through the filthy streets of England after heavy rainfall.
In current British culture it means raining very, very hard indeed!
- I'm on The Piss:
I'm On The Piss - Out Getting Drunk. This Phrase Gets Straight to the Point. It Lets all Your Mates Know Your Exact Objective on a Night Out on the Town.
- Englishman's Home is His Castle:
An Englishman's Home is His Castle - This English dictum means that a man's home is his world to do as he pleases with no rules - in general. It dates back to the 17th Century when Sir Edward Coke, declared in the "Institutes of the Laws of England,1628 that: -
"For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium (and each man's home is his safest refuge"
In modern times, the majority of Brits still believe in this to an extent. It's common for a man to look upon his place of domain as his kingdom
- Nookie:
Nookie - Have A Bit Of The Other - Sex. Again this British Phrase a Bit Naughty but a Covert Way to Let Someone Know What You Were Really up to Last Night.
- L.O.M.B.A.R.D.:
L.O.M.B.A.R.D. - A Cockney Acronym for a Bloke with Loads of Money But a Right D_ _ k Head! Not Much Upstairs...Get me?
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Bollocks Definition:
The clear dictionary definition of this word is ‘testicles”, however the UK interpretation is a little different, meaning nonsense or rubbish.
The word first comes into usage in the 13th Century where a clerical scholar in John Wycliffe’s Bible said that it was commanded that
- Bees Knees:
The Bees Knees - I'm Fantastic. I'm Fabulous. I'm the Bee's Knees. Let Everyone Know Precisely How Proud You Are to Hail from the Other Side of the Pond with This Funny British Saying.
- Bloke:
Bloke - A Strange and Befuddling Word to the Americans. Try Using it as a Verb Instead of a Noun. I'm Right Bloked, I am! A British Bloke is You Guessed it. It's a Guy.
- Off Your Trolley:
Off Your Trolley - This British Phrase Simply Means " Mad (in the Traditional Sense and not Angry in the American Sense) or Insane or Crazy. This is One of my Favourite British Sayings and, Yes I Spellt the Word "Favourite" the English Way. It's a British Site, after all, isn't it?
- Spiffing:
Spiffing - This is old British slang for splendid or wonderful. It's not used much nowadays but one of readers suggested it for this online dictionary. And who are we not to oblige?
- Chip Butty:
Chip Butty - This unusual British Slang word is actually a food group unto itself in the UK. It is beyond fattening in its construction. Made from a bread roll, spread lovingly with lashings of butter and stuffed to the rafters with chips, it is guaranteed to clog up those arteries in a hurry. Dieters be for warned!
- By The Short And Curlies:
By The Short And Curlies - To get caught In a Bind, As It Were?
- Arse Over Tit:
Arse Over Tit - Head Over Heels. Ah, such a choice British Saying.
- What Are You Like?:
What Are You Like? - This recent British Saying is used when you see someone do something rather silly or outrageous. Similar to the rhetorical, "What are you doing?"
