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- Arse, arsehole – n., variants of ass and asshole. Can also be used to mean bothered ("Can't be arsed") or acting the fool ("Stop arsing about!"). Mild.
- Bastard – n., illegitimate child or mongrel; objectionable fellow, probably one who has won one over on you; unpleasant situation ("I'm having a bastard of a morning!").
- Bell, bellend – n., head of a penis; fool. (Only write as "bell end" if referring to the end of an actual bell.) Medium strength. See also: dickhead, knobend.
- Berk – n., idiot. Very mild, yet apparently originated as rhyming slang for "Berkeley hunt".
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Nitwit: silly, or foolish, person—she’s such a nitwit He’s a knob:he’s a dick/idiot Dick:an idiot Off their rocker:mad—they were off their rocker, they were Mad as a hatter:mad—stemming from back in the day when hatters used a manufacturing process for felt that, indeed, made them mad (mercury poisoning) Gormless: clueless; slow witted Bugger off:g...
Blasted:usually in relation to something going terribly wrong; you wouldn’t use it if something good happened Blast it:dammit; Dog’s bollocks: a person or thing that’s the best of it’s kind (it’s the dog’s bollocks!). The literal meaning? The dog’s balls! Bloody hell:oh my God—usually in relation to something extremely good, or bad happening Hell’s...
Taking the piss: mocking someone/something, or making fun of someone/something Taking a piss:going for a wee Pissing down:raining a lot (a proper downpour) Being pissed off:being angry Being pissed:being drunk Not too bad:good British Necessities Put the kettle on literally means to put the kettle on, but is used to offer comfort, relieve a crisis,...
Mate:friend, brother (the equivalent of South Africa’s “bru” and similar to the Americans’ “dude”) Bloke:man Geezer:man Cock up:screw up; something went wrong Nob: someone of a high social status Give someone a bell: call someone (and for some reason, when asking someone to call you, you use plural in some accents—give us a bell when the dress is r...
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- Tosser – Supreme Asshole or jerk.
- Wanker – Idiot.
- Slag – Whore, the worst kind.
- Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys – The French.
- Bellend. When it comes to thinking up new insults, the genitals are always a good place to start. This is a universal constant of swearing. Bellend comes from a fine line of penis-related insults which are probably as old as language itself.
- Twat. Sometimes the words are the same on either side of the Atlantic but their meaning and use is different. Where there are hideously offensive insults derived from the female genitalia, twat is at the milder end of the scale, and as far as the British are concerned, the link between the thing the word is named after and the insult it carries is becoming fuzzier every day.
- Tosser. On the other, uh, hand, being a tosser is somehow a little bit more acceptable, despite the two words having exactly the same meaning.
- Dickhead. A glorious catch-all term of abuse (slightly less friendly than bellend), aimed at any man, woman and child from any ethnic background and of any sexual persuasion.
Jan 29, 2024 · A tosser is an objectionable or obnoxious person, someone you don’t like for one reason or another. They may be annoying or arrogant, or just in general unpleasant to be around. Though it is only recorded as an insult in this way by 1977, it is based on a much older term meaning to masturbate.
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