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Slang for all types of currency. Dog’s Bollocks. A strange but surprisingly popular term in British slang. If something is exceptionally good it is known as the dog’s bollocks. Easy peasy. If something is not difficult then it is loudly pronounced as being easy peasy. Faff. Faffing around is a very British pleasure.
Word of the Week Jericho, n. 1. [mid-17C–1920s] a place of retirement, banishment or concealment, a far-distant place; thus a synon. for Hell esp. in phr. let someone go to jericho.
Here are those same definitions of "kicks", along with their thesaurus categories: shoes. Those are some nice kicks. See more words with the same meaning: shoes. to be great. This restaurant kicks. See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.
B. Bee’s knees – The phrase does not relate to bees or knees but is an idiom for excellent. It became popular in the 1920s along with “cat’s whiskers.”. Bite your arm off – Don’t be alarmed if someone says this. No one is about to literally bite off any part of your anatomy. It is used to describe willingness.
• The slang dictionary, etymological, historical and anecdotal, by John Camden Hotten (1913) • Passing English of the Victorian era, a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and phrase, by James Redding Ware (1909) • Londinismen, slang und cant: London slang, English-German dictionary, by Heinrich Baumann (1887) • A classical dictionary ...
Oct 27, 2018 · UK slang is quite a wide field and varies beyond regions; English slang, Scottish slang, Northern Irish slang, Welsh slang, and related dialects (Cockney slang, MLE, and so on) are all unique in ...
Dec 30, 2023 · Here are some of our favourites. Definition - a stupid or foolish person. Prat has been British slang for the sort of person with whom you’d rather not share a long train journey since the middle of the 20th century. Prior to this the word served a number of other useful functions, with such meanings as “the buttocks” and “to nudge or ...
