Descriptionary

cupboard closet.

dab hand a highly skilled person. daft silly; stupid. diversion detour.

dog's breakfast/dog's dinner a mess.

draughts checkers.

dressing gown robe.

dustbin trash can.

dustman garbage collector.

face flannel washcloth.

fag cigarette.

fairy cake cupcake.

flat apartment.

football soccer.

fortnight two weeks.

gangway aisle.

gobsmacked slang for surprised; shocked.

guv'nor chief; boss.

have it off to have sex.

headmaster principal.

Herbert a dull person.

hire to rent.

holiday vacation.

hoovering vacuuming.

ice lolly Popsicle.

in the altogether naked.

ironmonger hardware store.

Joe Bloggs Joe Blow; Joe Schmo.

jumble sale yard sale; garage sale; flea market; rum­mage sale.

jumper turtleneck; sweater. knackered tired. knackers! balls! knickers lingerie; underpants.

knickers in a twist in a difficult or awkward situ­ation.

knocking shop slang for a brothel. knock someone up wake someone up. larder pantry. lead leash. lift elevator.

limited (Ltd.) incorporated (Inc.). loo bathroom; toilet. lorry truck.

luv babe; sweetheart; darling.

mad aleck an overactive child, possibly with atten­tion deficit disorder; smart aleck.

marks (school) grades.

mate friend.

maths math.

mileometer odometer.

mince hamburger meat; chopped beef.

ministry department.

motorway highway; freeway.

mucking about/around messing around.

mum-mummy mom-mommy.

nappy diaper.

noughts and crosses tic-tac-toe.

nutter nut; nutcase; crazy person.

petrol gasoline.

pig's breakfast a mess.

pin board bulletin board.

pissed drunk; smashed; hammered.

piss off to screw off; to fuck off.

plait braid.

plaster Band-Aid.

plasticene modeling clay.

plimsolls sneakers.

polka dots chocolate chips.

polo neck turtleneck.

post to mail.

pram baby carriage.

queue line.

quid a buck (money).

rasher slice of bacon.

ring telephone.

rubber eraser.

rubbish garbage.

scally an irresponsible miscreant, originating from scalawag.

shag slang, to have sex.

shop store.

sideboards sideburns.

silencer muffler (car).

skittles bowling pins.

sleeping policeman speed bump.

smalls underwear.

snog to make out.

sod idiot.

solicitor a lawyer of the lower court.

spanner monkey wrench.

spot on you've got it.

spots pimples; zits.

spotty Herbert a fool.

squire chief; boss.

state school public school.

sticking plaster adhesive tape.

sticky wicket a difficult, awkward situation.

stone pit (fruit).

sweets candy.

swimming costume bathing suit.

tin can.

torch flashlight.

trainers sneakers; running shoes.

trainspotter nerd; geek.

trousers pants.

tube subway.

twit idiot.

wanker idiot; jerk.

wardrobe closet.

washing powder laundry detergent. Welsh dresser hutch. window licker nut; nutcase. wing fender (car).

drug words and slang

Cocaine and Crack

Angie cocaine. apple jacks crack cocaine. aspirin

powder cocaine. bad crack cocaine. badrock crack cocaine. batman cocaine.

bazooka cocaine; crack; crack mixed with tobacco in a joint; coca paste and marijuana.

beamer one who smokes crack.

beamers crack cocaine.

Belushi a mixture of cocaine and heroin.

Bernice cocaine.

Big C cocaine.

bipping snorting cocaine and heroin. biscuit 50 rocks of crack. blanca cocaine. blow cocaine.

Bolivian marching powder cocaine.

bolo crack cocaine.

bone a $50 chunk of crack.

bones crack cocaine.

Cadillac cocaine.

California cornflakes cocaine.

candy cocaine; crack.

caps crack.

chocolate rock crack smoked with heroin.

cocaine an addictive stimulant derived from coca leaves.

coke cocaine.

crack highly purified cocaine in the form of pebbles, which are smoked.

crack baby a premature infant who may be mal­formed and suffer learning difficulties, caused by crack use in the mother.

crackhead one who regularly uses crack.

crack pipe a homemade or other pipe used to smoke crack.

crisscrossing snorting a line of cocaine with a line of heroin.

eightball a mix of crack and heroin.