Learn British Slang: 78 Flashcards from Knackered and Chuffed to Codswallop
Learn British slang with deck UV3994: 78 flashcards on knackered, chuffed, skint, quid, bobby and the false friends that trip up American English speakers.
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British slang is where American English speakers get caught out: pissed means drunk, fit means attractive, and pants is not where your phone goes. Flip It deck UV3994, English Slang: British, gathers 78 everyday (and some very rude) words in one set.
Study this deck: English Slang: British
1 / 10knackered
Tap the card for the answer · swipe right if you knew it, left if not
Cards straight from the deck
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| knackered | Exhausted, tired, or broken beyond usefulness. |
| chuffed | To be very pleased about something. |
| gutted | Extremely disappointed or upset. |
| What does 'pissed' mean in British slang? | Drunk (not angry, as in American English). |
| the dog's bollocks | Something especially good or first rate. |
| skint | Without money, broke. |
| gaff | House or flat. |
| bobby | A policeman (after Robert Peel). |
| codswallop | Nonsense, rubbish. |
| jammy | Lucky, or pleasant and desirable. |
What's in the deck: moods (chuffed, gutted, miffed, narked, gobsmacked, blimey), money (quid, nicker, fiver, tenner, bob), places (chippy, boozer, local, gaff, loo, bog), police and crime (copper, bobby, nick, nicked, grass, scarper, leg it), insults (git, berk, prat, pillock, numpty, muppet, plonker, tosser), class (chav, toff, posh), teasing (taking the piss, taking the mickey, wind up, cheeky, having a go, bollocking), plus a frank set of body and sex words (snogging, shag, arse, todger).
How to study it
Tag every card by register first. The deck mixes words you can say to your grandmother (cheers, mate, loo, knackered) with words you shouldn't say at work (bollocks, wanker, minge). Add a tag to each card: safe, cheeky or vulgar. Learn the safe set first; you need the vulgar ones to understand films and football crowds, not to use them.
Turn the synonym piles into one contrast card. The deck has nine near-identical words for idiot (cards 28-36), and tosser and wanker share the exact same back. Rather than memorizing nine definitions, write one card ranking them: muppet, plonker, numpty are mild and almost affectionate; prat, pillock, berk are mild-to-moderate; git is sharper; tosser, wanker are strong. Do the same with sod off / bugger off / naff off, scarper / leg it, quid / nicker and taking the piss / taking the mickey (the second is the politer version).
Collect the false friends on their own. Pissed, fit, fancy, fanny, bum and pants all mean something different in the US. Card 54 already flags fanny; add pants (underwear in the UK, trousers in the US), which is missing.
Fill the gaps. Common modern words such as innit, bloody, cuppa, brew, faff and bants are not in the deck; write five cards for them once the 78 are solid.
Compare both sides of the Atlantic
Once you know the British set, study it alongside our American slang guide: mate vs bro, skint vs broke, gutted vs bummed.
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