![]() ![]() Don’t be such a party-pooper” peckish feeling hungry: “I’m a bit peckish. Over the top: “She was dressed a bit OTT just for going to the cinema” pants not good, useless, bad: “The first 10 minutes of the film was absolute pants, but then it got quite interesting” party pooper Someone who spoils fun for other people by being negative: “Come on, come to the birthday party, you can get to know people. He’s a nasty piece of work” newbie somebody who is new in a job: “Give that photocopying to the newbie and you get on with some more important work” no probs/no worries No problem: “Thanks for helping me out earlier – No probs, anytime” on the piss / on the razz / on the lash Getting drunk: “I can’t come out tonight coz I was out on the piss last night I’ve got a killer hangover” O.T.T. It’s like I’m going mental or something” moobs man boobs – when a man has a chest that is fat, so it looks a little bit like he has small breasts: “I couldn’t go out with him coz he’s got moobs!” mate friend: “My mate works for Google, Let’s ask him” nasty piece of work a horrible person: “I’ve never trusted him. M to Z (find Slang words A – L in British Slang: Part 1) mental crazy: “I can’t remember how to do anything today. Play the audio to hear how to pronounce these slang words British Slang With British slang, my students usually find it very funny to hear these strange expressions. ![]() ![]() Learning slang can be cool anyway because it can be amusing to find out what a word or phrase means and where it comes from. You can be very good at speaking a language, but if you don’t know any slang, then you can get really lost in a conversation with native speakers. In the table below there are lots of very common British slang words for you to learn from and then an explanation with a natural sounding example. Slang words are used everyday in normal conversation. ![]()
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