ENGLISH SLANG VERSION (PART 1)

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abdabs	Noun. Terror, the frights, nerves. Often heard as the screaming abdabs. Also very occasionally 'habdabs'. [1940s]
absobloodylutely	Adv. Absolutely.
Abysinnia!	Exclam. A jocular and intentional mispronunciation of "I'll be seeing you!"
accidentally-on-purpose	Phrs. Seemingly accidental but with veiled malice or harm.
AC/DC	Adj. Bisexual.
ace (!)	Adj. Excellent, wonderful. Exclam. Excellent!
acid	Noun. The drug LSD. Lysergic acid diethylamide. [Orig. U.S. 1960s]
acid house	Noun. The dance music scene that pre-empted 'rave' in Britain, and began the long association of 'house' music and 'ecstasy'.
ackers	Noun. Money. From the Egyptian akka.
action man	Noun. A man who participates in macho activities.
Adam and Eve	Verb. Believe. Cockney rhyming slang. E.g."I don't Adam and Eve it, it's not true!"
aerated	Adj. Over-excited. Becoming obsolete, although still heard used by older generations. Often mispronounced as aeriated.
afto	Noun. Afternoon. [North-west use]
afty	Noun. Afternoon. E.g."Are you going to watch the game this afty?" [North-west use]
agony aunt	Noun. A woman who provides answers to readers letters in a publication's agony column. {Informal}
aggro	Noun. Aggressive troublemaking, violence, aggression. Abb. of aggravation.
air biscuit	Noun. An expulsion of air from the anus, a fart. See 'float an air biscuit'.
airhead	Noun. A stupid person. [Orig. U.S.]
airlocked	Adj. Drunk, intoxicated. [N. Ireland use]
airy-fairy	Adj. Lacking in strength, insubstantial. {Informal}
air guitar	Noun. An imaginary guitar played by rock music fans whilst listening to their favourite tunes.
aks	Verb. To ask. E.g."I aksed him to move his car from the driveway." [dialect]
Alan Whickers	Noun. Knickers, underwear. Rhyming slang, often shortened to Alans.
alcopop	Noun. Sweet, ready-mixed fruit drinks containing alcohol. Cf. 'tart fuel'. {Informal}
aled (up)	Adj. Drunk, intoxicated by alcohol, usually beer (ale).
alkie	Noun. An alcoholic. Also spelt alky.
all fur coat and no knickers	Phrs. Of a woman, all superficial appearance and no real substance beneath. Derog.
all mod cons	Noun. All the fixtures and fittings necessary and expected - an abb. of all modern conveniences. {Informal}
all mouth and (no) trousers	Phrs. Boastful and without just reason. E.g."You shouldn't pay any attention to him, he's all mouth and no trousers."
all-nighter	Noun. A club night or event that goes on all night.
all over the shop	Phrs. 1. In a mess, out of order, disorganized. 2. Everywhere. E.g."I've been all over the shop this morning and I can't find her anywhere."
allow (it)	Verb. Forget it, don't bother. [London use]
all time loser	Noun. A public house, a bar. Rhyming slang on 'boozer'. See 'boozer'.
all to cock	Phrs. Messed up, useless, wrong.
all to pot	Phrs. Wrong, messed up. E.g."Our whole holiday went all to pot when Dad got arrested for being drunk."
almond rocks	Noun. Socks. Cockney rhyming slang, often shortened to almonds.
alright!	Exclam. Hello. A greeting. No answer is expected to what is inherently a question. Northern dialect has created the phonetic corruption awreet.
amber nectar	Noun. Lager. [Orig. Aust.]
anchors	Noun. Brakes. E.g."I slammed the anchors on and hit my head on the steering wheel."
ane	Noun. Abb. of anus.
ankle-biters	Noun. Children, particularly crawling babies. [Orig. Aust.]
anorak	Noun. An often socially inept person, having an obsessive interest in a hobby or subject. Usually has little or no fashion sense, and errs towards eccentricity. Originates from the 'trainspotter' look, of wearing anoraks; spending so much time at the end of station platforms in all weathersnecessitates the wearing of such attire. Cf. 'trainspotter'. Derog.
answers on a postcard	Phrs. If anyone has any ideas, or a response, to the question/problem that has just been posed, please let me know? From when, during the 1970s and 80s, blank postcards were used by viewers to mail answers to competition questions posed on TV programmes, in the hope of winning a prize. The advent of SMS and phonelines ensured the end of the postcards as a means of entering competitions.
antwacky	Adj. Old fashioned. Possibly from antique(y). E.g."Oh no way! I'm not wearing those shoes, they're so antwacky." [Merseyside/West Lancashire use]
any cop	Phrs. Of value, of any worth. E.g."Have you heard their new CD? I heard it was rubbish but do you think it's any cop?" See 'cop' (adj). Cf. 'no cop'.
any road	Adv. Anyway. Also spelt anyroad. [Northern use]
apeshit	See 'go apeshit'.
apeth	Noun. A pet name for a silly person. A shortening of daft apeth. Apeth, derived from haypneeworth (half a penny's worth) but pronounced ha'p'orth.
apple (core)	Noun. 20. Cockney rhyming slang on 'score'. [1950s]
apples and pears	Noun. Stairs. Possibly the most commonly expressed piece of Cockney rhyming slang that is used as an example of such, or used in jocular mimicry. The term is infrequently heard used in genuine daily use.
April	Noun. Bottom, buttocks, 'arse'. Rhyming slang from April in Paris rhyming with arris - see 'arris'.
Archer	Noun. £2000. From the amount of money given by Jeffrey Archer to a prostitute (Monica Coughlan) to enable her to leave the country, and in order to buy her silence over services rendered. Jeffrey Archer, ex-member of Parliament and best selling author, served a prison sentence for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
argue the toss	Vrb phrs. To argue or dispute loudly and at length.
argy-bargy	Noun. Trouble, noisy quarrelling, arguing. {Informal}.
arris	Noun. Buttocks, 'arse'. Convoluted Cockney rhyming slang for 'arse'; Arris, an abbreviation of Aristotle, rhyming with bottle, and thereafter leading to bottle and glass rhyming with 'arse'. Also aris.
arrows	Noun. Darts, the equipment and the game itself.
arse	Noun. 1. The buttocks. The similar 'ass' isn't used as frequently, remaining more of an Americanism. S.e. from 1600s until mid 1800s. 2. An objectionable person. 3. A mistake, a poor job. E.g."He's made such an arse of that plastering job that I think we'll need to redo it." Exclam. Expressing anger or frustration.
arse about /around	Verb. To mess around, to waste time.
arse about face	Phrs. Back to front.
arse about tit	Phrs. Back to front.