Britain is bigger and more varied than most people think, and there is a lot that needs explaining. Because we have a tendency to be insular, and have less influence than we used to in th edays of EMpire, often phrases and words commonly used in the UK are unknown in the outide world. This category aims to highlight those British things and gather them in one place. hopefully it's useful to non-Brits.
British Things Explained
Maintained By: Everyone
Title | by | Type | |
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1 | mardy | e2node | |
2 | trump (thing) | wertperch | writeup |
3 | Bogey's Books, or An Exercise in British and American English (place) | wertperch | writeup |
4 | Minge | e2node | |
5 | Ayup Mi Duck - A Brief Guide to the Nottingham Dialect (thing) | wertperch | writeup |
6 | Rumpy-pumpy | e2node | |
7 | manky | e2node | |
8 | Boracic | e2node | |
9 | Fanny (idea) | avalyn | writeup |
10 | where there's muck, there's brass | e2node | |
11 | faggot (recipe) | wertperch | writeup |
12 | twunt | e2node | |
13 | scran | e2node | |
14 | Tyke (thing) | wertperch | writeup |
15 | no side (idea) | wertperch | writeup |
16 | naff | e2node | |
17 | offside, nearside, driver's side, passenger's side (idea) | weroland | writeup |
18 | mutton dressed as lamb | e2node | |
19 | Put the wood in the hole | e2node | |
20 | Bisto | e2node | |
21 | swot | e2node | |
22 | first-foot (person) | everyone | writeup |
23 | A face like a slapped arse (thing) | Helen4Morrissey | writeup |
24 | Lang may yer lum reek (idea) | wertperch | writeup |
25 | Camp Coffee (thing) | wertperch | writeup |