Slur: The Riverhill Trilogy: Book 1 (26 page)

Arsed

Bothered

Bird

An attractive
female (now considered an offensive term)

Bloke

Man

Bonk

Sexual
intercourse

Boozer

Someone who
drinks alcohol a lot/a pub

Bugger

Unpleasant
person or just a person generally

Buggered

Ruined/broken

Bugger about

Mess
about/waste time

Bugger off

Go away/get
lost (usually used in a derogative manner)

A card

An amusing,
eccentric person/a character

Chinwag

Chat/talk

Codswallop

Nonsense

To cop/cop
off

To meet
someone sexually desirable

Cop/copper

Policeman

Cronies

Friends
(sometimes used derogatively)

Dead

Very

Dick

Contemptible
person/idiot (also a word used for the penis)

Do

Party/event

Dodgy

Suspicious,
risky

Dolling
yourself up

Dressing
up/getting ready (to go out)

Fancy

Feel
attracted to/desire

Gabbing

Chatting

Get/git

An unpleasant
or contemptible person

Gone to town

Made a big
effort (usually used derogatively)

Grotty

Unpleasant/poor
quality/not good looking

Having
somebody on

Having a joke
at their expense

Jacked in

Given
up/finished

Lose your
marbles

Become crazy

Mither

Fuss/bother/hassle

Mithered

Bothered

Mug/muggins

Someone who
is a fool or is gullible

NFA

Of no fixed
abode

Nowt

Nothing

Offy

Off Licence
(a shop that sells alcohol)

Paralytic

Very drunk

Pissed

Drunk

Plastered

Drunk

Prat

Fool/Idiot

Puddled

Eccentric/insane

Scrubber

A coarse
and/or promiscuous woman

Shorts

Measures or
spirits such as whisky or vodka

Slag

A woman who
is promiscuous or has loose morals

Snog

Kiss and
cuddle amorously

Sod

Similar to
bugger, or used as a defamatory term especially when used as, ‘sod it!’

Sod off!

Go away
(usually used in a derogative manner)

Sod you!

An expression
of hostility or rejection

Suss     

Realise/grasp

Talent

Attractive
person(s)

Tart

Promiscuous
woman/prostitute

Tarting
yourself up

Similar to
dolling yourself up but with the suggestion of overdoing it

Tits

Breasts