Words commonly used by Brittish students and their meanings

With the help of my very nice dorm mates, I have compiled a generous list of words that are typically used by Brittish Students that are not commonly used back home in America. So please enjoy this list and have a safe and happy Halloween! Cheers!

Full stop: period

Knackered: Tired, exhausted

Pissed: Drunk, totally wasted

Rubbish: terrible, awful, any word you would use to describe something as bad

Naf: (northern) Rubbish

Pub: Similar to a bar

Mince: ground beef

Toad in the hole: A meal that consists of sausage in Yorkshire pudding

Yorkshire pudding: A think pancake like batter which is cooked and served typically with gravy

Football: soccer

Can’t be asked/can’t be bothered: Too lazy/tired/bored to do something (typically productive)

Loo: bathroom

A pint: a glass of alchohol usually beer

Mash: Mashed potatoes

Knick/filch: stealing or borrowing

Bloody hell: similar to oh my god or oh lord. Used typically when feeling exasperated or annoyed

Flippin ell: similar to bloody hell

Nom: used typically when enjoying some sort of food

Pavement: Sidewalk

Shops: Mall

Tele: Phone

Snogging: Making out with

Cheers: Thank you

Trolley: Shopping cart

Coach: Bus

Revising: Studying/working

Resitting/Retake: Redoing previous work, what we call revising

Sorted: Something gets solved (for example: Lunch is sorted)

Fry up: Traditional full English Breakfast

Tea: dinner or the actual drink

1 sugar: 1 teaspoon of sugar

Salad cream: Honey mustard or at least very similar to it

Git/Prat: Jerk

*Note: be warned that most puddings here are not actually pudding…example: Yorkshire pudding, black pudding.