Browsing page 5 of words meaning British, UK slang (list of) (193 words total)

• acronym for "Central Nervous System - Quantity Not Sufficient", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on May 18 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.

noun

• UK variant of "God".

  Cor blimey!

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  Last edited on Sep 18 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 18 2010.

• an asshole. Possibly British.

  Quit being a corth.

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  Last edited on May 31 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 18 2002.

adjective

• bad, old, worn-out, or stupid. A general derogatory adjective.

  That stuff is cottage.

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  Last edited on Apr 18 2015. Submitted by Keith McCurry from CA, USA on Nov 14 1997.

verb - intransitive

• to solicit (usually homosexual) sex in a public restroom. Originally British slang.

                                           
  
                               
  
                                                        
  
  Citation from "Episode 6", Little Britain (TV, 2004), Season 2 Episode 6 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Jane M. from Camberley, Surrey, UK on Oct 19 2005.

• the goings on the happening. Pronounced crack. Irish dialect

  What's the craic?

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Andrew F. on Mar 27 2005.

• pronounced Crack. An Irish term for fun, having a great time. being more broadly used outside Ireland

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Liz M. on Aug 02 2006.

• (pronounced crack) Irish term for having a good time, fun, happening

  It was great craic.

  What's the craic? (what is happening.

  Last edited on Oct 05 2006. Submitted by Brian B. from Ireland on Oct 05 2006.

• having a laugh, good time etc.

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Joe m. from Ireland on Oct 03 2008.

noun

• British or Irish term for partying, having a good time, doing something exciting. pronounced "crack"

  Have you had any craic lately?

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  Last edited on Aug 22 2004. Submitted by Angela G. on Aug 22 2004.

• an unusually ugly woman. A cross between a crocodile, a gorilla and a pig. Used by British soldiers

  She is a crockadillapig.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: unattractive, ugly female.

  Last edited on Jun 06 2013. Submitted by Dave p. from UK on Jan 24 2003.

• acronym for "circling the drain" (i.e. about to die,) used on medical charts by doctors in the UK.

  Citation: "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003

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  Last edited on Mar 23 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.

verb

• Crash To Desktop - when a program abruptly stops working in such a bad way that it just immediately closes, leaving you at your desktop.

  Last edited on Apr 05 2022. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 05 2022.