Some slang words from different countries :)

[channarox]

Chao cheebye!

Luckily most of the mods don't understand this... But if Xander were to see it.

 

[Perentie]

I was bron and raised in London so ill post some London sland but ive lived in Australia for 15 years so ill post some Aussie slang too.

London slang-

Bog- Toilet

Bog roll- toilet paper

Frontroom- living room

Ace - excellent, great

Afters- Dessert

Agrro- Angry, peeved off

Awright - a greeting meaning "is everything all fine?". "awright mate!".

Mate- Friend or acquaintance

Gagging- desperately in need of something " Gagging for a smoke"

***- cigarette

Brew- Cup of tea

arse about/arsing about - to fool around, e.g. "Stop arsing around!"

arse- Bum

scrounge - to beg or sponge off of others. Or to steal " lets see what we can scrounge"

skint - to have no money, penniless.

Nice one - slang for 'excellent' or 'cool'

Fair one- fair enough

fart-arseing about - to act a fool and waste time.

Beasting- to take a beating.

 

[Perentie]

lost the plot - gone crazy/mad.

luv - most woman don't like the term but its very common address to a female. e.g.. "Awright luv"

geezer - can be used as common term for a man but more commonly used for a shady, bad character. 'dodgy geezer'

guv - 'Boss'

dodgy - dubious person or thing. eg "He's a bit of a dodgy geezer".

dosh - money

wind up- To wind someone up, aggravate and annoy " your winding me up"

chuffed - very happy eg. "I'm chuffed with that".

knackered - exhausted

Kick off- Feeling as if something bad is about to happen " A fight is about to kick off any second"

pukka- 'first-rate'

bollocks - A very common swear word

 

[Perentie]

Aussie slang-

Too many to list here so ill just post a link.

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/aussieslang.htm

Cheers-

P

 

[chloe]

I've also heard:

torch - flashlight
boot - car trunk
bonnet - car hood
chips - french fries
mac - raincoat

yep, except the fries lol

chips = french fries
crisps = potato chips

oh and note to the english when visiting the US, when asking for a pack of rubbers in CVS, ask for ERASERS.

 

[Liam]

yep, except the fries lol

chips = french fries
crisps = potato chips

oh and note to the english when visiting the US, when asking for a pack of rubbers in CVS, ask for ERASERS.

lmao, yeah we call em rubbers too.

 

[chloe]

cocked up - to screw something up.
royally cocked up - when u have majorly screwed something up.
moosh (as in what u say to huskies) - friend.
ponce - "can i ponce a f.a.g"

 

[cockroach]

Common South African slang:
howsit-hello
lekker-good, nice, pleasant, tasty
kiff-nice, tasty
siff-gross,ugly
china-bro, friend etc
bakkie- pick up truck
takkies- running shoes
slops- flip flops
ketchup-tomato sauce
babbalas-hangover
bossies-crazy as in people are bossies
braai- bbq
mielie- corn
a zap- the fliiping the bird
A comprehensive list here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_African_slang_words

From Zimbabwe
bullie-father
queen-mother
shamwari-friend
chipili-cheap
mdala-old
iwe- hey you, used as an exclamation

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Horh, ah, and so many others. And guess what, they don't even mean anything!

Although they doesn't mean anything, those words carry the singaporean spirit within .
When I visited other countries, people there can tell that I'm singaporean just by the way I speak.

Me : "How to go to XXX arh?"
SINGLISH FTW!!!

Luckily most of the mods don't understand this... But if Xander were to see it.

It means smelly........
NO NO I'm not gonna say it out loud here, go google yourself!

 

[Pharaoh]

eh - Do you agree.

Nice day eh?


eh - Pardon?/Can you repeat that?/say again?/etc you get the point

"eh?"

Aboot - typical canadians dont actually say this, that's ACTUALLY a newfie thing.

A good friend of mine is a direct implant from Canada and he does in fact use the term "aboot".