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i'm convinced that rhyming slang is just 19th century coal mine brainrot. you cannot change my mind

England has a surfeit of terms for obnoxious people.

• Jobsworth (obstructive clerk or bureaucrat)
• God-botherer (religious fanatic)
• Cockwomble
• Minging cockwomble
• Tremulous bollock-for-lobsters cockwomble
• Sir Æthelbert Plonker Cockwomble of the Drubbing-over-Head Cockwombles

I may have made those last two up.

Chuffed for me is more to do with being pleased with something you have accomplished.

Probably not technically slang, and maybe not even technically British, but I hate the all variations of "whinge". I know it's a real word, but it always feels like someone misspelling "whine". I was well into adulthood when I finally learned that though, so those feelings are just so ingrained in me at this point.

Thanks for listening to me whine.

War-Chest-Hair Sauce ... Werk-hamster-shire Sauce ... Wash-your-sister Sauce ... What's-this-here Sauce ... Wister-Sheer Sauce ... ... ...

Yeah. Fucking nailed it!

I like the phrase "tell a lie" used right after you misspeak or remember something to the contrary of what you just said.

I hate clunge and minge. I'm not generally opposed to vulgarity but these are just taking the piss. On a similar note, the cockney rhyme for Eartha Kitt is just distasteful.

"Gutted" gets every single time, but for the most unfunny and fucked up reason.

I was at a bar and a guy was describing how his pet got hit by a car and he found it kind of split down the belly, then he said "I was gutted", describing his reaction. But his pet was also quite literally gutted. I didn't laugh or anything but it was just such a dark thing to say it was almost funny.

When it's raining, and someone inevitably tells me it's raining, I like to say 'perfect weather for ducks, innit'

I also like 'Kuch' which is Welsh slang for 'cuddle'

snogging

In French the slang term for that is "rouler des pelles" , which means literally "to roll shovels" and... I mean what the fuck is up with that?

U wot m8?

I like rhyming slang. Mostly for torturing my fellow Americans. I also enjoy clunge, jobbie, and being "sick to bastard death" about things.

The Australians have my heartstrings though, when it comes to inventive slang. They're not here to fuck spiders, tell you that much for free.

Innit

There’s too many people mixing England and Great Britain up in here.

Gash / Axe Wound

"Wanker" is what I remember most of the time, ya f'in wanker lol

Most hated is “boffin” for scientist—“boff” is American slang for sex, so it sounds like calling them “fuckers” (which generally doesn’t seem to be the intended connotation).

Cock Womble

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I use "proper" a lot, so that one is inevitably favourite, unless it's not an exclusive UK slang

Bloody, but just because when I had a period I would say things like "I'm on my bloody period!"

hated, well there are lots, but I think the word "bellend" is stupid for its purpose.

mixed, also like hearing some brittish dialects say the word "water bottle" as wuh-er boh-ol. like wow. lol

loved, "bullocks!" has always been a chuckle-able reaction to things. like wtf is that.

I can't pick a mere one.

Duk

Blimey

Bloody

Bugger

Cracker-Yank

Chuffed to bits

Hench

Knackered

On the drag

Plooked

Pillock

Tired and emotional

Wanker

British slang really depends on your region just because there are so many accents. Overall though, I'm quite a fan of plonker, pillock, (all)reet, mooch, and bog (as in shitter).

A fucking depraved dirty sex act, you'd feel shame even googling

Only if you're doing it right!

American’s Guide to speaking British

https://www.effingpot.com/

My most hated is definitely how some (all?) Brits say "Leftenant" instead of "Lieutenant".

Most beloved is a bit harder... "Blimey" is a nice one though.