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.
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"Loads a money!"
More of a meme than slang, but I also like "dosh".
cockwomble, wankstain, pillock, cretin, prick, jobsworth, nutjob, absolute.. (insert anything, e.g. biscuit, sausage). oh slang not insults? i think cheers is good it's not too indulgent like thank you very much but it's also a way to give some appreciation
The dog's bollocks and the dog's breakfast.
Fucking knackered! It means very tired, exhausted. But those terms are sterlized of feeling, of life.
Are you sure that anima you ascribe to "knackered" isn't coming from the adjective? "Fucking exhausted!" sounds, to my ear, just a full of feeling. Whereas, "I'm knackered" sounds just as lifeless as "I'm exhausted." I wonder if you're mis-attributing the vigor from "fucking," which is, indeed, a potent word.
The knacker was the person who took your old tired horse and butchered it into meat, leather and glue, so it often carries that connotation too
Your opinion is your own my friend. Knackered resonates with me, but if it don't with you that cool
Of course! It's just, the example you have included a powerful adjective, and I was just making sure you were rally talking about the colour of "knackered" and not "fucking."
I love 'dreich' (rhymes with 'greek') because it perfectly sums up British weather most of the time.
Also a fan of 'banging', as in top, class, right good.
The sexual slang is hilarious. Vadge, bugger, shag.
Knob. Do. Plough. Basically anything can mean you’d want to shag someone. All genders and orientations do it.
I like a good "ooer" now and then.
Pear shaped (things have gone pear shaped, i.e. things have gone wrong a bit)
Bellend (basically calling someone a dick, stupid or annoying)
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast (I'll get this thing done before you know it)
Never liked : Govna/Guv/Guvner
That's minging!