American / English Dictionary
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This is a list of words and phrases that have different meanings in British and American English.
Make sure to use this article if you are talking to a spam, going to spamland for a holiday or you are one of our yank users wonding what the hell that word means.
Remember, if you wish to have a word added to the list read table template first or you can contact me vie Preds PM
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A
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Air Marshal | Lieutenant General | A senior Royal Air Force officer | Undercover plod on an US commercial aircraft |
| Alloys | Rims | Makes the wheels on your car look nice | Two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal |
| Alright mate | Wasssssssss'up | Tribal greetings | "Are you ok?" |
| Arse | Ass | Your shitter | "Oh my God! Are you British?" |
| Arse-over-tits | Head-over-heels | To take a stumble | A wierd sexual position |
| Ass | Donkey | A horse like animal with a mind of its own | Twice the size of your shitter |
B
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Banger | Sausage | (1)Something you stick in your mash
(2) An old motor | Firework |
| Barrister | Lawyer | The guy who is either meant to stop you from going to, or put you in prison | 'Hey, he is an English lawyer' |
| Beer | Beer | A foaming, hoppy brew lovingly pulled by your local publican, sweet with the gentle aroma of caramelised barley. Served in pint glasses. (Also comes as lager). | Mass produced semi-fermented rats' piss, served in bottles, ice cold to disguise the flavor (sic). (Actually some of the lagers are OK). |
| Beaver | Beaver | A small brown aquatic animal that builds dams | A ladies front end |
| Bill | (1) Police
(2) Check | (1)'The Old Bill' the men putting those shiny things on your wrists and you in the back of that nice warm van
(2)What you are given by the waiter after a fat filled meal | (1)A common name
(2)Something to pay the check with |
| Bird | Girlfriend | The woman you're banging, who wont let you bang someone else without getting upset | The thing in the trees that wakes you up at 5am every Sunday morning |
| Biscuit | Cookie | Like a hobnob or a McVities Digestive | Nearer to a scone |
| Bloody | Darn | A less 'naughty' word in place of 'fucking hell' | What your arm gets when you cut your wrist |
| Bob's your uncle | And there you have it | Used after a simple set of instructions e.g. "hammer this nail into that bit of wood, and bam, bobs your uncle" | A man called Bob who is your Mum/Dad's brother (in some States, you can marry his daughter/son) |
| Bog | Toilet | The place where you shit and piss | A water logged area of land |
| Bogey | Booger | Something you pull out of yout nose, and when drunk the drill is pick-lick-flick | Enemy aircraft |
| Bombardier | Artillery serviceman | (1)Corporal in the Royal Artillery
(2)Rather a good beer | (1)Crewman in a bomber aircraft who aims and drops the bombs
(2)A Canadian company that makes planes and trains |
| Boot | Trunk | The back end of a car, where you put shopping, dead bodies, golf clubs etc | Those big shiny things on your feet |
| Break | Recess | Time for a brew or a smoke | The first shot in Pool |
| Brew | Cup of joe | On duty: a cup of good old english tea. off duty: beer | What British wannabe spams do with their pots of tea "just let it brew dear" |
| Bum | Ass | The thing you watch walk away when that nice lady turned your offers down | A homeless person |
| Butt | Cigarette Butt | The end of the fag that goes in your mouth | Arse |
C
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Car | Automobile | A motor vehicle with three or more wheels found mainly on the road, although occasionally upside-down in a ditch. | Rail-coach e.g. passenger car |
| Cash machine
Cashpoint | ATM | A hole in the wall, where you get money | |
| Chav | Delinquent | Young Criminal/Wannabe Ganstah | "a what?" |
| Cider | Hard cider | Alcoholic beverage made of apples | Unfiltered, unfermented apple juice (non-alcoholic) |
| Cookie | Large soft or hard, but thin (for its size) biscuit. | Any type of biscuit really. | |
| Cowboy | Con-artist | Dodgy builder/tradesman | (1)A cowhand working with livestock |
| Crap | Shit | Something you flick off your shoe with a stick | as in "oh crap, that looks like a bus" |
| Culture | Holywood | Reminds us who we are | Can I buy your bridge? |
D
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Defence | Preemptive strike | The art of preventing an attack, or minimizing the damage of an attack, e.g. by preventing an enemy from conquering territory | Something you do in a sports match to stop the other team from getting any points |
| Diet | Huh? | The cheapest way to get thin | A type of coke that is on the menu but never ordered |
| Dodgy | Sketchy | A bit dubious | |
| Dump | Shit | something you take in the comfort of your own trousers/on the toilet/in a field | somewhere you can dump your old televisions/fridges/murdered ginger step children |
| Dual carriageway | Divided highway | A road where the traffic is separated by a central barrier | |
E
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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F
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Fag | Cigarette | Cigarette | Arrse-Bandit |
| Fag-ends | Gossip | Someone else's conversation | |
| Faggot | Gay | (1) Homosexual man
(2) Pork Meatball | |
| Fanny | Butt | (v)to faff around uselessly
(n)a wimp of the highest order (n)a cunt | Your arse |
| Flyover | Overpass | Elevated road section | A Flypast (air show) |
| Football | Soccer | Do you seriously not know? | A game that consists largely of very large men bashing into each other |
| Fruitcake | (1) Cake made with mincedmeat
(2) Your batty old aunt | Homosexual | |
G
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Gear stick | Stick shift | The stick in the middle of your car that changes gear | The stick in the middle of your car that shifts gears |
H
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Half-inch | Steal | To take without permission, with the intent to perminantly deprive. See also Kingo | Pretty close |
| Holiday | Vacation | Recreational Outing, to the sea-side or somewhere not in the UK (i.e. wales or cornwall | christmass, easter etc |
| Hooker | big ugly "american football" player | The big ugly player in the centre front of the scrum | a prostitute |
| Hoover | Vacuum cleaner | Something for sucking up dust | (1) A former President who had a dam named after him
(2)A paranoid director of the FBI who was possibly a closet homosexual and cross-dresser. |
I
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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J
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Jam | Jelly | A thick fruit spread you put over your Toast | Grid-locked roads (traffic jam) |
| Jelly | Jello | preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit | Jam |
| Jiz | cum | That white stuff that makes babies | Same thing |
| Johnny | Comdom / rubber | Keeps your cock warm and the Mrs weight down | Thats Mr Johnney Cash to you son |
K
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Knickers in a twist | Panties in a bunch | Means to get upset, mostly used when women or gays get upset e.g. "dont get your knickers in a twist" | Something a spam whore has to sort out after getting paid |
L
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Lemonade | Sprite | Sparkling, colourless liquid tasting nothing like lemons, rather like sprite, and a key ingredient in shandy (apparently) | A drink that is made with and tastes of lemons |
| Lift | Elevator | What you get stuck in when your skyscraper gets zapped by the bad guys | Picking up Chevvy blocks, or strangers on desert highways |
| Lorry | Truck | Big vehicle - drives very slowly uphills | They don't |
| Loo | John | The shitter/toilet | Something you skip to |
| LSD | Currency (to those of a certain age) | A psychedelic drug | |
M
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Mobile | Cell-phone | A small portable electronic device used for mobile communication, pictures, film, GPS, internet and music | (1)something that can move
(2)A rare US citizen |
| Mum | mom | The woman who gave birth to you | |
| Mong | Fucktard | Window-licking, icecream-gobbling, balloon-carrying idiot | Alien invader |
| Motorway | Freeway | A big road that is meant to make travle by car easy and fast, but 80% of the time is full of traffic jams (always when you dont want it to be) | |
| Muppet | Blithering idiot | Puppet made by Jim Henson. | |
N
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Nick | Steal | To take something with out premission of the owner | To cut small notches in |
O
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| over the moon | Ecstatic | Meaning your extremely happy e.g. "im over the moon that she isnt preggers" | A nursery rhyme |
P
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Pants | Underwear | (n)something else to take off in strip-poker
(v) as in "that's pants, Boss!" | Trousers |
| Pavement | sidewalk | something for pedestrians to walk on | something for cars to drive on. |
| Petrol | Gas | The stuff that your car runs on | |
| Pissed | Drunk | Intoxicated, one to many | angry |
| Plaster | Band-aid | Something that stops bleeding form a cut | A material that you put o your walls |
| Post | Something the Royal Mail puts through your door (when not on strike) | Something sticking out of the ground | |
| Pound Sign | £ | # | |
Q
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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R
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Rubber | Eraser | Useful for removing pencil marks | Useful for preventing children and STDs |
| Rubbish | Trash | refuse/waste | (v) "we are rubbish at all sports so make up our own" |
| Rules of Engagement | There are rules? | The rules that tell you what you can and can't do in war | the rules of marriage |
S
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Septic
(Septic-tank) | Good-ol', flag-saluting, aren't we wonderful, my way or the highway, red-blooded American | "Septic-tank" rhyming slang for Yank | Causing putrefaction |
| Shag | Sexual intercourse / copulation | To have sex | a type of carpet/rug |
| Shit | Shit | Umm, Shit | Just about anything |
| Sketchy | Incomplete Information | Dodgy | |
| Slag | Hocker | (v)"Get outta my pub you slaaaag" (only in cockny land)
(n)The girl on the street corner | The stuff that come off the top of molton metal |
| Suspenders | Braces | Holds your stockings up | Holds your pants up |
| Sleeping policeman | speed bump | Put in place by council workers to waste fuel and ruin your suspension | what cops do at night |
| Sod off | Leave, get out | A nice way to say fuck off e.g. "sod off ya fat cunt" | Another word for turf |
| Spunk | Cum | Something your Mrs washes out of her hair before going to sleep | energetic, get up and go attitude/demeanor
(v)"that kids has spunk" |
T
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Tart | Ho | Promiscuous Woman | Sour |
| Thank you | *Grunt* | Manners | Something the british say |
| Thick as two short planks | Idiot | Used to decribe someone really stupid e.g. "that kid is as thick as two short planks" | 2 by 4? |
| Torch | Flashlight | For stotting shagging couples at teenaged parties | To set something on fire |
| Tosser | Asswipe, Douchebag, Fuckwad, etc. | Gordon Brown | George Bush |
| Telly | TV | A box with moving pictures in | Jam spelt wrong |
U
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| University | College | Higher Education / piss up | A british college |
V
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Vest | Under-shirt | Garment worn inside the shirt | Garment worn outside the shirt |
| Vet | Veterinarian | A doctor who REALLY shouldn't get into a relationship with his patients | A military veteran |
W
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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| Wah | Bromeando | You shouldn't have fallen for that, you dumb fuck. | "Those Brit's have a weird sense of humour" |
| Warrant Officer | God | Fuck off I work for a living | Something you salute (apparently) |
| Warrior (IFV) | M2 Bradley (IFV) | Troop carrying tracked vehicle | "Won't you come out to pla-ay" |
| Weiner | Penis | a smaller than average cock(uk) | (1)A hotdog
(2)A below average size cock |
X
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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Y
| Word | American Equivalent | Definition | What Spams use our word for |
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Z
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