British Slang

1,155 words in this category

Spanner

/หˆspรฆnษ™/
Noun
A wrench. Commonly used in the phrase to 'throw a spanner in the works' meaning to break something.
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Soup, The

SOUP, THE /soup, ฮธe/
Noun
To be in trouble.
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Spaghetti junction

SPAGHETTI JUNCshun /spaghetti junction/
Noun
Cloverleaf style interchange.
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Sound

/saสŠnd/
Adjective
To be reliable or trustworthy.
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Sort out

SORT OUT /sort out/
Verb
Work out or take care of. Sorted (see above).
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Solicitor

/sษ™หˆlษชsษชtษ™/
Noun
A lawyer that deals with contracts and other personal legal matters and can represent clients in lower courts, not a…
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Soldiers

SOLDIERS /หˆsoldiers/
Noun
Little strips of bread used for dipping into a boiled egg.
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Soft-Shoulder

SOFT-SHOULDER /หˆsoft-สƒouldษ™/
Noun
Roadside shoulder that's made of gravel.
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Sod’s Law

/หˆsษ’dz lษ”ห/
Adjective
Sod's law is a name for the axiom that "if something can go wrong, it will", with the further addendum,…
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Sod

/sษ’d/
Noun
An idiot, moron, or annoying person. A bastard.
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