General British

Used throughout Britain

Browse all slang from General British

440 words found

Platform

/หˆplรฆtfษ”หm/
Noun
While international railway term, British platform culture (waiting on platform) and terminology is distinct.
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Plantation

/plรฆnหˆteษชสƒn/
Noun
British term for planted woodland (different from American slave plantation).
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Plain flour

/หŒpleษชn หˆflaสŠษ™/
Noun
British term for all-purpose flour.
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Pissing down

/หŒpษชsษชล‹ หˆdaสŠn/
Phrase
British vulgar expression meaning raining very heavily.
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Pissed off

/หŒpษชst หˆษ’f/
Noun
British (and American) meaning angry, annoyed.
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Pinny

/หˆpษชni/
Noun
British informal term for apron.
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Pictures

/หˆpษชktสƒษ™z/
Noun
British old-fashioned term for cinema.
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Petrol station

/หˆpetrษ™l หŒsteษชสƒn/
Noun
British term for gas station.
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Penny

/หˆpeni/
Noun
British one-cent coin.
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Pence

/pens/
Noun
British plural of penny.
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