shopping Archives - British Slang Dictionary

Argos

Argos is a catalogue retailer, and its shopping method is so specific to Britain that explaining it abroad produces bafflement.…

A car boot sale is a temporary open-air market, usually in a field or a large car park, at which…

Britain's grocery market is unusually concentrated. A handful of chains sell most of the country's food, own-brand products account for…

Marks and Spencer began in 1884 as a market stall in Leeds run by Michael Marks, a Polish-Jewish refugee, whose…

There are around 10,000 charity shops in Britain, and every town of any size has several. They sell donated second-hand…

The high street is the main shopping street of a British town, and in most towns it is literally called…