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British slang for a pound, used by everyone from bankers to your nan. Never pluralised — it’s always ‘10 quid’, not ‘10 quids’, because even our money has grammar rules apparently.

“This sandwich cost me six quid and half my will to live.”

Another glorious British level of drunk — beyond tipsy, beyond merry, into full ‘phone has been lost, dignity has evaporated’ territory. If you’re plastered, someone will film you singing badly.

“We got plastered at the pub quiz and still came last.”

Slang for outrageously drunk — the kind of drunk where you start giving speeches, hugging strangers, and arguing with traffic cones. Being trollied means dignity left your body several pints ago.

“He got so trollied he tried to order chips from a mailbox.”

To run away with urgency, style, and zero shame. Usually involves escaping trouble, awkward situations, or someone trying to sell you dodgy utilities at the door. Proper ‘oh crap, run’ energy.

“Saw my ex walking in — had to leg it like a cartoon character.”

A soft, gentle insult meaning stupid but in a ‘bless your heart’ British way. Someone daft isn’t harmful, just… missing a few software updates. Ideal for friends who lock their keys inside the car while the engine’s running.

“Don’t be daft, of course the train’s late.”

Used for something or someone fully off their rocker — not dangerous, just delightfully unhinged. A bonkers person is the type who tries to fix a toaster with a butter knife or unironically runs marathons ‘for fun’.

“She climbed Snowdon in flip-flops — absolutely bonkers.”

A younger bloke with slightly more energy and significantly poorer decisions. Lads travel in packs, shout unnecessarily, and swear they’re ‘not even that drunk’. Often seen on weekends dressed like they’re auditioning for a cheap reality TV dating show.

“The lads were already three pints in before noon, absolute chaos.”

Classic British word for a man — usually the kind who’ll fix your sink, complain about the weather, and ask if the footie’s on with the same tone used for asking about a relative’s surgery. A bloke isn’t fancy, isn’t posh, and definitely isn’t explaining his feelings, but he’ll hold the door for you and pretend it was no big deal.

“Some bloke at the pub said my coat looked ‘proper dodgy’.”

A dismissive reply younger people use when an older person drops a take that sounds stuck in a black-and-white TV era. It’s not about literal age as much as mindset: ignoring climate issues, mocking protests, or acting like college still costs $300. “Ok boomer” is basically the polite version of “your worldview expired three updates ago.”

“Just work three jobs and stop complaining about rent.” “Ok boomer.”

To mess with someone’s head by denying reality until they start doubting their own brain. In modern slang, it’s when a person, brand, or official acts like something obvious never happened, or says you’re “overreacting” to things everyone saw on video. It’s emotional manipulation with PR training.

“They changed the law, then said they never touched it—peak gaslighting from the Big Serious Party.”