Cool British Words & Phrases You Can Use (or not)

Stuff I 've heard and picked up. Give up a try if you like.

Bit: part, piece. Being who he was Cheney thought the best bit of the movie was where the puppies got eaten by the troll.

Bits & Bobs: Odds & ends, bits & pieces.  Searching high and low for WMD's all that could be found were innocuous bits and bobs.


Chuffed (to bits): Happy, delighted, pleased. Not entirely sure if 'he could' Obama was chuffed to bits to have won the Presidential election.

Doddle: Easy, a snap. With practically the entire Western media at their command invading Iraq was a doddle for the Bush Admin.


Dosh: Money. I don't have any dosh. Seriously, I don't. Other terms for Money: wonga, readies, spondulicks

Faff: Mess around, goof, play about. Considering himself all powerful, Cheney loved to faff about with human life. Faffing around with peoples money, Madoff found himself in the Big House.


Gob: Mouth. Obama wanted nothing more than for Biden to shut his gob.


Gobsmacked: Speechless. Gobsmacked at Kanye's tirade, Taylor simply stood by and watched.


Gutted: Hurt, disappointed, rueful. Offering repeated and bumbling apologies, Kanye was gutted upon considering his actions at the MTV awards ceremony.


Innit: Isn't it. 'Dat new song is really swish innit?', said Daz.


Jeremy Kyle: Jerry Springer. Jeremy Kyle often does lie detector and paternity tests on his show, but has more gravitas and credibility  than the his US counterpart Jerry Springer.


Kit: Clothing, shirt, equipment. Celebrating his goal against Chelsea Rooney pulled his kit over his head.


Manky: Filthy, rancid, stinking. Taking baths irregularly and seldom using deodorant some folks in this part of the world are rather manky.


Minging: Ugly, homely. If the US comedy Ugly Betty were British it would be called Minging Elizabeth. Prince Charles' second wife is a minger.


Put (My) Hands Up: Accept responsibility. Backed into a corner Letterman put his hands up and admitted his indiscretions. 


Snog: Passionately kiss. He wondered how he would bring himself to snog Miss Bowles. Snogging is repeatedly mentioned in the Harry Potter series.


Swish: Cool, trendy. Having fleeced millions from innocent investors Stanford bought a rather swish sports car.


Uber (Oober): Very, ultra, extreme.  Donning his shades and leather jacket, Bill Gates went from being uber geeky to uber cool. Not!


Wodge: A sizeable chunk/slab/portion of something like cake or money. He relished the huge wodge of cash afforded to all banking CEO's.