British Slang

British Slang Quiz

July 27, 2012

London is kicking off the Summer Olympics tonight, which means fast-talking British reporters using words like daft, dodgy, slag, and snog. If this is all codswallop to you, brush up on your Brit lingo so you don't end up looking like a prat watching the big event!

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17 Comments

Sweet Kirstin 42 weeks 4 days

7/10 Not Too Bad! This is For my Jango Best Friend, Kathleen in Forfar. Fun Quiz! K Girl Power!! Kirstin

2 years 3 weeks

I'm seventy and out of it for American Slang so I thing my 7 out of 10 is good.

2 years 3 weeks

9 out of 10...then again, I had a semester at University of London. Maybe if I had a bit of plonk I would have aced this. ;)

Becky Kirsch 2 years 4 weeks

5/5, I was expecting easier ones like quid and crisps!

sparkleluvr 2 years 4 weeks

Well, I'm definitely not British, but I got almost half correct :-)

insidiousmiss 2 years 4 weeks

Potheads definitely smoke hash in the U.S.! :-D

Emmy 2010 2 years 4 weeks

6/10

2 years 4 weeks

im british, and still only got 8 out of 10,as you yanks say, that sucks

cloudillusions77 2 years 4 weeks

"Pants" in England means underwear. I found this out after telling a girl I liked her pants. She must have thought I was such a creep! In terms of legwear, they just use the word "trousers" instead.

OhSoSmitho 2 years 4 weeks

Well I am English and I only got 7 out of 10. Plonk was confusing as I thought of plonker which is also reference to a mans willy.

Congelada 2 years 4 weeks

4/10

sarahmchan 2 years 4 weeks

wow, it's like a whole new language!

juicebox07 2 years 4 weeks

I got 50%

fuzzles 2 years 4 weeks

To pants or not to pants. That is the question.

2 years 4 weeks

9 out of 10 with guessing. Thought my quiz results would be pants!

trinachka 2 years 4 weeks

I remember "plonk" and "pukka" from a recent Merriam-Webster.com slideshow on British slang...and "knob" I remembered "Bridget Jones' Diary," heehee. Some of the slang is, amusingly, what it sounds like.