A dictionary of slang - "G" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

g	Noun. 1. A gram. 2. A thousand, from 'grand' (noun).
gab	Verb. To chatter, talk. {Informal}
gabba	Noun. A variety of fast Dutch 'ravey' techno.
gabby	Adj. Talkative. {Informal}
gadge	Noun. A male, often with respect to older men. Variations include gadgy and gadgie. (Mainly Scottish/ Northern use)
gaff	Noun. 1. Place of residence or work. E.g."My gaff is just around the corner." [1930s] 2. Place. E.g."It was all over the gaff but at least I had a week to clean it up."
gaffer	Noun. The boss.
gaga	Adj. Insane, just a little crazy.
gagging (for something)	Phrs. To have an extreme desire for something. E.g."I'm gagging for a night of vigorous, sweaty, dancing."
gagging for it	Phrs. Eager for sex.
gak	Noun. Cocaine. [Mainly London use]
galloping knob-rot	Noun. Severe, uncontrolled venereal disease. Cf. 'knob-rot'.
galoot	Noun. An ungainly and often unrefined person. Usually affectionate usage.
game on!	Exclam. Expressing excitement and anticipation of an event.
gammy	Adj. Injured, painful or septic. Usually applied to a body-part. E.g."My leg's gone gammy since that fall last week."
gan	Verb. Go. E.g."Are you gannin' down the pub tonight?" [N.E./Cumbria use. Dialect]
gander	Noun. A look. E.g."Will you have a gander at my job application letter, and check it for spelling mistakes?"
Gandhi's flip-flop	Noun. A very dry environment. Used in phrases like my mouth is like Gandhis flip-flop. Other parts of one's anatomy that are likened to Gandhi's flip flop include the throat or tongue.
Gandhi's revenge	Noun. A stomach upset, and subsequent diarrhoea.
gang-bang	Noun. Copulation with an individual by a group.
ganja	Noun. Marijuana. [Orig. W.I.]
gannet	Noun. A greedy person.
gansie	Noun. A pullover, jumper, woollen sweater, cardigan. A corruption of Guernsey. Also spelt gansy.
gaping axe wound	Noun. Vagina, female genitals. Cf. 'axe wound' & 'hairy axe wound'.
garden (gate)	Verb. To orally, sexually stimulate the penis, to fellate. Rhyming slang on 'plate', no fellate. See 'plate'.
gareth hunt	Noun. A contemptible person. Rhyming slang on 'cunt'. Gareth Hunt, English actor, most famous for his role in The New Avengers television series.
garm	Noun. Clothes. Abb. of garments. [Mainly black use?]
garrity	Adj. Mad, crazy, angry. [South-east use]
gary	Noun. A tablet, usually the drug MDMA. A shortening of the rhyming slang Gary Ablet; the name of a professional English footballer. [Orig. Liverpool]
garyboy	Noun. A male who drives a sporty car. The vehicle is usually noticeable by its sporty appearance and souped up engine. Cf. with 'boy-racer'. [E.Anglia/Norfolk/Essex/Suffolk use]
Gary Glitter	Noun. The anus. Rhyming slang for 'shitter'.
gas	Verb. To chat, talk incessantly.
gash	Noun. 1. The vagina. 2. Women viewed as sexual objects. Offens/derog. 3. Nonsense. E.g."Don't talk gash, it's all lies." 4. Rubbish, useless things. 5. Something going spare, extra, in excess of requirements. E.g. "If that's all gash, then I'll have a second helping, I'm starving." [Mainly Armed Forces use]
gasper	Noun. A cigarette. [Early 1900s]
gasping	Verb. To be desperate for something. E.g."I'm gasping for a good night out, and a drunken few hours dancing in a club surrounded by gorgeous females."
gassed (up)	Adj. Drunk, intoxicated with alcohol.
gatted	Adj. Drunk, intoxicated.
gavver	Noun. A policeman/woman. [Kent use/ Orig. Romany]
gawp	Verb. To stare obtrusively. {Informal}
gay	Noun. A homosexual male and occasionally used for such females. The word, once derogatory, has been reclaimed by the 'gay' community and is an accepted term for homosexuals. However the term is still heard used in a perjorative sense. 'Gay' is now considered standard English. Adj. 1. Homosexual in nature. 2. General disparaging term.
gayarse	Noun. 1. A homosexual male. Derog. 2. A contemptible person.
gay as a goose	Phrase. Very evidently homosexual.
gay-boy	Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
Gaychester	Noun. Nickname for Manchester with its ever-growing and popular gay scene. Along with 'Gunchester' and 'Madchester', these puns tend to be journalistic pseudonyms.
gaydar	Noun. The ability, intuitive or otherwise, of a person to know when another person is also homosexual. A play on the words gay and radar.
gaylord	Noun. A homosexual male.
gayrage	Noun. Derogatory term for the UK garage music scene; a play on the words garage and gay.
gays on trays	Noun. Snowboarders. Mainly used by skiers. Cf. 'pricks with sticks'.
gazunder	Noun. A chamber pot. Named so because it goes under the bed. Somewhat archaic due to homes having internal toilets.
gazungas	Noun. Female breasts.
GBH of the ear'ole	Phrs. Excessive noise, often used with reference to incessant complaints or talk. GBH, an abbreviation of the legal term, grievous bodily harm.
gear	Noun. Illicit drugs. E.g."Andy said he'd bring over some gear for the party, that's if he hasn't already taken it all."
gee	Noun. Vagina.
gee-gees	Noun. Horses. Usually children and gambler's use. {Informal}
geek	Noun. An intelligent but socially inept person. Derog.
geezer	Noun. 1. General term for a man, however the word can imply more specific qualities, see version 2. 2. A confident man with masculine qualities, very much 'laddish' in nature and respected. * Also occasionally spelt geeza.
geezerbird	Noun. 1. An androgynous looking woman. 2. A tomboy. 3. A woman who enjoys typically male pastimes.
gen	Noun. Information. E.g."What's the gen on the economic situation in Brazil." {Informal}
gender bender	Noun. A transvestite, cross-dresser, a person who adopts a sexually ambiguous dress sense.
gennell	Noun. Alleyway, passageway between houses. A varient of 'ginnell'. [N. England use/ Dialect]
gen (someone) up	Verb. To give (someone) all the information required. {Informal}
gen up on (something)	Verb phrs. To find out about (something). E.g."I'm getting a fish tank next week, so I've been genning up on tropical fish." {Informal}
Geoff (Hurst)	Noun. A first class university degree. Rhyming slang. Geoff Hurst, footballer, best known for his scoring hatrick during the England World Cup victory over Germany in 1966.
Geordie	Noun. A person from Tyneside or Newcastle, and consequently the dialect of such a person.
Geordieland	Noun. The area of Tyneside, in the North-east. Also occasionally Jordyland and Geordyland.
German (bands)	Noun. The hands. Rhyming slang. Also abbreviated to Germans.
German helmet	Noun. The head of the penis, from its physical shape being vaguely similar to that of a German soldier's headwear.
gerroff	Exclam./Vrb phrs. Get off. [Dialect]
get	Noun. An idiot, a contemptible person. Cf. git.
get a build on	Vrb phrs. To roll a 'joint', a marijuana/cannabis cigarette.
get a life!	Exclam. An instructional and admonishing statement to sort oneself out. [Orig. U.S.]
get a load of (something)	Vrb phrs. A see or notice something. E.g."Did you get a load of the arse on her, she's a beauty."
get away!	Exclam. No kidding! Said to express disbelief. {Informal}
get away with murder	Vrb phrs. To escape punishment or to go unharmed after a risky feat or misdemenour.
get a wiggle on	Vrb phrs. Get a move on, hurry up.
get a wriggle on	Vrb phrs. Get a move on, hurry up.
get cracking	Verb. To hurry up, to get on with one's task. E.g."Go on, get cracking, hurry up and clean your teeth then we can leave for the airport."
get hitched	Verb. To get married.
get into someone's pants	Vrb phrs. To achieve sexual intimacies. E.g."Don't trust him, he's only being nice to get into your pants."
get it up	Verb. To achieve a penile erection.
get jiggy	Vrb phrs. 1. To be cool and with what's happening that's respected. Apparently originates with Will Smith, U.S. rapper and movie star, and came to prominence with his song Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It. [Orig. U.S. 1990s] 2. To be active, often in a sexual sense. An extended meaning from version 1, above, possibly a misinterpretation of how the original expression was used.
get knotted!	Verb. An exclamation of anger expressed at someone.
get nowhere fast	Vrb phrs. To not progress at all, despite one's efforts.
get off at Edgehill	Vrb phrs. To perform coitus interruptus. A catholic Liverpudlian expression derived from the symbolic use of the railway station before the Mersey tunnel and the last stop. Also heard phrased as jump off at Edgehill. Other UK cities also have their own variations, such as get off at Paisley, used in Glasgow; get off at Gateshead, used in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; get off at Haymarket, used in Edinburgh.
get off on	Verb. To enjoy greatly, to be thrilled, often sexually. E.g."She looked so horny; I really got off on that skin tight rubber dress."
get off with (someone)	Verb. To achieve an intimate or sexual communing with (someone). E.g."I presume you got off with that bloke last night, being as you didn't come home?"
get one's act together	Vrb phrs. To hurry up, to get oneself together.
get one's arse in gear	Vrb phrs. See 'get one's act together'.
get one's end away	Vrb phrs. Have sexual intercourse. Male expression of obvious derivation.
get one's goat	Vrb phrs. To annoy someone.
get one's knickers in a twist	Vrb phrs. To become upset or bothered. Often used in the negative sense of don't get one's knickers in a twist. {Informal}
get one's kit off	Vrb phrs. To take one's clothes off, usually heard as a sexually motivated request and has nothing to do with sportswear. E.g."Cor, I wouldn't mind getting her kit off...."
get one's leg over	Vrb phrs. Have sexual intercourse.
get one's mad up	Vrb phrs. To annoy. E.g."The way he kept ignoring me really got my mad up." [Manchester/ NW England use]
get one's rocks off	Vrb phrs. 1. To have sexual intercourse. 2. To thoroughly enjoy.
get one's shit together	Vrb phrs. See 'get one's act together'.
get on one's tits	Vrb phrs. To annoy, to get on one's nerves. The 'tits' in the phrase are metaphorical hence the idiom is used by both sexes. E.g."Angie's new boyfriend really gets on my tits."
get on one's tit's end	Vrb phrs. To irritate. See above 'get on one's tits'.
get on one's wick	Vrb phrs. To annoy.
get stuck in	Verb. Get involved in, apply oneself.
get stuffed!	Verb. An angry rebuke.
get the horn	Vrb phrs. To be sexually aroused.
get the nod	Vrb phrs. To get approval or permission. E.g."I've been given the nod by the wife, so will you buy me a ticket for the match on Saturday."
get to fuck!	Exclam. An exclamation of dismissive defiance or annoyance.
get up one's nose	Vrb phrs. To irritate someone. E.g."He gets right up my nose with his constant complaining."
ghetto blaster	Noun. A large portable stereo radio/CD/cassette player.
ghoster	Noun. A late night work shift, done immediately after a day shift. E.g."Sorry we can't come out tonight, Bob's too tired; we're saving up for a new car so he's just done a ghoster at work."
Gianluca (Vialli)	Noun. Cocaine. Rhyming slang on Vialli, for 'charlie'. Gianluca, a successful Italian football player, arrived in UK in the mid 1990s to play for, and subsequently manage Chelsea FC.. Departed in the year 2000, eventually going on to manage Watford FC. See 'charlie'. [1990s]
gick	Noun. Excrement, or something equally disgusting. [Mainly Irish use]
giddy aunt	Noun. See the exclamation 'oh my giddy aunt!'
giddy kipper	Noun. An overexcitable person.
gift of the gab	Noun. The ability to talk incessantly, persuasively, to have the knack of conversation.
giggle	Noun. A good time, a lark.
Gilbert	Noun. A small ball of nasal mucus.
gimboid	Noun. An idiot, a fool.
gimmer	Noun. An elderly person. Originally the term only applied to women. Derog.
gimp	Noun. 1. A cripple, or person with a limp. 2. A limp, or a limping gait. 3. A contemptible person, a fool. 4. A sex slave, particularly one dressed in apparel of a sexual nature, such as black leather, or similar. Verb. To limp.
ginger	Noun. 1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'. 2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles. 3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]
ginger knob /minge	Noun. A person with ginger hair. Male being ginger knob (also ginger nob), and female, ginger minge. Derog.
ginnell	Noun. An alleyway, a passage at the rear of houses. Also spelt ginnel. [N. England use/ Dialect]
ginormous	Adj.. Huge. A combination of the words gigantic and enormous.
gip	Verb. To vomit.
gippo	Noun. A gypsy. Also 'gypo'. Usually derog.
gippy	Adj. Sickly. Commonly heard in the phrase gippy tummy - an upset stomach. Also spelt gyppy.
gipsy's (kiss)	Noun. See 'gypsy's'.
giraffe	Noun. A laugh. Rhyming slang. E.g."You're having a giraffe if you think I'm babysitting your little brother mate!"
girlie mag	Noun. A pornographic magazine.
girl's blouse	Noun. A feeble and ineffectual person. An abb. form of 'big girls blouse'. Cf 'big girl's blouse'.
girn	Verb. To complain, to moan, to whinge. E.g."If you don't stop girning we won't go to the cinema and you can go to bed early." Also 'gurn'. [Scottish use]
gism	Noun. Semen. Less usual spelling of 'jism'.
git	Noun. An idiot or contemptible person. Derived from 'get'. Cf get.
gitty	Noun. An alleyway. Cf. 'jitty. [Midlands use]
give a duck	Vrb phrs. To care about, to have a concern, however usually used in phrases such as who gives a duck, or to not give a duck. Euphemistic for 'give a fuck'.
give a monkey	Vrb phrs. To care, to be concerned with. Usually heard in the negative sense in not give a monkey, to not care.
give head	Verb. To perform fellatio or cunnilingus.
give him /her one	Verb. To have sex (with someone). Usually a boastful phrase, e.g."I'd love to give her one.", or "Give her one for me."
give it a whirl	Vrb phrs. To attempt something. E.g."Go on, give it whirl, it can't do any harm." {Informal}
give it laldy	Vrb phrs. To be enthusiastic, to put in some effort. (Scottish use)
give it some rice	Vrb phrs. Put some effort in.
give it some welly	Vrb phrs. Put some force into it. See also 'welly'.
give it the/some biftas	Vrb phrs. To try hard, to put effort into a given task. [Merseyside use]
give it up	Verb. To applaud, show one's appreciation. E.g."Give it up for this week's guest celebrity..." [Orig. U.S.]
give out	Verb. To complain. [Anglo-Irish use]
give over !	Exclam. Stop it ! [Mainly Northern use]
give someone a bell	Vrb phrs. To telephone someone. [Orig. U.S. 1950s]
give someone the big E	Vrb phrs. To reject someone, to dismiss someone, from 'give someone the elbow' (E). {Informal}
give someone the boot	Vrb phrs. To dismiss someone from employment or a relationship.
give someone the elbow	Vrb phrs. To reject someone. Also shortened to 'give someone the big E'. {Informal}
give someone the hairy eye	Vrb phrs. To give someone a suspicious or contemptible look. See 'hairy eye'.
give someone their P45	Vrb phrs. To terminate a relationship. A P45 is the official form given to someone on their dismissal or departure from employment and explains tax details that are needed by a future employer.
give someone the Spanish archer	Vrb phrs. To dismiss, to sack. A pun on the 'Spanish archer' being called El Bow, thus 'give someone the elbow' (dismiss someone). E.g."I found out she was having it away with the milkman, so I gave her the old spanish archer."
give someone what for	Vrb phrs. A severe reprimand. E.g."I'll give you what for if you don't shut your mouth."
give something/it a bash	Vrb phrs. To attempt or try something. E.g."Why don't you give it a bash, and if you find you can't do it or dont like it, we'll give you your money back."
(the) glad-eye	Noun. A look of desire cast at another person. E.g."I think you've got an admirer, that man at the back keeps giving you the glad-eye." {Informal}
glad-rags	Noun. One's finest and dressiest clothes.
gladys	Noun. An act of defecation. Rhyming slang on Gladys Knight, meaning 'shite'. See 'shite'.
glaikit	Adj. Stupid, idiotic, usually describing a look on someone's face. [Scottish use]
Glasgow kiss	Noun. A headbutt. Cf 'Glesga kiss'. [Glasgow use]
glass	Verb. To break and smash a drinking glass into someones face.
glass back	Noun. A fragile back or spinal area, prone to injury.
glassback	Noun. A person with a consistently bad back. See 'glass back'.
glegg	Verb. To look, to view. [East Midlands use]
Glesga kiss	Noun. A headbutt. Cf 'Glasgow kiss'. [Glasgow use]
gloopy	Adj. Viscous, sticky, usually applied to liquids. {Informal}
glop	Noun. 1. Thick viscous substance. 2. Unappetizing sloppy food.
Gloria Gaynors	Noun. Trainers, sports footwear. Rhyming slang.
glory hole	Noun. 1. A small room or cubbyhole, in which items are stored, often in an untidy fashion. {Informal} 2. A small hole in the dividing wall between two toilet cubicles; used for voyeurism and sexual encounters, mainly by homosexual males.
glug	Noun. A drink of something, particularly a large mouthful.
gnarly	Adj. Cool, excellent, great. [Orig. U.S.]
gnat's piss	Noun. A particularly weak and tasteless drink. Derog.
gnat's whisker	Noun. Very close, a small amount. E.g."I missed the target by a gnat's whisker."
go a bundle on	Vrb phrs. Like, favour. Usually heard in a negative sense. E.g."I don't go a bundle on lettuce, I'll just have a cheese and tomato sandwich."
go ape/apeshit	Vrb phrs. Become angry, furious.
go arse over tit	Vrb phrs. To fall, to trip up.
gob	Noun. 1. The mouth. [1500s] 2. Phlegm that has been spat out. Verb. 1. To spit. 2. To hit, especially in the mouth. [Merseyside/West Lancs use]
go ballistic	Verb. To explode with fury.
go base over apex	Vrb phrs. To fall head over heels, to go upside down.
gobbin	Noun. An idiot. Derog.
gobble	Verb. To give oral sex. E.g."I got gobbled last night in the club toilets." Noun. Oral sex.
gobbledygook	Noun. Unintelligible jargon, nonsense. {Informal}
gobby	Adj. Mouthy, offensively outspoken.
go belly up	Verb. To fail, to go bankrupt. E.g."The company went belly up after the rise in inflation."
gob iron	Noun. A mouth organ, harmonica. See 'gob' (noun 1).
gob off	Verb. To talk in a opinionated and loud manner.
gobshite	Noun. A person who talks nonsense or boasts to inflate their ego, a contemptible person.
gobsmacked	Adj. Amazed, astounded. Originally Northern dialect but common throughout Britain from the 1980s.
gobstruck	Adj. Amazed, shocked. Less common than 'gobsmacked'.
go commando	Verb phrs. Not wearing underwear.
God-awful	Adj. Particularly unpleasant, horrible.
God botherer	Noun. A fanatical preacher of religion, an evangelist. Also Godbotherer.
go down a bomb	Vrb phrs. To be very successful and popular. E.g."The band's new single has gone down a bomb in the clubs". {Informal}
go down a treat	Vrb phrs. To be welcomed and enjoyed. E.g."That cup of coffee went down a treat."
go down on	Verb. To perform oral sex.
God squad	Noun. Organised religion, and its devotees, particularly evangelical Christians.
gofer	Noun. A personal assistant who does menial errands. Essentially, someone who will go for anything. Also gopher. [Orig. U.S.]
go for a Burton	Verb phrs. 1. To break or become inoperative. Originally meaning dead or lost in action, from the RAF during the Second World War. The etymology is unproven although there are various speculations, including a connection with an advertising poster campaign for a beer of the period, namely Burtons. Most likely to be heard in the past sense, as 'gone for a burton'. E.g."I'm afraid we can't watch the football match tonight, my TV's gone for a burton." [1940s] 2. To fall over. E.g."I went for a burton and bruised my arms."
go fuck yourself!	Exclam. An exclamation of anger at someone, such as 'get lost!' The demand isn't meant literally.
gogglebox	Noun. Television. [1950s] {Informal}
goit	Noun. An idiot, foolish person.
golden shower	Noun. An act of urinating on another for sexual pleasure. Cf. 'watersports'.
go like the clappers	Vrb phrs. To go speedily. E.g."We went like the clappers and just made it in time."
go mental	Vrb phrs. 1. To lose one's temper, go mad with rage. E.g."She went mental when she saw the stain on her beige carpet." [Scottish/Northern use] 2. To have fun, to have a wild time.
Gomer	Noun. An awkward or troublesome patient. [Medical use/Orig. U.S.]
gonk	Noun. 1. An idiot. 2. Sleep. Also gonk-bag, a sleeping bag. [1950s] [Military use] Verb. To sleep. [Military use]
gooch	Noun. The perineum. Cf. 'taint', 'biffins bridge'.
good call!	Exclam. Good thinking! Good decision! [Orig. U.S.]
good crack	Noun. An enjoyable situation. From the Irish craic, see 'crack'. E.g."Tim's party last week was a good crack."
good egg	Noun. A liked and favoured person. Cf. 'bad egg'.
goody-two-shoes	Noun. A virtuous person. Childish expression. Derog.
go off on one	Vrb phrs. To lose control. Often heard with regard to a person verbally rambling on. E.g."He had 5 grams of amphetamine and then went off on one for the next 8 hours."
goofy	Noun. A name given to a person with large protruding teeth. Derog.
goolies	Noun. The testicles. Originates from the Indian army during the 1800s and the Hindi goli, meaning a pellet or ball.
goon	Noun. A fool or objectionable person. Generally lighthearted use.
gooner	Noun. An Arsenal Football Club supporter.
goose	Verb. To poke, pinch or feel a person's bottom, usually without their consent. [Orig. U.S./Canada 1880s]
gooseberry	Noun. A person who is an unwanted extra, usually to a courting couple. From the informal expression playing gooseberry. E.g."If you two are going to spend the night kissing and cuddling on the sofa making me feel like a gooseberry, then I'm off out to the pub."
goosed	Adj. Ruined, finished. E.g."I've just run a marathon and I'm goosed."
goosegogs	Noun. Gooseberries (the fruit). Not heard frequently due to gooseberries having lost popularity. {Informal}.
goosey	Noun. A look. Abbreviated form of the title of the nursery rhyme Goosey Goosey Gander, making use of the word 'gander', being slang for a look. See 'gander'. E.g."Let's have a goosey at the timetable and work out which is the best train to get to London."
go pear shaped	Vrb phrs. Go wrong. E.g."Everything went pear shaped for United after Beckham got sent off the pitch."
gopher	Noun. See 'gofer'.
go postal	Vrb phrs. To go crazy, go insane. Coined after numerous incidents involving U.S. postal workers, who deranged, went on a homicidal spree before killing themselves. E.g."He went postal when that idiot smashed his car." [Orig. U.S. 1990s]
goppin'	Adj. Disgusting, ugly. Actually a shortening of gopping. [North-west use?]
gora	Noun. A white person, or more specifically a white male. From Hindi. Cf. 'gori'. [Indian use]
gor blimey!	Exclam. An oath. A corruption of God blind me!. Cf. 'cor blimey!'
Gordon Bennett!	Exclam. An exclamation of anger or surprise. Has as much emphasis as most expletives despite its inoffensive nature. See associated article Gordon Bennett for etymology.
gori	Noun. A white woman. From Hindi. Cf. 'gora'. [Indian use]
gorm	Noun. An idiot, an imbecile. Abbreviation derived from the adjective gormless. Usually jocular usage, albeit derog.
gormless	Adj. Lacking sense, foolish. {Informal}
go screw yourself!	Exclam. General dismissive expression, leave me alone!
go spare	Verb. Become very angry. E.g."She'll go spare when she finds her best vase broken." {Informal}
goss	Noun. Abbreviation of gossip.
go straight	Verb. To renounce a life of crime.
go swivel!	Exclam. General dismissive expression, leave me alone!
goth	Noun. 1. A youth culture phenomenon, derivative of 'punk', characterized by black clothes, long spikey or straggly hair and dour outlook. Also descriptive of their joyless style of music. The word derives from Gothic. 2. A person who adopts the characteristics of the youth culture described in version 1.
gothy	Adj. In the manner or style of a 'goth'.
go tits-up	Verb. 1. To go wrong, to fail. E.g."Nick's devious plan went tits up when his colleagues discovered the facts." 2. To fall over. E.g."I went tits up on that ice on the path."
go to pot	Vrb phrs. To deteriorate.
go to the dogs	Vrb phrs. To rot, deteriorate, worsen.
go to the foot of our stairs !	Exclam. A exclamation of surprise. E.g."Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs! That's wonderful news." [Northern use]
governor	Noun. 1. One's employer. 2. A term of address, sir. Often seen spelt guv'ner. Cf. 'guv.' {Informal}
gowk	Verb. To stare obtrusively. [Dialect?] Noun. A fool, idiot.
gozz	Verb. To spit. E.g."I expect it of boys but I can't bear to see teenage girls swearing and gozzing on the pavement." Noun. Phlegm.
gradeley	Adj. Good, excellent. Old fashioned Northern use. E.g."That cup of tea was gradely." [Dialect?]
graft	Verb. 1. To work hard. 2. To steal. Criminal parlance. [Northern use] Noun. Hard work.
grafter	Noun. 1. A hard worker. 2. A criminal or drug dealer. An expression used by such members of this fraternity. E.g."It's alright, you can trust him, he's a grafter."
grand	Adj. Excellent, lovely. {Informal} Noun. A thousand pounds sterling. Orig. U.S. term for one thousand dollars.
granny	Verb. To defeat or be defeated comprehensively. E.g."I grannied my brother in the first round of the competition, but lost in the semi-final."
grapes	Noun. Haemorrhoids, piles.
grass	Noun. 1. An informer. Possibly from the rhyming slang grass in the park - 'nark', meaning informer. E.g."Don't tell John about this, he's a grass and I don't want to get into trouble." 2. Marijuana. Verb. To inform (on), betray.
grasshopper	Noun. A policeman. From the rhyming slang on 'copper'.
graveyard shift	Noun. Late night work.
gravy	Adj. Good, OK, easy.
greasy spoon	Noun. An inexpensive and poor quality cafe. [Orig. U.S. Early 1900s]
greb	Noun. 1. A dirty, unsavoury or contemptible person. 2. Phlegm, often consisting of nasal mucus. 3. A young person who likes a particular type of music, such as Nu Metal, punk, or rock, and dresses in the associated way, such as black. From 'grebo'.
grebo *	Noun. 1. A lout. Derog. 2. A leather jacketed, long-haired lout, and follower of rock music. Dated. Derog. [1970s] 3. A person or follower of one of the rock music genres, such as 'goth' or 'metal' (heavy, death, nu- etc), and who wears the associated fashions. Derived from noun 2, and generally derog. * Also spelt greebo.
grebby	Adj. Dirty, unsavoury.
green	Noun. Marijuana.
green apple splatters	Noun. Diarrhoea. E.g. "I've got a bad case of the green apple splatters and have spent most of the night on the toilet."
greenie	Noun. Nasal mucus, or phlegm.
green ink brigade	Noun. Collective name for pedants and obsessives who feel the need to write letters of complaint, or diatribes, on issues of concern. Apparently named after the colour of the ink they use for their letters. Derog.
green welly brigade	Noun. Member's of the upper middle-class who participate in countryside pursuits such as riding, fox hunting and shooting. They may be distinguished by their wax jackets and green wellingtons. Often a depreciatory name.
greet	Verb. To cry, sob. E.g."We didn't get any sleep last night with the bairn (baby) greetin' until dawn." [Scottish use]
gregory	Noun. 1. Neck.* 2. Cheque.* * Both uses, rhyming slang on Gregory Peck, the actor.
gribbles	Noun. 1. Crumbs, small particles of something, often with respect to food. 2. Bits of crispy batter left in the frier tray in a chip shop.
gricer	Noun. A railway, or train, enthusiast. Also grice (verb) and gricing (noun).
gridlock	Noun. A total blockage, usually refers to a traffic jam. [Orig. U.S.]
grief	Noun. Trouble, hassle. E.g."Listen, it's over! I've said sorry, so please stop giving me grief!"
griff	Noun. News, information. E.g."What's the griff on the street?" [Late 1800s]
grind	Noun. A act of sexual intercourse. Verb. To have sexual intercourse.
grockle	Noun. A holidaymaker, tourist. Derog.
grod	Noun. Bicycle. [Derbyshire use]
grogan	Noun. A lump of faeces.
grolly	Noun. Spit, a lump of phlegm.
groovy	Adj. Excellent, wonderful. Originates in 1930s jazz speak. [Orig. U.S.]
grope	Verb. To feel a person in a sexual manner. E.g."I don't care if he is my boss, I'm not being groped like that no matter how drunk I am!"
grot	Noun. 1. Dirt, rubbish. E.g."Shall we clear out all the grot in the attic and convert it into a spare bedroom." 2. A contemptible person. 3. Sweets, confectionary. [Runcorn use]
grotbag	Noun. 1. A dirty or sleazy person. Derog. 2. A contemptible person.
grot mag	Noun. A pornographic magazine. Occasionally abbreviated to grot.
grotty	Adj. Unpleasant, disgusting, shabby, of poor quality. From grotesque. [1960s]
groupie	Noun. A person who fanatically follows a rock/pop band, or celebrity, around.
growler	Noun. 1. Vagina. From the rhyming slang growl and grunt meaning cunt. 2. A meat pie. [Lancs use]
grub	Noun. Food. Originates from the Dutch, grubbelen. {Informal}
grufty	Adj. Dirty, unkempt, scruffy. [North/Midlands use?]
grumble (and grunt)	Noun. 1. Vagina. Rhyming slang for 'cunt'. See 'cunt'. 2. A contemptible person.
grundies	Noun. Underwear, usually applied to male underpants. Rhyming slang for undies.
grunge	Noun. A type of punk/metal/thrash crossover music with its encumberment of scruffy fashions. [Orig. U.S.]
grungey	Adj. 1. Scruffy, smelly, grimy. 2. Of or in the manner of 'grunge'.
grunt	Noun. Power, when applied to machines. E.g."How much grunt has that new Porsche got?"
gubbins	Noun. Paraphernalia, miscellaneous items. E.g."The inside of the television was full of gubbins, so I left the expert to fix it." {Informal}
guff	Verb. To break wind, to 'fart'. E.g."What's that awful smell? Has someone guffed in here?" Noun. 1. Nonsense. E.g."What absolute nonsense, you're talking guff!" [1800s] 2. An emission of wind from the anus, a 'fart'.
gumf	Noun. Nonsense, rubbish. Perhaps a combination of 'guff' and 'bumf'. Also 'gumph'.
gumby	Noun. A bumpkin, a yokel, a 'hick'. Derog.
gumph	See 'gumf'.
Gunchester	Noun. The sardonic nickname given to Manchester during the early 1990s after a series of shootings involving several local gangs. Cf. 'Madchester' and 'Gaychester'.
gunge	Noun. Thick sticky liquid. {Informal}
gungy	Adj. Viscous, sticky, greasy. {Informal}
gunk	Noun. Thick gooey liquid. [1900s]
gunt	Noun. Of females, an unsightly fatty area between the stomach and the vagina. A combination of the words gut (stomach) and cunt (vagina). Derog.
gunties	Noun. Knickers, panties, undies.
gurn	Verb. 1. To make involuntary and unusual facial expressions from imbibing excessive quantities of drugs such as amphetamine or MDMA; it is often apparent at raves or techno/house clubs. Originally gurning was a ruralised competitive freakshow at which toothless old men pulled ugly faces. 2. To complain. See 'girn'.
gurner	Noun. A person who gurns, see above.
gurt	Adj./Adv. 1. Very, extremely, as used for emphasis.* 2. Large.* * Both senses, also spelt girt. [Bristol use/ Dialect]
gut-rot	Noun. Stomach ache. {Informal}
gutted	Adj. Very disappointed.
gutties	Noun. Rubber soled sports shoes, trainers. (Glasgow use)
guv	Noun. A term of address for a man. Derived from 'governor'.
guzzle-guts	Noun. A person who drinks greedily.
gym queen	Noun. A muscly homosexual male, who obviously works out in a gym.
gyp	Noun. Hassle, bother. E.g."My leg's been giving me gyp since I got kicked during the game." Cf. 'jip'. {Informal}
gypo	Noun. A gypsy. Also 'gippo'. Usually derog.
gypsy's (kiss)	Noun. An act of urination. From the rhyming slang gypsy's kiss, meaning 'piss'. Also gipsy's. E.g."Hold on a minute, I need a gypsy."