| packed out | Adj. Very crowded. E.g."The bar was so packed out, it took us 30 minutes to get served." {Informal} |
| packet | Noun. 1. The male genitals. 2. A sizeable amount of money. E.g."I earnt a packet working overtime last weekend." |
| pack up | Verb. To break down. Usually said of a machine, however may on
occasion be applied to ones bodyparts, such as, "my back's packed
up." {Informal} Noun. A snack, a packed lunch. [Hull/E.Yorkshire use] |
| pad | Noun. One's apartment, room, home. |
| paddy | Noun. A rage, a tantrum or an upset. E.g "O.K., calm down, don't get in a paddy." {Informal} |
| Paddy | Noun. An Irish person. Derived from the popular and pet-form of the Irish name Padraig (Patrick). Often used offensively. {Informal} |
| paedo | Noun. Abb. of paedophile. |
| pagga | Noun. A fight. Also pagger. [Scottish/N.E. use] Verb. To beat up, fight. [Scottish/N.E. use?] |
| paggered | Adj. Tired, exhausted. [Yorks/NE/Cumbria use] |
| pain in the arse | Noun. Something or someone who is troublesome or tedious. |
| pair | Noun. A euphemism for a woman's breasts. |
| paki | Noun. 1. A Pakistani, but also used as a general and particularly
offensive term for any person/immigrant from the Indian sub-continent,
such as Pakistan, India, Bengal, Sri Lanka etc. Offens. 2. A shop or delicatessen run by asians. Offens. |
| paki-bashing | Noun. Racially motivated violence against the Asian community. See 'paki'. |
| pal | Noun. 1. A friend. {Informal}. 2. A term of address, not always friendly despite its original meaning as noun 1. |
| palatic | Adj. Drunk, intoxicated with alcohol. Also spelt pallatic and parlatic. Possibly a corruption of 'paralytic'. [N. England/Ireland use] |
| palaver | Noun. A tedious fuss or discussion. E.g."What's all this palaver about you and my mum having an argument?" {Informal} |
| pally | Adj. Friendly. {Informal}. |
| pam and her five sisters | Noun. The hand when employed for masturbation. Cf. 'madam palm and her five sisters' and 'rosie palm and her five sisters'. |
| pan | Noun. The toilet (the room and the bowl itself). E.g."I'll get her to ring you back, she's just in the pan." |
| pancrack | Noun. The dole, social security. Often heard as on the pancrack. Possibly originally miner's slang. [North-east/Yorkshire use] |
| panda (car) | Noun. A policecar. Taken from when policecars were black and white. {Informal} |
| pan handle | Noun. An erect penis. From the resemblance between the two. |
| pan someone's head in | Vrb phrs. To thoroughly beat someone up. E.g. "I warned him he'd get his head panned in if he didn't stop messing with that nutter." |
| pansy | Noun. 1. An effeminate, feeble, weak-willed male. 2. A homosexual male. Derog. |
| pant moustache | Noun. Pubic hair that shows outside the confines of underwear. Cf. 'spider's legs'. |
| panto | Noun. Abb. of pantomine, being a theatrical show, mainly for children, and usually staged around the Christmas period. {informal} |
| pants (!) | Noun/Adj. Nonsense, rubbish, bad. From the standard British
English of pants, meaning underwear; also a variation on 'knickers'. E.g."The
first half was pants but I stayed until the end and it was actually a
great film." [1990s] Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance or frustration. From the noun, (above). |
| pap | Noun. 1. Nonsense, rubbish. 2. Faeces. Verb. 1. To defecate. E.g."He was so scared he papped his pants." 2. To photograph, as done by the paparazzi. Abb. of paparazzi. E.g."We were drunk and got papped coming out of a nightclub holding hands." [1990s] |
| paps | Noun. Women's breasts. |
| papers | Noun. Cigarette papers. |
| para | Adj. Paranoid. |
| paraffin | Noun. A tramp, vagrant. Rhyming slang on paraffin lamp. |
| paralytic | Adj. Extremely drunk. |
| park one's arse | Vrb phrs. To sit down. E.g."Park your arse there a moment whilst I find my keys." |
| parky | Adj. Cold, with regard to the weather. {Informal} |
| parp | Noun. 1. To break wind, to fart. 2. Nonsense, rubbish. |
| party-pooper | Noun. Someone who is miserable and a spoilsport, consequently putting a damper on the pleasures of others. [Orig. U.S. 1950s] |
| pash | Noun. An infatuation. Verb. Be sexually passionate, to kiss passionately. Abb. of passion. E.g."I found her having a pash in the back garden with the nextdoor neighbour." |
| passion killers | Noun. Very unattractive underwear and unlikely to encourage sexual advances; infact so unappealing they would halt any such advances. |
| paste | Verb. To beat up. |
| pasting | Noun. A beating. E.g. "He gave me a right pasting when he realised it was me that spread that rumour." |
| Pat and Mick | Adj. Affected with nausea, ill. Rhyming slang on sick. Also 'on the Pat and Mick'. |
| Paul Weller | Noun. Stella Artois, a popular brand of lager. Rhyming slang on Stella. Paul Weller, musician. [1990s] |
| pavement pizza | Noun. Vomit, when lying on the street. |
| P.C. | Adj. Abb. of politically correct. [1990s] |
| p.d.q./ PDQ | Adj. Very quickly, immediately. Abb of Pretty Damned Quick. E.g."You best tidy up that mess p.d.q. before your mother gets home." {Informal} |
| peahead | Noun. A person with a comparatively small head. Also pea head. Derog. |
| peaky | Adj. Sickly and feeble, looking pale and tired. {Informal} |
| peanut smuggler | Noun. A woman with erect nipples, evident through her clothing. See 'peanut smuggling'. |
| peanut smuggling | Noun. Of a woman, having prominently erect nipples, visible through her clothing. Cf. 'smuggling peanuts'. |
| pearler | Noun. See 'purler' (noun 3). |
| pearl harbour | Adj. Cold weather. A pun on 'there being a nasty nip in the air'... from nip(py) (cold) and nip (Japanese). E.g."Put on your scarf and hat, it's pearl harbour out there." [1990s] |
| pearl necklace | Noun. Ejaculated semen that has landed around the vicinity of the neck and upper chest, imitative of a pearl necklace. |
| pear-shaped | Adj. Out of shape, unorganised, wrong. Heard in the expression go pear-shaped. E.g."All our plans went pear-shaped after our funds were cut by the finance department." |
| peasouper | Noun. A very thick fog. {Informal} |
| pecker | Noun. The penis. [Orig. U.S.] |
| peckish | Adj. Hungry. E.g."What time is dinner? I'm feeling a little peckish." {Informal} |
| pee | Verb. To urinate. {Informal}. Noun. 1. Urine. 2. An act of urination. |
| pee it down | Vrb phrs. To rain heavily. |
| peelie-wally | Adj. Pale looking, sickly. [Scottish use] |
| peeps | Noun. 1. Sleep. 2. People. |
| peeve | Noun. Drink, usually alcoholic. [North-east/Scottish use] |
| peg-it | Verb. 1. To run, usually implying a sense or urgency, such as
hurriedly. 2. To die. [Northern/Scottish use] |
| pen and ink | Noun. A stink, a bad smell. Cockney rhyming slang. |
| pen pusher | Noun. An office clerk. Cf. 'pencil pusher'. |
| pencil pusher | Noun. A person who works at a desk and whose job involves a large amount of paper-work or administration, such as an office clerk. Derog. Cf. 'pen pusher'. |
| peng | Adj. 1. The best, great, excellent, often heard with reference to drugs. E.g."This weed is peng!" 2. Of a person, very attractive, desirable. |
| (the) penny dropped | Noun. Used to signify that a person finally understands something. E.g."Thank God for that! The penny's finally dropped and we can all go home now." {Informal} |
| percy | Noun. A pet name for the penis. |
| perishing | Adj. 1. Used as an intensifier. E.g."That perishing dog was
barking all night". 2. Very cold. {Informal}. E.g."You should put your hat and scarf on, it's perishing outside." |
| perve | Noun. Abb. of pervert. Verb. To look lustfully or lecherously at someone or something. E.g."He shouldn't be allowed to work at the swimming pool, he's always perving over the ladies." |
| pervy | Adj. Perverted. |
| pet | Noun. A term of endearment. {Informal} |
| petal | Noun. An affectionate term of address. |
| peter | Noun. A safe or cash box, cash register. [Criminal use] |
| Pete Tong | Adj. Wrong. Rhyming slang. Pete Tong is a well known and respected U.K. radio and club D.J. |
| petrolhead | Noun. An enthusiast of cars and motoring, especially motor racing. |
| phat | Adj. 1. Excellent, pleasing, desirable. 2. Fashionable. 3. Musically, describing a full, deep and bassy sound originating from hip hop. Similarly, describing the fashion quality of hip hop. |
| phiz | Noun. Face. From from physiognomy. Also spelt 'viz'. Cf. 'phizog'. {Informal} |
| phizog | Noun. Face. Derived from physiognomy. Includes a number of variations in spelling phizzog, vissog, fizzog, physog, and phyzog. |
| phwoah | Exclam. Used to express sexual desire at the sight of an attractive person. Imitative of the sound expressed in such a circumstance. Also spelt phwoar and phwoargh. [1990s] |
| pickled | Adj. Drunk. |
| piddle | Verb. To urinate. Cf. 'riddle' and 'widdle'. {Informal} Noun. 1. Urine. 2. An act of urination. |
| piddle about | Verb. To mess around, waste time. |
| piddle it down | Verb. To rain. |
| piddling | Adj. Trivial, insignificant, small. E.g."I'm starving. You should have seen the piddling amount we had for dinner." {Informal} |
| piddly | Adj. Small, trivial, insignificant. |
| pie-can | Noun. A fool, idiot, stupid person. [Northern /Midlands use] |
| piece | Noun. 1. A euphemism for a gun. [Orig. U.S. 1950s] 2. A female seen as a sexual object. A shortening of 'piece of skirt'. Offens. 3. A sandwich. [Scottish use] |
| piece of cake | Noun. Something very easy. E.g."I got full marks in that quiz. It was a piece of cake." |
| piece of piss | Noun. A thing that is very easy. E.g."If you think giving up smoking is a piece of piss, then you've never been a proper smoker." Cf. 'piss easy'. |
| piece of shit | Noun. A contemptible person. |
| piece of skirt | Noun. A female seen as a sexual object. Offens. |
| pie-eater | Noun. 1. A simpleton. Derog. [Orig. Aust.] 2. A person from Wigan and surrounding area. |
| pie-eyed | Adj. Drunk. |
| pie-hole | Noun. Mouth. Cf. 'cake-hole'. |
| piff | Noun. Marijuana. |
| piffle (!) | Noun. Nonsense, drivel. {Informal} Exclam. Nonsense! {Informal} |
| piffling | Adj. Meaning the same as 'piddling'. {Informal} |
| piffy on a rock bun | Phrs. Heard in phrases expressing upset that one has been ignored or left out of an activity. Often heard shortened to "like piffy on a rock", and also just "like piffy". Etymology unknown. E.g."She forgot to tell me the meal had been cancelled, and left me standing in the rain like piffy."[North-west use] |
| pig | Noun. 1. A policeman /woman. Derog. [Early 1800s] 2. A glutton, a greedy person. 3. A slob, an unpleasantly dirty person. 4. A difficult or unpleasant situation or task. E.g."Cleaning all the windows is a pig of a job." |
| pigging | Adj./Adv. Used as an intensifier, similar to 'fucking' and 'pissing', but without being as offensive. E.g."I hate piggin' ignorant customers who treat you like scum." |
| pig-headed | Adj. Obstinate. |
| pig-it | Verb. To act in an uncouth manner, to live below one's normal standards, to 'slob'. |
| pig-ignorant | Adj. Very stupid, due to ignorance. |
| pig-out | Verb. To eat fully and enthusiastically. Noun. A big meal. |
| pig's breakfast | Noun. A complete mess. Cf. 'dog's dinner'. |
| pig's ear | Noun. 1. Beer. Cockney rhyming slang. 2. A mess, a disaster. E.g."I made a pig's ear of that job interview when I farted at the outset and couldn't stop giggling." {Informal} |
| pigshit | Noun. Rubbish, nonsense. E.g."You're talking a load of pigshit!" |
| pike | Verb. 1. To run away, leave hurriedly. E.g."I piked it up the motorway just in time for kick off." 2. To steal. E.g."I piked a bottle of cider when the shopkeeper was serving my mate." |
| piker | Noun. A tramp, loafer, vagrant, good-for-nothing. Derog. |
| pikey * | Noun. 1. A gypsy or traveller. Derog. 2. A vagrant. Derog. Adj. Of or relating to a gypsy or vagrant. Derog. * [Orig. South-east England/Kent use. Dialect] |
| pilchard | Noun. An idiot. |
| pill it | Verb. To take ecstasy (MDMA). E.g."What else is there to at the weekend, apart from pilling it and get off your face." |
| pill-head | Noun. A frequent abuser/user of illicit drugs in pill form, such as 'ecstasy' tablets. |
| pillock | Noun. Idiot, fool. Originally a slang term for the penis but fairly inoffensive now its meaning has been forgotten. Derog. |
| pillow-biter | Noun. A homosexual male. Derog. |
| pin | Noun. A leg. Usually plural. E.g."That Brazilian model has got a fine pair of pins." |
| pinch | Verb. 1. To steal. E.g."Guess who's just lost his job for
pinching from work again?" 2. To arrest. E.g."He got pinched when he was climbing out of the kitchen window with the stolen TV." |
| pinch a loaf | Verb. To defecate, to void one's bowels. |
| pinhead | Noun. A person or creature with an unusually small head. |
| pink cigar | Noun. The penis. Also in 'smoke a pink cigar'. |
| pink oboe | Noun. The penis. Also in 'play the pink oboe'. |
| pink pound | Noun. Disposable income that 'gays' ostensibly have through not having the financial expense of children. |
| pint-sized | Adj. Small and compact. |
| pip | Verb. To defeat by a small margin. Often heard in the expression 'pip at the post'. E.g."We pipped them to the finish and won by just 2 seconds." {Informal} |
| pip (someone) at the post | Vrb Phrs. To beat someone to the finish and by a small margin. {Informal} |
| pipedown! | Exclam. Be quiet! Shut up! An exclamation. {Informal}. |
| pip-pip! | Exclam. Goodbye! A dated expression that is often only heard used jocularly when mocking the upper classes. |
| pipsqueak | Noun. A feeble, ineffectual person. {Informal} |
| pish | Noun/Verb. 'Piss'. [Scottish use] |
| pished | Adj. Drunk, intoxicated. See 'pissed'. [Scottish use] |
| piss (!) | Verb. To urinate. Noun. 1. Urine. 2. A weak drink. Exclam. An exclamation of anger, frustration. |
| piss around / about | Verb. 1. To mess about, to waste time. 2. To waste someone's time, to annoy someone. |
| piss all over (someone) | Vrb phrs. To thoroughly defeat someone. E.g."You should have seen Chelsea play on Saturday, they pissed all over West Ham Utd." |
| piss-arse | Adj. Insignificant, worthless. |
| piss-arse around / about | Verb. To mess about, to waste time, often to the annoyance of someone else. |
| piss-artist | Noun. 1. A habitual drunk. Derog. 2. A contemptible time waster. |
| piss away | Verb. To waste through carelessness or neglect, to squander. E.g."Take my advice son, dont piss away your marriage just for the sake of a bit of fun." |
| piss-ball around | Verb. To idle away time, to mess around. E.g."Isn't it about time you did some work, as you've been piss-balling around all morning." |
| piss-down | Verb. To rain. E.g."It's pissing down outside, so take your brolly." |
| piss easy | Adj. Very easy. |
| pissed | Adj. Drunk. |
| pissed as a coot /fart /newt | Phrs. Very drunk. |
| pissed off | Adj. Angry, upset or depressed. |
| pissed up | Adj. Very drunk. |
| pisser | Noun. 1. An upset. E.g."I can't believe what a pisser it was,
losing my job just before Christmas." 2. Something very funny. Taken from 'piss oneself laughing'. |
| piss-flaps (!) | Noun. The female genitals, particularly the labia. Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance. |
| piss-head | Noun. A drunkard, a habitual drinker. |
| pisshole | Noun. 1. A lavatory, a toilet. 2. An unpleasant, dirty place. |
| pissing | Adj./Adv. An intensifier, such as 'fucking'. |
| piss in the wind | Vrb phrs. To do something futile, or pointless. E.g."You're pissing in the wind if you think Kristina's going to sleep with you." |
| piss it | Verb. To complete a task easily, to win effortlessly. E.g."They pissed it and won the trophy for the fourth year running." |
| piss it down | Vrb phrs. To rain heavily. E.g."It wasn't a great holiday, it pissed it down all day, every day for a week." Cf. 'piss down'. |
| piss it up (against) the wall | Vrb phrs. To waste money. |
| piss off | Verb. 1. To upset, to annoy. E.g."He had a reputation for
pissing off the bar staff and getting thrown out of clubs." 2. Go away. Heard frequently as an exclamation as piss off! |
| piss oneself | Vrb phrs. 1. To laugh heartily. E.g."She pissed herself when
I asked her out for a meal. Just because I'm 15 years younger than her."
2. To be terrified. |
| piss on (someone) | Vrb phrs. To thoroughly defeat, or trounce. E.g."City pissed on United yesterday in their cup match." |
| piss on someone's bonfire / chips | Vrb phrs. To spoil someone's enjoyment, to ruin a good situation. E.g."Don't piss on his chips just because he ruined your party last week; that was an accident and he's said sorry." |
| piss-poor | Adj. Terrible, of low quality. |
| piss-pot | Noun. The toilet or toilet bowl. Orig referring to a chamber pot. |
| piss-proud | Adj. Having a penile erection on awaking in the morning; a common symptom due to one's bladder being full. |
| piss-take | Noun. A joke, a tease. Derived from the phrase 'take the piss'. |
| pisstones | Noun. Urinals. [Northern use] |
| piss-up | Noun. 1. A drunken spree. 2. A mess up, a bungled event. |
| piss water | Noun. Weak or tasteless drink, usually alcoholic. |
| piss wet | Adj. Very wet, soaked. |
| pissy | Adj. Weak, feeble, inferior. Often applied to drinks. |
| pissy-arsed | Adj. Insignificant, inferior. |
| pissy queen | Noun. A fastidious over fussy gay male. Cf. 'prissy queen'. |
| pit | Noun. Bed. E.g."Oh, so you've finally got up out of your pit then? " |
| pitch a tent | Vrb phrs. To have an erection whilst wearing clothing. |
| pits | Noun. The worst imaginable situation, place or person. [Orig. U.S.] |
| pit yakker | Noun. A coal miner. [North-east use] |
| pizzaface | Noun. A person with bad spots, acne, or a generally very bad complexion. Derog. |
| placky | Noun. Plastic. |
| plank | Noun. An idiot. Derog. |
| plant one on (someone) | Vrb phrs. To hit (someone). E.g."I planted one on him, knocked him out cold, and then ran like mad before his mates arrived." |
| plastered | Adj. Drunk, intoxicated. |
| plasterer's radio | Adj. When likened to, meaning messy, disorderly, dirty, ugly. E.g."He had a face like a plasterer's radio. It was covered in spots." |
| plastic | Noun. Credit cards, cashpoint cards etc. Adj. Synthetic, false. |
| plastic Scouser | Noun. A person from outside of the City of Liverpool who acquires a strong Liverpudlian accent (scouse) in order to make others believe he/she is a true Liverpudlian. Derog. |
| plastic Paddy | Noun. A person or thing that claims to be Irish or of Irish descent. Derog. |
| plate | Verb. To give oral sex, but more commonly to fellate. |
| plates (of meat) | Noun. Feet. Cockney rhyming slang. |
| play around | Verb. To be sexually promiscuous. |
| play gooseberry | Vrb phrs. To be an unwanted, extra person, usually in the company of a courting couple. See 'gooseberry'. |
| play it cool | Vrb phrs. To act calmly, to control ones emotions. |
| play merry-hell | Vrb phrs. To be very angry. E.g."Your father will play merry-hell if he finds you've spent all your savings on a new CD player." |
| play silly beggars/buggers | Vrb phrs. To mess about, be uncooperative. E.g." For fucks sake Connie! Are you going to play silly buggers all day or get on with the job ?" |
| play the pink oboe | Vrb phrs. To perform fellatio. The 'pink oboe' refers to the penis. |
| play the skin flute | Vrb phrs. To perform fellatio. |
| play with oneself | Vrb phrs. To masturbate. E.g."Make sure you knock before entering, there's a good chance he's watching some porn and playing with himself." |
| pleb | Noun. An inferior, insignificant or common person. Abb. of plebeian. Derog. {Informal} |
| plebby | Adj. Common, ordinary. Derog. {Informal} |
| plod | Noun. A policeman /woman. From a character in Noddy, a series of children's books written by Enid Blyton in the 1950s. |
| plodging | Adj. Paddling in water or mud. [NE use] |
| plod mag | Noun. A pornographic magazine. [Merseyside use] |
| plonk | Noun. Cheap or inferior wine. {Informal} |
| plonker | Noun. 1. A penis. 2. Fool, idiot, a despicable person. |
| plook | Noun. A spot, boil, 'zit'. Also spelt pluke. [Mainly Scottish use] |
| plop | Verb. To defecate. Children's onomatopoeic euphemism. Noun. Faeces. Children's euphemism. |
| plug-ugly | Adj. Very ugly. Originally a ruffian, and taken from the New York gang of the mid 1800s, called the Plug Uglies. [Orig. U.S.] |
| plumber's crack | Noun. The upper part of the buttocks, and the area between, when visible above the low waistline of trousers when the wearer is kneeling or bending. Cf. 'builder's bum'. |
| plums | Noun. Testicles. |
| plur | Acronym. A greeting or parting salutation, used on the underground rave scene. Peace Love Unity Respect. |
| pocket billiards | Noun. Of males, auto-eroticism via their trouser pockets. Usually an adolescent's term and preoccupation. |
| pocket rocket | Noun. Penis. |
| podge | Noun. An overweight or obese person. Derived from the s.e. podgy. Derog. |
| podged | Adj. Full of food, sated with food, feeling one has overeaten. E.g."I had a five course meal and was too podged to walk." Cf. 'pogged'. [Derbyshire /Yorks /Notts use] |
| poet's day | Noun. Essentially refers to Friday, although the expression sums up the general feeling of working on a Friday and the desire to leave work and get on with one's real life. Poet's being an acronym of Piss Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday. |
| pogo | Noun. A style of dancing born of British punk rock in 1976/77,
involves keeping a stiff body and legs whilst jumping vertically up and
down. Verb. To dance in the manner of the 'pogo'. |
| pogged | Adj. Sated, full from eating food. Cf. 'podged'. [W. Yorks use] |
| pointies | Noun. A type of shoe with a pointed toe, usually women's. |
| point Percy (at the porcelain) | Vrb phrs. Of males, to urinate. |
| poison | Noun. Alcohol. Usually heard in questions such as "What's your poison?", meaning "What would you like to drink?" |
| poison dwarf | Noun. An unpleasant, diminutive person. |
| poke | Verb. Of males, to have sexual intercourse with. Noun. Speed or power, usually applied to vehicles. E.g."His new car has plenty of poke." |
| Polack * | Noun. A person from Poland. Adj. Of or relating to Poland. * Usually disparaging and offensive. |
| polish a turd | Vrb phrs. Heard in a negative context in the phrase you can't polish a turd, and when applied to a task means that it is impossible. |
| poloney | Noun. A girl, young woman. Also polone and polony. [Polari] |
| polaxed | Adj. Drunk, intoxicated. [Irish use] |
| Pompey | Noun. The City of Portsmouth. |
| ponce | Noun. 1. A contemptible person. 2. An effeminate male. Derog. 3. An ostentatious male. Derog. Verb. To beg or freeload. E.g."He's been poncing off shoppers up the high street, saying he's homeless." |
| ponce about /around | Verb. To waste time, to idle away hours. |
| ponced up | Adj. Dressed up, overdressed. |
| poncey * | Adj. 1. Effeminate, with an implication of homosexuality. Derog.
2. Snobby, ostentatious. * Also spelt poncy. |
| the pond | Noun. The Atlantic Ocean. {Informal} |
| pond life | Noun. Person or persons of low intelligence, and not greatly evolved, as with creatures found in a pond. Derog. |
| pong | Noun. An unpleasant smell. {Informal} Verb. To stink. {Informal} |
| pony * | Noun. 1. £25 sterling. 2. Rubbish, nonsense. E.g."Our team are a load of old pony and don't deserve to be in the final." 3. An act of defecation. E.g."Can you wait for me? I need to have a pony." 4. A piece of excrement. * Versions 2, 3 and 4 are from the rhyming slang pony and trap meaning 'crap'. See 'crap'. |
| poo (!) * | Noun. Excrement. Verb. To defecate. Exclam. An expression of distaste, frustration, annoyance. * Also spelt pooh. |
| poo chute | Noun. The anus. Cf. 'poop chute'. |
| pooey | Exclam. Expressing distaste or derision, especially imitative of children. Adj. 1. Of or resembling excrement. 2. Nasty, distasteful. |
| poof | Noun. 1. A male homosexual. Also 'puff'. Derog. 2. A feeble, despicable person. Derog. |
| poof juice * | Noun. 1. An alcopop drink, a very sweet
ready-mixed fruit drink containing alcohol. Called poof juice supposedly
because homosexuals (poofs), not real men, consume such drinks. 2. Aftershave. * Also, less commonly, poofter juice. |
| poofter * | Noun. 1. A homosexual, usually male. Derog. 2. A soft, feeble person. Derog. * Also spelt pooftah and generally heard pronounced as poofdah. |
| poo-head | Noun. An objectionable person. Usually affectionate use, from 'shit-head'. See 'poo'. |
| poop | Noun. Excrement. Verb. To emit wind from the anus, to 'fart'. |
| poop chute | Noun. The anus. Occasionally mispelled as poop shute. Cf. 'poo chute' |
| poo pirate | Noun. A homosexual male. Derog. |
| pooter | Noun. Computer. Also poota. [Late 1990s] |
| pootle | Verb. To meander, or wander slowly. E.g."Let's go into town and pootle about the shops." |
| pop | Noun. 1. A carbonated drink, like cola. Originally from when
such drinks utilized corks, thus they went pop on opening. 2. A physical or verbal attack. See 'have a pop at (someone)'. Verb. 1. To place, put. E.g."Come in, please. Pop your bag down there and we'll have a nice cuppa before I show you to your room." 2. To go. E.g."I'm just popping down to the shops to get a pint of milk." |
| popcorn | Noun. An erection of the penis. Rhyming slang on 'horn'. See 'horn'. |
| po po | Noun. The police. [Orig. US/Black] |
| pop one's clogs | Vrb phrs. To die. E.g."I'm afraid old Fred has finally popped his clogs." |
| poppers | Noun. Amyl or butyl nitrate. A medicinal heart stimulant taken recreationally by smelling its vapours for its pleasurable 'rush' and also its orgasm enhancing qualities. Very common on the gay scene and in the drug stimulated club scene. |
| poppy | Noun. Money. |
| pop someone's cherry | Vrb phrs. To lose or take someone's sexual virginity. Orig. applied to deflowering (a woman). |
| porcelain god /altar | Noun. The toilet bowl. See 'pray to the porcelain god'. |
| pork | Verb. To have sexual intercourse. |
| pork dagger | Noun. The penis. Cf. 'pork sword'. |
| porker | Noun. A fat person. |
| porkies | Noun. Lies, from the rhyming slang pork-pies. |
| porking | Noun. An act of sexual intercourse. |
| pork-out | Verb. To eat in excess. |
| pork sword | Noun. The penis. Cf. 'pork dagger', 'mutton dagger'. |
| porridge | Noun. A period spent in prison. E.g."So what's happened in the outside world since I've been doing my porridge?" |
| porridge wog | Noun. A Scottish person. Offens. |
| posh | Noun. Cocaine. Named so, because this is the drug of choice for
the wealthy members of society, see adj below. Adj. Of or belonging to the upper classes. {informal} |
| posh and becks | Noun. Sex. Rhyming slang. Posh and Becks, a nickname for the celebrity couple Victoria and David Beckham. [2000's] |
| posse | Noun. A gang or group of close friends, usually young. From the s.e. expression for an armed band of men recruited to aid a sheriff in enforcing law. [Orig. U.S. Black/W.I.?] |
| postie | Noun. A postman/postwoman. {Informal} [1870s] |
| pot | Noun. Marijuana. |
| pot-head | Noun. An frequent user of marijuana or cannabis. |
| potless | Adj. Poor, having no ready cash. |
| potty | Adj. 1. Crazy, mad, eccentric. [Informal] 2. Madly in love with, or mad about, something or someone. E.g."I was potty about Angelina Jolie for several years." |
| potty mouth | Noun. A person who uses obscene (dirty) language. |
| potty mouthed | Adj. Obscene, in relation to language and speech. |
| pound | Verb. To have vigorous sex. |
| pound one's pud | Vrb phrs. Usually of males, to masturbate. E.g."I suspect, on hearing the bed creaking excessively, that when he said he was going for afternoon nap he was actually pounding his pud." [Orig U.S.] |
| pour it on | Vrb phrs. To exaggerate. Also pour it on thick for added emphasis. |
| povvy | Adj. Poor, something of poor class or low quality. From poverty. Derog. [South use] |
| powder one's nose | Vrb phrs. 1. Euphemism for going to the toilet, usually
women's use. 2. Euphemism for snorting cocaine. |
| powfagged | Adj. Exhausted. [Lancashire dialect and use] |
| poxy |
Adj. 1. Rubbishy, crass, of poor quality. 2. A general negative intensifier. E.g."I'm not wasting my time and money by going to the poxy shops, just to keep her happy." * Occasionally spelt poxey. |
| pramface | Noun. A teenage mother, usually from a council housing estate. Coined by the online gossip site, Popbitch, and originally a woman with the facial looks of a poor single mother as seen around a housing estate. Derog. [2000] |
| prang | Noun. A crash or accident, usually involving a vehicle of some kind. E.g."I had a prang last week so my car's at the garage." Verb. To knock or damage, usually with reference to having crashed a vehicle. Originally an RAF term for a crash landing. E.g."My dad will kill me, I've just pranged his car on a lampost." Adj. Paranoid. E.g."I dont know why she has pink hair, 'cos she gets so prang that people are staring at her." [London use] |
| prannet | Noun. An idiot, an imbecile, or objectionable person. Possibly derived from 'pranny'. |
| prannock | Noun. An idiot. A variation of 'prannet'. |
| pranny | Noun. An idiot, a fool. Originally a male term of contempt meaning the female genitals. [Late 1900s] |
| prat | Noun. A fool, idiot or objectionable person. Originally meaning the buttocks. |
| prat about / around | Verb. 1. To idle away time. 2. To act foolishly and annoyingly. |
| prawn | Noun. A small, feeble and generally objectionable person. |
| pray to the porcelain god | Vrb phrs. To vomit, in the toilet (the porcelain god). E.g."I'm not going in there, it stinks! Rob's been praying to the porcelain god." Cf. 'worship at the porcelain altar' |
| preggars | Adj. Pregnant. A corruption of the word pregnant. |
| pretty-boy | Noun. An attractive young man, pretty as opposed to handsome or manly. Occasionally derog. [Often Gay use] |
| previous | Noun. A criminal record. Usually police and criminal vernacular. E.g."Be careful if you decide to employ him, he has some previous." |
| prezzie | Noun. A present, a gift. Also pressie. {Informal} |
| prick | Noun. 1. The penis. [S.e. until 1700s] 2. An idiot, contemptible person. |
| prick-teaser | Noun. Someone who knowingly exploits the fact that they are sexually alluring. |
| pricks with sticks | Noun. Skiers. Mainly used by snowboarders. Derog. Cf. 'gays on trays'. |
| Prince Albert | Noun. A pierced penis, for body adornment or sexual enhancement. Named after Queen Victoria's consort who allegedly had such a piercing. |
| prissy queen | Noun. A prim and snooty gay male. Can mean the same as 'pissy queen'. Cf. 'dizzy queen', 'scat queen', 'curry queen' etc. |
| private parts | Noun. The genitals. Often shortened to privates. |
| prize (something) | Noun. An absolute, utter (something). E.g."I haven't got time for him, he's a prize idiot." |
| pro | Noun. Abb. of prostitute. |
| prod / proddy | Noun. A protestant. Mainly used by Catholics. [Irish/Scottish use] |
| prole | Noun. Abb. of proletariat. {Informal} |
| pronto | Adv. Now or immediately. {Informal} [Orig. Spain] |
| proper | Adj. Used as an intensifier. E.g." I think the cat has crapped under the bed, as there's a proper stink in the bedroom." {Informal} |
| (a) proper do | Noun. A first class social event. E.g."It was a proper do with tuxedos and ballgowns." |
| prozzy | Noun. A corruption of the word prostitute. |
| pub crawl | Noun. A bout of drinking held by touring numerous pubs (public houses). {Informal} |
| pubes | Noun. Pubic hair. |
| pud | Noun. The penis, or genitals. See 'pound one's pud'. |
| pudding | Noun. 1. An uncomplimentary but jocular and affectionate name
for someone who is plump. {Informal} 2. A term of endearment. |
| puddle | Noun. A mess, a confused state. E.g."Sorry, I've been in a bit of puddle since the party. I drank far too much." |
| puddled | Adj. 1. Confused. See 'puddle'. 2. Eccentric, insane. |
| puff | Noun. 1. A male homosexual. Also poof and pouf.
Derog. 2. A feeble, despicable person. 3. Cannabis or marijuana. A term more common with adolescents. |
| puggled | Adj. Crazy, mad. |
| puke | Verb. To vomit. E.g."He drank so much at his stag party
he spent the next 2 days puking up." [1600s] Noun. Vomit. |
| pukka | Adj. Excellent, wonderful. Derived from the s.e. use of pukka, meaning genuine, and in itself derived from the Hindi pakka, meaning thorough or substantial. |
| pull | Verb. 1. To seduce a desirable person, to sexually attract someone.
Also commonly heard in the male expression pull a bird meaning
to attract a female. E.g."I pulled this gorgeous student at
the Union bar." 2. To kiss passionately. 3. To arrest. E.g."Yeah, I was pulled climbing out of the rear window of the bank and carrying £40,000 in cash." {Informal} |
| pull a fast one | Vrb phrs. To deceive, to gain an unfair advantage. {Informal} |
| pull a job | Vrb phrs. To commit a robbery. E.g."I pulled a job at the local post office so I'm lying low for a few days." |
| pull a pig | Vrb phrs. To seduce an ugly person. Also a cruel game of the same name, played by friends on a night out, the object being to seduce the ugliest person. |
| pull a whitey | Verb. To turn pale and feel like vomiting. Cf. 'throw a whitey'. |
| pulling tongues | Vrb phrs. Having an urgent need defecate. E.g."Hurry up, I'm pulling tongues here and need the toilet." [Merseyside use] |
| pull someone's plonker | Vrb phrs. To tease someone, to pull someone's leg. E.g."It's true, he offered to pay me for a brand new car. I thought he was pulling my plonker". Cf. 'plonker'. |
| pull one's pud | Vrb phrs. Of males, to masturbate. E.g."Pulling your pud all night is hardly what you mother had in mind when she said do something creative." |
| pull the other one (it's got bells on)! | Exclam. You are joking aren't you? Used to express a suspicion that one is being tricked or teased. E.g."I drove round the corner and there was a pink elephant in the middle of the road." "Yeah sure, pull the other one!" {Informal} |
| pump | Verb. To break wind, to 'fart'. E.g."I'm not sitting next to Louise, she's always pumping and I can't concentrate on my work." |
| pumping | Adj. Lively, energetic, thrilling. E.g."What was that last tune the DJ played? It was pumpin'." |
| punaani | Noun. Female genitals. [Originally either Black/WI or Hawaiian] |
| punch someone's lights out | Vrb phrs. To beat up someone. |
| punch up | Noun. A fist fight, a brawl. {Informal} |
| punch up the bracket | Noun. A punch in the face. Dated. [1950/60s?] |
| punk | Noun. 1. A raw minimal type of rock music born on the streets
in 1976 and spawning 'thrash', 'indie', and 'grunge'. The associated fashions
evolving into a stereotypical brightly coloured mohican haircut, scruffy
black clothes, metal studs, belts and boots. 2. A person of either sex who wears the fashions of 'punk' and enjoys listening to 'punk' rock. Cf. 'punkette'. Verb. To humiliate, to tease, to disrespect someone. E.g."I dont like him at all, after that time he'd punked me all night." |
| punkette | Noun. A female 'punk' (noun 2). |
| punter | Noun. Generally a customer of any business. {Informal} |
| puppies | Noun. Female breasts. |
| puppy's privates | Noun. The best. Less offensive variation on the 'dog's bollocks'. Occasionally also puppies privates. See 'dog's bollocks'. |
| pure bead * | Adj. 1. Wealthy. E.g."With a car like that, he's got to
be pure bead." 2. Expensive. * A street term used mainly in Salford/Cheetham Hill in Manchester. |
| purler | Noun. 1. A forceful punch or hit. 2. A fall. 3. Something that is excellent or outstanding. E.g."It was worth paying twice the entry fee just to see that purler of a goal." [Orig. Aust.] |
| purple-headed warrier | Noun. The penis. |
| purple headed womb broom | Noun. The penis. |
| pushing up daisies | Phrs. Dead. |
| pussy | Noun. 1. The female genitals, alluding to the inclusion of the
pubic hairs. [1600s] 2. Women/woman, viewed as sexual objects. Derog/Offens. 3. A cat. {Informal} 4. A feeble or weak willed person. * The ambiguity of the word isn't lost on comedians. |
| pussy whipped | Adj. Of a man, henpecked, dominated by a woman. [Orig. U.S.] |
| put a sock in it | Vrb phrs. Quieten down, stop talking. Usually in the imperative. |
| put it about | Vrb phrs. Have frequent sexual liasons with numerous partners. |
| put lead in one's pencil | Vrb phrs. To make virile or strong. E.g."Drink this lad, it'll put lead in your pencil." |
| put one on (someone) | Noun. See 'plant one on (someone)'. |
| put one's face on | Vrb phrs. To apply cosmetic make up. E.g."I can't put my face on until I've found my new lipstick." |
| put out | Verb. To readily agree to sex. [Orig. U.S.] |
| put that in your pipe and smoke it! | Exclam. A dismissive and angry exclamation. |
| put the kibosh on (something) | Vrb phrs. To put an end to (something). E.g."We all went home after their parents put the kibosh on the drinking." |
| put the mockers on (something) | Vrb phrs. 1. To put a stop to (something). 2. To bring bad luck to (something). |
| put the pedal to the metal | Vrb phrs. To go faster, to accelerate. From the action of pressing the accelerator (gas pedal) to the floor of a vehicle in order to make it go faster. |
| put the willies up someone | Vrb phrs. To scare someone, to unnerve someone. E.g."I'm fine with most horror films, but the Evil Dead really puts the willies up me." |
| put the wood into the hole | Vrb phrs. Shut the door. A Northern phrase that dialectically is expressed as "put' wood in'thole". The expression is sometimes completed with either "...or were you born in a field?" and occasionally "...or were you born in a barn?" |
| putzy | Adj. Easy, simple. Also putsy. |