Author: Jen

The police, in general.

A collection. Of something. Or anything. We’ll report back if we figure it out.

Goofing off, wasting time, fooling around.

Steal.

All-purpose flour.

Self Rising Flour.

Chock full.  i.e. ‘Let’s schedule something soon because my schedule is chocker.’

In some parts of England, ‘brought’ is used interchangeably with the word ‘bought’.

In addition to its other meaning, ‘tea’ is sometimes used to refer to the evening meal.

Completely finished.

Brekkie=Breakfast, though I have only ever heard it used when speaking to a child.

Zipper.

Brilliant; see brilliant.

Awesome, rad, wicked, cool, and/or phat.

To mock or ridicule. Also a slang term for eating something very quickly.

To go bad, like milk after the expiration date. Not to be confused with ‘going on about’.

It’s a phrase used like ‘we’ll talk later’, or to signify the closing of a conversation at the same time suggesting that there will be more to come at an undisclosed time in the near future.

Chair rail, the interior decorating kind. Yup, I’m serious.

Trim (as in the interior decorating term), the kind that goes along the bottom of the wall touching the floor.

Crown Moulding.

In addition to the common meaning, it is also used to mean ‘starting at’. (i.e. Dinner is served at this restaurant from 6pm.)

Stir. (‘Would you like me to mingle your tea bag?’)

Flashlight.

It’s like ‘smarty pants’, but can be either complimentary or derogatory in a teasing way, I think. (Aren’t you a clever clogs for visiting the site today?!)

‘Tick the box’ is a term used very often in London to mean that one has placed a figurative or literal tick in a box next to an item in a To Do list to denote that the ticked item has been done.

Here, we use it the way we use the word ‘orient’. I think the meanings have just been confused.

Operating Room, as in a surgical theatre. (It makes surgery sound so dramatic, don’t you think?!)

Carbonated (as in a carbonated beverage).

Non-carbonated, as in still water.