(US: fuck up, screw up, mess up) bap soft bread roll or a sandwich made from it (this itself is a regional usage in the UK rather than a universal one) in plural, breasts (vulgar slang e.g. arse buttocks, backside or anus (more vulgar than US ass) (fall) arse over tit (vulgar) to fall head over heels (be) arsed (informal) to be made to get off one's arse, usually as a negative or conditional (US be bothered to) artic an abbreviation of "articulated lorry" (US semi) as at (before dates) on a particular date aubergine US eggplant (both the fruit and colour) Auntie or Auntie Beeb (affectionate) the BBC autocue an automated system for providing scripts to actors and orators, from a genericised trademark (US teleprompter) B balls-up (vulgar, though possibly not in origin) error, mistake, SNAFU. approved school (informal) a reform school for juvenile delinquents, from their pre-1969 designation juvenile detention centres, whether Secure Training Centres for 15- to 18-year-olds or Young Offender Institutions for 18- to 21-year-olds (US juvie) argy-bargy (informal) a noisy disagreement ranging from a verbal dispute to pushing-and-shoving or outright fighting. agony aunt or uncle (informal) the author of an agony column (US advice columnist or Dear Abby) agony column (informal) a newspaper or magazine column providing advice to readers' personal problems (US advice column) aeroplane any fixed-wing aircraft (US airplane) "all change" the public-transportation announcement for the last stop (US All out) amongst a synonym of among acceptable in British English while seeming old fashioned or pretentious in American English anorak a hooded coat (US parka) a socially impaired obsessive, particularly trainspotters (US geek, trekkie, otaku, &c.) answerphone an automated telephone-answering machine, from the trademark Ansafone (US & UK answering machine) anti-clockwise, anticlockwise the direction opposite to clockwise (US counterclockwise). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĠ–9 999 Pronounced "nine nine nine", the UK Emergency phone number (US 911) A abseil to descend on a rope (US rappel) Action Man the action figure toy sold in the US as G.I.
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