A Very Funny and Quick Guide to London Slang

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Ah nam – tell on, rat on, tattle on.

Alie – I agree.

Allow/allow it – stop/stop it.

Bait – obvious or simple. As in, ‘you’re so bait.’

Bangin‘ – good.

Bare – a lot of something.

Beast – really cool. As in, ‘that outfit is beast.’

Beef – a hostility between two people that usually results in violence.

Blud/Blad – brother, friend.

Bovvered – verb describing a lack of interest. As in, ‘I ain’t bovvered.’

Brap! – representing oneself, bigging yourself up.

Butters — ugly.

Chief – an unintelligent person.

Chung – extremely good looking.

Chirpsing – flirting.

Dapper – someone who looks fancy or smart.

Dizzy – crazy.

Dred – dreadful, terrible, cruel,

Dry – dull, boring.

Ends – area or neighbourhood a person hails from.

Fam – family and friends.

Fresh – nice, looks good. As in, ‘Sam is looking fresh today.’

Feds – police.

Garms – clothing.

Gyaldem – girl grew.

Heads – people (‘bare heads’ means ‘lots of people’).

Hype – too much, excessive, over the top.

Hench – muscular.

Hectic – good, fantastic, amazing.

Init – short for ‘isn’t it’, often put at the end of sentences for extra effect or added drama.

Is-it (sometimes pronounced iiiiissss iiiiitttt?) – means: really?

Inner – describes someone who is too nosey.

Jack – to take or steal. As in, ‘Katy jacked my food.’

Jakes – police.

Jam – relax, chill out.

Jokes – funny. As in, ‘that party was jokes’ or ‘Charlie is so jokes.’

Kotch – sit and chill.

Kretin – idiot.

Link – to hook up with someone.

Lips – to kiss passionately.

Long – when something involves far too much effort.

Lush – good-looking.

Manz – refers to oneself in a ‘big up’ manner.

Marvin – hungry.

Next man – someone who joins in a conversation when they are not involved.

On top – when a situation goes absolutely crazy.

Owned – to be made a fool of.

Peng – good-looking.

Rinsed – overused, used up, all gone.

Roll with – hang out with.

Safe – cool, good, sweet.

Shook – nervous, freaking out.

Sick – interesting, cool. As in, ‘Harry is sick.’

Standard – of course.

Switch – to turn on someone instantly with maximum shade.

Taxed – stealing.

Tight – cheap. As in, ‘stop being so tight and lend me £5.’

Tonk – muscular person.

Treck – something far away.

Tune (sometimes pronounced tuuuuunnnnneeeee) – music you love.

Vex/vexed – an extremely annoyed person.

Wag-One (wah’gwan or wah’ta’gwan fam) – short for ‘what’s goin on.’

Watch – be careful, don’t mess with me.

Wicked – cool, amazing.

Wifey – girlfriend, bestie.

Yard – your house.

Younger – a sibling, someone younger than you. As in, ‘come here, younger.’