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British & Irish slang
UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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bubble and squeakbuckhoundbudge upbuffer lassbufferdomBufton Tuftonbugger allbugger factorbugger offbugger up
ˈbʌɡə(ɹ) ʌp
buggerationBuggins's turnbuilder's breakfastbuilder's mugbuilder's teabuilding societybuilt-upbulderingbullimongbully beefbum cheeksbumblekitebumfbʌmf
bumlordbummareebummlebump capbump offbump supperbumptiousˈbʌmpʃəs
bun thatbʌn ðæt
bunch of fivesbung upbunged upbungersomebunk offbunny wunnybureauˈbjʊ.ɹəʊ
bureau de changeˈbjʊəɹ.əʊ.dəˌʃɒ̃ʒ
burgessˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs
burghˈbʌɹə
burghalburghmasterburgleˈbɜːɡl̩
burnstickleburntbɜːnt
busk itbusted flushbutcher'sˈbʊtʃə(ɹ)z
butt-womanˈbʌtwʊmən
buttersˈbʌt.ərz
buttyˈbʌt.i
buy to letby gumby the wayby way ofbye-letterbyreˈbaɪə
byway open to all trafficcabbage mothRead more on this topic
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