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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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Anoranorakishanotherkinsansum
ˈæn.səm
anti-devolutionistantichavantipodesænˈtɪp.əˌdiz
anxomapolsapple ciderapple pieˌæp.əlˈpaɪ
apple-pie bedappositionˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩
Appropriation Actapproved schoolaquaplaningarctic rollargue the tossargy-bargyˈɑɹdʒiˌbɑɹdʒi
arm in crookarrentationarrestable offencearse over tiparse over titarseholeˈɑː(ɹ)s.hoʊl
arsehoodarselongarsy varsyarsy versyARVarvyaryas and whenas clever as a cartload of monkeysas large as lifeas the actress said to the bishopas wellæzwɛl
ASBOˈæzbəʊ
ascAsianˈeɪʒən
ask backassenterassessorəˈsɛsə
asshoodassigned servantassistant chief constableassistant refereeassume the positionASTMSastro-boffinAstronomer Royalat a stretchat the minuteatgoAtlantic bonitoatselfatternattorneyəˈtɜːni
aubergineˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn
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