British Slang video series on English vocabulary to help you sound more like a native!
Slang words beginning with B
Watch this video to expand your vocabulary with some British slang words beginning with the letter B!
Video lesson 21:40, Quiz 5:00
This lesson is all about slang words beginning with B:
bangers– sausages or breasts
You can’t beat bangers and mash!
or
I can’t believe her bangers fell out on national television.
barmy– mental
I can’t believe she dumped him, she must be barmy.
bee’s knees– fantastic
My supporters aren’t just good, they are bee’s knees!
bite sb’s head off– get really angry and shout at someone
I wouldn’t go in there if I were you, Sandra just bit my head off for breathing loudly.
bits ‘n bobs– things
Let me just get my bits ‘n bobs together and I will be out of your hair.
no biggie/no big deal – not a problem
I don’t mind if we have to cancel our date, honestly, it’s no biggie.
bladdered– drunk
He was so bladdered last night, he can’t remember anything.
blimey- to be surprised (both in a positive and negative meaning)
Cor blimey, look at how many subscribers I have.
blinding- excellent
She gave a blinding performance.
blinkered- when someone has a narrow-minded view
We have tried to tell Margret what he is really like but she is blinkered.
blow me– “blow me down, I am stunned”
You did all the housework…well blow me!
Bob’s your uncle- used to say that’s it, there you go
You just fold your paper like so and…bob’s your uncle!
bodge– messy, not a good a job
I am sorry, I tried to fix your hoover but I bodged it.
bog roll– toilet paper (crude way)
Dave, I am stuck on the bog and there is no bog roll, help!
bogey- snot, nose mucus
You have a bogey, go and blow your nose.
bollocks- rubbish, not true (very informal)
You ran a marathon in 20 min? Bollocks!
brilliant –great
You are just brilliant.
buggered- broken, ruined
I took the car to Brighton for the weekend and now it’s buggered, it just won’t go.
EXAMPLE | NEW WORD/ EXPRESSION |
| If he’s so awful, why don’t you just dump him? | to dump sb: to suddenly end a romantic relationship you have been having with someone |
| “Can you keep the kids out of my hair this afternoon? | out of someone’s hair: not or no longer annoying or causing inconvenience to someone. |
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