Great Britain

An often misused term. Great Britain in the geographical sense refers to the largest of the 800+ islands that make up the British Isles.

In the political sense it refers to the union between Engalnd Scotland and Wales, and the central government of the same. (Add Northern Ireland into the equation and you get The United Kingdom)

Most people in Britain refer to themselves as English, Scottish or Welsh, Not British.

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bangers

UK usage

1) Small fireworks designed to make a loud bang, popular with children.

2) Sausages, normally served with mash

We threw some bangers at the local bobby and went to me mams house for bangers and mash.

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Horatio

UK slang, rhyming = fellatio
To give oral sex on a male member. From the popular Horatio Hornblower novels.

She performed horatio all night long and we never even went to sea.

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corner

A 'dead ball' kick in football (soccar) taken from the corner of the pitch. Awarded after the defending team has put the ball out of play over their own dead ball line.

Beckham's In swinging corners are causing the opposition no end of trouble.

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twin towers

The trademark and much loved feature of the old Wembley Stadium in London. Sadly demolished to make way for a new facility

Yes we all know Wembley needed to be redeveloped, but did they really have to demolish the twin towers as well?

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Bish

UK USAGE

A contraction of 'Bishop', used in the Church of England for the more popular of Bishops.

The new Bish is a nice fella

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turk

South London term meaning to beat up, assault, hospitalise etc. Derived from 'The Turks' a gang of London mobsters of the 1950's renowned for their violent punishment beatings.

"Talk to me like that once more and I'm gonna turk you Calvert"
(Hawkwind bass player Adrian Shaw, quoted in the book 'Do Not Panic - The official history of Hawkwind'.)

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