From "chockablock" to a "full Monty," the Brits have a wide range of interesting slang words.Gary Yeowell/Getty Images Americans might want to mind the gap when it comes to discerning what these ...

I lived in London for a year and picked up some UK slang words that I still find myself using. Wonky, dodgy, and many others have become mainstays in my vocabulary. I've also started referring to ...

A new book offers a quintessential guide to classic, common British phrases—including their quirky history and definition. Back when Britain ruled an empire, persuading enough young men to join the ...

The English language is a vast, ever-changing sea, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the United Kingdom. While the US and the UK may share a language, the everyday conversation can sound like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’ve been hearing mumblings about this British reality TV show called Love Island (not to be ...

[two_third]The coal mines. In the musical Grandma says, “I don’t know what you want to keep the pits open for, anyway. If it was up to me, I’d close the bloody lot of them.” A derogatory term for a ...

Singer Anne-Marie tests her knowledge of British slang. From "gobsmacked" to "reh teh teh," she shares some of the most common of British slang phrases. Anne-Marie's new single, 'Birthday,' is ...

For American viewers, The Great British Baking Show (known as the Great British Bake-Off in its native UK) isn't just one of the most adorable reality shows on-air today — it's also a linguistic ...

British singer Anne-Marie sits down with with Vanity Fair to explain the meaning of a number of British slang terms that Americans might not understand. So unless you think this video is a load of ...

LONDON—Stone the crows, our lingo’s all gone Pete Tong. British slang isn’t what it used to be. American stars might enjoy grappling with the alternate universe of what people say on the other side of ...