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How about learning some good old British slang mate! (some wally talk)

higgledy-piggledy

in disarray

johnny

(slang) a condom (US: rubber [DM])

on the piss

(vulgar) drinking heavily; going out for the purpose of drinking heavily; at a slight angle, said of an object that should be vertical

pissing it down [with rain]

(slang, mildly vulgar) raining very hard (sometimes "pissing down" is used in the US, as in "It's pissing down out there.") Also "pissing it down the drain" or "pissing it away" meaning to waste something.

punch-up

a fistfight

rat-arsed

(slang) extremely drunk

rubber

(US eraser)

slag off

to diss, to badmouth

(have a) slash

(slang) to urinate

soap dodger

one who is thought to lack personal hygiene

Spanish archer

give someone the "elbow", which means to sack or fire them

suck it and see

to undertake a course of action without knowing its full consequences (US: take your chances

swimming costume

swimsuit or bathing suit; also cozzy for short

throw a wobbly

(informal) to lose one's temper, throw a tantrum

[go] tits up

(mildly vulgar) to suddenly go wrong (literally, to fall over). cf pear-shaped (appears in the US mainly as military jargon, sometimes sanitized to "tango uniform")

wally

(informal) buffoon, fool; milder form of idiot. Now considered an old-fashioned word. See muppet.

white pudding

oat and fat sausage often eaten at breakfast, common in Ireland and Scotland

wonky

(informal) wrong, awry, not straight or stable; shaky, feeble

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