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3 unusual facts about British slang


Cor blimey

A British slang phrase for an exclamation of surprise, originally from "God blind me"

Hot Girl

Hot Girl is an attractive female in American English slang (in British slang fit girl)

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea

Since the word shag found in most of the characters and terms associated with Arkadia (e.g. Shagshag, Shagmir, the Shagma, etc.) has a meaning in British slang of sexual intercourse, new names were invented for these.



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Signal passed at danger

Ding-ding, and away, British slang for permission to proceed wrongly being given