Here are some words Gina or others will use in our translation that people who are not from the UK may have trouble understanding.

• anyroad/any road – anyway
• barmy – insane
• barney, to have one – totally ridiculous
• bloke(s) – guy, person, people, usually but not always male
• blow ’em off – audibly or physically chasing someone away
• bob cryer – liar
• bugger off – go away, leave me alone
• bugger – a not-as-offensive way of calling someone a bastard
• din/dinlo – stupid, thick, slow
• divvy – stupid looking
• flogged – sell
• fob off – a less mean way to say “f— off”
• geezer – similar to bloke, but usually older
• gormless – stupid looking
• half-inch – pinch, steal
• in hospital – hospitalized
• lid – mouth
• lose the plot – to act in a disorganized, chaotic, or irrational manner
• lugged – dragged
• Majesty’s finest – prison, cell
• maltooler – someone who steals from or on an omnibus
• mug – face; to look a right mug is to look pretty stupid
• nick – steal
• nonce – idiot, goof, fool
• off one’s trolley – “are you nuts?”
• pete’s sake – goodness sake
• pitch black – pitch dark
• ponce – sham, a fancy elitist, stupid
• taking the mick(ey) – to take liberties at the expense of others, or to be joking, or to be unreasonable
• Tom, Dick and Harry – anyone
• tart – a mean or hot headed person
• tea leaf – thief
• tickety-boo – everything is all nice and good and proper
• wicked – really cool or really bad, context