1. British Slang
British Slang
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2. Content Meaning Who Uses Slang?/ Where?/Why? Different Countries
Affects the English
Common words and sentences
Cockney Rhyming Slang
Teenage Slang

3. Video

4. Meaning
British slang is English language slang used and originating in the United Kingdom.
Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language. 

5. Who Uses Slang?
Slang is used by all kinds of groups of people who share situations or interests.
The group which uses these words is always in the minority, and often use slang to set themselves apart or make it difficult for ordinary people to understand them.
When a particular new expressions is known and used by a large majority of the population, it is no longer slang, but part of the regular language or usage.

6. Who uses it and why? Reason :shorten certain sentences
get a message across quickly
by using abbreviations
talking quickly in public.
Used : face-to-face situations
texting and
on the net
However, newer British slang is only commonly heard from teenagers, it is not used in formal letters or on resumes for example, because it could be seen as inappropriate, unacceptable and rude.

7. Where is it used?
British slang is commonly found all over England. Although, it is not used in Scotland, Ireland or Wales, who all have their own slang.
However, although most British people use the same slang, most major cities contain different accents, so the pronunciation of certain words changes.

8. Slang or Expressions in Different Countries
Being immersed in a different country teaches you the way the locals really do talk, but sometimes you may run across words that you’ve never seen in your dictionary or your high school grammar book.
When a individual or family leave England, they adapt to the slang of the local place but the accent may stay the same.
British slang typically only stays in England.

9. How Slang Affects the English Language
When people speak in the vernacular using slang, it broadens the English language by adding more words.
Language isn’t static, and a language such as English is a collection and reinvention of the words of many other languages such as Latin and Greek, as well as the romance languages of Europe.
As civilizations grow, change, and expand, so do the words in the language. Slang phrases such as “23 skidoo” might’ve been what the hep cat of 1925 was saying to his flapper girlfriend; but, as time passes, many slang phrases tend to fall by the wayside.

10. Blimey Ace Barmy Cock up Fancy Fit Top! Jammy Mate Fluke Gen Jolly
Common Words Used
Blimey
 God Blind Me
Ace
awesome
Barmy 
mad or crazy
Cock up 
mistake
Fancy 
desire 
Fit 
good looking 
Top!
Wonderful
Jammy
Lucky
Mate 
friend 
Fluke 
chance 
Gen 
information
Jolly 
very
Good value
 good deal
Nice one!
good job
Mush  Hi
Mutt's nuts
excellent

11. Common Expressions Sentence
Big girl’s blouse = A weakling
Bob’s your uncle = You will be successful
Leg it = Run fast
I’m Knackered = I’m tired
Popped his/her cloggs = He/she died
Taking the Mick = Teasing/making fun of
Want a brew? = Want a cup of tea?

12. Cockney Rhyming Slang
Rhyming slang is a form of phrase construction in the English language that is especially prevalent in dialectal English from the East End of London.( Cockney rhyming slang)
 a rhyming phrase of two or three words 

13. Strange Cockney Rhyming Examples
English
Rhymes With
Cockney
Arms
Chalk Farms
Eyes
Mince Pies
Minces
Face
Boat race
Hair
Barnet Fair
Barnet
Head
Loaf of bread
Loaf
Legs
Scotch Eggs
Scotches
Mouth
North and South
Teeth
Hampstead Heeth
Hampsteads

14. Cockney Rhyming Sentence Examples
COCKNEY SLANG 
MEANING
WAY IN WHICH IT MAYBE USED
  Adam and Eve
Believe
Would you Adam and Eve it?
  Alligator
Later
See you later alligator.
  Bacon and Eggs
Legs
She has such long bacons.
  Barnet Fair
Hair
I'm going to have my barnet cut.
  Bees and Honey
Money
Hand over the bees.
  Biscuits and Cheese
Knees
Ooh! What knobbly biscuits!
  Bull and Cow
Row
We don't have to have a bull about it.
  Butcher's Hook
Look
I had a butchers at it through the window.
  Cobbler's Awls
Balls
You're talking cobblers!
  Crust of Bread
Head
Use your crust, lad.

15. Cockney Rhyming Sentence Examples
COCKNEY SLANG 
MEANING
WAY IN WHICH IT MAYBE USED
  Daffadown Dilly
Silly
She's a bit daffy.
  Hampton Wick
Prick
You're getting on my wick!
  Khyber Pass
Arse
Stick that up your Khyber.
  Loaf of Bread
Head
Think about it; use your loaf.
  Mince Pies
Eyes
What beautiful minces.
  Oxford Scholar
Dollar
Could you lend me an Oxford?
  Pen and Ink
Stink
Pooh! It pens a bit in here.
  Rabbit and Pork
Talk
I don't know what she's rabbiting about.
  Raspberry Tart
Fart
I can smell a raspberry.
  Scarpa Flow Go
Scarpa! The police are coming!
  Trouble and Strife
Wife
The trouble's been shopping again.
  Uncle Bert
Shirt
I'm ironing my Uncle.
  Weasel and Stoat
Coat
Where's my weasel?

16. Teenage Slang
Teenage slang words exist because they need their own language.
In 2010, the BBC did a test on a group of teenagers to study the differences of how teenagers speak in different parts of the UK.
They gave a simple phrase to all the teenagers and told them to convert it into their own slang.

17. Teenage Slang Examples
Decipher some of your daughter’s text speak with our handy guide to youth slang and jargon: 
Words
Meaning
YOLO
you only live once 
TTYL
talk to you later 
LOL 
laugh out loud 
ROFL 
roll on floor laughing 
IRL 
 in real life 
Awks 
embarrassing 
Jokes
funny 
Totes 
very 
Hench, buff 
attractive, of boys 
Sick 
good

18. Connection between context and content.
With British Slang, different words are used depending on the place they are said or placed.
For example, a word such as geezer wouldn’t be said by a grandchild to their grandfather. It would be seen as rude or offensive, whereas it may be used in a comic because it could be seen as a joke, it’s in a different context.

19. Reference
A Teen Slang Dictionary<
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