More "Brit Speak"

We've been here a little over five months and I still regularly learn new expressions or new uses for words I am familiar with. I've been keeping a list. See how many you know.

• NB - noté bene - Used similar to 'PS' at the end of a letter but more formally. Means 'please pay attention to this'
• PTO - Please Turn Over - Used on forms to get you to the reverse side
• Redundant - Laid off - "You have been made redundant"
• Give A Bell - Call - "I'll give you a bell later."
• TTFN - Ta Ta For Now - Tigger says this in the Winnie the Pooh stories
• slated - cursed - "Wow, he really slated you!"
• jaded - tired - "It's been a long day, I'm jaded"
• Shirty - cranky - "Don't you get shirty with me!"
• slag - bad mouth - About the same as 'slated'
• rashers - bacon
• bangers - sausage
• sorted - fixed - "We'll get the problem sorted out for you"
• nick - steal
• pinch - steal
• table - introduce for consideration - Opposite of US usage. "I'd like to table this idea" - bring it to the table for consideration
• Uni - university
• bob's your uncle - all done - "First you do this, then that, and bob's your uncle, you are done!"
• cheeky - smart aleck
• chin wag - a chat - "let's have a chin wag over lunch"
• chuffed - pleased - "He was really chuffed when he won"
• cracking - best - "A cracking good game!"
• dodgy - shaky - "That milk may be a bit dodgy, it smells bad."
• easy peasy - easy - "Let me show you how to do that, it's easy peasy!"
• I'm easy - don't care - "You pick a place for dinner, I'm easy."
• kip - nap - "I'm jaded, I need a kip"
• knackered - tired - "It's been a long day, I'm knackered and need a kip"
• momentarily - an amount of time - In the US if something will happen momentarily, it will happen soon. In the UK if something will happen momentarily, its duration is a minute. So if we say "the plane will land momentarily" they think it's only going to be on the ground a minute. ("How do we get on????")
• total pants - useless - "This watch doesn't keep accurate time, it's total pants"
• pear shaped - disaster - "Well this project has gone pear shaped on me."
• pinch - steal - Same as nick
• zonked - tired - same as jaded, knackered
• zed - Z' - the last letter of the alphabet

TTFN