Canadians refer to snowmobiles as “sleds”, or the act of riding them as “sledding”. Sometimes, a snowmobile is a “Canadian jet-ski”. You may also call snowmobiling “ski-dooing”, although this is more commonly used among those that do not do snowmobile riding. Sled or sledding is … Read more
Canadians most often refer to money as “bucks”, just as is the convention in the United States. However, Canadians also have a variety of terms for different denominations, such as loonie and toonie, nickle and dime as in the US, and things like fin, ten-spot, … Read more
A fist fight in British English is most likely to be referred to as a just a fight. This is by far the most likely word for it. Other than that, you may hear it called a scrap, a punch-up, a scuffle, or a dust-up. … Read more
The most common British slang term for alcohol is booze. This is the most widely used, generic term for alcohol. You also have more specific terms like “bevvy” which usually refers to beer or cider. Some British people also use the term “sauce” to refer … Read more
The most common Australian slang terms for liquor store are “bottle-o” or simply “bottle-shop”. These are more or less universal across Australia and used by people of all generations. Other terms you may more rarely hear include things like “off-license” or “offy”. Liquor stores tend … Read more
“Cool” is one of those things that we all find ourselves needing to express, so naturally there are a great many different ways to do so. Whether the person using the slang means that something is interesting, hip, impressive or any number of other things, … Read more
The British have a huge variety of colorful slang and this does not stop before it reaches teeth. Given how important they are to virtually everything we do, teeth are the kinds of things which tend to get a lot of slang language arising to … Read more
Vomit’s not a nice topic, but it’s something we all have to deal with at some point in our lives. Whether it’s from excessive drinking, from a nasty illness or stomach bug, we all have to come to terms with vomit eventually. One of the … Read more
The most common British slang terms for yes are common words like “yep” or “totally”. More regional slang terms include “aye” which you’ll mostly hear in Scotland and parts of the north of England. Other than that, you will hear universal slang terms like “completely” … Read more
Spanish slang for lazy is most commonly huevón. You might also hear vago, and less commonly flojo or holgazán. These are the most commonly used slang terms for lazy across the Spanish speaking world, from Mexico to Chile and Spain. Offensive stereotypes aside, people in … Read more