I spent a 12 months dwelling within the UK and these are the British slang phrases I've completely added to my vocabulary

• I lived in London for a 12 months and picked up some UK slang phrases that I nonetheless discover myself utilizing.
• Wonky, dodgy, and lots of others have turn out to be mainstays in my vocabulary.
• I’ve additionally began referring to French fries as “chips” identical to my British counterparts.

I lived within the UK for simply over a 12 months, after which moved again to New York. There are some things I miss about dwelling throughout the pond, and one must be the British language. Sure, I do know it is nonetheless English — I am speaking about their slang phrases. 

The British have a method of utilizing phrases to explain issues which are usually indescribable. For instance, when a portray is simply barely off-kilter on a wall, do not you want there was a phrase for that? Effectively, the Brits have one: “wonky.”

Although I could now not dwell there, I’ve introduced a little bit of London again house with me in my language.