British, Canadian and American Vocabulary

British, Canadian and American Vocabulary

British

Canadian

American

A
AA, RAC abattoir CAA, BCAA (in British Columbia) AAA slaughterhouse, abattoir slaughterhouse Abominable Snowman, Big Foot rappel absolutely gas pedal, accelerator accommodations, accommodation ? battery instant replay addictive, addicting commercial, advertisement commercial break antenna dessert

Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti Abominable Snowman abseil rappel absolutely, absobloodylutely (sl) accelerator accommodation absolutely gas pedal, accelerator accommodation, accommodations ? battery instant replay addictive, addicting commercial, advertisement commercial break antenna dessert AGM

accumulator (in horse racing) accumulator (car) action replay addictive advertisement (TV) adverts aerial (TV) afters, sweet, pudding, dessert AGM (Annual General Meeting) agony aunt, agony column air host(ess), air steward, air stewardess, flight
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shareholders’ meeting, annual stockholders meeting advice columnist, advice advice columnist, advice column column air host(ess), flight attendant flight attendant

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attendant airing cupboard aisle, gangway

linen closet aisle

linen closet aisle alcohol, liquor, Daddy's juice (Northern Virginia), Daddy's soda (East Texas) alcoholic coolers alligator, gator vegetable garden plot almost, most German Shepherd yellow

alcohol, spirits, booze, alcohol, liquor, booze cargo (Glasgow only), plonk alcoholic, alkie, alky, alcoholic, booze pig piss-artist alco-pops coolers alligator allotment almost Alsatian amber (traffic light) ambulanceman alligator, gator vegetable garden plot almost German Shepherd yellow, amber

American football anaesthetist angry, cross, upset

EMT (emergency medical paramedic technician), paramedic, ambulance technician (American/Canadian) football, football, NFL NFL, CFL anaesthetist anesthesiologist, anesthetist

angry, upset, mad, cross, mad angry, upset, mad as a wet hen ankle socks (for girls) ankle socks ankle socks, anklets, bobby sox anorak geek geek anorak, parka antenatal antenatal class anti-abortion anti-clockwise anyway, any road (sl) anywhere apron, pinny area code, dialling code (phone)
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parka, anorak prenatal prenatal class, Lamaze class pro-life, anti-abortion anti-clockwise anyway, anyways anywhere apron area code

parka prenatal prenatal class, Lamaze class pro-life counterclockwise, withershins, widdershins anyway, anyways anywhere, anyplace apron area code

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"Are you smarter than a 10 year old?" (TV show) argument, row, quarrel, slanging match, barney, dingdong, scrap arse arse-licker articulated lorry, artic, juggernaut athletics attack (game) aubergine autumn

"Are you smarter than a fifth "Are you smarter than a grader?" fifth grader?" argument, quarrel, spat, row argument, quarrel, spat

ass, arse (Nfld) ass-kisser, suck-up tractor-trailer, semi, semitrailer, rig, trailer truck track and field, athletics offence, offense eggplant fall, autumn

ass ass-kisser, brown-noser, kiss-ass, toady tractor-trailer, semi, semitrailer, rig, trailer truck track and field, athletics offense eggplant fall, autumn

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B
baby, babby back alley, back lane baby baby back alley kickback back to front pin call dibs on baked potato bakery, bakeshop baking pan back alley, back lane, alleyway backhander backhander, kickback back to front, arse about face back to front badge bagsie baked potato, jacket potato bakery baking tin balaclava balcony (house) ballpoint pen, biro, pen balti, Indian restaurant, curry house, Indian banger, hot dog sausage, chipolata, saveloy, frankfurter, sausage bank holiday, public holiday badge, pin call dibs on baked potato bakery, bakeshop baking pan

balaclava, ski mask, ski mask skidoo mask balcony, deck (although are balcony, deck
different things. Deck doesn't exist in BE)

ballpoint pen, pen Indian restaurant sausage, link, wiener, frankfurter, frank, steamie (Que), smokie holiday, national holiday, public holiday, statutory holiday, stat roll, bun barbecue, host a BBQ

ballpoint pen, pen Indian restaurant sausage, link, wiener, frankfurter, frank holiday, national holiday

bap, bun, batch, roll, cob barbecue, barbie, have a BBQ barbed wire barber’s Barbie, Sindy bargain barmaid

roll, bun

barbecue, cookout, have a BBQ barbed wire, barbwire barbed wire, barbwire barbershop Barbie bargain, bargoon (sl) bar tender, beer slinger, slinger barbershop Barbie bargain bar tender, slinger

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barman batch, roll, bap, bun, cob bath

bartender, beer slinger, slinger roll, bun bath, bathtub, tub

bartender, slinger roll, bun bathtub, tub swim trunks, Speedos beauty contest, beauty pageant hide-a-bed, hideaway, sofa bed studio apartment, efficiency, kitchenette hamburger, burger beer, brewski, ale, brew

bathing trunks, Speedos, trunks trunks, swimming trunks (male) beauty contest beauty contest, beauty pageant bed-settee hide-a-bed, hideaway bed, sofa bed bedsit, bedsitter bachelor apartment, studio apartment, kitchenette beefburger, hamburger, burger hamburger, burger beer, ale, lager, stout, porter, bock, bock beer, dry (different types of beer) beer belly beer mat beetroot beggar bellboy bent, queer, nancy boy, pansy, fairy, gay, poof, poofta, (all
offensive, except for `gay`)

beer, ale, brew, lager, stout, porter, bock, bock beer, dry, brewski beer belly, Molson muscle coaster beet panhandler bellboy, bellhop, bellman gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, queer, lesbo, nancy, (all offensive,
except for `gay`)

beer belly coaster beet panhandler bellboy, bellhop, bellman gay, fag, faggot, bent, queer, homo, fairy, lesbo,
(all offensive, except for `gay`)

bespoke, made-to-measure, custom-made (suit) best man bickie (sl), biscuit bicycle, bike, push-bike bill (restaurant) billion bin, rubbish bin, wastepaper basket/bin bird, chick, bit of fluff, bit of
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custom-made, bespoke custom-made best man, groomsman cookie bicycle, bike bill, check trillion garbage can, trashcan chick best man, groomsman cookie bicycle, bike check trillion garbage can, trashcan chick
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skirt (woman) biro, ballpoint pen, pen biscuit, bickie (sl) bitch, cow, dog bitter black (person) blackboard blinkers (horse) block of flats ballpoint pen, pen cookie bitch dark beer ballpoint pen, pen cookie bitch dark beer

black, Carribeanblack, person of color, Canadian African-American blackboard, chalkboard blackboard, chalkboard blinders apartment building, apartment block guy Oh my God! (and?) blinders apartment building, apartment house, apartment complex guy Oh my God! (and?)

bloke, guy, chap, lad, geezer Bloody hell!, Blinkin' heck!, Blinkin' hell!, Oh my God!, Crikey!, Blimey!, Flippin' 'eck!, Get away! Shitting hell!, Sodding hell! Christ! blue riband blusher blu tack bobbin, reel, spool

blue ribbon blusher, blush poster putty, sticky tack, fun tack bobbin, reel, spool

blue ribbon blush sticky tack, poster putty

bobby, cop, police constable police officer, Mountie, (PC), policeman/woman, copper, patrolman, cop PC Plod bobsleigh bobsled body clock bogey bogeyman boiled sweet boiling Bollocks!, Bullshit! Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes' bonnet (on a car) book (into a hotel), book a room
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police officer, cop patrolman, trooper, state trooper bobsled biological clock booger bogeyman, boogeyman hard candy boiling, broiling Bullshit! n/a hood make a reservation, book

biological clock booger bogeyman, boogeyman hard candy boiling, broiling Bullshit! Bonfire Night (Nfld) hood book

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booking booking office bookstall boot (of car) booze, alcohol, spirits, cargo (Glasgow only), plonk

reservation, booking ticket office newsstand trunk alcohol, liquor, booze

reservation ticket office newsstand trunk alcohol, liquor, Daddy's juice (Northern Virginia), Daddy's soda (East Texas) n/a

n/a booze cruise (going over the English Channel for the day or weekend to purchase cheap alcohol) booze-up, piss-up, bender ? boozer, pub, bar borstal boss, gaffer, governor, guv, guv'ner, head honcho bottom drawer Boxing Day braces (to hold up trousers) brackets breadbin break (play time at school) breakfast, brekkie breeze-block bricklayer, brickie bridesmaid (child) bring up (children) Brit, Briton, British person Brits, Brit Awards broad bean brolly, umbrella bar, pub reform school boss hope chest Boxing Day suspenders, braces

? bar, pub reform school boss hope chest n/a suspenders

brackets, parentheses parentheses breadbox recess breakfast, brekkie cinder block bricklayer breadbox recess breakfast cinder block bricklayer

flower girl, bridesmaid fl(take an inventory?)er girl, bridesmaid ? raise Brit, Briton, British Brit, Briton, British person person, Limey (offensive) Junos Grammys broad bean, fava bean fava bean umbrella umbrella pin, brooch ? creek, stream, brook whole wheat bread
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brooch pin, brooch broody (to describe a young woman ?
desiring a baby)

brook, stream

creek, stream, brook

brown bread, wholemeal bread brown bread, whole
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brown sauce, HP sauce Bugger! Buggeration! Shit! Damn! Bloody hell! Bugger-it! bugger, sodomite buggy, pushchair building site building society, credit union, cooperative bank bullshit, codswallop

wheat bread HP sauce Shit! Damn! sodomite stroller, buggy building site, construction site credit union

HP sauce Shit! Damn! sodomite stroller, buggy construction site credit union, cooperative bank, savings and loan association hogwash, baloney, BS, bullshit butt, tush, fanny, derriere, rear-end, caboose, buns, duff, keister, ass fanny pack fender roll, bun pigtails skip, play hooky bungalow, ranch house, single-storey house burglarize burn unit street entertainer

hogwash, baloney, BS, bullshit bum, bottom, backside, behind, butt, tush, bum, duff, rear-end, arse, botty, jacksie fanny, keister, rearend, buns, ass bum bag bumper (of car) bun, batch, roll, bap, cob bunches bunk off, skive off, (school/work) bungalow burgle burns unit (in a hospital) busker busybody, nosey parker butter bean butty, sandwich, sarni bye, cheerio, ta-ta, see ya fanny pack fender, bumper roll, bun pigtails skip, play hooky rancher, bungalow burgle, burglarize burn unit street busker

busybody, nosy parker busybody lima bean sandwich lima bean sandwich

bye, see ya, later, later bye, see ya, later, later skater (any more?) skater (any more?!)

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C
cable car café, caff Calgary call box, phone box camp bed campsite can, tin Canada cable car, gondola gondola café, diner, sidewalk café, diner, sidewalk café café Calgary, cow town Calgary phone booth phone booth

cot cot campground, campsite campground tin, can can

Canadian

Canada, Great White Canada, Great White North, Hollywood North North Canadian, Canuck, Canadian, Canuck Johnny Canuck, Snowbird (if you go
south for the winter)

candy floss canteen, refectory, cafeteria capital punishment capsicum, pepper car caravan, mobile home

candy floss, cotton candy cafeteria, canteen capital punishment, death penalty pepper, capsicum, bell pepper car, auto, automobile trailer, mobile home, motor home, fifth wheel garage sale, yard sale, flea market

cotton candy cafeteria death penalty, capital punishment bell pepper, sweet pepper car, auto, automobile trailer, mobile home, motor home, fifth wheel, Winnebago rummage sale, garage sale, yard sale, flea market, swap meet

car boot sale, jumble sale

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caretaker car mechanic carnival car park carpenter, joiner car pool cash dispenser, cashpoint, hole-inthe-wall cashpoint, hole-in-the-wall, cash dispenser

janitor, custodian, caretaker car mechanic, auto mechanic parade parking lot, car park carpenter car pool, HOV (high occupancy vehicle) ABM, ATM, bank machine, instant teller, cash machine ABM, ATM, bank machine, cash machine, instant teller berry sugar emergency, ER catapult, slingshot cater for, cater to cat's eyes, road reflectors (cat) kennel caving, spelunking

janitor, custodian car mechanic, auto mechanic parade parking lot carpenter car pool, HOV (high occupancy vehicle) ATM, bank machine, instant teller, cash machine ATM, bank machine, cash machine, instant teller superfine sugar emergency, ER slingshot cater to road reflectors (cat) kennel spelunking

caster sugar, castor sugar casualty (hospital), accident & emergency catapult cater for cat’s eyes (embedded in road) cattery caving, potholing centenary central reservation (road) CEO, managing director change down (gears) chap, lad, bloke, guy charge (officially, with a crime) charity shop, Oxfam, second-hand shop, Sally Anne chat show

centennial, centenary centennial median CEO shift down guy, buddy charge, indict thrift store, thrift shop, Value Village, Sally Anne talk show median CEO shift down guy charge, indict thrift store, secondhand store, Value Village talk show

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chav (England), ned (Scotland), scanger
(Ireland)

trailer trash

trailer trash

chemist chemist’s chequerboard, chessboard chest of drawers chewing gum, gum, chuddy chick, bird, bit of fluff (woman) chickory chickpea chief bridesmaid chimney (factory) Chinese meal, a Chinese chip van chiropodist chips choc-ice chocolate bar Christmas, Crimbo, Chrimbo Christmas cake Christian name, first name, given name Christmas present

pharmacist, druggist druggist, pharmacist pharmacy, drugstore drugstore, pharmacy checkerboard checkerboard chest of drawers, dresser gum, chewing gum chick chickory, endive, Belgian endive chickpea maid of honour, matron of honour smokestack bureau, dresser, chest of drawers gum, chewing gum chick, dame endive, Belgian endive garbanzo bean, chickpea maid of honor, matron of honor smokestack

Chinese meal, Chinese Chinese meal, Chinese chip wagon, chip truck ? podiatrist, chiropodist French fries/chips ice cream bar chocolate bar Christmas Christmas cake podiatrist French fries ice cream bar candy bar Christmas n/a

first name, given first name, given name, name, Christian name Christian name (unusual) Christmas present, Christmas present Christmas box (Nfld) cigarette, ciggy, ciggie, fag, cancer cigarette, smoke cigarette, smoke, stick, coffin nail, faggerette cigaret cinema, pictures, picture house, movie theatre, movie theater, theater, flicks theatre, cinema movie house circular saw circular saw, buzz saw circular saw, buzz saw city centre clever clogs, clever dick, smart arse, smart alec
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city centre, downtown downtown smart ass, smart aleck, smarty smart ass, wise guy, smart aleck
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cling film cloakroom closing down sale clothes horse clothes peg coach (long-distance) coach station cob, bun, batch, roll, bap cock, cockerel cockroach codswallop, bullshit coffee coffee break, tea break coffin colleague comic compere comprehensive school, secondary school, high school condom, Durex, johnny, rubber johnny, French letter, nodder cone, cornet (ice cream) conscription Conservative Party, Tories

cling wrap

checkroom, cloakroom, coat check closing out sale closing out sale drying rack, clothes horse clothespin bus, Greyhound, coach bus station, bus depot roll, bun cock, rooster cockroach, roach drying rack clothespin

plastic wrap, Saran wrap checkroom, coat check

bus, Greyhound bus station roll, bun rooster, cock cockroach, roach

hogwash, baloney, BS, hogwash, baloney, BS, bullshit bullshit coffee, java, joe, coffee, java, joe timmy's coffee break coffee break coffin, casket casket, coffin

co-worker, colleague co-worker, colleague comic book emcee high school comic book emcee high school

condom, rubber, condom, rubber Trojan, safe, French safe cone cone conscription, draft draft Progressive Conservative Party, Canadian Alliance Party, Tories riding, constituency Republican Party

constituency

(electoral) district

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continental quilt, duvet, quilt cooker copper, PC Plod, bobby, cop, police constable (PC), policeman/woman

duvet, quilt stove police officer, Mountie, patrolman, smokey (dated), cop

quilt stove, range police officer, patrolman, smokey (dated), state trooper, cop, trooper cops, police, pigs (dated), the fuzz (dated), the law, the heat concentrated drink cilantro grain

cops, the Old Bill, pigs, the law, the police, RCMP, cops, fuzz, police pigs, the fuzz, the Mounties, the law, five-o, po-po cordial, squash concentrated drink coriander corn corner shop, Spar cilantro, coriander corn, grain

corn flour cot cot death

convenience store, convenience store, 7-11, dépanneur (Quebec), 7- mini-mart, variety store 11, milk store, minimart, variety store corn starch corn starch crib crib death, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) thread Q-tips cotton balls sofa, couch, Chesterfield housing project crib crib death, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) thread Q-tips cotton balls, cotton sofa, couch

cotton cotton buds cotton wool couch, settee, sofa council estate council housing councillor country bumpkin, yokel country's capital courgette
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housing project, the projects social housing, public public housing housing councillor, alderman councilman, councilwoman, alderman country bumpkin, hillbilly, yokel yokel nation's capital nation's capital zucchini zucchini
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court shoes counterfoil (cheque) court cover charge, entrance fee covering letter cowboy cram, swot (for exams) (v) crayfish crazy, daft, barmy, batty, bonkers, crackers, doolally, daft as a brush, loony, loopy, nutty, off one's head, off one's rocker, one sandwich short of a picnic, out to lunch, round the twist, wacko, wacky, off one's trolley crazy golf cream cracker creature creche, day care, nursery creepy-crawly, insect crew cut (hair) crisps crooked, skew-whiff crossroads cupboard (in the kitchen) cup of tea, cuppa curling tongs current account

pumps stub courthouse, courtroom cover cover letter cowboy, buckaroo, wrangler cram crayfish

pumps stub courthouse, courtroom cover cover letter cowboy, buckaroo, wrangler cram crayfish, crawfish

crazy, wacko, wacky, crazy, wacko, wacky, nutty, batty, bonkers, nutty, batty, bonkers, loony, nutty, off one’s loony, nutty, off one’s rocker rocker

miniature golf, miniature golf, puttminigolf, mini-putt putt soda cracker, saltine soda cracker, saltine creature, critter day care insect, bug, creepycrawly crew cut, brush cut, buzz cut (potato) chips crooked creature, critter day nursery, day care insect, bug crew cut, brush cut, buzz cut (potato) chips crooked closet cupboard cup of tea curling iron checking account

intersection, four way intersection, four way cupboard cup of tea curling iron chequing account

cupboard (in the bedroom, or general storage) closet

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curriculum vitae, CV curry house, balti, Indian restaurant, Indian curtains cutlery cystitis

résumé, curriculum vitae, CV Indian restaurant drapes, curtains cutlery, flatware urinary tract infection

résumé, curriculum vitae, CV Indian restaurant drapes, curtains silverware, flatware urinary tract infection

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D
dad, daddy daddy long legs dale, valley day care, nursery, creche daypack, knapsack (small
backpack for day hikes or for carrying books)

dad, daddy daddy long legs valley day care knapsack, daypack, packsack dd/mm/yy, mm/dd/yy expensive denim jacket, jean jacket savings account dessert shredded

dad, daddy, poppa, pops, pa daddy longlegs, crane fly valley day nursery, day care knapsack, daypack

dd/mm/yy (date) dear, expensive denim jacket deposit account dessert, pudding, sweet, afters dessicated (coconut) detached house dialling code, area code dialling tone diamanté diary, appointment diary

mm/dd/yy expensive jean jacket, denim jacket savings account dessert shredded

single-family single-family home/house home/house, detached area code area code dial tone rhinestone appointment diary, schedule, datebook, daybook, agenda, planner diary lunch dinner, supper tuxedo serve dinner dived, dove diversion, detour dial tone rhinestone appointment calendar, schedule, datebook, daybook, agenda, journal journal, diary lunch, dinner dinner, supper tuxedo serve dinner dived, dove detour

diary (personal account) dinner, lunch dinner, tea, supper dinner jacket, DJ, tuxedo dish up dived diversion

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docker doctor, GP, general practitioner doctor’s surgery, surgery dog, mutt dog end, fag end do-it-yourself (DIY) dole dole queue doner kebab double cream double-glazing doughnut

longshoreman doctor, GP, general practitioner, physician doctor’s office dog, pooch, mutt cigarette butt do-it-yourself, remodelling pogey unemployment line donair, gyro heavy cream double-glazing, storm windows doughnut, bismarck, Burlington bun (NS), donut, Dutchie, jambuster (Man & On), long john drainpipe weather stripping checkers thumb tack
(Maritimes)

longshoreman doctor, physician doctor’s office dog, pooch, mutt cigarette butt remodelling unemployment unemployment line donair, gyro heavy cream storm windows doughnut, donut, bismarck, Dutchie, long john

drainpipe draught excluder draughts drawing-pin drawing room, reception room, living room, sitting room, lounge dress, frock dressing gown dressing table drink driving driving licence
(c for noun, s for verb)

drainspout weather stripping checkers thumb tack, push-pin, tack

living room, front room living room

dress bathrobe, housecoat, dressing gown dresser

dress bathrobe, housecoat dresser

drunk driving, impaired drunk driving, DWI, DUI driving driver's licence driver's license
(c for noun, s for verb) (s for noun or verb)

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drugs test (in sport)

drug test

drug test

drunk, plastered, smashed, drunk, pissed, ripped, drunk, ripped, wasted, slaughtered, arse-holed, smashed, plastered, hammered, shit-faced, and? sozzled, pissed, pissed as a wasted, stoned (oldfart, pissed as a newt, fashioned), shit-faced, pissed up, battered, bevvied, hammered, three shit-faced, bevvied up, sheets to the wind, caned, bladdered, blitzed, falling down drunk, and? blootered, blotto, cabbaged, drunk as a skunk, gatted, lagered (up), lashed up, leathered, legless, ripped, mortalled, off one's chump, off one's face, off one's tits, out of it, paralytic, pickled, pie-eyed, rat-arsed, ratted, steaming, stewed, three sheets to the wind, trashed, trolleyed, trousered, twatfaced, twatted, sloshed, wankered, wasted, well gone, tanked up dry-stone wall, plasterboard drywall, gypsumboard, drywall, gypsumboard, wallboard wallboard dual carriageway divided highway, divided divided highway, divided road road dummy (for babies) pacifier, soother pacifier dump, tip dungarees Durex, johnny, French letter, condom dusk, twilight dustbin dustman, binman garbage dump overalls, bib overalls garbage dump, landfill overalls, bib overalls

condom, rubber, Trojan condom, rubber dusk, twilight, duckish
(Nfld)

dusk, twilight

garbage can, trash can garbage can, trash can garbage collector, garbageman quilt

garbageman, garbage collector duvet, quilt, continental quilt duvet, quilt

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E
earthworm earthworm, night crawler earthworm, night crawler, nightwalker easy coach edgewise educator Huh? comforter rubber band electricity latex paint prom endorsement busy busy signal motor, engine cover Valley girls realtor, real estate agent station wagon everywhere, everyplace exclamation point unlisted
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easy, piece of piss, piss easy easy economy, second class economy, coach edgeways educationalist, educationist Eh? eiderdown elastic band electricity (at home), lecky emulsion paint end-of-year party
(school)

edgewise educator Eh? comforter elastic band, rubber band hydro latex paint prom endorsement, endorsation busy busy signal engine cover Surrey girls (BC) realtor, real estate agent station wagon everywhere exclamation mark, exclamation point unlisted

endorsement engaged (phone) engaged tone engine entrance fee, cover charge Essex girls estate agent estate car everywhere exclamation mark ex-directory (phone)
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exhaust pipe expensive, dear expiry date ex-serviceman/woman extra time (game)

tailpipe expensive expiry date, expiration date ex-serviceman/woman, vet, veteran overtime

tailpipe expensive expiration date veteran, vet overtime

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F
fag, cigarette, ciggy, ciggie fag end, dog end faggots fairy, poofta, pansy, gay, bent, queer, poof, nancy boy, woofta (all
offensive, except for `gay')

cigarette, smoke, butt cigarette butt

cigarette, smoke, cigaret cigarette butt

meat balls meat balls gay, fag, faggot, homo, gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, fairy, queer, lesbo, nancy, (all queer, lesbo, (all offensive, except
offensive, except for `gay') for `gay')

fairy cake fancy dress party fair fairy lights family allowance

cupcake costume party fair, carnival Christmas lights child benefit, baby bonus, child tax benefit

cupcake costume party fair, carnival Christmas lights child tax benefit

fantastic, ace, blinding, fantastic brill, brilliant, the dog's bollocks, smashing, mega, fab, wicked, dead good fanny, vagina vagina farm (small, for pleasure) hobby farm

fantastic

vagina hobby farm fart

fart, fluff, trump, break fart wind, blow off, bottom burp, botty burp, guff, let off, let one go, let (one) rip Father Christmas, Santa Santa Claus Claus fell (a tree) fell, fall feller female undergraduate feller, faller coed (dated)

Santa Claus fell, fall feller, faller coed (dated)

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film financial year finger (the)

movie, film financial year, fiscal year

movie, motion picture, film fiscal year

fire brigade, fire service fire engine fire station

Trudeau salute, the finger, the finger, one-fingered one-fingered salute, highway salute, highway salute salute fire department fire department fire truck, fire engine fire hall fire truck, fire engine fire station, fire house first name, given name fish sticks fishing boat seizure, fit wall-to-wall carpet soda, soft drink, pop (Midwest), soda pop, etc. face cloth, washcloth apartment, condo, condominium roommate flat (tire) flavorsome, flavorful cord switchblade thongs, flip-flops flirt, make out with someone, make a pass at someone, make time with someone, make eyes at someone, make a play for someone storey flyer, shopper overpass soccer
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first name, given name, first name, given name Christian name fish fingers fish sticks fishing boat fit (epileptic) fitted carpet fizzy drink, pop flannel flat flatmate, housemate flat tyre, puncture flavoursome flex flick-knife flip-flops flirt fishing boat, fishboat (esp
BC)

seizure, fit wall-to-wall carpet pop, soft drink face cloth, washcloth apartment, condo, condominium roommate, housemate flat tire flavoursome, flavourful cord switchblade flip-flops, thongs flirt, make out with someone, make a move on someone, make moves on someone floor, storey flyer, shopper flyover, overpass

floor flyer (advert) flyover

football, soccer, togger soccer
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footballer fortnight, two weeks fortnightly, biweekly 4x4 (not a pick-up truck), Discovery four-poster bed four-wheel drive foyer freefone French beans, runner beans, green beans French-Canadian

soccer player two weeks biweekly

soccer player two weeks biweekly

SUV, Sports Utility Vehicle SUV, Sports Utility Vehicle four-poster bed, canopy bed canopy bed four-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, AWD foyer, lobby toll-free string beans, green beans French-Canadian, pepsi (derog), Franco, frog (derog) Franco-Canadian, francophone, Quebecer, Quebecois, Quebecoise, Quebecker neck, French, French kiss, tonsil hockey, swap spit condom, rubber freshman, frosh (sl) fridge friend, girlfriend bangs dress slot machine, VLT, video lottery machine frying pan, skillet, fry pan four-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, AWD lobby toll-free string beans, green beans French-Canadian

French kiss, snog French letter, condom, Durex, johnny fresher fridge friend (female, of female) fringe frock, dress fruit machine frying pan

French kiss, make out, neck
(dated)

condom, rubber freshman, frosh (sl) fridge, icebox friend, girlfriend bangs dress one-armed bandit, slot machine skillet, fry pan, frying pan Fucking hell!

Fucking hell! Chuffin' Fucking hell! hell! Bloody hell! For fuck's sake!, For Pete's sake! Frigging hell! Fuck off!, Get lost!, Bog Fuck off! off!, Clear off!, Buzz off!, Knob off!, Piss off!, Naff off!, On your
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Fuck off!

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bike!, Sod off! Sod you!, Up your bum!, Up yours!, Bugger off!, Get stuffed! full-board American plan (unusual) full stop (punctuation mark) period funeral parlour funfair funny bone further education funeral home, funeral parlour, funeral chapel amusement park ? continuing education

American plan (unusual) period funeral home, funeral parlor amusement park crazy bone, funny bone continuing education

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G
gangway, aisle gaol, the nick, prison, jail, clink, slammer garden gay, poof, poofta, bent, queer, nancy boy, pansy, fairy, bent as a nine bob note, woofter
(all offensive except for 'gay')

aisle prison, jail, clink penitentiary, pokey, hoosegow, pen, lock-up yard gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, queer, lesbo, nancy,
(all offensive except for 'gay')

aisle prison, jail, pen, penitentiary, hoosegow, pokey, lock-up yard gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, queer, lesbo, (all offensive except
for 'gay')

gear box gearstick general practitioner, doctor, GP Gents geologist get your knickers in a twist gherkin Girl Guide giro given name, Christian name, first name give way (street sign) glandular fever glasses, specs, spectacles glove box goalkeeper gobbledegook, gobbledygook
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transmission gearshift, stick shift doctor, GP, general practitioner, physician Men’s Room geologist get your panties in a bunch dill pickle, pickled cucumber Girl Guide welfare cheque given name, first name yield glandular fever, mononucleosis glasses, specs eyeglasses, spectacles glove box, jockey box, glove compartment goalkeeper, goaltender gobbledegook, gobbledygook, bafflegab

transmission gearshift, stick shift doctor, physician Men’s Room geologist, rockhound get your panties in a wad pickle, pickled cucumber Girl Scout welfare check first name, given name yield mononucleosis glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles, specs glove compartment goaltender gobbledegook, gobbledygook, bafflegab
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golden syrup goodbye, bye, cheerio, ta ta, ta ta for now, see you (later), toodle pip (dated) goods train goose pimples gossip, goss, tittletattle got (past participle) GP, general practitioner, doctor gradient grandma, nan, nanny, gran grandpa, grampy, grandad, gramps, granddad

corn syrup goodbye, bye, see you (later)

corn syrup goodbye, bye, see you (later)

freight train goose bumps gossip, scuttlebutt, tittletattle gotten, got doctor, GP, general practitioner, physician gradient, grade grandma, gramma (informal), gran, nan (Nfld) grandpa, grampa, gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandaddy

freight train goose bumps gossip, scuttlebutt, tittletattle gotten, got doctor, physician grade grandma, gramma (informal), gran grandpa, grampa, gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandaddy

grass, grasser (n) grass (v), shop grease-proof paper green fingers gribbit (frog) grill (v) ground floor G-string guide dog Guide Dogs for the Blind guillotine gutter guy, chap, lad, bloke, geezer Guy Fawkes', Bonfire Night
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informer, snitch tattle wax paper green thumb ribbit broil ground floor, main floor G-string, thong guide dog, seeing eye dog Guide Dogs for the Blind, Guiding Eyes for the Blind paper cutter, guillotine eavestrough guy Bonfire Night (Nfld)

informer, snitch tattle wax paper green thumb ribbit broil first floor thong, G-string guide dog, seeing eye dog Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Guide Dogs for the Blind paper cutter gutter guy n/a

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H
hair grip hair slide bobby pin barrette bobby pin barrette hair spray Modified American Plan (MAP) (unusual) auditorium, hall dorm hamburger, burger purse, pocketbook parking brake, emergency brake hang up making out ? hardcover, hardback housewares harmonica pound key, pound trucking shoot the breeze hazelnut, filbert headlight principal hair spray, hair lacquer hair spray half-board hall hall of residence (uni) hamburger, burger, beefburger handbag hand brake hang up, ring off hanky panky, get off with happy slapping hardback (book) hardware harmonica, mouth organ hash (sign on phone) haulage have a natter hazelnut headlamp, headlight headmaster, headmistress, head teacher health farm healthy
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Modified American Plan (MAP) (unusual) auditorium, hall dorm, res hamburger, burger handbag, purse parking brake, emergency brake hang up making out ? hardback, hardcover hardware harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp pound key, pound haulage shoot the shit hazelnut headlight, headlamp headmaster, headmistress, head teacher spa healthy

spa healthy, healthful
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hen night hessian hiccup high heels, stilettos high school, comp, secondary school, comprehensive school high street hire car hire purchase, HP, never-never hit the sack hob hockey hole-in-the-wall, cashpoint, cash dispenser holiday, hols holidaymaker home affairs homely (room that is
pleasant & comfortable)

bachelorette party, stagette party burlap hiccup spike heels, high heels secondary school, high school, junior high, senior high main street, main drag rental car instalment plan hit the sack, hit the hay hot plate, burner field hockey ABM, ATM, bank machine, cash machine, instant teller vacation, holiday holidaymaker, vacationer ? homely, homey Mike's Hard Lemonade vacuum cleaner vacuum horse manure, horse bun, road apple hose hodgepodge hot flash housecoat

bachelorette party, stagette party burlap hiccup, hiccough spike heels, high heels high school, junior high, senior high

main street, main drag rental car instalment plan hit the hay hot plate, burner field hockey ATM, bank machine, cash machine, instant teller vacation vacationer domestic affairs homey ? vacuum cleaner vacuum horse manure, road apple hose hodgepodge hot flash housedress

Hooch (alco-pop drink) hoover, vacuum cleaner, vac hoover, vacuum (v) horse manure hose, hosepipe hotch-potch hot flush housecoat

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housemate, flatmate House of Commons housewife housing estate How are you? How's it hanging? How's tricks? All right? How's it going? HP, never-never, hire purchase

roommate, housemate, roomie House of Commons housewife, homemaker subdivision, housing development How are you? How's it going? What's up?

roommate, roomie House of Representatives homemaker, housewife track housing, subdivision How are you? How's it going? What's up?

instalment plan

instalment plan

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I
iced lolly, lolly ice hockey ice hockey player ice pops ice rink popsicle hockey, NHL hockey player, puckster freezies arena, ice rink, ice pad, ice palace (specifically for
hockey)

popsicle ice hockey, hockey, NHL hockey player ? ice rink

ice rink machine (??) icing icing sugar identity parade ill, poorly, sick immersion (heater) income support, on the dole Indian, Asian Indian meal, an Indian Indian restaurant, Indian, curry house, balti indicator, winker (on a car) indirect speech, reported speech Inland Revenue insect, creepy-crawly inside leg interval in-tray
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Zamboni icing, frosting icing sugar line-up sick water heater welfare, pogey East Indian, South Asian Indian meal, Indian Indian restaurant turn signal lever, turn signal indirect speech, reported speech, indirect discourse Revenue Canada, RevCan insect, bug, creepycrawly inseam intermission in-tray, in-basket

ice rink machine (??) frosting, icing powdered sugar, confectioner’s sugar line-up sick water heater welfare Indian, South Asian Indian meal, Indian Indian restaurant turn signal indirect speech, reported speech, indirect discourse Internal Revenue Service (IRS) insect, bug inseam intermission in-tray, in-basket
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inverted commas

quotation marks

quotation marks

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J
jab (injection) jacket potato, baked potato jail, gaol, the nick, prison, clink, slammer shot baked potato prison, jail, clink ,pen, penitentiary, lock-up hoosegow, jailhouse, pokey jelly, jam jeans Jell-o sweater Scotsman Joe Blow, Joe Public, John Doe, Joe Bloggs, Bloggins track pants condom, rubber joint, grass, hash, reefer, BC bud roast jug, pitcher tractor-trailer, semi, semi-trailer, rig, trailer truck, fifth wheel, 18wheeler garage sale, yard sale, flea market sweater shot baked potato prison, jail, hoosegow, penitentiary, jailhouse, lock-up, pen, pokey jelly blue jeans, jeans Jell-o sweater Scotsman Joe Blow, Joe Public, John Doe sweat pants condom, rubber joint, grass, hash, reefer roast pitcher tractor-trailer, semi, semi-trailer, rig, trailer truck rummage sale, garage sale, yard sale, flea market, swap meet sweater

jam jeans jelly jersey, pullover, jumper, sweater Jock, Scotsman Joe Bloggs

jogging bottoms, tracksuit bottoms johnny, French letter, condom, Durex joint (marijuana), spliff, wackybacky, grass, hash, skunk, reefer joint (meat) jug juggernaut, articulated lorry, artic

jumble sale, car boot sale

jumper, sweater, jersey,
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pullover jump lead jumper cable, booster cable jumper cable, booster cable

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K
ketchup, tomato sauce kilometre kipper kitchen roll, paper towel knackered, shattered, worn out, bollocksed, buggered, cream crackered, fagged (out), whacked, wiped out, zonked knapsack, daypack knickers, undies, smalls, pants
(female)

ketchup kilometre, klick smoked herring paper towel worn out, pooped, pooped out, tuckered out

ketchup, catsup kilometer smoked herring paper towel worn out, tired, all in, (all) tuckered out, pooped out, pooped

get your knickers in a twist

knapsack, daypack, packsack panties, underwear, undies, ginch, gonch, gitch, gotch get your panties in a bunch

knapsack, daypack, packsack panties, underwear, undies get your panties in a wad

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L
Labour Party lad, bloke, guy, chap, geezer ladder (in tights) ladies ladybird lager (light beer) larch larder, pantry last orders (pub) launderette, laundrette laundry basket lay-by lead (for dog) leave school lecturer (university teacher
without PhD)

Liberal Party guy, lad (Nfld) run (in pantyhose) women’s room, ladies room ladybug lager, beer larch, tamarack pantry last call laundromat, coin laundry laundry basket, laundry hamper pull-off leash graduate professor rent mailbox, mail slot railway crossing, level crossing lice, cooties licence plate sleep in life insurance life jacket elevator lighthouse lightning rod blender

Democratic Party guy run women’s room, ladies room ladybug beer larch pantry last call laundromat laundry hamper pull-off leash graduate professor rent mailbox, mail slot railroad crossing, grade crossing lice, cooties license plate sleep in life insurance life preserver, life vest elevator lighthouse, light station lightning rod blender
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let, rent, let out letterbox level crossing lice, nits licence plate, number plate lie-in, to have a life insurance, life assurance life jacket lift lighthouse lightning conductor liquidizer, liquidiser
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little finger living room, sitting room, lounge, drawing room, reception room lollipop lollipop lady/man lolly, iced lolly

pinkie living room, sitting room

pinkie living room

lollipop, sucker crossing guard popsicle

sucker, lollipop crossing guard popsicle Champie (NE USA) boarder lonely, lonesome long jump, broad jump far-sighted john, bathroom, can, shithouse, outhouse, toilet bathroom tissue, toilet paper truck teamster, trucker lost and found living room

Loch Ness monster, Nessie Ogopogo lodger lonely long jump long-sighted loo, bog, lav, toilet (in a
home)

lodger, boarder lonely, lonesome long jump, broad jump far-sighted toilet, bathroom, biffy, john, lav, shitter, crapper, can, loo, pisser, the head toilet paper truck truck driver, teamster lost and found living room, sitting room

loo roll, toilet paper, toilet roll lorry lorry driver lost property lounge, drawing room, reception room, living room, sitting room love bite luggage lumberjack lunch, dinner lunch box

love bite, hickey baggage, luggage logger, lumberjack lunch lunch box, lunch pail, brown bag

hickey baggage, luggage logger lunch lunch box, lunch pail, brown bag

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M
macaroni cheese mac(k), raincoat mad, crazy main course main road male prostitute, rent boy mange-tout manic depression man of the match marks marrow mashed potato, mash, Smash masking tape maths mature (cheese) mayor merry-go-round, roundabout Mexican wave Middle East mileometer mince, minced beef minor collision (between
vehicles)

macaroni and cheese, Kraft dinner raincoat crazy entrée, main course main road, highway male prostitute snow peas, sugar peas manic depression, bipolar most valuable player marks, grades vegetable marrow mashed potato duct tape, masking tape math mature, sharp, vintage mayor, reeve carousel, merry-go-round wave Middle East, Mideast odometer ground beef, minced meat fender-bender trailer, mobile home, motor home, fifth wheel, RV (recreational vehicle) cell(ular) phone, mobile phone cat, pussycat

macaroni and cheese raincoat crazy entrée, main course highway male prostitute snow peas, sugar peas manic depression, bipolar most valuable player grades vegetable marrow, gourd mashed potato duct tape, masking tape math mature, sharp, vintage mayor carousel, merry-go-round wave Middle East, Mideast odometer ground beef fender-bender trailer, mobile home, motor home, fifth wheel, Winnebago cell(ular) phone, mobile phone cat, pussycat

mobile home, caravan

mobile phone, mobile, moby moggie, pussy, cat, pussycat
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money, brass, loot, lolly, money bread, bunce, dosh, spondulicks, dough, lookah, wonga Monopolies & Mergers Competition Tribunal Commission, Office of Fair Trading mosquito, mozzie mosquito, skeeter most successful Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday motorbike motorway most successful Mother's Day motorbike, hog, motorcycle highway, freeway, autoroute (Quebec), superhighway mountaineer harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp fender granola minivan parkade, parking garage mom, mommy, mum, mummy mama's boy Murphy's Law Freeze Dance

money

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

mosquito, skeeter most successful, winningest (sl) Mother's Day motorcycle, hog motorbike freeway, expressway, highway, interstate, superhighway mountaineer, alpinist harmonica fender granola minivan parking garage mom, mommy, mama mama's boy Murphy's Law Freeze Dance

mountaineer mouth organ, harmonica mudguard muesli multi-purpose vehicle, MPV, people carrier multi-storey car park mum, mummy mummy's boy Murphy's Law, Sod's Law Musical Statues

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N
nail varnish nancy boy, pansy, fairy, gay, poof, poofta, bent, queen, queer,
(all offensive except for `gay`)

nail polish, nail enamel gay, fag, faggot, homo, queen, fairy, queer, lesbo, nancy, (all offensive except
for `gay`)

nail polish, nail enamel gay, fag, faggot, fairy, queen, homo, fairy, lesbo, (all offensive
except for `gay`)

napkin, serviette nappy National Health Service (NHS) national insurance number (Native) American Indian, Red Indian (offensive) Native American Indians, American Indians, Red Indians
(offensive)

napkin, serviette diaper, Pampers Medical Services Plan (MSP) social insurance number, SIN Indian, native, aborigine, Native American, aboriginal First Nations, aborigines, First Peoples, natives, Canadian Indians, Native Americans, Red Indians
(offensive)

napkin, table napkin diaper, Pampers Medicaid social security number Indian, native, Native American, American Indian Indians, natives, American Indians, Native Americans, Red Indians (offensive) nativity scene, manger scene nudist straight neighborhood, 'hood sheers, underdrapes instalment plan rookie press clipping newscaster, anchor newsstand steal nightgown, nightie,
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nativity scene naturist, nudist neat (drink) neighbourhood net curtains never-never, hire purchase, HP new recruit newspaper clipping newsreader newsagent’s nick, pinch, steal nightdress, nightie
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nativity scene, manger scene nudist straight neighbourhood sheers instalment plan rookie press clipping newscaster, news anchor newsstand steal, punk'd nightgown, nightie,

nightdress nightshift nosey parker, busybody note (money) noticeboard noughts and crosses nowhere nudist, naturist number plate, licence plate Numbers: one hundred and twenty three nursery, crèche, day care nuttier than a fruitcake

nightdress

nightshift, graveyard shift nightshift, graveyard shift busybody, nosy parker busybody bill bulletin board, message board tic-tac-toe, X's & O's nowhere nudist licence plate one hundred twenty three day care, nursery nuttier than a fruitcake, crazier than a bag of hammers bill bulletin board, message board tic-tac-toe nowhere, no place nudist license plate one hundred twentythree day nursery, day care, nursery nutty, fruitcake, as crazy as a loon, out of w(h)ack, pop one's cork

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O
OAP, old aged pensioner, pensioner, senior citizen odds and ends, odds and sods, bits and bobs old age pension off-licence, offie, beer & wine store oilskins old boy, old girl on foot on heat ONO (or nearest offer) open-plan (house) operating theatre optician out tray oven glove overalls (different from American
'overalls`)

senior, OAP, old aged pensioner, senior citizen odds and ends old age security liquor store, bond store
(Nfld)

senior, senior citizen

odds and ends social security check liquor store slicker alumni, alumnus, alumna, alum on foot, afoot in heat OBO (or best offer) open-plan operating room, OR optometrist out tray, out basket oven mitt coveralls overhead pass thrift store, secondhand store, Value Village

slicker, sou'wester (east
coast)

alumnus, alumni, alumna, alum on foot, afoot in heat OBO (or best offer) open-plan, open concept operating room, OR optometrist, optician out tray, out basket oven mitt coveralls overhead pass

overheads overtake (a car)

Oxfam, second-hand shop, charity thrift store, secondshop hand store, Value Village

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P
pack of cards pad, sanitary towel, brick paddling pool pager, beeper pancake pancake roll, spring roll pansy, fairy, gay, poof, poofta, bent, queer, nancy boy, (all
offensive, except for `gay`)

deck of cards maxi-pad, pad wading pool pager, beeper pancake, flapjack, ploye egg roll, spring roll gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, queer, lesbo, nancy,
(all offensive, except for `gay`)

deck of cards (feminine) napkin, pad, maxi-pad wading pool beeper pancake, flapjack, hotcake egg roll, spring roll gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, queer, lesbo, (all offensive,
except for `gay`)

pantry, larder pants, knickers, undies, smalls
(female)

pantry panties, underwear, undies, ginch, gonch, gitch, gotch paperback, softcover letter opener paper route parka, anorak parliament paraffin, kerosene pass away crust solitaire squad car, patrol car, smokey (dated) sidewalk wage cut, rollback, pay

pantry panties, underwear, undies paperback, softcover letter opener paper route parka congress kerosene pass away, pass crust solitaire squad car, patrol car, smokey (dated) sidewalk, pavement
(unusual)

paperback paper knife paper round parka, anorak parliament paraffin pass away, pop one's clogs pastry base patience, solitaire (card game) patrol car, panda car pavement pay cut
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wage cut, rollback,

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cut pay packet pay slip pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing pelican crossing pay packet, pay envelope pay slip, pay stub, pay statement crosswalk pedestrian-controlled crosswalk valance minivan senior, OAP, old aged pensioner pepper, capsicum, bell pepper percolator, perk perfume pernickety, persnickety
(informal)

pay cut pay envelope pay slip, pay stub, pay statement crosswalk pedestriancontrolled crosswalk valance minivan senior, senior citizen bell pepper, sweet pepper percolator perfume pernickety, persnickety
(informal)

pelmet people carrier, MPV, multipurpose vehicle, pensioner, OAP, old aged pensioner pepper, capsicum percolator (coffee) perfume, scent pernickety

personnel department perspex petrol petrol station, filling station, service station phone (v), on the phone, phone in, phone up, ring, ring round, ring up phone box, call box photocopier physiotherapist, physio pick up, pick up truck

personnel department, human resources plexiglass gas, gasoline

human resources plexiglass gas, gasoline

gas station, filling station, gas station, filling gas bar, service station station, service station phone, call, phone in, call call, call in, call up, in, phone up, call up, call call round round phone booth phone booth Xerox machine, photocopier physiotherapist, physio pick up, pick up truck Xerox machine, photocopier physical therapist pick up, pick up truck

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pictures, cinema, picture house pig pigsty pigtail, plaits pillar box, postbox pillock pillowcase pinafore pinch, steal, nick pinny, apron pissed, drunk, plastered, smashed, slaughtered, arseholed, sozzled, pissed, pissed as a fart, pissed as a newt, pissed up, battered, bevvied, shit-faced, bevvied up, caned, bladdered, blitzed, blootered, blotto, cabbaged, drunk as a skunk, gatted, lagered (up), lashed up, leathered, legless, ripped, mortalled, off one's chump, off one's face, off one's tits, out of it, paralytic, pickled, pie-eyed, rat-arsed, ratted, steaming, stewed, three sheets to the wind, trashed, trolleyed, trousered, twatfaced, twatted, sloshed, wankered, wasted, well gone, tanked up pissed off, hacked off, miffed, naffed off, narked, ticked off, brassed off, cheesed off pitch (sport) pit stop

movie theatre, theatre pig, hog pigsty, pigpen braids mailbox useless or stupid person pillowcase, pillow slip jumper steal apron pissed, drunk, ripped, smashed, plastered, wasted, stoned (oldfashioned) , shit-faced, hammered, three sheets to the wind, falling down drunk, and?

movie theatre, theater pig, hog pigpen, pigsty braids mailbox useless or stupid person pillowcase, pillow slip jumper steal apron drunk, ripped, wasted, hammered, shit-faced, and?

pissed, pissed off

pissed

field pit stop, rest stop, rest area

field rest stop, rest area

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placement, work experience plaits, pigtail plaster, sticky plaster, sticking plaster plasterboard

internship braids band aid drywall, wallboard, gypsumboard Keds Big Dipper pluck, tweeze drain pneumatic drill, jackhammer allowance pudgy turtleneck police, RCMP, cops, pigs, the fuzz, the Mounties, the law, five-o, po-po police officer, Mountie, patrolman, smokey (dated), cop, policeman/woman, police constable polling station, polling place turtle neck styrofoam poo, poo-poo, poop gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, queer, lesbo, nancy, ass-pirate sick pop, soft drink

internship braids band aid drywall, wallboard, gypsumboard, sheet rock Keds Big Dipper pluck, tweeze drain pneumatic drill, jackhammer allowance pudgy turtleneck police, cops, pigs (dated), the fuzz (dated), the heat, the law police officer, patrolman, smokey (dated), state trooper, cop, trooper polling station, polling place turtle neck styrofoam poop, poo gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, queer, lesbo sick soda, soft drink, soda pop, pop, cold drink
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plimsolls, pumps Plough (constellation) pluck (with tweezers) plughole pneumatic drill pocket money podgy polar neck, roll-neck police, cops, the Old Bill, pigs, the law, the fuzz , bizzies

policeman/woman, copper, PC Plod, bobby, cop, police constable

polling station polo neck polystyrene poo, poo-poo poof, poofta, bent, queer, nancy boy, pansy, fairy, gay (all offensive,
except for `gay`)

poorly, sick, ill pop, fizzy drink, soft drink

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Poppy Day, Remembrance Day porch porcupine pork scratchings porridge positive discrimination

Remembrance Day, Poppy Day porch, veranda porcupine, porky pork rinds porridge, oatmeal employment equity, affirmative action, positive discrimination mail, post money order shipping & handling (s&h) mailbag mailbox postal code graduate student mailman, letter carrier mailbox general deliveryautopsy postnatal, postpartum postponement, raincheck potatoes putter crazy dollar, buck, loonie (one dollar), toonie, twoonie
(two)

Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day porch, veranda porcupine, porky pork rinds oatmeal affirmative action

post postal order post(age) & packing (p&p) postbag postbox postcode postgraduate student postman postbox, pillar box poste restante post mortem postnatal postponement potatoes, spuds potter (v) potty pound, quid, sterling

mail money order shipping & handling (s&h) mailbag mailbox zip code graduate student mailman, letter carrier mailbox general delivery autopsy postnatal, postpartum postponement, raincheck potatoes putter crazy dollar, buck, greenback, a single
(one dollar)

power cut

power cut, power failure, outage

outage

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power point, socket pram prat prawn prawn cocktail pregnant, up the duff, to have a bun in the oven premature baby pre-menstrual tension (PMT) press stud press-ups primary school prime minister

outlet, socket baby carriage stupid or foolish shrimp, prawn shrimp cocktail pregnant premature baby, preemie pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) snap push-ups elementary school, grade school prime minister, first minister pry open prison, jail, hoosegow penitentiary, clink, pen, jailhouse, lock-up, pokey

outlet, socket baby carriage stupid or foolish shrimp shrimp cocktail pregnant premature baby, preemie pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) snap fastener, snap push-ups elementary school, grade school president (nearest equiv.), prez (slang), Mr President pry open prison, jail, lock-up penitentiary, hoosegow, jailhouse, pen, pokey private detective, private investigator, private eye bar bar owner private school district attorney

prise open prison, jail, gaol, the nick, clink, slammer, chokey

private detective, private eye
(just referring to a magazine)

private detective, private investigator, private eye

pub, public house, bar, boozer, rub-a-dub publican public school, private school public prosecutor, crown, crown prosecutor

bar, pub, beer parlour bar owner private school crown, crown prosecutor, crown counsel, federal prosecutor, provincial prosecutor

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public conveniences, ladies, gents, WCs, toilets

public transport pudding, dessert, sweet, afters puke, throw up, blow chunks, barf, chuck, chuck up, chuck one's guts up, chunder, gip, hurl, pray to the porcelain god, ralph, spew, spew up, spew one's guts up, be sick, honk pullover, jumper, sweater, jersey pumps, plimsolls puncture purse push-bike, bicycle, bike pushchair, buggy pussy, cat, pussycat, moggie pylon

washroom, ladies, women’s restroom, comfort room, men’s room station, bathroom, ladies, women’s room, men’s room transit, mass transit transit, mass transit dessert dessert barf, puke, upchuck, throw up barf, puke, upchuck, blow one's lunch, blow one's cookies, spit (something up), throw up, toss one's cookies sweater gym shoes flat, blow out change purse, coin purse bicycle, bike stroller, buggy cat, pussycat ?

sweater gym shoes flat change purse bicycle, bike stroller, buggy cat, pussycat hydro tower

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Q
quarrel, slanging match, argument, row queer, Nancy boy, pansy, fairy, gay, poof, poofta, bent (all offensive, except for
`gay`)

argument, quarrel, spat gay, fag, faggot, homo, fairy, queer, lesbo, (all
offensive, except for `gay`)

argument, quarrel, spat gay, fag, faggot, homo, queer, lesbo, (all offensive,
except for `gay`)

question time (parliament) queue (v), queue up queue (n) quilt, continental quilt, duvet quizmaster quotation

question period stand in line line up, queue (Victoria,
B.C.)

? stand in line, line up, stand on line (NYC) line quilt host estimate, a quote

duvet, quilt host quotation, estimate, a quote

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R
RAC, AA racism, racialism railway railwayman rain (weather forecast) raincoat, mac(k) randy ratepayer reader really (I had a really
good time)

CAA racism, racialism railway railwayman rain, precipitation raincoat, slicker randy, horny ratepayer associate professor real, really reception, front desk receptionist, desk clerk living room

AAA racism railroad rail worker, railroad worker rain, precipitation raincoat, slicker horny ? associate professor real, really front desk receptionist, desk clerk living room

reception receptionist reception room, living room, sitting room, lounge, drawing room recliner red light, traffic light redundancy redundant reel (as in cotton reel) register registrar (hospital) registrar (marriage) registry office
(births, marriages & deaths)

recliner, la-z-boy red light, stop light layoff, downsize, rightsize laid off spool register, roster admitting officer justice of the peace / registrar City Hall

recliner, la-z-boy red light, stop light layoff, downsize, rightsize laid off spool roster admitting officer justice of the peace City Hall

reindeer

reindeer, caribou, cariboo reindeer, caribou
(rare)

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reverse (car) Remembrance Day, Poppy Day rent, let, let out rent boy, male prostitute repayable repeat (TV) report residents’ association

back up Remembrance Day, Poppy Day rent

back up Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day rent

male prostitute, rent boy, male prostitute, rent boy, male male escort, escort escort, escort repayable, payable repeat, rerun report card neighbourhood association, subdivision association retake score, grade retirement party, roast return, round-trip payable repeat, rerun report card neighborhood association

resit (exam) result (exam) retirement party return (ticket), day return reverse the charges

retake score, grade retirement party, roast round-trip call collect rib-eye steak, Delmonica steak call, call in, call up, call round

call collect, reverse the charges rib-eye steak (unusual) rib-eye steak ring, ring round, ring up, phone, on the phone, phone in, phone up, bell, buzz Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down. ring off, hang up ring-pull ring road rise (in salary) road surface phone, call, phone in, call in, phone up, call up, call round Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down. hang up pull tab ring road raise road surface, asphalt

Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down. hang up pull tab beltway raise pavement

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road works rocking chair roll, bap, bun, batch, cob roll (sandwich), balm
(regional)

construction rocking chair, rocker roll, bun sub, submarine, Subway

construction rocker, rocking chair roll, bun sub, submarine, Subway, sub sandwich, hoagy, hoagie, hogie, hero, poboy, poor-boy, grinder honor roll luggage rack European Plan (EP) (unusual)

roll of honour roof rack room only (in a hotel) roundabout row, quarrel, slanging match, argument rowdy behaviour rowing boat Royal Mail RSPCA rubber rug rumpus

honour roll roof rack European Plan (EP)
(unusual)

roundabout, traffic circle traffic circle argument, quarrel, spat, row roughhousing, rowdy behaviour rowboat Canada Post SPCA eraser rug, area rug ruckus argument, quarrel, spat roughhousing, rowdy behavior rowboat Postal Service SPCA eraser rug, area rug ruckus

runner beans, French string beans string beans beans Rubbish!, Rhubarb!, Nonsense!, Garbage! Crap! Nonsense!, Garbage! Crap! Balls!, bosh, cack, Cobblers! Crap! Bollocks! Knickers!, Pants!, Piffle!, Pigshit!, Rot!, tommy rot, tosh rubbish garbage, trash garbage, trash rubbish bin, bin, wastepaper basket/bin rumbustious garbage can, trashcan garbage can, trashcan

rambunctious

rambunctious

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S
sack (from a job) sailing boat saloon (car), four-door sand pit sandwich, sarni, butty sanitary towel, pad, brick, jam rag Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Santa sausage, banger, hot dog sausage, chipolata, saveloy, frankfurter scent, perfume school, at school fete, sports day secateurs secondary school, high school, comprehensive school second class, economy second-hand shop, charity shop, Oxfam, Sally Ann see-saw self-catering sellotape, sticky tape
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fire, to be canned sailboat sedan, four-door sand box sandwich maxi-pad, pad Santa Claus, Santa sausage, link, wiener, frankfurter, frank, smokie, steamie (Que) perfume school, in field day pruning shears, secateurs high school

fire, to be canned sailboat sedan, four-door sand box sandwich (feminine) napkin, pad maxipad, sanitary pad, Kotex pad Santa Claus, Santa, St Nick sausage, link, wiener, frankfurter, frank perfume school, in field day pruning shears high school

economy, coach thrift store, thrift shop, Value Village, Sally Ann, second-hand store see-saw, teeter-totter efficiency unit scotch tape

coach thrift store, second-hand store, Goodwill Store see-saw, teeter-totter efficiency scotch tape
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semi-detached house, semi semi-skimmed (milk) semolina senior (officer) serviette, napkin settee, sofa, couch shaman, healer, witch doctor shandy shattered, knackered, worn out, tired shoelace shop (retail outlet)

duplex 1%, 2% cream of wheat ranking napkin, serviette sofa, couch, Chesterfield shaman, healer, witch doctor, angakok (Inuit) beer with lemonade worn out, tired shoelace, shoestring store, shop, shoppe (to be quaint) sales clerk, saleslady, saleswoman, salesman, salesperson storefront shopkeeper, storekeeper, store manager mall, shopping centre, plaza, strip mall shooter, highball nearsighted, myopic Shreddies Shut up!

semi-detached, duplex 1%, 2% cream of wheat ranking napkin, table napkin sofa, couch, divan (dated) shaman, healer, witch doctor beer with lemonade worn out, tired shoelace, shoestring store, shoppe (to be quaint), shop (if the place sells a service, e.g. repair shop, beauty shop) sales clerk, saleslady, saleswoman, salesman, salesperson storefront storekeeper, store manager mall, shopping center plaza, strip mall shooter, highball nearsighted, myopic Chex Shut up!

shop assistant

shop front shopkeeper, shop manager shopping centre, shopping precinct short, shooter short-sighted Shreddies Shut up! Shut your trap! Shut your cakehole! Belt up! sick, ill, poorly sideboard (furniture) side dish silencer (car) Sindy, Barbie singer (female)
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sick buffet side dish, side order muffler Barbie singer

sick buffet side dish, side order muffler Barbie singer, songstress
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single (ticket) single cream sister, R.N. (hospital) sitting room, lounge, drawing room, reception room, living room, front room, parlour (dated) skimmed milk skip skipping rope skirting board skive off, bunk off, throw a sickie slag, slut, bike, whore, slapper, tart (all offensive) slanging match, argument, row, quarrel sledge sleeping car (train) sleeping partner sleeping policeman sleepover sleeve, jacket (book) slippers slip road slush, slush puppy smack smallholding smalls, pants, knickers, undies (female)

one-way (ticket) light cream senior female nurse, R.N. living room, front room, parlour (regional)

one-way light cream senior female nurse, R.N. living room, front room, parlor (regional)

skim milk dumpster skipping rope, jump rope baseboard skip, play hooky, cut class slut, whore, tramp (all
offensive)

skim milk dumpster jump rope baseboard skip, play hooky, cut class, goof off slut, whore, tramp (all
offensive)

argument, quarrel sled sleeping car, Pullman sleeping partner, silent partner, dormant partner speed bump, speed hump sleepover, slumber party, pyjama party jacket slippers ramp slush, slurpee spank hobby farm panties, underwear, undies

argument, quarrel sled Pullman sleeping partner, silent partner, dormant partner speed bump slumber party, sleepover, pajama party jacket slippers, house shoes entry ramp, entrance ramp, exit ramp slush, slurpee, icee spank hobby farm panties, underwear, undies

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smart arse, smart alec, clever clogs, clever dick smear test Snakes & Ladders snog (v), French kiss snowmobile soccer, football social security

smart ass, smart aleck, smarty pap smear, pap test Snakes & Ladders neck, French (kiss), tonsil hockey, swap spit sled, snowmobile, Ski-Doo soccer social security, social assistance, public assistance outlet, socket club soda, soda water, seltzer, soda sofa, couch, Chesterfield pop, soft drink lawyer, barrister & solicitor somewhere, someplace sherbet soybean wrench speech-language pathologist go to the toilet, take a pee spirits, liquor joint, grass, hash, hashish, spliff, toke sports, e.g CBC Sports field day, sports day pimple, zit scallion, salad onion, green onion

smart ass, wise guy, smart aleck, smarty pants pap smear, pap test Chutes & Ladders make out, neck (dated), French kiss snowmobile, Ski-Doo, sled soccer public assistance

socket, power point soda sofa, couch, settee soft drink, pop, fizzy drink solicitor, brief somewhere sorbet soya bean spanner speech therapist spend a penny spirits spliff, joint, grass, wacky backy, hash, toke, hashish, funny fag (marijuana) sport, (as reported in the media), e.g BBC Sport sports day, school fete spot, zit spring onion

outlet, socket club soda, soda water, seltzer, soda sofa, couch soda, soft drink, soda pop, pop, cold drink attorney, lawyer somewhere, someplace sherbet soybean wrench speech-language pathologist go to the toilet, go potty, excuse myself, take a pee liquor joint, grass, hash, hashish, spliff, toke sports, e.g. ESPN Sports, Sports Illustrated field day pimple, zit scallion, green onion

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spring roll, pancake roll sprog, baby spuds, potatoes squash

egg roll, spring roll baby potatoes racquetball (nearequivalent), racketball, squash concentrated drink bachelor party, stag party stalagmite stand for office, run for office bleachers, stands starfish, sea star appetizers, hors d'oeuvres public school steal, rip off rock candy sticks (out in the), boonies

egg roll, spring roll baby potatoes racquetball, racketball, squash concentrated drink bachelor party, stag party flowstone, stalagmite run for office bleachers, stands starfish, sea star appetizers, hors d'oeuvres public school steal, rip off rock candy sticks (out in the), boonies (in the), BFE (bum-fuck Egypt) spike heels, high heels stocking stuffer nylons (making an inventory?) stomachache 14 lbs pit tempest in a teapot creek, stream stretcher, gurney

squash, cordial stag night stalagmite stand for office stands, terraces starfish starters, entrée, hors d'oeuvres state school steal, nick, pinch, rip off stick of rock sticks (out in the), the back of beyond stilettos, high heels stocking filler stockings stocktaking stomachache, gut-rot stone (person’s weight) stone (fruit) storm in a teacup stream, brook stretcher

(in the)
stilettos, spike heels, high heels stocking stuffer nylons (making an inventory?) stomacheache 14 lbs pit, stone tempest in a teapot creek, stream stretcher, gurney

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Strictly Come Dancing strimmer stroke (the dog) study stupid sub-editor suburb

Dancing with the Stars weed eater stroke, pet home office dumb, stupid copy-reader suburb, bedroom community, bedroom suburb, burb underpass summer break sunscreen daylight saving time sunrise, sun-up, dawn crazy glue, super glue dinner, supper substitute teacher constituency, supporters doctor’s office rubbing alcohol surname, last name suspender belt, garter belt swear word sweater rutabaga dessert corn yam, sweet potato candy

Dancing with the Stars weed eater pet home office dumb, stupid copy-reader suburb, bedroom community, bedroom suburb, burb underpass summer break sunscreen daylight saving time sunrise, sun-up, dawn crazy glue, super glue dinner, supper substitute teacher constituency, supporters doctor’s office rubbing alcohol last name garter belt cuss word, curse word sweater rutabaga dessert corn yam candy
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subway summer holidays (from school) sun cream, suntan lotion summer time sunrise, dawn super glue supper, dinner, tea supply teacher supporters (political) surgery, doctor’s surgery surgical spirit surname, last name, family name suspender belt swear word sweater, jersey, pullover, jumper swede sweet, pudding, dessert, afters sweetcorn sweet potato sweets
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swimming costume, swim suit, cozzy (female) swimming trunks, bathing trunks, trunks Swiss roll Switch swot (n) swot (for exams) (v), cram

swim suit, bathing suit Speedos, trunks jelly roll Interac nerd cram

swim suit, bathing suit swim shorts, Speedos, trunks jelly roll ? nerd cram

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T
table tennis tadpole take away (food) take-out (beer from a pub) tailback, traffic jam tap (indoors) tap (outdoors) tap (v) tarmac taxman taxi, cab (London) taxi rank tea, brew, cuppa, Rosie Lee, char, splosh (London) tea, supper, dinner tea break, coffee break teat (baby bottle) tea towel telegraph pole telephonist telly, TV, the box, the tube ten-pin bowling term terraced house, terrace table tennis, ping-pong tadpole, pollywog take out off-sales traffic jam tap, faucet tap wiretap asphalt, blacktop, tarmac taxman, revenuer (dated) taxi, cab taxi stand tea dinner, supper coffee break nipple dish towel, tea towel utility pole telephone operator TV, the tube bowling, ten-pin semester townhouse, row house, townhome table tennis, ping-pong tadpole, pollywog take out, carry out ? traffic jam, gridlock faucet, tap spigot wiretap asphalt, blacktop taxman, the auditor, revenuer (dated) taxi, cab taxi stand tea dinner, supper coffee break nipple dish towel telephone pole, utility pole telephone operator TV, the tube, idiot box bowling semester townhouse, row house, townhome
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terraces, stands Territorial Army The City The Gods (highest balconies in
theatre)

bleachers, stands Army Reserve, The Militia Bay Street nosebleed section thermos, thermos bottle third-party insurance three times throw a (monkey) wrench in(to) the works yeast infection thunderstorm check, check mark, tick (if in
box)

bleachers, stands Army Reserve Wall Street nosebleed seats thermos, thermos bottle liability insurance three times throw a (monkey) wrench in(to) the works yeast infection electrical storm, thunderstorm check, check mark tie, necktie pantyhose, tights (thick) cash register lumberyard quarter after five schedule, timetable can can opener garbage dump, landfill whiteout Kleenex caramel apple, candy apple, toffee apple, taffy apple bathroom, john, shithouse, outhouse, can, toilet

thermos, thermos flask, vacuum flask third-party insurance three times, thrice throw a spanner in the works thrush thunderstorm tick tie tights till timber yard Time: quarter past five timetable tin, can tin opener tip, dump tippex tissue toffee apple toilet, loo, bog, lav, crapper, karzy, pisshole, shitter, throne

tie, necktie pantyhose, tights (thick) cash register lumberyard quarter after five schedule, timetable tin, can can opener garbage dump whiteout Kleenex caramel apple, candy apple toilet, bathroom, biffy, honey bucket, john, lav, shithouse, outhouse, pisser, loo, shitter, crapper, the head toilet paper, bathroom tissue

toilet paper, toilet roll, loo roll, arsewipe, bog roll,
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bumwad toilets, public conveniences, ladies, gents, W.C., lavatory, little boy's/girl's room toll motorway, tollgate tomato sauce, ketchup torch tornado Toronto tortoise tout tow truck, recovery vehicle, breakdown recovery town tracksuit, tracky tracksuit bottoms, jogging bottoms trade union traffic jam, tailback, snarlup traffic warden train driver, engine driver trainers washroom, ladies, women’s room, men’s room, lavatory toll highway, tollgate ketchup flashlight tornado, twister Toronto, T.O., Hogtown turtle, tortoise tout, scalper tow truck city, town sweatsuit track pants, sweat pants trade union, labour union traffic jam, snarl-up metermaid engineer running shoes, runners, gym shoes, high-tops streetcar, trolley tramp, bum, transient, hobo, homeless person truck stop trawler, dragger molasses cart, buggy, grocery cart pants pant suit restroom, bathroom, ladies room, women’s room, men’s room, powder room turnpike, parkway ketchup, catsup flashlight tornado, twister Toronto turtle scalper tow truck, wrecker city, town sweatsuit sweat pants labor union traffic jam, gridlock metermaid engineer sneakers, running shoes, gym shoes, high tops streetcar, trolley bum, transient, hobo, homeless person truck stop trawler, dragger molasses cart, buggy, grocery cart pants, slacks (f), trousers
(dressy)

tram tramp, homeless person transport cafe trawler treacle trolley (shopping) trousers, kecks, strides, slacks (f, dated) trouser suit (f)
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pant suit
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truncheon trunks, swimming trunks, bathing trunks, shorts tube, underground (train) tumble dryer turn-ups (on trousers) turtle tuxedo, dinner jacket, DJ TV, the box, telly twat (vulgar), twit, prick (vulgar), prat, dickhead, moron twenty-four bottles/cans of beer (case of) twice, two times two weeks, fortnight

truncheon, billy club, nightstick Speedos, trunks, swim trunks, swim shorts subway, metro clothes dryer cuffs turtle tuxedo TV bozo, twit, prick, dumb-ass, hoser, goof, dickhead, jackass, moron two-four two times, twice two weeks

truncheon, billy club, nightstick swim shorts, Speedos, trunks, swim trunks subway clothes dryer cuffs sea turtle tuxedo TV bozo, twit, prick, dumb-ass, goof, dickhead, jackass, moron twenty-four bottles/cans of beer (case of) two times, twice two weeks

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U
umbrella, brolly underlay underground, tube (train) undertaker underwear, shorts, boxers, briefs, undershorts, undercrackers, underkeck, undies, Y-fronts, smalls
(male)

umbrella carpet pad subway, metro undertaker, mortician underwear, shorts, undershorts, boxers, briefs, gitch, gotchies, Stanfields, ginch, gonch, gotch, undies panties, underwear, undies, gitch, gotchies, underthings, ginch, gonch, gotch employment insurance, pogey, EI, UI mutual fund university, college, school

umbrella, bumbershoot
(Midwest)

carpet pad subway mortician underwear, shorts, briefs, tighty-whities, undies, underoos, Jockeys, Fruit of the Looms, boxers, BVD's panties, underthings, underwear, undies unemployment compensation (not welfare) mutual fund university, college, school

undies, smalls, pants, knickers (female) unemployment benefit, the dole (not income support) unit trust university, uni, college

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V
vacuum cleaner, vac, hoover vacuum flask, thermos, thermos flask valeting service (car) valley, dale Value Added Tax (VAT) vacuum cleaner thermos, thermos bottle detailing service valley Goods & Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), Provincial Sales Tax (PST), sin tax appraiser delivery truck Vancouver, Brollywood, Hongcouver (derog) vegetable garden, garden vacuum cleaner thermos, thermos bottle detailing service valley Sales Tax

valuer van Vancouver vegetable garden, vegetable patch vegiburger, veggie burger verge (of a road) vest vicious circle video, video machine VIP, big shot, bigwig

appraiser delivery truck Vancouver garden

garden burger, garden burger, vegiburger, vegiburger, veggie burger veggie burger shoulder shoulder undershirt vicious circle, vicious cycle VCR VIP, big shot, bigwig, big kahuna, big wheel undershirt vicious circle, vicious cycle VCR VIP, big shot, bigwig, big kahuna, big wheel

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wage cut, pay cut waistcoat wallet wally, prat, idiot, plonker, berk, burk, duh-brain, clot, daft, daft as a brush, daftie, twit, wazzock, divvy, dimbo, dumbo,dork, as thick as two short planks, ninny, nit, nobhead, dipstick, eejit, plank, pilchard, right Charlie, blithering idiot, pillock, pranny, spanner, spac, spacky, spaz, thicko, twerp, bollock-brain, jerk, numpty (Scottish English) wanker, prick, arsehole, dick head, dick splash, dipshit, dick splat, dog-breath, scumbag, motherfucker, piece of shit, twat, twat face, tosser, toss pot (all offensive) wash (hands, face etc) washing powder washing up bowl washing up liquid wage rollback, pay cut vest wallet idiot, dork, dumb ass, dweeb, jerk pay cut, salary cut vest wallet, billfold idiot, dork, dumb ass, dweeb, jerk

prick, asshole, dick, motherfucker (all offensive)

prick, asshole, dick, dickwad, motherfucker (all offensive)

wash, wash up laundry detergent dishpan dishwashing liquid, dish soap, dishwashing detergent do the dishes, wash the dishes garbage can, trashcan, wastebasket watershed, height of land

wash up laundry detergent dishpan dishwashing liquid, dishwashing detergent do the dishes, wash the dishes garbage can, trashcan, wastebasket watershed

wash up wastepaper basket/bin, bin, rubbish bin watershed

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way out (sign in building) wee, wee-wee weekend, at the wellington boots, wellies, wellybobs, wellygogs Wendy house wet ones

exit pee, pee-pee weekend, on the rubber boots, galoshes, gumshoes play-house handiwipes, wet ones, baby wipes, moist towelettes wheelbarrow, barrow, hand barrow (Nfld) while whine whipping cream, heavy cream whisky, scotch, bourbon, rye, Texas Mickey (130oz bottle), whisky blanc
(Que)

exit pee, pee-pee weekend, on the rain boots, galoshes, gumshoes play-house handiwipes, wet ones, baby wipes, moist towelettes, wet naps wheelbarrow while whine heavy cream, whipping cream, whip cream whiskey, scotch, bourbon, rye

wheelbarrow while, whilst whinge, grizzle whipped cream whisky, whiskey

whitener wholemeal bread, brown bread wife, 'er indoors, the missus, old lady, trouble and strife willy, winkie wimp, wuss, big girl's blouse, namby pamby windscreen wing, mudguard (of car) winker, indicator (on a car) wireless (dated), radio woolly hat work experience, placement workshop (at home) worrying

whitener brown bread wife weenie wimp windshield fender turn signal lever, turn signal radio toque, tuque internship shop worrying, worrisome

non-dairy creamer whole wheat bread wife weenie wimp windshield fender turn signal radio stocking hat/cap, ski hat internship shop worrying, worrisome

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worse worst

worse, badder (sl) worst, baddest (sl)

worse, badder (sl) worst, baddest (sl)

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Year One, Year Two (school) Primary One, Primary Two
(primary school, Scotland)

Grade One, Grade Two

First Grade, Second Grade

First Year, Second Year
(secondary school, Scotland)

Year Nine Year Ten Year Eleven Year Twelve Yeti, Abominable Snowman Y-fronts, smalls, underwear, shorts, boxers, briefs (male) yokel, country bumpkin Yours sincerely You're welcome

Grade Nine Grade Ten Grade Eleven Grade Twelve Sasquatch, Big Foot, Abominable Snowman underwear, shorts, boxers, briefs, undershorts, Stanfields, ginch, gonch, gitch, gotch country bumpkin, yokel, hillbilly, redneck Sincerely You're welcome

Freshman Year, Ninth Grade Sophomore Year, Tenth Grade Junior Year, Eleventh Grade Senior Year, Twelfth Grade Big Foot, Abominable Snowman shorts, briefs, undershorts, boxers underwear, drawers, undies, BVD's, Jockeys, Fruit of the Looms hillbilly, yokel, redneck Sincerely You're welcome, uh-huh
(informal)

Z
zebra crossing, pedestrian crossing zed zimmer, zimmer frame zip, flies
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pedestrian crossing, crosswalk zed walker zipper, flies

pedestrian crossing, crosswalk zee walker zipper, fly
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zit, spot 999

pimple, zit 911

pimple, zit 911

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