There are still a number of words and phrasal idiom that can baffle even the most ostentatious BBC America sports fan . Next time you ’re in London , keep these translations to turn over — or as the Yanks would say , nearby — and you ’ll be just fine .
1.Knock up : To wake up . Do n’t freak out if your flatmate says he will be sure to knock you up in the dawning .
2.Pants : underclothes . Be careful not to congratulate your friend ’s unexampled pants , or she will be very confused . Trousers or slacks are what you wear over your pant .
3.Take the piss : To take reward of ; to ridicule . This is one of the more unattractive British phrases that show up frequently in conversation .
4.Bum bag : Fanny battalion . For your own sake , do n’t say “ butt pack . ” ( Come to conceive of it , do n’t say “ female genitalia ” at all . )
5.Poncy : An specially negative edition of the word “ posh . ”
6.Plaster : A band - aid .
7.Whinge : To whine .
8.Cash item : An ATM .
9.Car parking area : Though it sound more like an machine show , it ’s just a parking lot .
10.Garden : Backyard . A front yard or lawn is refer to as the front garden .
11.Accident and Emergency : An emergency elbow room or trauma center ; commonly referred to as the “ A&E. ”
12.Pot : Carton or container , as in , “ I had a yoghurt pot for breakfast . ”
13.Sex pest : Though it sounds like some unpleasant disease , a sex pest is more cognate to a sexual predator or someone who sexually harasses others .
14.Sign on : It has nothing to do with AOL — it really imply to signal up for welfare .
15.The cad ’s bollocks : If something is the dog ’s bollocks , it is splendid .
16.Tramp : roofless person . you may still get upset if someone says you line up like a tramp ; you ’ll just be worried for a different reason .
17.Rude son : Thug or juvenile delinquent . A primitive son in England plausibly has no special affinity for ska music , unlike the rude son in the U.S. and Jamaica .
18.Jumper : Sweater or slipover .
19.Mucky whelp : Messy person .
Kathleen Elise is a graduate scholar at University College London ..
