A dictionary of slang - "S" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

sab	Noun. Abb. of saboteur. The 'sab'/'sabbing' terms gained prominence during the 1980s with the increased activity in animal rights and hunt saboteurs. Verb. To sabotage.
sabbing	Noun. An act of sabotage. E.g."We're off sabbing the ICI animal labs in Cheshire tomorrow so bring your lawyers phone number."
sack	Noun. Bed. E.g."Let's hit the sack, I'm exhausted." See 'hit the sack'. [U.S.]
sack (something) off	Verb. To put an end to something.
sack-it	Verb. Stop it, put an end to something.
sad	Adj. Unfortunate, pitiful or pathetic. Derog. E.g."Geoff's so sad, getting his tongue pierced just because it's fashionable."
saddo	Noun. A pathetic or contemptible person. Derog.
safe!	Exclam. An expression of agreement, OK! Yes! Agreed!
salad dodger	Noun. A fat person. Derog.
same to you with brass knobs on!	Exclam. A dismissive and contemptuous retort.
sample	Noun. A digitally copied segment of a tune, edited for use in one's own musical piece. Verb. To copy in the above manner.
S. and M.	Noun. Sado-masochism. Abb. of sadism and masochism. The sexual pleasure derived from inflicting and receiving pain.
sandwich	Noun. A sexual threesome.
Sapphic	Noun. Of or like a lesbian.
sanger	Noun. A sandwich. [Aust/Irish.]
sarky	Adj. Abb. of sarcastic.
sarnie	Noun. A sandwich. {Informal}.
sauce	Noun. Alcoholic drink.
sausage	Noun. A penis.
sausage fingers	Noun. Clumsy and imprecise fingers, usually applied to when mistyping on computer keyboards. E.g."Sorry about the spelling mistakes; I think I must have had sausage fingers that day."
sausage jockey	Noun. A homosexual male. Derog. [1990s.]
sausage sandwich	Noun. 1. A sexual act involving one man and two women. 2. A masturbatory act involving the penis being sandwiched between a woman's breasts.
savvy	Verb. To know, or understand.
scabby	Adj. Unpleasant, distasteful, rotten.
scag	Noun. Heroin, the opiate. Also spelt 'skag'.
scally	Noun. A miscreant, a lout, usually male. Abb. of scallywag. This derogatory name has been in prolific use from the early 1990s. * Scally was also a term for a Liverpudlian youth, used in and around Liverpool itself and was possibly the forerunner of the current expression, however the use of it in this form is now rare .
scam	Noun. A trick or con. [1900s. U.S.]
scammels	Noun. Prominent and erect female nipples. An abbreviated form of scammel wheel nuts.
scanties	Noun. Female underwear. From their often exiguous nature.
scaredy-cat	Noun. A person who is frightened. An adolescent term. Derog.
scare the pants off (someone)	Vrb phrs. To terrify (someone). E.g."When I saw the muscles on him it scared pants off me."
scare the shit out of (someone)	Vrb phrs. To terrify (someone).
scarper	Verb. Go, often hurriedly, escape. Abb. rhyming slang from Scapa Flow. E.g."Scarper lads, the police are coming!"
scat queen	Noun. A gay male who indulges in sexual acts involving faeces. Scat is derived from scatology. Cf. also 'curry queen', 'pissy queen' and 'dinge queen'.
schemie	Noun. A disparaging term for a person from a Scottish council estate, called a scheme. Derog. [Scottish use]
schizzo	Noun. Abb. of schizophrenic but more generally applied to a person showing mental problems and incapabilities. Derog. Pronounced skitzo.
schlep	Verb. To tiresomely lug around, to do lots of leg work. Also spelt 'shlepp'. The term gained popularity in Britain during the late 1980s. {Informal}. [Yiddish.]
schlong	Noun. Penis. From the Yiddish. Also spelt shlong.
schmaltzy	Adj. Sugary and corny sentiments. {Informal}. [Yiddish.]
schmooze	Verb. To chat intimately and in a flattering manner.
schtum	Adj. Quiet, silent. Also spelt schtoom, stumm. E.g. "Keep schtum about it, we'll get into trouble if the boss finds out!" [Yiddish]
scoff	Verb. To eat. {Informal}. Noun. Food. {Informal}.
sconner	Noun. A person without pubic hair.
scooby	Noun. A clue. Rhyming slang on 'scooby doo', the cartoon character. E.g."I haven't got a scooby why she went into a rage, I was only 1 hour late for dinner."
score	Verb. 1. To obtain illicit drugs. [1930s. U.S.] 2. To achieve a liason with a sexually desirable person. Noun. 20 pounds sterling.
Scouse	Adj. Of or from Liverpool. Derived from the name of a local stew, an abb. of lobscouse.
Scouser	Noun. A person from Liverpool, a Liverpudlian.
scrambled	Adj. Confused. E.g."Strewth, my head's scrambled from all those drugs." Also applies to one's hearing, E.g."What did he say ? My ears were on scramble."
scrag	Verb. To handle roughly.
scran	Noun. Food. [Late 1800s]
scrap	Noun. A fight or quarrel. {Informal}.
scream blue murder	Vrb phrs. To make an outcry of anger or exasperation.
screaming abdabs	Noun. Terror, the frights, nerves. E.g."He's got the screaming abdabs since failing his driving exam 6 times." Cf. 'abdabs' [1940s]
screw	Verb. To fornicate. [1800s] Noun. A prison officer.
screw around	Verb. 1. Be sexually promiscuous. [U.S.] 2. To idle away time.
screw loose	Noun. See 'have a screw loose'.
screw the arse off (someone)	Vrb phrs. To fornicate enthusiastically. Cf. 'fuck the arse off.'
screw up	Verb. To ruin, mess up. E.g."Don't screw up your life with jugs, no sorry, I mean drugs." Noun. A failure, a 'cock-up'.
screw you!	Verb. A rebuke such as 'get lost' or 'fuck you'.
scrike	Verb. To cry. Northern dialect. E.g."She scrikes that much she actually takes a box of tissues to the cinema."
scrikey	Adj. Tearful. [Northern use.]
scrote	Noun. 1. A contemptible person. Derog. 2. An abb. of scrotum.
scrotty	Adj. Unpleasant, dirty.
scrubber	Noun. A coarse and sexually amenable or promiscuous woman. Has recently being superseded by the use of 'slapper'. Derog.
scruff	Noun. An unkempt or dirty person. {Informal}.
scruffs	Noun. Less important clothes in which one relaxes or completes tasks likely to dirty or ruin them. E.g."I can't come for a meal immediately, I'm still in my scruffs."
scrummy	Adj. Delicious, pleasant. Derived from the informal scrumptious.
scrump	Verb. To steal fruit from a garden or orchard. {Informal}.
scum	Noun. A worthless person or group. Derog. {Informal}.
scumbag	Noun. 1. A despicable or objectionable person. Derog. 2. A sleazy person. Derog. * Orig. scumbag, meaning a condom, a contraceptive sheath..
scumbucket	Noun. Meaning the same as 'scumbag'.
scupper	Verb. To thwart, to prevent from succeeding. E.g."Don't scupper your chances of passing your driving test by having a beer first." {Informal}
scut	Noun. A sexually promiscuous woman. [Merseyside use?]
scutch	Adj. Sting or smart from a slap. [Runcorn/North-west use.]
scuzzbucket	Noun. 1. A despicable or objectionable person. Derog. 2. A sleazy person. Derog.
scuzzy	Adj. Filthy, dirty, unkempt.
see a man about a dog	Vrb phrs. An euphemism to avoid telling of your true destination, often in reply to an awkward question. Is commonly used as a euphemism for going to the toilet.
seeing to	Noun. 1. A sexual act. E.g."I wouldn't mind giving her a good seeing to." 2. A beating.
semi	Noun. A half erect penis; abb. of semi-erection. [1990s]
septic	Noun. A North American. From the rhyming slang septic tank - Yank.
set of wheels	Noun. A vehicle or a wheeled means of transport.
sex on a stick	Noun. A sexually attractive, slim, woman.
shaft	Verb. 1. To fornicate. Male terminology. [1940s.] 2. To con.
shag	Verb. 1. To fornicate. Less coarse than 'fuck'. [1800s] 2. To wear out, to break. E.g."You'll shag it up if you keep hitting it with that hammer." Noun. An act of fornication.
shagbag	Noun. A sexually amenable or available woman. Derog.
shaggable	Adj. Sexually desirable.
shagged	Adj. Worn out, 'knackered'. Also followed by up or out.
shake a leg!	Exclam. Hurry up! Move!
shambolic	Adj. In a mess, disorganised, mismanaged. {Informal}
shant	Noun. A drink, usually alcohol.
Sharon and Tracy	Noun. A disparaging name for females considered to be working class, unintelligent and vulgarly dressed, generally below the social standards acceptable to the user of the phrase. Each name can be heard used individually to imply the same. Derog.
sharpish	Adj. Quickly. E.g."You had better hurry to shops pretty damned sharpish, before they close"
shat	Verb. To have defecated, the past tense of 'shit'. E.g."I shat my pants when I saw the size of him."
Shaz/Shazza	Noun. A form of the name Sharon, see 'Sharon and Tracy'. Derog.
shedded	Adj. Very intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
shed load (of something)	Noun. A large quantity of (something). E.g."If you want tunes, go down Oldham Street, there's a shed load of record shops there."
sheepshagger	Noun. A ruralised person. Derog.
sheet	Noun. Paper money, monetary notes. E.g."My new computer cost me 800 sheets."
shell out	Verb. To pay up, to hand over. {Informal}.
sherbet	Noun. An alcoholic drink. Also spelt sherbert. E.g."I think we should go down to the bar, get some sherbets in and then hit a nightclub."
sherman	Noun. An act of masturbation. Cockney rhyming slang. Sherman tank, rhyming with 'wank'. [1940s]
shift one's arse	Vrb Phrs. To move out of the way or to hurry up. E.g."Come on, shift your arse and help me tidy up, my parents will be here soon."
shirt	Noun. A male nightclubber whose ideal night out will be to drink excessively, make sexual advances towards women and complete the night with a drunken brawl. Invariably their attire includes a dressy shirt, often without a tie.
shirtlifter	Noun. A male homosexual. Derog.
shirty	Adj. Ill-tempered. E.g."Pete got all shirty with me when I didn't invite him for dinner." {Informal}
shit (!)	Noun. 1. Faeces. 2. An act of defecation. 3. A contemptible person. 4. Rubbish, nonsense. 5. Cannabis or marijuana. 6. Miscellaneous items. E.g."Come on, get your shit together, the taxi's due in 5 minutes." Verb. To defecate. Exclam. An exclamation of frustration or anger.
shit-a-brick!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or annoyance.
shit-all	Adj. Nothing at all. Cf. 'fuck-all', 'sod-all'.
shitbag	Noun. A contemptible person. Derog.
shit bricks	Vrb Phrs. To be very scared. Cf. 'shit one's pants' and 'brick it'.
shite	Noun / Verb. See 'shit'. [Orig. Northern use 1800s]
shitey	Adj. See 'shitty'.
shitehawk	Noun. A despicable person. Derog.
shit-face	Noun. A contemptible person. Derog.
shit-faced	Adj. Drunk. [1940s]
shit for brains	Noun. A particularly stupid person, or a general insult. Derog.
shit-head	Noun. An annoying or loathsome person. Derog.
shit hits the fan	Phrs. As 'when the shit hits the fan', it warns that severe consequences will be felt when the results of actions are discovered. Alternatively, in such phrases as "the shit will hit the fan when she discovers the truth". See 'when the shit hits the fan'.
shit-hot	Adj. Excellent.
shithouse	Noun. A messy or dirty domicile. Originally a shithouse was the outside toilet, before the advent of an inside lavatory.
shit-load of (something)	Noun. A vulgar version of 'shed load of'.
shitloads	Noun. Many, a lot of
shit on (someone)	Verb. To betray, to land someone in trouble.
shit one's pants	Vrb phrs. Be terrified. Used metaphorically for when in extreme terror the bowels are uncontrollably voided.
shits	Noun. Diarrhoea. E.g."I can't come out tonight, I've got the shits."
shit-scared	Adj. Very frightened. Cf. 'shit bricks'.
shit-stabber	Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
shitstain	Noun. A contemptible person. Derog.
shit stirrer	Noun. An insidious gossip, a person whose malicious actions cause problems for others.
shitter	Noun. 1. The anus. 2. A toilet. 3. A contemptible person.
shit the bed!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
shitting hell!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise, annoyance or frustration. Almost invariably it'll be heard pronounced shittin'ell.
shitty	Adj. 1. Worthless, trashy. 2. Covered in faeces. 3. Dirty, filthy.
shlepp	Verb. See 'schlep'.
shock horror!	Exclam. That's not surprising. An ironic exclamation.
shoot!	Exclam. A euphemism for 'shit'. [U.S.]
shoot blanks	Verb. Of a man, to be sterile. Also phrased as fire blanks.
shoot one's load	Vrb phrs. To ejaculate semen. [1800s]
shoot-up	Verb. To inject a drug.
shop	Verb. To tell or inform on. [1890s]
shopping	Noun. A euphemism for illicit drugs brought from a dealer.
short and curlies	Noun. Basically the term refers to pubic hairs, however it is used figuratively in having got someone by the short and curlies - having complete power over someone. Originating from army use. [1930s]
short-arse	Noun. A person who is small in stature. Derog.
shot	Adj. Worn out, exhausted. {Informal}.
shotgun	Verb. A way of smoking cannabis/marijuana between two people, with one person blowing and the other inhaling.
shout	Noun. A round of drinks. E.g."Go on, get to the bar you lazy sod, it's your shout."
shout-out	Noun. A mentioning of a person verbally or in writing, as a method of showing respect. Often heard used on the radio by DJ's replacing the previously popular request. [1990s]
shove it!	Exclam. A dismissive exclamation of anger.
shove it up your arse!	Exclam. An exclamation of contempt.
shove off (!)	Verb. Go away. Often heard as an imperative exclamation.
shower	Noun. A derogatory and all encompassing term for a motley group of people.
shower of shite/shit	Noun. Contemptible person, persons or thing. Derog. E.g."It has been said that this dictionary is a shower of shite."
shrapnel	Noun. Money in the form of loose change.
shreddies	Noun. Underwear.
shrimp	Verb. To lick, suck and kiss the toes for sexual gratification. Noun. A small, thin, feeble and objectionable person. Derog. Cf. 'prawn'.
shrooms	Noun. Mushrooms, often with regard to 'magic mushrooms', the hallucinogenic psilocybin. Cf. 'mushies'.
shufflebutt	Noun. A fidgety, restless person.
shufty	Noun. A look, a glance. E.g."Have a shufty at the copyright laws before you use dictionary on your own website." {Informal}.
shushy	Adj. A 'camp', extravagant style. Many spelling alternatives including zhoosy, jujjy, zuzshy.
shut your face!	Exclam. Shut up! Trap can be substituted for face for an allusion to the mouth but still retaining the same emphasis and essential meaning.
sick as a parrot	Phrs. Depressed, upset, very disappointed.
sickie	Noun. A period away from work with illness, and usually without just medical cause. Cf. 'throw a sickie'. {Informal}. [Aust./N.Z.]
sicko	Noun. A disturbing and unsavoury person. Derog.
sign one's pants	Vrb phrs. To be in need of defecation. E.g."Quick! Let me in the toilet will you! I've just signed my pants."
silent but deadly	Phrs. Describing an emmision of wind from the anus, a 'fart', that is released silently but is particularly bad smelling. [1980s]
silly moo	Noun. A idiotic or foolish woman. Often jocular. Cf. 'cow'.
silly sausage	Noun. A foolish person. Jocular usage but mildly derog.
siphon the python	Vrb phrs. To urinate. Male usage.
sissy	Noun. An effeminate, weak, or cowardly person. Derog. {Informal}.
six-pack	Noun. Strong and evident abdominal muscles. [U.S.]
sixty-nine (69)	Noun. A couples simultaneous oral stimulation of each others genitals during sex. Being representative of the shape two bodies attain in such a position.
size queen	Noun. A gay male with a sexual preference for partners with large genitalia.
skag	Noun. Heroin. Also spelt 'scag'.
skanky	Adj. Dirty, unnattractive, ugly, smelly.
skedaddle	Verb. Move, go away. Imper. {Informal}.
skerret	Noun. A tiny amount. Such as in given in the reply to the question "Did you get anything ?" "No not a skerret." A derivative of the slang skerrick.
skew-whiff	Adj. Out of alignment, incorrect. {Informal}.
skidmark	Noun. A faecal smear or stain. Usually with regard to one's undergarments. [1900s]
skin	Noun. A skinhead. Verb. To roll up a cannabis/marijuana cigarette. E.g."Is it yours or my turn to skin."
skinful	Noun. A sufficient quantity of alcohol to make one drunk. E.g."I'm not driving anywhere; I've had a skinful." {Informal}.
skins	Noun. Cigarette papers, but refers more to those used in a 'joint.'
skint	Adj. Having no money, poor.
skin up	Verb. To roll a 'joint'.
skirt	Noun. A woman or women. Cf. 'bit of skirt'. Derog.
skit	Verb. To make fun of, to tease. [Merseyside use]
skive	Verb. To evade doing one's task or duty.
skive off	Verb. See 'skive'.
skivvies	Noun. Underwear, particularly with reference to pants. [US]
skivvy	Noun. A servant for menial tasks. Derog. {Informal}.
skoosh	Noun. 1. A squirt of cream from an aerosol. 2. Something very easy. E.g."That exam was a skoosh!" 3. A carbonated drink. * All uses are Scottish.
skun	Verb. Past tense of 'skin' (verb), i.e. skinned. E.g."Rob skun up a joint last night that was 9 inches long!"
skunk	Noun. 1. A popular type of very strong marijuana, characterized by its pungent smell, hence its name. 2. A person from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and more particularly a supporter of Newcastle football club. From the team's colours, black and white stripes, and as a derogatory term due to the fact that skunks 'smell'. Derog. [Mainly Sunderland use]
skunkweed	Noun. A type of very strong marijuana. See 'skunk'.
sky (rocket)	Noun. Pocket. Rhyming slang.
skypilot	Noun. A priest, vicar or similar preacher of religion.
slag	Noun. 1. A prostitute or promiscuous woman. Also occasionally heard with reference to such men. Derog. 2. A contemptible person. Derog. Verb Meaning the same as 'slag off'.
slag (someone) off	Verb. To verbally put down someone or something. E.g."If you are going to persistently slag off your friends you soon won't have any left to upset."
slam dancing	Adj. An aggressive and physical dance style adopted by 'thrash metal' fans. Cf. 'moshing'.
slap	Noun. Cosmetic make-up. Originally from theatrical usage. See 'slap-up' (verb).
slap and tickle	Noun. A lighthearted sexual liason. {Informal}.
slaphead	Noun. A balding person. Derog.
slapper	Noun. 1. A sexually promiscuous woman. Derog. 2. A contemptible woman. Derog.
slap-up	Verb. To apply cosmetic make-up. Adj. Extravagent and sumptuous. Usually applied to meals or dinner. E.g."It's my birthday so we're off out for a slap-up meal." {Informal}.
slash	Verb. To urinate. Onomatopoeic. Noun. An act of urination.
slaughtered	Verb. Very intoxicated by drink or drugs.
sleazebag	Noun. A despicable, sleazy, fawning person. Derog. [U.S.]
sleazeball	Noun. Meaning the same as 'sleazebag'. Derog.
sledge	Verb. To be incapacitated mentally, and consequently physically, from taking drugs. E.g."I just sat there sledging in the corner, unable to dance." [1990s]
slimeball	Noun. A repugnant person. Also shortened to slime. Derog.
sling one's hook	Vrb phrs. Go away. A demand or order to leave. E.g."You're not coming in here, sling your hook before I call for security."
slip one a length	Vrb phrs. To fornicate. Generally a male used expression.
slit	Noun. The vagina. [1600s]
slob	Noun. A uncouth, unsavoury and lazy person. Derog. {Informal}. Verb. To act in the manner of a slob. E.g."Are you going slob all day, or do something useful for a change."
slob about /around	Verb. See 'slob' (verb).
slobberchops	Noun. A name for a person with a particularly salivery mouth.
slob out	Verb. See 'slob' (verb).
slog one's guts out	Vrb phrs. To work very hard.
slo-mo	Adj. Slowly. Abb. of slow-motion.
sloppy seconds	Noun. A subsequent indulgence in an activity by a second person involving an exchange of bodily fluids. This may involve the sharing of drink, or more often it applies to a sexual nature. E.g."I'm not having sloppy seconds, I want to shag her first."
sloshed	Adj. Drunk. [1900s]
slum-it	Verb. To live without the usual pleasures.
slummock	Noun. A dirty, untidy or lazy person. {Informal} Verb. To behave in a lazy and unkempt fashion. {Informal}
slummy	Noun. Loose change. [Liverpool use]
slutty	Adj. Sluttish.
smack	Noun. Heroin. Derived from the Yiddish schmeck. [Mid 1940s. U.S.]
smacker	Noun. 1. A loud kiss. From the noise it might make. 2. One pound sterling, although usually in the plural. E.g."She still owes me 40 smackers from last week." 3. A strong physical blow. E.g."I caught him a right smacker on his jaw."
smackeroos	Noun. Meaning the same as 'smacker' (version 2), but with a more lighthearted slant. E.g."I can't wait to get my hands on all those lovely smackeroos when I collect my winnings."
smackhead	Noun. A heroin addict, junkie. Derog.
small potatoes	Noun. An insignificant amount, often with regard to money.
smarmy	Adj. Obsequious, condescendingly flattering. {Informal}.
smart-arse	Noun. A person who smuggly displays their intelligence.
smashed	Adj. Very intoxicated with drink or drugs.
smashing	Adj. Excellent, brilliant. {Informal}.
smeg	Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance.
smeggy	Adj. Unsavoury, horrible. The word derives from smegma.
smeg-head	Noun. An imbecile, an objectionable person. Watch Red Dwarf, a British sit-com, for the humorous usage. Derog. [Liverpool]
smellies	Noun. Scented toiletries and perfumes.
smelly	Noun. A biker, usually unkempt, long haired, and a listener of rock music. Derog.
smidge	Noun. A little, a small amount. An abbreviated form of 'smidgeon'.
smidgeon	Noun. A little, a small amount. {Informal}.
smoke	Noun. 1. A cigarette. 2. Also cannabis or marijuana. E.g."Have you got any smoke for tonight." 3. London. Always phrased as the smoke.
smoothie	Noun. A person who is over stylish and suave. {Informal}.
smuggling peanuts	Phrs. Of a woman, having erect and prominant nipples apparent through her clothing.
snaffle	Verb. To grab, seize or steal. {Informal}.
SNAFU	Noun. A bad situation, a mistake, a foul-up. Acronym of situation normal all fucked up. [U.S. 1940s]
snail-mail	Noun. Post, mail. Jocular expression coined with the advent of the much speedier e-mail.
snap	Noun. Food, especially a snack. [Northern use/dialect?]
snappin	Noun. Food. [Stoke on Trent use]
snatch	Noun. The female genitals.
snazzy	Adj. Smart or attractive in an ostentatious way.
snicket	Noun. An alleyway. [Mainly Northern use]
snifter	Noun. A small drink of alcohol, usually a shot of spirits.
snig	Noun. Nasal mucus. Often extended to sniggy.
snitch	Verb. To inform on somebody. Noun. Someone who snitches. [1700s]
snitcher	Noun. An informer.
snog	Verb. To kiss lengthily, passionately or lustfully. Noun. A lengthy and passionate kiss.
snookered	Adj. Defeated, thwarted.
snort	Verb. To inhale via the nose a small quantity of powdered drug, such as cocaine or amphetamne. [U.S]
snot	Noun. Nasal mucus. [S.e. from 1400s, until 1800s] Verb. To expel nasal mucus. E.g."He laughed so much that he snotted down his chin."
snot rag	Noun. A handkerchief.
snotty	Adj. 1. Over proud and conceited. 2. Full of nasal mucus, as with having the ailment, a cold.
snotty nosed	Adj. See 'snotty' (adj. 1).
snout	Noun. Tobacco, or a cigarette. E.g."Have you got a snout John? I'm gasping for a smoke."
snuff-it	Verb. To die.
snuff movie	Noun. A violent movie showing real murders or torture. Snuff meaning to murder or a murder.
soak	Noun. A drunkard.
so-and-so	Noun. A contemptible person. Mildy offensive. {Informal}.
soap-dodger	Noun. An unkempt, dirty person. Derog.
soapy tit wank	Noun. An act of masturbation between a woman's breasts with the use of some form of lubrication. Cf. 'tit wank'.
sobs	Noun. Money. E.g."How many sobs did that Armani suit cost?"
sod	Noun. 1. A despicable or objectionable person. Derog. 2. A pitiable person. E.g."He's just had his car stolen and his wife has just run off with the milkman, the poor sod." This use is also be found with the expressions 'poor bastard' and 'poor bugger'. * Abb. of the word sodomite.
sod about / around	Verb. To waste time.
sod-all	Noun. Nothing. E.g."I've done sod-all this vacation, but I still feel like I need a holiday." Adj. No. E.g."I've done sod-all work this vacation."
sodding	Adv./Adj. Used as an intensifier. E.g."It's always that sodding idiot who wakes everyone up at a god awful hour."
sod it!	Exclam. A exclamation of contempt or frustration. E.g."Sod-it! I'm giving up."
sod off	Verb. Go away. E.g."If he doesn't sod off in the next 2 minutes I'm going to hit him."
sod this for a lark !	Exclam. An intolerant exclamation. Compare with 'sod this for a game of soldiers'.
sod this for a game of soldiers !	Exclam. An intolerant exclamation.
soft in the head	Phrs. Stupid, dimwitted.
soft-lad / lass	Noun. Affectionate expression for an inept or overly sentimental male/female.
softy	Noun. A weak, feeble or overly sentimental person. {Informal}.
solid (!)	Adj. Excellent. Jazz origins. [U.S.] Exclam. An approving exclamation. Noun. Hashish.
soopy	Noun. A supermarket. Unknown spellings, perhaps also supie or supey.
soppy	Adj. Feeble, sickly sentimental. {Informal}.
sorted(!)	Exclam. An approving exclamation, brilliant, excellent. Adj. An all purpose expression of satisfaction, contentment. Commonly used to denote having the required or desired drugs. E.g."I've just been into town and got sorted for tonight's party."
sound	Adj. O.K., wonderful, similar to 'sorted.'
sound as a pound	Phrs. Wonderful, excellent, correct. [Merseyside/North west ? use]
sounds	Noun. Tunes or music. E.g."Have you brought any new sounds for tonights party."
sow one's oats	Vrb phrs. To have sexual intercourse but usually during a period of youthful sexual promiscuity.
soz	Adj. Sorry. Mainly adolescent use.
sozzled	Adj. Drunk, but not incapacitated. {Informal}.
space cadet	Noun. An eccentric or crazy person, someone not thinking normally. Derived from 'spaced out'. Derog. [U.S.]
spacecake	Noun. Cake made with the added ingredients of cannabis or marijuana.
spaced out	Adj. A light-headed stupification resulting from the use of drugs.
spacey	Adj. Ambient, ethereal.
spadger	Noun. A sparrow. [dialect]
Spanish archer	Noun. See 'give the spanish archer'.
spanking	Adj. 1. Excellent. 2. New. Short for brand spanking new. Noun. A beating.
spank the monkey	Verb. To masturbate. A term for male masturbation.
spanner	Noun. An idiot, a contemptible person.
spare	Noun. Sexually available, unattached person. Cf. 'bit of spare'.
spare-tyre	Noun. A roll of fat around one's midrift. {Informal}. [1920s]
spark	Noun. An electrician.
spark out	Verb. To pass out, become unconcsious.
spark up	Verb. To light a cigarette, and often with regards to a 'joint'.
sparrowfart	Noun. Dawn, morning break. Cf. 'crack of sparrow's fart'.
spawny	Adj. Lucky.
spaz	Noun. Imbecile. Derog. and offensive. Derived from spastic.
spazmobile	Noun. 1. A car for the disabled. 2. An objectionable unstylish car. Derog.
special K	Noun. The drug ketamine.
specky-four-eyes	Noun. A juvenile name for a person wearing spectacles. Derog.
speed	Noun. The drug amphetamine sulphate. [U.S. 1960s]
speed freak	Noun. 1. A compulsive amphetamine user. 2. A person who loves driving fast.
speed garage	Noun. A genre of dance music which encompasses 'garage' styles with 'dubby' basslines and 'jungle' type 'samples'. Although in some ways existing for some time, it has only recently been given its contentious name by the music press. [1997]
speeding	Adj. Under the influence of amphetamine sulphate.
spend a penny	Vrb phrs. To urinate, to go to the lavatory. A euphemism derived from a fee charged in public toilets, albeit usually only in the women's; the saying is based on a pre-inflatatory figure. {Informal}.
spends	Noun. Money to spend on oneself, often with respect to children's pocket money.
spesh	Adj. Abbreviated form of special. E.g."Last night was really spesh!"
spew	Noun. Vomit. Verb. To vomit.
spew one's guts up	Vrb phrs. To vomit.
spew-up	Verb. To vomit.
spic	Noun. 1. A person from Puerto Rico, Mexico and Spain. Derog. [US] 2. Of Spain and its languages. Derog. [US] * Also spelt spick.
spice	Noun. Confectionery. [Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire use]
spider's legs	Noun. The pubic hairs which protrude from beneath one's underwear.
spiel	Noun. Persuasive speech, sales patter.
spiffing	Adj. Excellent, first rate. Somewhat archaic expression perpetuated by humourous use when mimicking upper class behaviour. E.g."How absolutely spiffing old man!"
spiggy	Noun. Chewing gum. Cf 'spoggy'. [E. Lancs. use]
spill one's guts	Vrb phrs. 1. To confess or reveal the truth. 2. To vomit. Probably a misuse of version 1 due to its similarity with 'spew one's guts up'.
spit tacks	Vrb Phrs. Be very angry.
spitting feathers	Adj. 1. Thirsty. E.g."Let's stop at the next cafe, I'm spitting feathers." 2. Frantic, fretful, agitated. E.g."She was spitting feathers after those kids smashed her front window."
splash one's boots	Vrb phrs. To urinate. Male usage.
splick	Noun. Distasteful or unpleasant viscous substances. [1980s]
spliff	Noun. A cannabis or marijuana cigarette. Used more frequently than 'joint'. [W.I.].
split arse	Noun. A woman. Derog.
split beaver	Noun. An explicit pornographic pose fully revealing the female genitals. Cf. 'beaver'.
splosh	Noun. Tea (the drink). [Mainly London use]
spod	Noun. 1. A studious person. A 'swot'. Derog. 2. A contemptible person. Derived from definition1. Derog.
spoggy	Noun. Chewing gum. Cf 'spiggy'. [Humberside/Lincolnshire use]
spondulicks	Noun. Money. Also spelt spondulics and spondulix. [1800s]
spoof	Noun. Semen.
spoon	Verb. 1. To nestle against one another in bed whilst both facing the same way. [Mid 1800s] 2. To miss hit a ball during a sporting activity. E.g."He only had the goalkeeper to beat and he spooned it!" Noun. An idiot, a foolish person.
spot on	Adj./Adv. Correct, exactly right. {Informal}
spread it on thick	Vrb phrs. To exagerrate.
sprog	Noun. A child.
spud	Noun. 1. Someone who is ugly. Derog. 2. An affectionate term of address for a friend. 3. A potato.
spud ugly	Adj. Very ugly.
spuds	Noun. The hands. Children might be heard to say "Put your spuds in", when chanting a rhyme to decide who is it.
spuggly	Adj. Very ugly. A contraction of 'spud ugly'.
spunk	Noun. Semen.
spunk bucket	Noun. 1. A woman, possibly of easy morals. Derog. 2. Vagina, as viewed as a recepticle for semen.
spunk dustbin	Noun. 1. Vagina, as viewed as a recepticle for semen.
spunk up	Verb. To ejaculate semen.
squaddie	Noun. A soldier.
square	Noun. A person who is reactionary, old fashioned and set in their ways. Derog. Adj. Old fashioned, conservative, conventional.
square-eyes	Noun. A humourous address for someone who watches too much television.
squat	Verb. 1. To defecate. 2. To urinate. Female expression. Noun. The act of defecation or urination.
squeal	Verb. To inform (on). Often used in the simile, squeal like a pig.
squid	Noun. A jocular term for one pound sterling, derived from 'quid'.
squidgey	Adj. Feeling soft, squashy or soggy. E.g. "I think the ground's a little too squidgey for cricket today." {Informal}.
squiffy	Adj. A little drunk.
squillion	Noun. A very large indefinite amount.
squire	Noun. A term of address. {Informal}.
squirt	Noun. A diminutive and insignificant person. Derog. {Informal}.
squits	Noun. The runs, having diarrhoea. [1840s]
squity	Adj. Of or having the characteristics of diarrhoea. E.g."I not coming into work today, I have a squity bottom."
stacked	Adj. Of a woman, well built or large breasted.
stage-diving	Noun. The act of climbing onto the stage during a gig, to then leap off and be caught by the audience. Originates from 1980s punk but proliferating during 'thrash' and 'grunge' era of the late 1980s and 1990s.
stalk	Noun. An erect penis.
stark bollock naked	Adj. Totally naked.
starkers	Noun. Naked. From Stark naked. Cf. 'stark bollock naked'.
stash	Noun. Illicit drugs.
steamboats	Adj. Drunk.
steaming	Adj. 1. Drunk. Abb. of steaming drunk. 2. Racing. E.g."We were steaming up the motorway." 3. Angry. Adj./Adv. An intensifier, such as 'blinking', 'bleeding'. E.g."That steaming idiot has spent all our holiday money on a new stereo."
stench-trench	Noun. Vagina.
Stenders	Noun. Abb. of Eastenders, the British TV soap. Cf. 'Brooky' and 'Corry'.
Steve McQueens	Noun. Jeans. Rhyming slang, often shortened to 'steves'.
stewed	Adj. Drunk.
stick	Noun. 1. Hassle, excessive criticism, trouble. E.g."Keep giving him stick and he'll pack his bags and leave." 2. Effort. E.g."Go on, give it some stick." Verb. Suffer, tolerate, abide. E.g."I can't stick that sarcastic humour of his." {Informal}.
stick in the mud	Noun. A boring, unadventurous, old-fashioned person. Derog. {Informal}.
stick one on someone	Vrb phrs. To hit or beat up someone. E.g."I'm going to stick one on him if he shows up tonight."
sticks	Noun. Rural, remote areas such as in the countryside. [U.S.]
sticky biscuit	Noun. A sex game whereby a biscuit (cookie) is placed centrally between a circle of masturbating males. The last male to ejaculate, over the biscuit, is obliged to eat it.
sticky-fingered	Adj. Liable to steal. Evokes interesting imagery of other people's belongings adherring to the culprit's fingers. Not dissimilar to the s.e. light-fingered.
sticky wicket	Noun. A difficult situation. Cf. Bat on a sticky wicket.
stiff	Noun. 1. A dead body. 2. A boring conventional person. Derog.
stiffy	Noun. An erect penis. Crude but jocular. Also stiffie.
stinker	Noun. 1. A contemptible person. Derogatory but not particulalry vulgar. 2. An awkward, difficult task.
stinking	Adj. 1. Extremely objectionable. E.g."That stinking idiot deserves all he got." 2. Wealthy. A shortening of stinking rich. E.g."She can afford it, she's stinking." 3. Drunk.
stinks	Adj. Suspicious. E.g."Your excuse stinks."
stitch up	Verb. To betray with false evidence. Also phrased to stitch someone up. Noun. An act of betrayal with the use of falsified evidence.
stoater	Noun. Something impressive or excellent. [Scottish use]
stocious	Adj. Intoxicated. [Irish/Scottish use ?]
stoked	Adj. Excited, pleased, thrilled. E.g."My dad was stoked when I passed my driving test."
stomp on	Verb. To physically assault (someone).
stomping	Adj. Lively, energetic. E.g."That last tune was stomping."
stoned	Adj. Intoxicated with drink or more frequently its contemporary usage refers to cannabis or marijuana intoxication. [U.S.]
stone me!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
stone the crows!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
stonker	Noun. 1. An erect penis, usually implying great size. 2. Something huge or impressive.
stonking	Adj. 1. Impressively large. 2. An intensifier, E.g."Yeah, we had a stonking good time."
stookie	Noun. A plaster cast on a broken limb. Also spelt stooky. [Scottish use]
storming	Adj. Marvellous, excellent. E.g."We had a storming night out at the club."
stove in	Verb. To smash up. E.g."When I see that idiot again I'm gonna stove his head in"
straight	Noun. 1. A heterosexual. [U.S.] 2. A conventional boring person. Derog. 3. A manufactured cigarette, as opposed to a roll-up. Adj. 1. Heterosexual, as opposed to homosexual, being 'bent' 2. Law abiding.
straight-up	Adj. True. Adv. Truthfully, honestly. E.g."Honestly, I didn't touch it Sarah, straight up."
strap-on	Noun. A substitute penis that can be worn by females to simulate male to female sexual intercourse.
strapped	Adj. 1. Lacking, short of. E.g."Can you give it some thought? I'm strapped for ideas." {Informal}. 2. Poor, short of money. E.g."I can't come out tonight, I'm strapped."
strap up	Verb. To make a cannabis/marijuana cigarette.
street	Noun. Having to do with the street life of a city at the most common accessible level, urban subculture.
street cred	Noun. Having fashionable awareness, acceptable on the 'street'.
stretch	Noun. A period spent in prison.
strewth!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise, annoyance or frustration. Derived from God's truth. Also spelt struth. {Informal}.
strides	Noun. Trousers
strike a light!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
strike me pink!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise.
stringbean	Noun. A tall, thin person. {Informal}.
strobing	Adj. An effect similar to seeing a series of stills as when viewed under a stroboscope, but when under the influence of LSD or another hallucinogen.
strop	Noun. A bad mood, a fit of fury. E.g."I got in a strop after that bloke knocked over my pint of beer."
stroppy	Adj. Bad tempered. {Informal}.
strum	Noun. An act of female masturbation.
strung out	Adj. Emotionally stressed, in mental turmoil.
stuck-up	Adj. Conceited, snobbish. {Informal}.
studmuffin	Noun. An attractive male. [U.S. 1990s]
stuff	Verb. 1. To copulate. Male usage. [Mid 1800s] 2. To defeat thoroughly in a game or competition. E.g."With our new signing from United we're going to stuff them good and proper." 3. Used to express indifference or rejection of (something). Imper. E.g."Stuff the consequences! I'm going to get drunk."
stuff and nonsense	Noun. Worthless or foolish ideas, speech, or writing; nonsense. Often as an exclamation. E.g."Stuff and nonsense! You're talking rubbish."
stuffed	Adj. 1. Concerned, bothered. Usually phrased in the negative. E.g."I'm not stuffed with going out drinking tonight." 2. In a position of no hope.
stuffing	Noun. Sexual intercourse, from a male point of view. E.g."I gave her good stuffing then went back down to the party."
stuff it !	Exclam. An exclamation of anger, contempt or indifference. Verb. Expressing contempt. E.g."I don't care, you can stuff it! I'm going home."
stuff one's face	Vrb phrs. To eat greedily or fully.
stump up	Verb. To pay up, to hand over what is owed.
suck	Verb. To be worthless, contemptible or disgusting. E.g."The storyline in that book is a little contrived and the characters suck."
suck off	Verb. To give oral sex (to someone). E.g."I lay down on the sofa so she could suck me off."
sucker	Noun. A gullible person. Derog.
suck up	Verb. To flatter, be obsequious.
sugar !	Exclam. A euphemism for 'shit!'.
suit	Noun. A white-collar worker, a business executive.
summat	Pron. Something. E.g."There's summat up with the engine. Everytime we accelerate the exhaust blows smoke." [Northern use/dialect]
sunshine	Noun. A form of address. E.g."Alright sunshine! Show us what you've got." {Informal}
sup	Verb. To drink.
surf	Verb. To browse different Web sites using the links in a relaxed almost random manner. E.g."I've been surfing on the net all night and found an excellent new music page."
surf-bum	Noun. Someone whose life revolves around surfing and consequently spend their time on beaches.
suss	Verb. To work something out, to understand, to ascertain. Often followed by 'out'. Adj. Abb. of suspicious. E.g."I don't like the looks of that bloke, he's suss."
sussed	Adj. Knowledgeable, well-informed, able to look after oneself.
swamp donkey	Noun. An ugly person. Derog.
swap spit	Verb. To kiss deeply.
sweaty Betty	Noun. A jocular name for a woman who suffers from excess perspiration and consequently from bad body odour. Derog.
sweaty sock	Noun. A Scot. From the rhyming slang sweaty sock - Jock. Offens.
sweet	Adj. Excellent, a general term of approval.
sweet F.A.	Phrs. Nothing at all. Euphemism for sweet fuck-all. Cf. 'sweet fanny adams'.
sweet Fanny Adams	Phrs. Absolutely nothing. Euphemism for sweet fuck-all. Cf. 'fanny adams'.
sweet-pea	Noun. A term of affection.
swig	Verb. To drink greedily. {Informal}.
swing both ways	Vrb phrs. To be bisexual. [U.S.]
swinger	Noun. A person who indulges in partner swapping for sexual variety.
swing the lead	Vrb phrs. To waste time, to shirk one's duties. E.g."Come on Mark, stop swinging the lead, there's work to do."
swizz	Noun. A swindle. {Informal}.
swot	Noun. A person who studies hard. {Informal} Verb. To study hard. {Informal}
swotty	Adj. Studious. {Informal}.
swot up	Verb. To study hard. {Informal}.
syphon the python	Vrb phrs. To urinate. A light-hearted expression.
syrup	Noun. A wig. Abb. of the rhyming slang Syrup of Fig; making a comeback into everyday usage.