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Handout 2. Some examples of some slang words and expressions.
Expressions for money: dough, bread, dosh, loot, brass, spondulicks

Expressions for the police: pigs, fuzz, cop(per)s, bill

Expressions for drunk: pissed, sozzled, paralytic, legless, arseholed

Expressions for a stupid person: wally, prat, nerd, jerk, dickhead. plonker, pillock

Expressions for lavatory: loo, lav, bog, john

Expressions for drink: booze, plonk (wine), a snifter, a snort

Drug-related expressions: a fix, dope, grass, high, stoned, snow (heroin)

Prison-related expressions: nick (prison), nark (informer), screw (warder)

Slang is often used by one particular group and is unintelligible to other people. Here are
some examples from American truck-drivers using CB radio to talk to each other.