the piss Getting drunk, drinking alcohol. piss in (someone's) chips dash someone's hopes or plans plastered Extremely drunk. play silly buggers To behave in a silly, stupid or annoying way. plonker 1. Something large or substantial (mid-19th century). 2. Penis. 3. A general term of abuse (from 2.; in use since 1960s but may have been popularised by the BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses.) ponce 1. Homosexual 2. To borrow from someone (derogatory sense) pongo a British Army soldier (used especially by members of the Royal Navy or RAF) pony £25 (18th century). poof, poofta homosexual (mildly derogatory) porkies Lies (from the cockney rhyming slang pork pies) porridge (To do porridge) A term in prison. powder nose as in 'I'm just going to powder my nose' : going to the toilet (derived from powder room). prat a fool punt 1. To gamble, wager or take a chance. 2. To sell or promote. punter 1. Customer, patron. 2. Gambler (one who takes a punt). 3. A victim in a confidence trick or swindle. Q queer as folk 1. A drama concerning the life of three homosexual men in Manchester England. 2. A way of saying "people are strange" usually preceded by the words "nowt as". Primarily used in the North of England. queer as a clockwork orange 1. Very odd indeed. 2. Ostentatiously homosexual. Queer Street A difficult or odd situation (up Queer Street). queer someone's pitch 1. Take the pitch of another street vendor, busker or similar. 2. Spoil someone else's efforts. quid Pound sterling quim Vagina (possibly a play on the Welsh word for valley, cwm). R Richard the Third A piece of excrement (rhyming slang Richard the Third = turd). ring Anal sphincter ringburner 1. A curry. 2. Diarrhoea or painful defecation. rozzer Policeman. from "Rosicrucian" rumpy pumpy sexual intercourse, used jokingly. (Popularised by its usage in The Black Adder and subsequent series; the suggestion of actor Alex Norton of a Scots term.) S safe An all purpose term of approval. Popularised during the early rave era 1988–1995. savvy Knowledge, understanding (from the French, savoir). scally A hooligan youth (Scouse), short for scallywag. scarper Run away. Sometimes claimed to be rhyming slang: Scapa Flow (go). scrubber In Britain, a promiscuous woman; in Ireland, a common or working class woman. Scouser Someone from Liverpool. scrote Term of abuse, from scrotum. scrounger A lazy person who typically lives