Love Island ♡ [Glossary]
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				Title: <strong>Love Island ♡ [Glossary]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mellific</strong> on <strong>04-08-2019, 15:50:06</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 25pt;" class="bbc_size">💛 ꒒ꄲ꒦ꏂ ꒐ꇙ꒒ꋬꋊ꒯ 💛</span></strong><br><br><em>This is where a glossary of common (mostly British) slang that is popular on Love Island. If you have a submission to add, just PM the GM with your suggestion.</em></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Love Island ♡ [Glossary]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mellific</strong> on <strong>04-08-2019, 16:37:23</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Aggro/Aggy</span></strong></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>Short for aggressive. Usually used to describe deliberately aggressive, provoking or violent behavior, or attitude.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“What's he getting all aggro over?”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Banter</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong> <br><br>One of the most sought-after entities on Love Island, “banter” is the existence of high-level rapport between two people. One can also possess “banter” on their own, a conversational skill that separates the more successful Love Island contestants from the rest. Also, to joke or exchange witty remarks. Sometimes called “bants” for short.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“We've got great banter together.”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Bellend</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>The, uh, tip of a penis; a derogatory word most famously used by a salty-ass Jonny on Season 3 of Love Island.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“I wasn't given much of a choice because of a certain gigantic bellend.”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Bint</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>An offensive British term for a woman. Similar to a tart or a whore.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“Shut it ya wee bint.”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Bird</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong> <br><br>An attractive young woman. Similar to the American “chick.”<br><br><strong>Context:</strong> <br><br>“I've been with quite a few birds in my day.”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Bloody</span></strong></span> (adverb)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>In standard English, “bloody” usually refers to something covered in blood. In British slang, though, this is an intensifier (something that puts stress or importance on another word) and a mild expletive (swear word).<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“Bloody British English is bloody confusing! Bloody hell! Why do they have so much bloody slang?”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Budgie Smugglers</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>Small, tight swimming trunks for men. A synonym of the American phrase banana hammock. <br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“Look at him in those budgie smugglers!”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Cheeky</span></strong></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>When someone is cheeky, it means that they are being a little rude or disrespectful, but usually in a way that is funny and endearing (cute).<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“That is a cheeky smile…are you up to something?”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Chinwag</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>A chat or a conversation, usually between friends.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“We should have a chinwag over a glass of wine.”<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Chuffed</span></strong></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>Beyond happy but in, like, a stoic, super-British way, like Kate Middleton announcing a pregnancy. You may also hear “chuffed to bits” or “dead chuffed.”<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“She was chuffed by the massive turnout at the party last night.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Crack on</strong></span></span> (verb)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>To start talking or flirting; to work toward a *romance*<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“I’d totally crack on with Harry Styles if I ever got the chance.”<br><br><hr><br><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Deffo</span></span></strong> (adverb)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>A shortening of the word “definitely.”<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“I am deffo taking a dip in the pool later.”<br><br><hr><br><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Doghead</span></span></strong> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>A derogatory word for an ugly person, used most famously by Hannah in her Season 1 introduction.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“My last fella, I split up with, because he cheated on me with some, like, doghead.”<br><br><hr><br><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Do bits or done bits</span></span></strong> (verb)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>To do or having done sexual things (“do bits” basically = “hook up”). The contestants on Love Island have even created a club called the Do Bits Society, so, um....<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“I literally cannot believe I’ve done bits with that guy who puked at the day drink.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Fag</strong></span></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>In American English, “fag” is a derogatory (insulting or mean) term for someone who is gay. In British slang, however, it just means a cigarette.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“I’m going outside for a fag.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Fit</strong></span></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong> <br><br>Good-looking, in ways beyond physical fitness.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“That bird is right fit.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Geezer</strong></span></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>A term of endearment used to refer to a male friend; can also be shortened as “geez.”<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“Did you lot hear what this geezer just said?”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Goss</strong></span></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>Short for gossip.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“What is the latest goss?”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Graft</strong></span></span> (verb)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>To try to get someone’s attention but in a seriously OTT way. Our grandparents might have called this wooing, but they’re not the ones on a British dating show, now are they?<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“He’s been grafting on her all night. It’s getting ridiculous.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Gutted</strong></span></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>To be emotionally devastated; in Love Island parlance, those who are gutted traditionally add the adverb “absolutely” to accentuate the extent to which they have been gutted.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“I am absolutely gutted right now.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Knackered</span></strong></span> (verb)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>To be extremely tired.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“I am totally knackered. I’m off to bed.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Mate</span></strong></span> (verb)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>While in standard English a mate is a life partner, it is commonly used in Britain to mean a friend. It is also often used to address strangers in informal situations, such as in bars or on public transport. It is particularly used between men (but not always). A similar word is “pal” (which is also used in American English).<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“What are you doing this weekend?”<br>“Hanging out with some of my mates.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Mug</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>A person who got played hard. Can also be used as an adjective, “muggy,” or in a phrase like “mugged you off.”<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“She really shouldn’t get back with him after he mugged her off last summer.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Narky</span></strong></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>Narky is another word for moody or bad-tempered.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“She won’t speak to me. She’s been narky with me all day.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Pie</span></strong></span> (verb)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>To dump. Can also be used as “pied off” or “pie me.” Accordingly, you may see contestants shoving pie in each other’s faces. Why? Why not?!<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“Are you seriously gonna pie me on my birthday?”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Piss/Taking the piss/Taking the Mickey</span></strong></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>To take liberties at the expense of others, to be joking, or unreasonable. It is a shortening of the idiom taking the piss out of, which is an expression meaning to mock, tease, joke, ridicule, or scoff. It is not to be confused with "taking a piss," which refers to the act of urinating.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“Are you taking the piss out of me?!”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Pissed</span></strong></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>Drunk or wasted. Not to be confused with the American definition of this word, which means very angry. <br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“Oi, look at him, he's pissed off his ass!”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Prat</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>A stupid or foolish person. <br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“He acts like a right prat sometimes.”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Oh my days</span></strong></span> (phrase)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong><br><br>In a moment of exasperation, a much more fun, much more charming way to basically say “Oh my god.”<br><br><strong>Content:</strong><br><br>“Are you mental? Oh my days...”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Slag</span></strong></span> (noun)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong> <br><br>A disgraceful, derogatory term akin to “slut.” The Love Island villa is a place of acceptance, forward thinking, and sexual freedom, and thus, slag is one of the worst words one can utter while on the show. <br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“What a fucking slag!”<br><br><hr><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Tits Up</span></strong></span> (adjective)<br><br><strong>Definition:</strong> <br><br>Broken or no longer working; Dead, defunct, out of order.<br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br><br>“It's gone tits up!”
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