Anglo-Franco Glossary

Chaque mot au-dessous est très courant en Angleterre. On devrait pouvoir les utiliser n’importe où.

Alright – Ca va, salut
Alright? (Reponse: Alright.)
Alright Pete? (Reponse: Alright Hugo)

Arse! – Mince!
Oh arse…

Arsehole – connard
(attention! La prononciation n’est pas la même que Asshole)
What an arsehole!

Bollocks! – Mince! Merde! Putain!

Bugger! Bugger it! – Mince! Merde! Putain!

Camp – Efféminé
He’s a bit camp (jamais pour les femmes)

Cheers – Merci, Santé
Cheers mate,
(drinking) Cheers!

Chuffed – être fier de soi
I was really chuffed with myself
I’m pretty chuffed to have finished it

Dodgy, Dodge – suspect
That sushi looks a bit dodgy
NB on peut dire suspect aussi: hmmm I don’t know that chicken looks a bit suspect

Faff (about) – glander, faire l’imbécile
Stop faffing about you idiot!
Stop faffing and get on with it!

Fancy – Aimer, etre attiré par, vouloir
I fancy that girl over there
Do you fancy a pint later?

Fit – Belle/beau, sexy
That guy is fit
Man she is fucking fit!

Fiver – Cinq livre

Getting off with somebody – s’embrasser
They were getting off with eachother in the corner
Noone wants to get off with a fat minger like you!

Gutted – deçu, je suis deçu
I was gutted that you didn’t come
I couldn’t find tickets to the game => réponse: oooh, gutted!

Innit – n’est-ce pas

Jammy – Chanceux
I passed the exam => réponse: You jammy bastard!

Knackered – epuisé
Man I am knackered after last night

Loo – toilette
(Très bourgeois, mais TRES courant)
I need to go to the loo
Where is the loo

Mingin’, Ming, minger – dégueulasse, moche
That girl is mingin’!
Errrrgh that is ming!
You are a minger!

Mate – mon vieux
Cheers mate
Oy mate!

Naff – pas branché
(pas très courant de nos jours)
It’s a bit naff

Pants – nulle
That film was pants!
he’s a bit pants at football

Posh – huppé
A posh bar
A posh restaurant

Quid – livre
twenty quid

Rough – dégoutant, degueuleasse, moche
That kebab was rough
He was a bit rough (plutôt pour les mecs)

Shag – baiser
I shagged two women at once last night

Shite – merde
What a load of shite (n’importe quoi)
That game was shite

Shut it – La ferme

Slag, to slag someone off – pute, cancaner
Have you been slagging me off to everyone
What a slag
Sha’ ih’ you slayg (shut it you slag) – très offensif, on doit le dire ironiquement

Slapper – catin, pétasse
Did you get off with that random slapper?

Snog – Embrasser
I snogged her / him
He’s snogging some random on the dancefloor

Tenner – dix livres

Wank – se branler (v), de la merde (n)
That exam was really wank
He sits home all day wanking

Wanker – Connard
Don’t be such a wanker

Well – tres, vachement
That girl is well fit
That exam was well hard