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British-American
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
of Briticisms |
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B C D E
F G H
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K L M N
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| waistcoat |
vest |
| walking stick |
walking cane |
| wall-socket |
outlet |
| wallet
(men's) |
billfold |
| wally
[slang] |
completely dumb person |
| wank
[slang] |
jack off / jerk off
[both slang], masturbate |
| wanker
[slang] |
asshole, jerk
[both slang], contemptible
man |
| wanted ad |
want ad |
| wardrobe |
closet |
| warrant
officer
(Royal Air Force) |
chief
master sergeant >
senior master sergeant (U.S. Air Force) |
| warrant
officer
1st class > warrant officer 2nd class (British Army & Royal
Marines) |
warrant
officer (U.S. Army &
U.S. Marine Corps) |
| washer-up |
dishwasher
(the human variety!) |
| wash up |
do
or wash the dishes |
| washbasin |
sink |
| washing powder |
laundry detergent, laundry soap |
| washing-up liquid |
dish
liquid, dishwashing liquid |
waterworks
[colloq.]
(as in 'he's having trouble
with his waterworks') |
urinary
tract |
| way out
(sign in car park, railway station, etc.) |
exit |
| WC (water closet) |
toilet |
| wellington
boots, wellingtons, wellies
[colloq.] |
rubber boots |
| Welsh
dresser |
hutch
(as an item of furniture) |
| wet (adj.)
[colloq.] |
feeble, inept |
| wet (n.)
[colloq.] |
a liberally inclined conservative |
| whack [slang] ('I'll
have a whack at it!') |
go, attempt,
try |
| whacked (out)
[colloq.] |
exhausted, tired out |
| wheelie
bin, wheely bin
[colloq.] |
large
plastic trash container with two wheels to help move heavy loads to a
garbage truck or pick-up point |
wheeze
[colloq.]
(as in 'Skype has come up with a great
wheeze
to persuade us to upgrade to Skype Pro') |
smart
plan |
| whip-round (n.)
[colloq.] |
internal raising of voluntary
donations toward a gift for retiring/marrying employee, or similar
deserving case |
| whiskey |
Irish or American whiskey |
| whisky |
Scotch |
| Whitehall |
the British Government |
| white spirit
(light petroleum used as solvent/cleaner) |
turpentine |
| willie, willy
[schoolboy slang] |
pecker
[slang], penis |
| windcheater |
windbreaker |
| windscreen |
windshield |
| wing (on car) |
fender |
| Wing Commander (Royal Air Force) |
Lieutenant Colonel (U.S. Air
Force) |
| wing mirror (on vehicle) |
side mirror |
| winkle-picker
[slang] |
man's shoe with long pointed toe |
| wireless |
radio |
| witness box |
witness stand |
| women's
hairdressing salon/hairdresser's |
beauty parlor/salon/shop |
| wonky
[colloq.] |
weak,
wobbly, unsteady, likely to collapse or fall over |
| woollen [adj.] |
woolen, wool |
| woolly
[colloq.] |
knitted sweater |
| work
double tides |
work
twice as long or hard as usual |
| work
in progress |
work
in process |
| working
day |
workday |
| working week |
workweek |
| world record |
world's record |
| Wrap up!
[slang] |
Shut up! |
| write
to somebody (but 'write somebody a letter') |
write
(to) somebody (often no preposition 'to' in AmE) |
| write-off,
a [colloq.] |
something too badly damaged to be fixed |
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