curious wordings

British vocabulary and slang...

"Are you alright?"  |  "How are you doing?"
"As it comes"  |  "However you made it"
biscuit  |  a cookie or tea cracker
bloke  |  guy
chap  |  fellow
chav  |  about equivalent to "ghetto" or "ganster"
chips  |  french fries or, in certain contexts, fish and chips as a unit
chuffed  |  pleased
college | often high school level education
coriander  |  cilantro
courgette  |  zucchini
crease up  |  crack up laughing
crisps  |  chips
cross  |  upset/offended
digestives  |  only the most delicious things ever
dodgy  |  sketchy
elevator  |  escalator
fringe  |  bangs
gobsmacked  |  astounded
have a think  |  think about it
hilary term  |  about equivalent to spring semester
horrid  |  awful or wretched
lift  |  elevator
loo  |  bathroom
lorry  |  truck
Oxbridge  |  Oxford and Cambridge
palavah  |  a big fuss or confusion
pants  |  underpants
pavement  |  sidewalk
pigeon holes  |  mailboxes
plait  |  braid
poorly  |  ill
posh  |  extravagant
pudding  |  generally desserts that were once hot...e.g. cake, pie, pudding, crumble
purse  |  wallet
scones  |  biscuits
sick  |  vomiting
silly  |  can mean naughty
smart  |  polished appearance
sorted  |  figured out
stropping  |  having a tantrum
sultana  |  golden raisin
surgery  |  doctor's office
"They wouldn't say boo to a goose"  |  "They are very shy."
toilets  |  bathrooms
trousers  |  pants
wc  |  bathroom