| Bloke |
British |
Used by french canadians to identify english speaking people |
| Brit |
British |
Short for British. Used as in “Brits Out!”: graffiti from Ireland. |
| Chinless Wonder |
British |
Reference to inbreeding and a weak gene pool resulting in poor bone structure. |
| Cocks |
British |
Short for “cockneys” |
| Crumpet-Stuffer |
British |
They eat crumpets with their tea. |
| Crumpet-Sucker |
British |
They eat crumpets. |
| Fog Horn |
British |
A loud/annoying British person. |
| Fog-Breather |
British |
Englands weather is often extremely foggy |
| Jeeves |
British |
A supposedly common name of British butlers. |
| Limey |
British |
The British Royal Navy supplied a daily ration of lime or lemon juice to their sailors to prevent scurvy. |
| Lobsterback |
British |
Redcoats in Revolutionary War. |
| Pohm |
British |
“Prisoner Of Her Majesty”. Used mainly in Australia as a derogatory term for British People. Comes from the fact that Australia was a prisoner colony for British Prisoners. Sometimes heard as “Pom” |
| Pome |
British |
‘Prisoners/Property Of Mother England’ Used in Australia, New Zealand, etc. Probably related to and/or another version of Pom. |
| Red Coat |
British |
Used during the Revolutionary War, because of the Red coats the British army wore. |
| Rooineck |
British |
South African version of redneck. |
| Rooinek |
British |
This derogatory name was used by the Boers to describe the British primarily after the Anglo-Boer war which lasted from 1899-1902. |
| Rosbif |
British |
Rosbif has been a reference used by the French for the British for hundreds of years – long before tourist holidays. It is a reference to our eating habits, used as a reply to us calling them “frogs” after their habit of eating frogs legs. |
| Tans |
British |
Refers to the criminal army the English sent into Ireland to rape, plunder, and terrorize the inhabitants. The uniform was made up of tanned bottoms and dark upper clothing. They became known as the black and tans. |
| Tea-wop |
British |
Tea-drinking immigrants. |
| Teabag |
British |
British are said to drink a good deal of tea. |
| Tommy |
British |
Tommy Atkins was a fictional soldier used to represent all British soldiers for morale purposes during WWI.http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Anecdotes/TommyAtkins.htm- Origin in dispute. |
| Wanker |
British |
Implies that the addresser is accusing the addressee of self-gratification. |
