{"id":5285,"date":"2018-09-03T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T08:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/britanniastudents.com\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T14:40:50","slug":"the-international-students-guide-to-english-slang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britanniastudents.com\/blog\/the-international-students-guide-to-english-slang\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Student\u2019s Guide to English Slang"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you stay in student housing, London<\/a>\u2019s finest slang might not be something you hear in the corridors and communal areas of your building. During my time here I had great fun making a list of my favourite phrases that I never found in my Oxford English Dictionary.<\/em><\/p>\n

The first time I heard some very strange vocabulary that made me reach for the translation app on my phone was on a bus travelling back to my student housing. Londoners don\u2019t often talk on public transport but this was a particularly friendly passenger.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI\u2019ve been burning the candle at both ends and I\u2019m so knackered that I had to skive off work today.\u201d<\/p>\n

I nodded politely and consulted my phone as soon as he got off the bus.<\/p>\n

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What I learned was that the man had been busy for long hours in the early morning and late at night so he was very tired. In fact he was so tired that he didn\u2019t go to work today.<\/p>\n

One of the best experiences you\u2019ll have while you\u2019re studying here is the chance to hear some of the informal and casual language that your teacher has probably never taught you.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of my favourites: see if you can spot them while you\u2019re here. But don\u2019t expect to hear them in your student housing. London language like this can only be found on the streets.<\/p>\n