What is a dozy pillock?

Having been born in the UK, I and many others have used the term Dozy Pillock for someone who has done something stupid or downright dangerous.
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What is a pillock in British slang?

/ (ˈpɪlək) / noun. British slang a stupid or annoying person.
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What does dozy mean in British slang?

If you describe someone as dozy, you mean they are rather stupid and slow to understand things. [British, informal, disapproval]
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What does it mean to be dozey?

1. adjective. If you are dozy, you are feeling sleepy and not very alert. Maybe I eat too much and that's what makes me dozy. Synonyms: drowsy, sleepy, dozing, nodding More Synonyms of dozy.
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What does Pillek mean?

UK offensive. /ˈpɪl.ək/ us. /ˈpɪl.ək/ a stupid or silly person: You pillock, look what you've done!
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What does sod off mean?

to go away: Oh sod off, you stupid git! She told him to sod off. Phrases telling people to go away.
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What is a Pillick slang?

noun. /ˈpɪlək/ /ˈpɪlək/ (British English, slang) ​a stupid person.
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What does pretty knackered mean?

adjectiveBritish Slang. exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
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What does nitty mean in UK?

British Dictionary definitions for nitty (2 of 2)

nitty2. / (ˈnɪtɪ) / adjective-tier or -tiest. informal foolish; stupid.
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What is a naff?

ˈnaf. British, informal. : lacking in style or good taste : vulgar and unfashionable. I was going to get a pair of leather jeans as well, but it was too expensive and anyway, leather pants look naff, as I discovered later.
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What is a Ducky in British slang?

[ duhk-ee ] show ipa. noun,plural duck·ies. British Informal. dear; sweetheart; darling; pet (used as a term of endearment or familiarity): Get a wiggle on, ducky, or we'll be late for the movie.
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What is a Dilly in British slang?

dilly in British English

(ˈdɪlɪ ) nounWord forms: plural -lies. slang, mainly US and Canadian. a person or thing that is remarkable.
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What is Noddy UK slang?

Definition of 'noddy'

2. a foolish person.
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What is a British Minge?

/ (mɪndʒ) / nounBritish taboo, slang. the female genitals. women collectively considered as sexual objects.
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What is a Cutty in British slang?

cut·​ty ˈkə-tē ˈku̇- dialectal, chiefly British. : short, shortened, stubby.
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Is pillock derogatory?

See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in British English. pillock is considered derogatory.
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What does knit and grit mean?

: the most important and basic facts or details about something. He deals with the nitty-gritty of running the department. We finally got down to the nitty-gritty of the problem. Let's get down to the nitty-gritty and find out what happened.
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What is a Pinner slang?

A small, thin joint, often chastised or mocked for its size and small amount of marijuana. Pinners are so named because they look like sewing pins. “This pinner doesn't contain enough weed to get me high.”
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How do you say nothing in slang UK?

bugger-all

Across the pond, the British have quite a bit of slang of their own when they want to say nothing. One of them, bugger-all, is considered somewhat vulgar and is used in a pinch just to show how upset you are.
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Why shouldn t you say knackered?

It's a slang term used in the UK and Ireland to mean “exhausted”/”worn out”. The confusion may have arisen because the noun “knacker” is used as derogatory term for Travellers in Ireland (along with wider usage against folks seen as lower-class and criminally inclined - something like the UK's “chav”, I think).
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What is the British slang for a beautiful girl?

Bonnie. Interpretation: A common Scottish phrase that means "pretty" or "beautiful" normally in reference to a woman or lass. In use: "She's a bonnie lass."
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What is the British slang for pretty girl?

Slang terms for a pretty female in England are: Looker, fit looking, bobbydazzler, blonde bombshell, raver, real goer, tidy, well upholstered, well fit, good catch, tease, razzledazzler.
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Where does the phrase Tickety Boo come from?

Chiefly and originally British slang. Possibly from an Indo-Aryan language: compare Hindi ठीक है, बाबू (ṭhīk hai, bābū, “it's all right, sir”). The phrase could have been picked up by British personnel in India before independence and spread in modified form to the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the Commonwealth.
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What does it mean to go Bodmin?

"The phrase, 'gone' or 'going Bodmin', relates to this and actually means, 'going mad' or 'simple'. Indeed, if you describe someone as being, 'a bit Bodmin', you are saying that they are not in full control of their mental faculty."
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What does sawed off mean in British slang?

(intr, adverb; usually imperative) slang, mainly British to go away; depart.
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