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A cura di Cinzia Di Gennaro
Pubblicato il 28/10/2005
Altre espressioni slang tipiche londinesi
| Espressione | Significato | Note / Esempi |
|---|---|---|
| leave it out | stop it | |
| the filth | the police | "look out it's the filth" |
| doing porridge | serving a prison sentence | |
| beak | judge | "going up before the beak" |
| screw | prison officer | "the worst thing about porridge is the screws" |
| fence | handler of stolen goods | |
| gladrags | best clothes | "get your gladrags on; We're going out" |
| nark | police informer | "he's a copper's nark" |
| grass up | to inform on | "I was grassed up" |
| nonce | sexual offender | |
| snout | tobacco | |
| sussed out | found out | "I was sussed out by the filth" |
| rumbled | found out | "We've been rumbled" |
| stitched up | set up | "We've been stitched up" |
| loan shark | unofficial money lender | |
| bother | a fight | "Are you looking for bother?" |
| guv | boss |