
Bloke - What does "Bloke" mean in British slang?
While telling my Italian friends about my good friend Ollie from Glasgow I said "he is a good bloke". Bloke? what nationality is that? No it...
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An exploration of British slang for English learners, native speakers and anyone in between. Giving you a chance to hear, understand the origins and meanings of new slang and to use it immed...

While telling my Italian friends about my good friend Ollie from Glasgow I said "he is a good bloke". Bloke? what nationality is that? No it...

I was telling my class about my close friend from England who called me yesterday. She was very upset because her coat got nicked on the sub...

Today we will be exploring our third, Christmas topic, my favourite, Christmas food. So let’s get started... Many countries have their own s...

We all have our own special way of celebrating Christmas, whether its spending all day socialising with friends or simply curling up by the...

For the next two weeks every episode is dedicated to British Christmas slang.Today we will be starting with different words for the winter s...

Hello and welcome back to a very special episode of Slang with me Louisa May Adams. This show will give you the chance to hear, understand t...

One of my friends is a musician and he is performing at his first concert tomorrow! This morning I saw him for a coffee and said: Looking at...

After a long day at work my partner always asks how I am feeling. I usually reply with one of the two: hungry-ish or tired-ish. So what does...

Our slang word of the week is mug spelt M-U-G. This is a tricky word due to its vast range of meanings within both slang and formal English....

Have you ever suffered from FOMO or JOMO? If you've no idea what I'm talking about, then it could be argued that you're in fact already a vi...

(00:00:00) Introduction (00:00:28) Literal vs. Slang Meaning of "Salty" (00:01:38) Origin & Examples of "Salty" (00:02:44) Closing So you ha...

My friend Kelly used to work at an Italian Pizzeria in Canterbury. She worked with many Italian chefs and would compliment them on the daily...

Today we will be exploring idiomatic phrases that I would say are rare gems of slang. Before we start, I want to give you some context. You...

Things don’t seem easy these days, whether you're setting up an online bank account, learning how to work i-teach platform to teach your stu...

As I have been trapped inside for a while now, I have been "face timing" many of my close friends who are far away, as I am sure you have al...

Before we get started I wanted to say a few words about the current global situation. In desperate times we feel panicked and scared for man...

This weekend I have been lazy, I have gone shopping, tidied my flat and spent some time with my chum... Louisa what are you talking about no...

You are listening to our fourth and final episode specialising on slang and money! Ok on to our next slang term for money… a pony. I can hea...

You are listening to our third episode specialising on slang and money! Today we are starting by looking at the most common and widely used...

In our most recent episodes we are discussing slang words for money! Something key when travelling to a different country or even speaking a...

Today we will be talking about money, something universal….however us brits have found many words and phrases to use when talking about it....

Last episode we looked at the slang term "hen party" an event for a woman before she gets married. But is there one for men? Yes! And that’s...

Ok so this week's episodes are inspired by my friend Rosie Higginbottom, who is soon to be married! I was telling my Italian friend about tr...

Ok so today we will be focusing on a slang word that has got so much negative and positive attention recently. This word is "woke"... So wha...

One of my students recently moved to England. His dream was to meet a lovely english woman and settle down. I wished him luck and warned him...

Ok so today we will be looking at a word that I use all the time! This word is fancy. If you are an English language learner you most probab...

While telling my Italian friend about my travels around Italy we got onto the topic of Rome, a beautiful and lively city. I stayed there for...

In November I often feel gutted, its cold, the sun has disappeared and as Christmas crawls closer I check my bank account and wonder if my f...

Having a partner of a different nationality has many benefits however I must say, me and my Italian boyfriend often find ourselves slightly...

Have you ever been to a boring party? Stuck with the same music and dry conversation on repeat? Then it’s time to tell your mates to bail! C...

While living in Italy I have noticed the vast range of adjectives that can be used to describe positive or cool things. Having a lack of kno...

While having dinner with an Italian friend, she asked me if I would like to go for a glass of wine, I told her I was very tired and was plan...

While arriving in my class yesterday I apologized to my students for being late. I told my students this was because there were bare people...

Recently one of my students are I were joking with each other about our accents, he was mocking me for my poor accent while speaking Italian...

Hello and Welcome to Slang . I am Louisa May Adams, this is our first podcast so if you enjoy it please keep checking out what more we have...