Words Brits use that Americans don't?

"safe as houses " is another good one

 

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Poxy virus comes to mind these days

 

And - there are many more

 

Graphically the gastronomical decline of the British Empire.

 

When I was living on London in the early 1980s, I picked a bit of London slang, lunch box - -attached to motorbike. Does it have any currency in the rest of the UK?

 

oH MY that means something naughty to me. lol

 

It means a carrying box.

 

Nah it means a nice package in your pants. lol

 

Trust you xx xx xx

 

TIS TRUE. LOL

 

I did look up the Urban Dictionary for other meanings and there are quite a few.

 

Bobby:
Slang term for a member of the (Originally London's Metropolitan) Police derived from the name of Sir Robert Peel, who established the force in 1829. Police officers in London are also known as “peelers” for the same reason.

 

Prat:
Originally, meant “bottom”, in the sense of “arse” (as distinct from “arsehole”).
A 16th century word, in the 1960s it started to be applied jocularly to mean an idiot

 

Geezer:
A slang term for a man, e.g. "some geezer was here earlier" and less often as complimentary phrase ie "he is a proper geezer".

 

Bint:
A condescending and sometimes derogatory term for a woman, referring to a disagreeable and domineering woman, a slightly derogatory term for a young woman.

 

Browned off:
Meaning 'Fed up', annoyed or out of patience.