Words Brits use that Americans don't?

I can do both after a few wines. lol

 

I am familiar with that word. I use/hear it a few times a year.

 

=grody to the max? (Val speak-San Fernando CA Valley Girl dialect)

 

Bog off. Means get lost.

 

Also used in the US but usually requiring specifying to whom someone is mouthing off

 

Gob:
1. (n.) mouth, e.g. "Shut your gob" - - (US: "Shut your trap/flap")
2. (v.) phlegm or spit containing phlegm - - (US: loogie)

 

Moosh

 

Git :
A derogatory term meaning scumbag, idiot, annoying person (originally meaning illegitimate; from archaic form "get", bastard, which is still used to mean "git" in Northern dialects and is used as such in The Beatles' song "I'm So Tired"(..."you were such a stupid git")) and within the 'Alternative title' of the Monkees hit (Randy scouse git).

 

Broody

If someone, especially a woman, is broody, she feels as if she would like to have a baby:

 

Gaff
Slang name for a house / home.
Also any other place: cheap music hall, theatre, pub, club, shop, hangout

 

Naff
go away.
"she told press photographers to naff off"

 

French letter
Slang name for a condom

 

Flyover
Name for a road crossing over another road (US: overpass)

 

Fiddly
Meaning: An action that requires dexterity to operate ("the buttons on the tiny mobile phone were too fiddly")

 

Fairy lights = Christmas lights

 

Faff (about)
Meaning, to dither, futz, waste time, be ineffectual, "I spent the day faffing about in my room".
Also related noun ("That's too much of a faff")

 

Dual carriageway
A road, - usually a major one, with the two directions of travel separated by a traffic-free, and usually slightly raised, central reservation.
Each direction of travel (carriageway) comprises two or more 'lanes'. (US: divided highway)

 

Git v, southern US, as in "Git the hell of my porch."