What do they call a hot dog in England?

Copyright is correct that we would call then "hot dogs" or "frankfurters"; we would also call them "franks" or "wieners." Americans don't use the term "bangers" at all, so I'll leave it to a British person to tell you whether they are bangers in British English.
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What is hot dog called in UK?

What it is is a type of sausage. For the British, hot dog is a way of serving a sausage. It is essentially (in the American use of this word), a type of sandwich, not a type of sausage. The same kind of thing happens with (orig.
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What are hot dogs called in Europe?

Nowadays, in German-speaking countries, except Austria, hot dog sausages are called Wiener or Wiener Würstchen (Würstchen means "little sausage"), to differentiate them from the original pork-only mixture from Frankfurt.
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What does hot dog mean in British slang?

Hot dog is defined as slang for doing something special in sports to capture attention. An example of hot dog is to do extra rotations while ski jumping.
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Are hot dogs British?

The term “wiener” originated in Vienna while “frankfurter” comes from Frankfurt. Immigrants then took their concoctions across the Atlantic, according to the U.S. National Hot Dog and Sausage Council in Washington.
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What is hamburger called in UK?

A hamburger topped with cheese is called a cheeseburger. The term burger can also be applied to the meat patty on its own, especially in the United Kingdom, where the term patty is rarely used, or the term can even refer simply to ground beef.
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What do British call burgers?

A patty or burger (in British English) is a flattened, usually round, serving of ground meat and/or legumes, grains, vegetables, or meat alternatives. Patties are found in multiple cuisines throughout the world.
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Is a Glizzy a hotdog?

According to Daily Rap Facts, the term “Glizzy” originated in America (around the Washington DC and Maryland (DMV) area) back in 2016, and is local slang for a gun. But along with it being as an alternate name for guns, people in the DC area have long used the phrase as another title for hotdogs.
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What's a Glizzy?

glizzy (plural glizzies) (slang) Glock, handgun.
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What's another word for hot dog?

Alternate Synonyms for "hot dog":

frank; frankfurter; dog; wiener; wienerwurst; weenie; sausage.
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Is a Vienna sausage a hot dog?

Originally called weinerwurst, the wiener was brought by German Americans. The term is German for Vienna sausage which was eventually shortened to wiener. It is usually used interchangeably with hot dog or frankfurter. Just like Vienna sausage, wieners got their name from Vienna, a city in Austria.
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What is a Vienna dog?

A hot dog is a frankfurter or Vienna frankfurter in a bun. So the term 'Vienna hot dog' would technically mean a frankfurter made in Vienna placed inside a bun. So, the moment we put the product between the 'two bits of bread' it becomes the popular 'hot dog'.
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Are frankfurters the same as hot dogs?

Hot dogs come from the German Frankfurter, which was originally sausage. In the U.S., hot dogs tend to be all beef or a mixture of meat trimmings from beef and/or pork. The main differences between a hot dog and the pork frank are the production process and flavors. Hot dogs are a subset of a pork frank.
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Is a hot dog a sandwich UK?

It has spoken out […] The British Sandwich Association has reaffirmed its stance that a hot dog is not a sandwich. It has spoken out in response to a new article from US dictionary Merriam-Webster, which suggests that the hot dog is one by definition.
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What is hot dog called in Germany?

The German and Austrian frankfurter also is known as a würstchen, or “little sausage,” and many varieties of these sausages exist. In Germany and Austria, frankfurters are eaten warm with sauerkraut and cold, if lightly smoked, with potato salad.
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Do Brits like hot dogs?

Last summer hot dogs cracked the list of the Top 20 foods in Britain across all categories (pub, restaurant and hotel) on British researcher Horizons' Menurama survey. The just-released winter survey finds hot dogs not only holding on to that Top 20 slot but also continuing to grow in menu appearances.
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What does simp mean in slang?

"'Simp' is slang for a person (typically a man) who is desperate for the attention and affection of someone else (typically a woman)," said Connor Howlett, 23, a digital strategist for Turner PR in New York City, in an email to CNN.
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What does no cap mean?

No Cap/Capping: Cap is another word for lie. Saying “no cap” means that you aren't lying, or if you say someone is “capping,” then you are saying they are lying. Examples: “I'm actually going to be productive today, no cap.” “You actually got tickets to the Bad Bunny concert? You're capping.”
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What does Glizzy gobbler mean on TikTok?

Glizzy hashtag on TikTok

The term “Glizzy Gobbler” is used to mean someone who eats a lot of hotdogs, or eats them in a particularly aggressive way.
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Why are hot dogs called Glizzies?

A glizzy is a hot dog. It was originally a slang term for “gun” in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area (also known as the DMV), but according to HipHop DX, it became a nickname for hot dogs because the length of the barbecue staple is similar to the extended clip of a gun.
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When did hot dogs become Glizzys?

In 2016, the noun that primarily referred to handguns became a nickname for hotdogs in the Washington DC and Maryland (DMV) area. In June 2020, people on the internet discovered this phenomenon.
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Who invented the word Glizzy?

The term and slang “Glizzy” is a noun, which was popularized in the DC and Maryland (DMV) area, circa 2016. The word “Glizzy” was coined by Shy Glizzy and his Glizzy Gang crew.
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What do they call toilet paper in England?

Bog roll, naturally, is an idiom for toilet paper. This will come in especially handy if you find yourself in a dire situation in the loo.
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What do Brits call biscuits?

Scone (UK) / Biscuit (US)

American do have things called biscuits too, but they are something completely different. These are the crumbly cakes that British people call scones, which you eat with butter, jam, sometimes clotted cream and always a cup of tea.
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What do British call crackers?

In British English, crackers are sometimes called water biscuits, or savory biscuits.
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