What do you call a British girl?

Bird. This is British slang for a girl or a woman.
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What is the British slang for girl?

14. Bird. A word used to describe a woman.
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What is the British slang for pretty?

10. Bonnie. Used in Scotland, this word means "pretty" or "beautiful", and is normally used in reference to a woman.
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How do you say girl in slang?

  1. babe.
  2. [slang],
  3. beauty,
  4. belle,
  5. damsel,
  6. doll,
  7. gal,
  8. girl,
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What do you call a British person?

The nationality of someone from the United Kingdom is British, although some people prefer to call themselves English, Scottish, Welsh, or Northern Irish. It is incorrect and may cause offence to call all British people `English'. You can refer to all the people who come from Britain as the British.
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Why are British called limes?

The British began storing citrus fruits on board all of its ships. The British Navy gave its sailors limes or lemon juice rations to ward off scurvy – earning them the nickname of "Limeys" among the American sailors who didn't know about or believe in the preventative treatment.
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Who is a Pom?

' As a nation the Australians rarely use polysyllables when one will do and so pom became the pejorative name for a newly-arrived British immigrant. The Anzac Book of 1916 supported this theory, attributing 'Pom' as an abbreviation of pomegranate.
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What do you call a country girl?

▲ A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. cowgirl. countrywoman. dudess.
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How do you say girl in Old English?

English
  1. girle, gyrle (obsolete)
  2. gal (colloquial)
  3. guhrl, gurl (nonstandard)
  4. grrrl, grrl (slang)
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What can call girls?

female
  • daughter.
  • femme.
  • gal.
  • gentlewoman.
  • girl.
  • grandmother.
  • lady.
  • madam.
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What do British people call a crush?

Fancy. Used as a verb, to fancy means to desire something. This is mainly used either to express having a crush on somebody or craving something to eat. For example, if somebody says, “Do you fancy a biscuit?” they are offering you a cookie to go with your cuppa.
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Why do British say bruv?

Etymologeek states that the use of the slang term “bruv” in the United Kingdom stemmed from the Cockney or colloquial pronunciation of the word “brother.” It was pronounced “bruvver” or “bruvva,” which was then shortened to simply “bruv.”
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What is a Bint British slang?

British Dictionary definitions for bint

bint. / (bɪnt) / noun. offensive, slang a derogatory term for girl, woman.
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What is a hot girl slang?

A hot girl or guy is a woman or man who is considered very sexually attractive.
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Do the English say lass?

Lass is an old-fashioned way to say "young girl," and it's more common in parts of Britain than in the US.
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Is a lass a girl?

Definition of lass

a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried. a female sweetheart: a young lad and his lass.
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Does gal mean girl?

Gal is a slang term for a woman or girl. An example of gal is how your grandma might refer to a young woman at the post office.
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What is a farm girl?

Noun. farmgirl (plural farmgirls) A girl or young woman who works on a farm.
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What is a city girl?

noun. A girl or woman who is a native or inhabitant of a city, or who has urban tastes or manners.
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What's a small town girl?

The phrase "small town girl" may also imply that she's kind of innocent and naive and maybe doesn't have a lot of experience with the larger world out there. If she took the midnight train going anywhere, then she's bored out of her mind and can't stand it anymore.
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Why do they call Brits poms?

POMS is an acronym standing for prisoners of mother England … it's what Australians sometimes call the British. It is also a sports team dance squad that carry pom-poms.
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Why do Australia call British poms?

Australians have been using the word freely since its probable emergence in the late 19th century as a nickname for English immigrants, a short form of pomegranate, referring to their ruddy complexions.
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Why do Australians swear so much?

It's in politics. It's in daily public discourse. “That is something that is typically Australian that you wouldn't find in other English-speaking countries. So it's just more the attitude towards public swearing is more relaxed and more accepted.
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Are Australians called Limeys?

The term 'lime-juicers', considered hilarious by Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans, gradually became 'limeys', describing British land-lubbers as well as sailors and eventually losing any connection with the sea. It was then adopted by Americans in the early 20th century.
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