English is full of slang that can be considered to be very offensive, especially to non-native speakers. Slang can cause great confusion to those who lack an intricate knowledge of the language.
In this article, I will share some of the most common, yet hardest slang expressions to understand.
I hope that you find them interesting.
airhead
a silly, stupid person
arsehole | asshole
a selfish, unpleasant, obnoxious person
ass-kisser
someone who says nice things to someone in order to get something from them
bastard
an unpleasant, despicable person
bimbo
a pretty, but empty-headed, young lady
bugger
a disliked or pitiful person, usually a man
chicken
a coward (n.) | cowardly (adj.)
dag
an unfashionable or socially awkward person
dago
a derogatory word for a person from Italy, Spain, Portugal or South America
deadbeat
a dull, lazy, unreliable person
dickhead
an unpleasant or annoying person
donkey
a stupid or silly person
dork
a socially awkward person
flake
an unreliable person who says they'll do something, but then doesn't do it
floozy | floozie | floosie
a girl or woman with a reputation for sleeping with many people
fruitcake
a crazy or eccentric person
git
a fool, a stupid person
goose
a silly or stupid person
hick
a rural person regarded as uneducated and mentally slow (n.) | provincial or rural (adj.)
honky
a derogatory term in black American slang for a white person
kike
a derogatory word meaning a Jewish person
klutz
a clumsy or foolish person
kook
a strange or eccentric person
lardass
an overweight person, esp. one with large buttocks
limey
a derogatory word meaning a British person (n.) | British (adj.)
loudmouth
an obnoxious person who talks too much and too loudly
louse
an unpleasant or nasty person
nerd
a studious person with few social skills
nut | nutter
a crazy or strange person
old bat
an unpleasant old woman
pig (1)
an unattractive and unpleasant person
poof | poofter
an offensive, derogatory word meaning a gay man
rat
a horrible, nasty person
redneck
a lower-class white person from a rural background
scum | scumbag
a worthless or very disliked person
sicko
a deranged or perverted person
smart-arse
a person who's annoying because they try to show how clever and knowledgeable they are (n.) | having an annoying way of trying to seem clever (adj.)
smart-ass
a person who's annoying because they try to show how clever and knowledgeable they are (n.) | having an annoying way of trying to seem clever (adj.)
tight-ass
1) sby who spends as little money as possible, a miser 2) sby who's repressed and very strict about following society's rules
toff
a wealthy, upper-class person
twerp | twirp
a silly, immature person
twit
a silly, stupid person
wanker
an arrogant or pretentious person
weirdo
a strange, eccentric or weird person
wimp
a weak, unassertive person
wog
an offensive, derogatory term for a person whose skin colour is not white
wop
a derogatory term for a person from southern Europe, especially an Italian
yahoo (2)
a rude, loud, aggressive person
yid | Yid
an offensive, derogatory word meaning a Jewish person
yob | yobbo
an aggressive, impolite, crude person
zero
a worthless person, someone who's done nothing worthwhile in life
These are slang terms typically used for insulting and abusing other people.
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