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Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom

January 01, 1970

This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom. In Canada and Australia, some of the American terms listed are widespread; however, in some cases, another usage is preferred.

  • Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g., pants, crib) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in British and American English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
  • Asterisks (*) denote words and meanings having appreciable (that is, not occasional) currency in British English, but nonetheless distinctive of American English for their relatively greater frequency in American speech and writing. Americanisms are increasingly common in British English, and many that were not widely used some decades ago, are now so (e.g., regular in the sense of "regular coffee").
  • American spelling is consistently used throughout this article, except when explicitly referencing British terms.

0–9 edit

101
(pronounced 'one o one') used to indicate basic knowledge; e.g., "Didn't you learn to sweep the floor in housework 101?" (from the numbering scheme of educational courses where 101 would be the first course in a sequence on the subject).[1][2]
401(k)
(pronounced 'four o one kay') an employer-sponsored retirement plan in the United States. Derived from the section of the United States Internal Revenue Code authorizing such plans.[3]
40
(pronounced 'forty') a 40-ounce (1.183L) bottle of malt liquor,[4] commonly drunk by American youths.
411
(pronounced 'four one one') colloquial, information about something (from 4-1-1, directory assistance number) (UK: 118xxx or 192)[5]
5-0
(pronounced 'five o') colloquial, the police (from Hawaii Five-O, an American television series)[6]
501(c)
(pronounced 'five o one cee') a legally recognized non-profit organization in the United States, roughly equivalent to a Company Limited by Guarantee recognized by the Charity Commission as having charitable status in the United Kingdom. Derived from the relevant section of the Internal Revenue Code.
529
(pronounced 'five twenty-nine') a tax-advantaged savings plan in the United States, similar to a 401(k), but instead used to fund the higher education expenses of the plan's beneficiary (usually the donors' child or grandchild). Derived from the relevant section of the Internal Revenue Code.
86
(pronounced 'eighty six') colloquial, to abandon, reject, or kill something or someone; e.g., "Let's eighty-six the whole thing." Similar to "Deep Six", although unlikely to have been derived from nautical terms as is "Deep Six". "86ing" someone can also mean ordering them to leave, as a bartender or bouncer to a rowdy or intoxicated patron.[7][8][9]
911
(pronounced 'nine one one') the US' and Canada's emergency telephone number (UK: 999, US and UK: 112)[10][11][12]

A edit

acclimate
(verb) (UK usually: acclimatise)[13][14]
acetaminophen (or the brand name Tylenol)
(UK: paracetamol)[15][16]
affirmative action
providing opportunities in education or work based on race or gender (UK: positive discrimination)[13][17][18]
airplane
a powered fixed-wing aircraft. Alteration of UK aeroplane, probably influenced by aircraft[13][19][20][21]
aluminum
(UK: aluminium)[13][22][23]
amtrac
Landing Vehicle Tracked, military vehicle used in World War II (not to be confused with Amtrak, the passenger railroad corporation)[24]
arroyo
a usually dry creek. Spanish in origin.[25][26]
arugula, rugola
the herb also known as rocket or garden rocket. Borrowed from southern Italian dialect in the early 1960s ("Ask Italian greengrocers for arugula, rucola or ruccoli; ask other markets for rouquette, rocket salad or, simply, rocket." — The New York Times, May 24, 1960, in OED).[27]
automobile
a car[28][29]

B edit

baby carriage
pushable vehicle for transporting babies, also called stroller, buggy or regionally baby coach (UK: perambulator (very old-fashioned or formal), pram, or, for the type that an older baby sits rather than lies in, pushchair)[30][31]
baby shower (or just "shower")
party with gifts to celebrate an impending birth (less common in the UK)[32][33]
bachelor party / bachelorette party
a party held for a man (bachelor) or woman (bachelorette) soon to be married (UK: stag night/hen night)[34]
bachelorette
a young, single woman who has never married[35][36][37]
backhoe
a piece of excavating equipment (UK usually digger, mechanical digger, excavator, or JCB, genericized trademark)[38]
ballpark
a baseball stadium; used to mean an approximation ("in the ballpark"; "a ballpark figure") [39][40][41]
Band-Aid *
(trademark) bandage for minor wounds, (UK: plaster [DM], Elastoplast (trademark)[42][43]); also, a makeshift solution[13][44]
bangs
front part of the hair cut to hang over the forehead (UK: a fringe)[45][46][47][48][49]
barrette
hair slide [50][51]
baseboard
skirting board [52][53][54][55]
bayou
(from Louisiana French) an often marshy slow-moving minor watercourse, usually located in a low-lying area (as in the Mississippi River delta region of the southern United States)[47][56][57][58][59]
bedroom community
a commuter town or suburb (UK: dormitory town [DM])[60][61]
bear claw
A kind of sweet pastry served throughout the United States, named for its large, clawlike shape.[62][63]
bell pepper
a mild (not spicy) red or green pepper or capsicum in Australian English and Indian English [64]
bellhop
a hotel porter[47][65][66][67][68]
beltway
a ring road, or orbital motorway found around or within many cities.[69][70][71][72][73]
big-box store
a large retail establishment built on one level, typically with few, if any, windows.[74][75][76]
blacktop
a road surface [DM] composed of asphalt concrete; also a verb ("to blacktop a parking lot") (UK: compare tarmac)[70][77][78][79][80]
bleachers
the raised open air tiered rows of seats (stands) found at sports fields or at other spectator events[81][82][83][84]
blinders
(on a horse) (UK: blinkers)[82][85][86][87][88]
blood sausage
black pudding[89][90]
boardwalk
a walkway usually made of planking, typically along a beach (as that of Atlantic City) (UK: promenade)[82][91][92][93][94]
bobby pin
hair grip, Kirby grip[82][93][94][95][96]
bodega
a Spanish term for a winery. A convenience store, especially in a Spanish-speaking neighborhood.[97]
booger
(slang) a piece of coagulated nasal mucus (UK: bogey)[98][99][100]
bookmobile
a large vehicle housing a mobile lending library (UK: mobile library)[101][102][103][104][105]
boombox[citation needed]
a large portable stereo, syn. with ghettoblaster, which is also American in origin but is common in the UK.
boondocks
(also the boonies) rough country; a very rural location or town; backwoods; the "sticks". Sometimes refers to rough, poor neighborhoods in a city. From Tagalog.[102][106][107][108]
boondoggle
slang term for a scheme that wastes time and money;[109][110][111][112] originally a braided ornamental cord or leather strap[113][114]
Botts' dot[citation needed]
see raised pavement marker
breadbox
a box for storing bread (UK: bread bin)[115][116][117][118]
broil
to cook food with high heat with the heat applied directly to the food from above (UK: grill) [DM].[13][119][120][121][122]
brownstone
a type of residential building found in Boston, New York City, and other large cities[123][124][125][126]
bullhorn
a megaphone, sometimes used to refer to a portable airhorn[102][127][128][129]
burglarize
to carry out a burglary (UK: burgle; burgle is very rare in US, and burglarize virtually nonexistent in UK)[102][130][131][132][133]
burlap
cloth made from jute or sisal, traditionally rough and used to make rope and sacks (UK: hessian)
busboy
junior restaurant worker assisting waiting staff, table clearer, water pourer etc.[102][134][135][136][137]
butte
an isolated hill with steep sides and a small flat top [138][139][140][141][142]

C edit

caboose
a railroad car attached usually to the rear mainly for the crew's use (UK: guard's van or brake van)[143][144][145][146]
Canadian bacon
Back bacon (bacon made from center-cut boneless pork loin). Also ham, usually pressed and sliced like bacon.[147][148][149]
candy apple, candied apple
toffee apple[150][151]
canola
a type of rapeseed that produces an edible oil (originally a trademark, of Canadian origin (from Canada and oleum 'oil'))[152][153]
careen
(of a vehicle) to travel fast and out of control, usually swerving or cornering (UK: career)[154][155][156][157]
carhop
someone serving food at a drive-in, often on rollerskates[158][159][160]
catercorner
(or catercornered, catacorner, kitty-corner, catty-corner, etc.) (adverb) diagonally, diagonally opposite ("The house looks catercorner to mine").[161] Cater corner is the original form (from the French quatre and English corner = four + corner), but the forms kitty corner and catty corner (folk etymology) are usual in speech, catty corner especially in the North and West, while the former in the Midland [clarification needed] and South. Sometimes (dialectal, regional) also kitty/catty wampus/wumpus (unclearly derived), which can also mean "awry", or "skew-whiff".
catsup
alternative spelling of ketchup that rarely sees use in the UK.[162][163][164][165]
cell phone, cellphone, cell
(short for cellular telephone) a portable telephone; UK: mobile phone, often abbreviated to mobile[166][167][168][169][170] Used in the UK in the early years of mobile telephony.[171]
certified mail
recorded delivery[172][173][174][175]
ChapStick *
(trademark, sometimes used generically) a lip balm[176]
charge account
in a store or shop (UK: credit account)[177][178][179]
checkers
a popular board game (UK: draughts)[180][181][182][183]
checking account
the type of bank account used for drawing checks; distinguished from savings account. (UK: current account or cheque account; use of cheques is now much less common in the UK)[184][185][186][187]
cilantro
(from Spanish "cilantro") coriander leaf,[188][189][190][191] while in the US, coriander refers only to the seed.[192]
cleats
in the context of field sports, athletic shoes with studded soles used for football or soccer (UK: Football boots, rugby boots)[193][194][195]
cloture
a motion in legislative or parliamentary procedure that brings debate to a quick end; especially used by and in the United States Senate[196] (UK: closure)
conniption (fit)
(slang) temper tantrum.[197][198][199]
co-ed, coed
female student at a coeducational college (e.g., "He saw the party as an opportunity to meet co-eds.");[200][201][202][203] any group of people with members from both genders (e.g., "My soccer team is co-ed.")[204]
comfort station
a public toilet[205][206][207]
condo
colloquially, any owned (as opposed to rented) apartment (UK: flat); more strictly such an apartment or house with common areas controlled by and charged for by a homeowner association; short for condominium (England and Wales: commonhold)[208][209][210][211][212][213]
cookout
informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors, a cross between a picnic and a barbecue or a cooking competition taking place outdoors[214][215][216][217]
cooties
fictional disease, a term used by children (UK: germs, lurgy);[218] also a term for lice[219][220][221]
copacetic
fine and dandy; good; well; A-OK; cool. Creole, perhaps from the French "Comme c'est sympathique"[222][223]
costume party
party where costumes are worn[224] (UK: fancy-dress party)
cotton candy
spun sugar often sold at fairs (UK: candy floss)[225][226][227][228][229]
counterclockwise
(UK: anti-clockwise)[230][231][232][233][234]
coveralls
a one-piece outer protective garment (UK: overall, boiler suit)[235][236][237][238]
crapshoot
risky and uncertain venture; from craps, a dice game[239][240]
cremains
the remains of a dead body after cremation (UK: remains, ashes)[241][242]
criminy, crimony
a mild oath or to express surprise; perhaps alteration of jiminy, gemini; probably euphemism for Late Latin Jesu domine ("Jesus Lord!") (UK: crumbs, etc.),[243] of Christ or from Italian crimine (crime)[244]
critter
(informal) a creature;[245][246][247][248] sometimes a term of endearment

D edit

deplane
to disembark from an aeroplane [249][250][251][252]
deputy or sheriff's deputy
A paid county law enforcement official working for an elected sheriff; roughly equivalent to a police constable in the UK.
derby
/ˈdɜːrbi/ historically, a hat worn by men (UK: bowler)[253][254][255][256]
diaper
An absorbent undergarment (UK: nappy)[257][258][259][260][261]
dime
a 10-cent coin.[262][263][264][265][266] Derived from the Old French word disme (the original spelling), meaning a tenth part or tithe, and ultimately from the Latin decima.[263][264][266] Can also mean a ten dollar quantity of an illegal drug (or dime bag).[267] Five-and-dime, dime store, a store selling cheap merchandise; a dime a dozen, so abundant as to be worth little (UK: ten a penny); on a dime, in a small space ("turn on a dime", UK: turn on a sixpence) or immediately ("stop on a dime", UK: stop on a sixpence); nickel-and-dime, originally an adjective meaning "involving small amounts of money" and then "insignificant", also a verb meaning "to rip-off by many seemingly insignificant charges" (the nickel [DM] is the 5-cent coin). In Britain, the old sixpence, a small coin of a comparable size and value (2+1⁄2 new pence), is still used in similar expressions despite being replaced when a decimal currency was introduced in 1971.
direct deposit
a method of payment by bank transfer, similar to European giro, almost exclusively used for deposits of pay checks or government benefits [268]
discombobulated
to be confused or disconcerted;[269][270][271][272] (UK and US: discomposed) Sometimes now used with conscious, self-mocking irony by generally more formal British speakers.
dishrag
a cloth for washing dishes (UK and US: dishcloth)[273][274]
dishwashing liquid
a liquid soap used for washing dishes (dishsoap) (UK: washing-up liquid)[275]
dish towel
a towel for drying dishes (UK: tea towel)[276][277][278][279]
district attorney
state or city public prosecutor (UK: Crown Prosecutor (England and Wales); Procurator Fiscal (Scotland))[280][281][282][283][284]
divided highway
a road with a highway median/central reservation (UK) (UK: dual carriageway)[285][286][287][288][289]
docent
a university lecturer; also a volunteer guide in a museum or similar institution[290][291][292]
doohickey
word used for an unknown item.[293][294][295][296] (a thingamajig, thingamabob, or just a thingy) (UK: wotsit)
douche or douchebag *
an insult for a contemptible person (from the device for rinsing the vagina or anus)[297][298]
downspout
pipe for carrying rainwater from a gutter to the ground (UK & US: drainpipe)[299][300][301][302]
downtown*
(noun, adv., adj.) (in, to, toward, or related to) either the lower section or the business center of a city or town[303][304][305]—(used in UK but more common expression would be city centre or CBD)
drape, drapes
(UK and US: curtain)[306][307][308][309]
driver license, driver's license
(UK: driving licence)[310][311][312][313]
drugstore
a pharmacy, or a store selling candy, magazines, etc. along with medicines (UK approx.: chemist or "corner shop" [DM])[314][315][316][317][318][319]
druthers
preference of one thing over another derived from a contraction of "I would rather" or "I'd rather" (e.g., "if I had my druthers, I'd...")[320][321]
drywall
gypsum board, plasterboard, or any process that builds interior walls without the use of water (UK: plasterboard)[322]
dude *
A man; a dandy; a city-dweller visiting a ranch. Often used to address a man.[306][323][324][325][326][327]
Dumpster
(trademark: might be becoming genericized) large trash receptacle (UK approx.: skip [DM]); to dumpster-dive, to rummage through a Dumpster[328][329][330][331][332]
dweeb
a boring, studious or socially inept person (a nerd, a geek or a "drip" an old-fashioned mild pejorative for someone exceptionally eccentric or lacking in social skills)[315][333][334][335][336][337]

E edit

eggplant
the plant Solanum melongena (UK: aubergine);[338][339][340][341]
elephant ear
Deep fried dough covered with cinnamon-sugar.[citation needed] Commonly found at fairs and carnivals.
emergency brake
brake in motor vehicle operated by a lever used to keep it stationary. Also referred to as an "E-brake". (UK and US: handbrake)[342][343][344][345]
eminent domain
the power of the government to take private property for public use (similar to UK compulsory purchase)[346][347][348][349][350]
English muffin
(UK: "muffin", "hot muffin")[351][352][353][354]
envision *
to envisage[355][356]
eraser *
(UK: rubber [DM])[357][358][359]
exclamation point *
(UK: exclamation mark)[360]
expressway
a type of limited-access road (UK: motorway)[361][362][363][364][365][366]
exurb
the ring of prosperous rural communities beyond the suburbs,[362][367][368][369] see commuter town

F edit

fanny pack
pouch-like bag that ties or snaps around the wearer's waist (UK: bum bag).[370][371][372][373] In the UK 'fanny' is a vulgar slang term for the vulva and thus this word could cause offence.
faucet
a valve for controlling the flow of a liquid (UK and US: tap [DM])[374][375][376][377][378][379]
FICA
(rhymes with "Micah") payroll tax used to fund Social Security and Medicare (similar to UK National Insurance). Derived from the law authorizing such taxation, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
flack
a publicist or press agent; sometimes also an alternate spelling of flak "negative commentary", which is used in the UK. Although flack "press agent" was first recorded just one year after flak "anti-aircraft fire" (from German Fliegerabwehrkanone "aircraft defence cannon"), the two are likely unrelated.[380][381][382][383]
flashlight*
portable battery-powered electric lamp (UK: usually torch)[384][385][386][387][388][389][390]
flatware
knives, spoons, and forks (as opposed to holloware); (UK usually cutlery [DM][391][392][393][394][395]
freeway
(see article) (UK: motorway)[396][397][398][399][400][401]
French press
Device for making coffee (UK: cafetière)[402][403]
freshman
a first-year student in college or high school (fresher in UK)[404][405][406][407][408][409]
French fries (or fries) *
pieces of potato that have been deep-fried. (UK: chips [DM]; "French fries" is known via American fast food chains, due to which it usually refers to the thin, crispy variety of chips served there)[410][411][412][413]
frosting
A confection applied to cakes (US and UK: icing)[414][415][416][417][418]
front desk
(UK: reception)[419]
frosh, see freshman[420][421][422]

G edit

garbage
(UK: rubbish)[423][424][425][426][427][428]
garbage can
(UK: dustbin or simply bin)[429][430][431][432][433][434]
gasoline
(abbreviated gas; esp. in the past also spelled gasolene) (UK: petrol)[435][436][437][438][439][440]
gee whiz *
as an interjection, an old-fashioned expression of admiration, surprise or enthusiasm[441][442][443][444][445] (a euphemism for "Jesus");[446] as an adjective, denotes something characterized by or meant to cause excitement or sensation ("gee-whiz technology"; "a gee-whiz attitude")[445]
general delivery
(UK: poste restante)[447][448][449][450][451]
get-go (git-go)
the very beginning (of something); e.g. "I warned them right from the get-go."[452][453]
GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter)
(UK: Residual-current device (RCD), or colloquially, breaker or circuit breaker) A safety device attached to consumer mains power supplies to prevent accidental electrocution and/or damage to connected equipment.
green thumb
(UK: green fingers)[454][455][456]
grifter
a con artist, transient swindler, or professional gambler (US and UK: con man); also grift can mean an act of thievery or trickery[457][458][459]
gotten
Past participle of "get" (got in most of the UK); "gotten" is however of British origin,[460] still retained in some older dialects, and is sometimes now used again under US influence.[13][461][462] In American English there is a distinction in usage: "gotten" is used to refer to the process of acquisition, obtainment or to having entered a state over a matter of time, whereas "got" signifies possession.[463][460]
grits
A maize (sweetcorn) porridge common in the southern U.S. and relatively unknown in the UK[464][465][466][467]
ground beef
(UK) minced beef, or just mince [468]
grunt
Slang for infantryman: (UK: squaddie)[469][470][471]

H edit

half bath
a room for personal hygiene that lacks a shower or bathtub (i.e. a bathroom [DM], in the American sense of the term, which lacks a place to actually bathe). Equivalent to a British W.C..[472][473]
hard candy
(UK: boiled sweets)[474]
heavy cream
double cream (UK)[475][476][477][478]
hickey
a bruise on one's skin resulting from kissing or sucking (UK: love bite)[479][480][481][482][483][484]
highball
an alcoholic drink made with a spirit, particularly whisky, and water, soda water or any carbonated beverage, served in a tall glass with ice[485][486][487][488][489][490]
ho
The word "whore", also used as a derogatory term for any woman.[491][492][493][494] The pronunciation and spelling is from African-American Vernacular English.
hobo
tramp; homeless, unskilled, itinerant worker;[495][496][497][498][499][500] subculture of wandering homeless people, particularly those who make a habit of hopping freight trains.
hoecake
A coarse cake of maize flour.[501]
hominy
maize kernels that have been soaked in a caustic solution then coarsely ground;[502][503][504][505][506] see also grits
play hooky
to play truant from school; to cut class (UK also: skive, bunk off or playing wag or wagging off or mooching)[507][508][509][510][511][512]
horseback riding
simply "riding" or horse riding in the UK[513][514][515]
howdy
(short for how do you do) casual greeting that originated in the Southern States. (UK How do?)[516][517][518][519][520][521]
hush puppy
a bite-sized ball of deep-fried cornmeal batter commonly eaten in southern America. (Non-existent in the UK, where "Hush Puppies" denotes the international brand of shoes of that name)[522][523]
HVAC
Heating + Ventilating (or Ventilation) + Air Conditioning;[524] often pronounced "H-vack". (used in technical circles in the UK, where such systems are less common than in the US due to differences in climate)[citation needed]

I edit

intimate apparel
lingerie;[525] used mainly in advertisements.

J edit

jack off, jerk off *
(slang) to masturbate;[526][527][528][529] UK usage would be "to wank". If used as a disparaging noun, as in "that guy is such a jackoff [or jerkoff]", the UK equivalent would be "wanker" or "tosser". In this sense, sometimes written "jagoff", though this probably has a different derivation.[530][531][532]
jackhammer
(UK: pneumatic drill)[533][534]
Jane Doe
See John Doe.[535][536][537][538]
jaywalking
crossing or walking in the street or road unlawfully. There is no equivalent concept in UK law.[539]
jeez
minced oath for "Jesus", sometimes spelled geez[540][541]
jerk someone around
to unfairly delay, stymie, thwart or cause confusion, sometimes with the intent to defraud.[527][542][543]
Jell-o
(trademark) gelatin dessert (UK: jelly [DM])[544][545][546][547][548]
john
(slang) a toilet;[549][550][551][552][553][554] also, the client of a prostitute[549][551][552][553]
johnson
(slang) penis[555][556] (US and UK : willy)
John Doe
unnamed defendant or victim (as in a lawsuit), or a person whose identity is unknown or is intended to be anonymous; also, an average man;[557][558][559][560] compare John Q. Public (UK equivalent is Joe Bloggs, or John Smith). The female equivalent is Jane Doe, or less frequently "Jane Roe" as in Roe v. Wade. Also Baby Doe.
John Hancock
a signature (from the name of the President of the Second Continental Congress, who was the first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and wrote his signature the largest)—"put your John Hancock here".[561][562][563][564][565] "John Henry" is also seen, using Hancock as a perceived homophone of "Hank", a common nickname of Henry. (UK: monicker.)
John Q. Public
the common man, typical member of the general public. Also stated as Joe Public, Joe Blow, Joe Schmoe, Joe Six-Pack, Eddie Punchclock, or Joe Lunchbucket. (UK: Joe Bloggs, Joe Public)[566][567][568]

K edit

kitty-corner, caddy-corner, also catty-corner
see catercorner

L edit

ladybug
a red, black-spotted beetle (UK: ladybird)[569][570][571][572][573][574]
laundromat
a public place to wash laundry (UK: laundrette or launderette)[575][576][577][578]
layer cake
(UK: sandwich cake[579] or (in the context of cakes) sandwich[580]
learner's permit
a restricted license for a person learning to drive, who has not yet passed the necessary driver's test (rules vary from state to state); also called driver's permit (UK: provisional driving licence)[581][582][583]
left field *
a notional source of unexpected or illogical questions, ideas, etc. ("that proposal came out of left field")[584] Defined by the Merriam-Webster online American dictionary as having American baseball-related origins[585]
(the) Lower 48
used mainly by Alaskans, this is a colloquialism for the 48 Contiguous United States. The more general term Outside may be used for any part of US territory outside Alaska,[586] such as Hawaii or Puerto Rico as well.
license plate*, license tag
vehicle registration plate (UK: number plate)[587][588][589][590]
lumber
wood used for commercial purposes (UK timber)[591][592][593][594]
lunch meat
another term for luncheon meat (UK and US)[595][596][597]

M edit

mail carrier, mailman
a person who delivers mail to residences and businesses;[598][599][600][601] also letter carrier (UK and US: postman, postwoman, although the term "postal worker" is encouraged so as to remain gender-neutral)
main street
The principal street of a small town or city, on which most of its retail businesses are situated, or a metaphor for smaller cities and/or small businesses in general. The phrase "Wall Street vs. Main Street" (or variants thereof) is sometimes used to make the distinction between big and small business (UK: usually high street, although main street is commonly used in Scotland[602]).
mass transit
(UK: no equivalent, but the broader public transport comes close)[603][604]
math
mathematics (UK: maths).[605][606][607][608][609]
maven
expert, guru; from Yiddish.[610][611][612][613][614]
midsize
medium size[615][616][617]
Miranda
(Miranda warning) the warning (usually "You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." etc.) given to criminal suspects before interrogation;[618][619][620][621] (Miranda rights) the rights stated in the warning, as established in the United States Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona; hence mirandize, to recite the Miranda warning to (a criminal suspect). In the UK this is referred to as "reading rights" or "cautioned as to his rights" (not to be confused with a police caution).
mohawk
a type of haircut (UK: mohican)[622][623][624][625][626]
mom, momma, mommy, also mama*, mamma
mother (UK often: mum[my], mam, ma)[627][628][629][630][631][632][633][634][635][636][637][638][639][640][641][642][643]
mom-and-pop
single-family operated small business ("a mom-and-pop store") (UK and US: family business)[644][645][646][647][648]
mono / mononucleosis
(UK: glandular fever)[649][650][651]
mortician
(UK and US: undertaker, funeral director)[652][629][653][654][655]
moxie
courage, daring, and energy as in "This guy's got moxie!" (from an advertisement for an American soft drink from Northern New England)[656][657][658][659][660]

N edit

narc / nark
law enforcement narcotics agent; but 'to narc on' someone is to inform on them to an authority figure, used also as a noun labeling a person who does such (UK and New Zealand: grass)[661][629][662][663][664][665]
New York minute
(colloquial) an instant, a very short time period[666][667]
night crawler
earthworm or worm[668][669]
nightstand
encompassed by bedside table[670][671][672][673]
nightstick
historically, a police officer's weapon (UK: truncheon)[674][629][675][676][677][678]
nix
nothing; to cancel or disallow[679][629][680][681][682][683]
normalcy
normality. Used, although not coined, by President Warren G. Harding ("a return to normalcy", Harding's 1920 presidential campaign slogan)[684][629][685][686][687]

O edit

obligated
(archaic or dated in UK; UK and US: obliged)[688][689][690]
obstruction of justice
(England and Wales: perverting the course of justice; Scotland: defeating the ends of justice)
off-the-rack
clothes bought straight from a store (UK: off-the-peg)[691][692][693][694][695]
oftentimes *
often[696][697][698][699] (archaic in Britain but colloquial in America,[629] especially clause-initially)
ornery
irritable, crotchety, cranky, troublemaking (from ordinary);[629][700][701][702][703] very mild and may situationally be used affectionately
overpass *
(UK and US: flyover)[704][705][706]

P edit

pantyhose
(UK: sheer tights)[707][629][708][709][710][711] In the U.S. "tights" is used for similar non-sheer garments; "pantyhose" refers only to sheer or semi-sheer nylon-based tights
paper route
a regular series of newspaper deliveries (UK: paper round)[712][713][714][715]
parking garage
multi-storey car park[716][717][718]
parking lot
a usually outside area for the parking of automobiles (UK: car park)[629][719][720][721][722]
penitentiary
prison; gaol/jail.[723][629][724][725][726]
penny-ante
(adj.) petty, insignificant[727][728][729]—from penny ante, poker played for a very low ante
person of color
a person who is not white.[730] See also colored.
plastic wrap
thin, clear plastic used for covering or wrapping food (UK: cling-film)[731][732][733][734][735]
Plexiglas
Trade name for Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), a transparent thermoplastic sometimes called "acrylic glass" (UK: Perspex)[736][629][737][738][739][740]
plumber's butt or plumber's crack
buttock cleavage, also called the working man's smile (UK: builder's bum, brickie's bum or builder's cleavage)[741][742][743]
plushie, plush toy
soft toy (UK: cuddly toy).[744][745] Also in the U.S.: stuffed animal, not to be confused with a dead animal mounted by a taxidermist.
Popsicle
A trademarked brand of frozen juice, or flavored ice on a stick. The term is widely used to describe all such confections without regard to brand. (UK: ice lolly)[746][747][748][749][750]
porch pirate
Person who steals packages from unsuspecting customers' porches or front door areas.[751][752]
powdered sugar
(UK: icing sugar)[753][754][755][756][757]

R edit

rain check
used metaphorically to indicate that the person cannot accept the current invitation but would like to be invited to a future event. Stores may give a coupon to purchase the item later at the advertised price. Originated in the US as a coupon given to a baseball ticket-holder when a game was cancelled because of rain; it would entitle the holder to attend a replacement game for no charge.[758][759][629][760][761][762][763]
railroad
(UK and US: railway). Also, to send someone to prison without a fair trial.[764][765][629][766][767][768][769]
raised pavement marker
commonly called reflector, Botts' dot or cat's eye (UK: cat's eye)
rambunctious
excessively boisterous[770][771][772][773][774]
rappel
to descend on a rope (UK: abseil)[775][776][777]
Realtor (trademark)
member of the National Association of Realtors; as a genericized trademark, any real estate broker or real estate agent (UK: estate agent)[778][629][779][780][781][782]
restroom
a toilet, particularly a public one.[783][629][784][785][786][787]
RIF, RIF'd
abbreviation for Reduction In Force; i.e. to be honorably discharged from employment[788] (UK: redundancy, made redundant, laid off *, paid off)
roil
to render muddy by stirring up the dregs of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to roil a spring; also, to disquiet or disturb (also rile in the sense of "to anger", riled up for "angry")[789][629][790]
roustabout
an unskilled laborer, especially at an oil field, at a circus, or on a ship. Used in the oil industry in the UK.[791][792][793][794]
rowhouse
(UK: terraced house)
Rube Goldberg device
Absurdly complex machine (UK: Heath Robinson device)
rutabaga
the turnip Brassica napus napobrassica (UK: swede)
RV (recreational vehicle)
see article for usage of the terms RV, motor home, and the British camper [DM] and caravan [DM]
RV park
(UK: caravan site or less usually caravan park)

S edit

Saran wrap
(trademark) plastic wrap. Increasingly genericized without regard to brand. (UK: cling film)[795][796][797][798]
sawbuck
sawhorse; also a ten dollar bill (so named because some designs incorporated the Roman number ten, or "X", which resembles a sawhorse)
scads
great amounts
scallion *
also used in Ireland; also known as spring onion in Great Britain and the US
scalper
ticket tout
Scotch-Irish
(North) Americans who are identified as having descended from Scottish people who settled in Northern Ireland and Irish Protestants; also Scots-Irish[799][800][801] (UK: Ulster Scots)
Scotch Tape
(trademark) sticky tape (UK: Sellotape [trademark])
scuttlebutt
gossip, rumor; originally meant water fountain (UK: rumour)
self-rising flour
self-raising flour
shill *
a person pretending to a member of the general public to lend credibility or excitement to a confidence scheme; e.g., a person who claims to have received benefit from snake oil. Recently popularized in the UK by eBay ("shill bidding" or bidding to drum up excitement with no intention of buying). The UK equivalent to a shill would be a "plant", from having someone "planted" in an audience or amongst bystanders. The term "plant" is equally used and understood in the United States.
shredded cheese
grated cheese
shuck
the husk of an ear of corn (maize), an oyster shell, etc.; used in plural to mean something worthless or as an interjection ("shucks!"); (verb) to remove the shuck; also, to discard, get rid of, remove ("I shucked my coat")
shyster*
A lawyer or accountant of dubious ethical standards. This phrase commonly indicates a person with no ethical restraints. (From German Scheister)
sidewalk
usually paved path for pedestrian traffic, often constructed of concrete or less usually of stone (UK: pavement [DM], footpath [DM], legally footway)
sidewalk superintendent
someone spectating a construction or demolition job (UK: bystander [DM])
skim milk
(UK: skimmed milk)[802]
skosh
a little bit. See also List of English words of Japanese origin
s'more
(usually pl.) A camp fire treat consisting of a roasted marshmallow and a slab of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker. Contraction from "some more"
sneaker
(usually pl.) a form of footwear, also called tennis shoe or "gym shoe"—see regional vocabularies of American English (UK: trainer, plimsoll, regional dap, pump, [DM])
snuck
colloquial past tense and past participle form of "sneak" (US standard and UK: sneaked)
soccer
used in the UK but the sport is mainly known as "football" (or fully as association football); historically most common among the middle and upper classes in the UK (i.e. outside the game's traditional core support base); more common in Ireland to avoid confusion with Gaelic football. In the US, an unqualified reference to "football" would normally be understood to mean American football.
soda fountain
(see article)
soda pop
(UK: soft/fizzy/carbonated drink [with CO2 e.g. Coca-Cola], pop)
sophomore
a second-year college or high school student (Trinity College Dublin has sophister in this sense); (adj.) the second in a series (as in, an athlete's "sophomore season", a band's "sophomore album")
specialty *
(UK: speciality, though specialty is used in law and medicine)
special election
(UK: by-election)
spelunking
exploring caves for fun: (UK and US: caving)(UK: potholing)[803][804][805][806][807]
spring break
an extended holiday or party for students occurring during March and April (UK: Easter holiday)
spyglass
a telescope or set of lenses used to observe subjects at distance (once common in UK usage, but now only in dialect)
station wagon
an automobile with extended rear cargo area (UK: estate (car))
steam shovel
a large mechanical excavator (UK: digger or JCB (genericized trademark))
steno (short for "stenographer")
(UK: shorthand typist)
stickshift, stick
(car with) manual transmission, as opposed to an automatic (UK and US: gear stick or gear lever for the stick; manual for the car)
stool pigeon, stoolie
police informer (UK: grass) (from the use of captive birds as hunting decoys)
stop light
(UK and US: traffic light)
streetcar
vehicle on rails for passenger transportation [DM] usually within a city; also called trolley [DM] or trolley car if electrically powered by means of a trolley (UK: tram)
strep throat
a sore throat caused by Streptococcus[808]
stroller
vehicle for baby transportation featuring the child in a sitting position, usually facing forward (UK: pushchair, buggy [DM])
SUV *
Sport-Utility Vehicle. A 4×4 ("four by four") in the UK; in the US "4×4" usually refers to a four wheel drive pickup truck
sweatpants
(UK: track bottoms, tracksuit bottoms)

T edit

tailpipe
exhaust pipe[809][810][811][812]
takeout
(UK: takeaway; Scotland and US also carry-out)
teeter(-totter), teeterboard
(UK and US: a seesaw)
telecast
to broadcast by television
teleprompter
(see article) (UK: compare autocue)
thru*
Through. An abbreviation mostly used in the fast food industry, as in Drive Thru. Also used in traffic signs ("Thru Traffic Keep Left"; i.e., traffic that is continuing through an interchange rather than exiting should keep to the left) and occasionally road names ("New York State Thruway") and sometimes in newspaper headlines. Seen in the UK at McDonald's, Burger King etc.
thumbtack
short nail or pin with a large, rounded metal head suitable for driving in by hand (UK: drawing pin)
track and field meeting * (track meet)
(UK usually athletics meeting [DM]); see also track [DM]
trackless trolley
a trolleybus; see trolley in [DM]
trash
rubbish, waste. Originating in Middle English and used by Shakespeare, the term fell from use in Britain.[460][813] See also "garbage"
trashcan
(UK: dustbin, rubbish bin, bin)
travel trailer
(UK: caravan)
turn signal
direction-indicator lights (UK usually indicators; US and UK also blinkers [DM])
two-bits
literally, worth 25 cents or a quarter (a bit is an eighth of a dollar); figuratively, worth very little, insignificant (informal). (UK: two bob, but almost obsolete and more common in London and the south-east; likewise Mickey Mouse).
two cents, two cents' worth
an opinion, a piece of one's mind (as in, "I'm gonna go down there and give him my two cents") - (UK similar: two pence, two penneth, two penn'orth or tuppence worth)

U edit

undershirt
an upper undergarment with no collar, and with short or no sleeves, worn next to the skin under a shirt (UK: vest [DM], semmit in Scotland and Northern Ireland [814])[815][629][816][817][818][819]
upscale
relating to goods targeted at high-income consumers (UK: upmarket)
uptown
(noun, adj., adv.) (in, to, toward, or related to) either the upper section or the residential district of a city; e.g., in Manhattan, New York City the term refers to the northern end of Manhattan, generally speaking, north of 59th Street; see also Uptown, Minneapolis; Uptown, Chicago; Uptown New Orleans; compare downtown. Often has implications of being a desirable or upscale neighborhood. However, in Butte, Montana and Charlotte, North Carolina, "Uptown" refers to what would be called "downtown" in most other cities.

V edit

vacationer
someone taking a vacation [DM] (UK: holidaymaker)
vacay
informal shortening of vacation (comparable to UK hols)
vajayjay
(slang) vagina[820][821]
variety meats
offal
varmint or varmit
(UK and US: vermin)

W edit

washcloth
(UK: flannel, UK often and US less frequently facecloth; US less frequently also washrag)[13][822][823]
washrag
See washcloth[13][824][825]
wastebasket
synonym for trash can, especially one intended for light waste (UK: wastepaper basket)[826][827][828][829][830]
weatherization*
weatherproofing of buildings, occasionally used in the UK but would be spelled weatherisation
windshield
the front window of an automobile (UK: windscreen)
winningest
superlative of adjective winning; having most wins or championships (especially in sporting contexts)[831][832][833][834][835]
wiseguy
a mobster; also smartass (e.g., "hey, wiseguy…")
woodsy
abundant in trees, suggestive of woods; woody, wooded

Y edit

y'all
(regional — Southern American, African-American, and Appalachian) contraction of You all, used as second-person dual or plural pronoun. (e.g., "Hey, are y'all coming to the dance?") Also all y'all, comparable in meaning and register to north-English, Northern Irish and Scottish "youse, yous".
yellow light
as in the color at a stoplight (q.v.) or traffic lights (UK: amber)
yinz, yunz, you'uns
(Western Pennsylvania, especially Pittsburgh) plural you; derived from you ones. Likewise youse in Philadelphia.

Z edit

zee
name of the last letter of the English alphabet (UK: zed)[836]
zilch
nothing, zero[837]
zinger
a witty, often caustic remark; something supposed to cause surprise or shock
ZIP code
(for Zone Improvement Plan) the postal code used by the United States Postal Service composed of 5 digits as in 90210, sometimes a suffix of 4 digits after a hyphen is used. (UK equivalent: postcode or post code or rarely postal code)
zipper *
(UK usually zip [DM])
zucchini
the plant Cucurbita pepo, also zucchini squash (UK: courgette, closely related to the larger marrow)

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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed May 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom In Canada and Australia some of the American terms listed are widespread however in some cases another usage is preferred Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and or additional meanings common to both dialects e g pants crib are to be found at List of words having different meanings in British and American English When such words are herein used or referenced they are marked with the flag DM different meaning Asterisks denote words and meanings having appreciable that is not occasional currency in British English but nonetheless distinctive of American English for their relatively greater frequency in American speech and writing Americanisms are increasingly common in British English and many that were not widely used some decades ago are now so e g regular in the sense of regular coffee American spelling is consistently used throughout this article except when explicitly referencing British terms Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also External links0 9 edit101 pronounced one o one used to indicate basic knowledge e g Didn t you learn to sweep the floor in housework 101 from the numbering scheme of educational courses where 101 would be the first course in a sequence on the subject 1 2 401 k pronounced four o one kay an employer sponsored retirement plan in the United States Derived from the section of the United States Internal Revenue Code authorizing such plans 3 40 pronounced forty a 40 ounce 1 183L bottle of malt liquor 4 commonly drunk by American youths 411 pronounced four one one colloquial information about something from 4 1 1 directory assistance number UK 118xxx or 192 5 5 0 pronounced five o colloquial the police from Hawaii Five O an American television series 6 501 c pronounced five o one cee a legally recognized non profit organization in the United States roughly equivalent to a Company Limited by Guarantee recognized by the Charity Commission as having charitable status in the United Kingdom Derived from the relevant section of the Internal Revenue Code 529 pronounced five twenty nine a tax advantaged savings plan in the United States similar to a 401 k but instead used to fund the higher education expenses of the plan s beneficiary usually the donors child or grandchild Derived from the relevant section of the Internal Revenue Code 86 pronounced eighty six colloquial to abandon reject or kill something or someone e g Let s eighty six the whole thing Similar to Deep Six although unlikely to have been derived from nautical terms as is Deep Six 86ing someone can also mean ordering them to leave as a bartender or bouncer to a rowdy or intoxicated patron 7 8 9 911 pronounced nine one one the US and Canada s emergency telephone number UK 999 US and UK 112 10 11 12 A editacclimate verb UK usually acclimatise 13 14 acetaminophen or the brand name Tylenol UK paracetamol 15 16 affirmative action providing opportunities in education or work based on race or gender UK positive discrimination 13 17 18 airplane a powered fixed wing aircraft Alteration of UK aeroplane probably influenced by aircraft 13 19 20 21 aluminum UK aluminium 13 22 23 amtrac Landing Vehicle Tracked military vehicle used in World War II not to be confused with Amtrak the passenger railroad corporation 24 arroyo a usually dry creek Spanish in origin 25 26 arugula rugola the herb also known as rocket or garden rocket Borrowed from southern Italian dialect in the early 1960s Ask Italian greengrocers for arugula rucola or ruccoli ask other markets for rouquette rocket salad or simply rocket The New York Times May 24 1960 in OED 27 automobile a car 28 29 B editbaby carriage pushable vehicle for transporting babies also called stroller buggy or regionally baby coach UK perambulator very old fashioned or formal pram or for the type that an older baby sits rather than lies in pushchair 30 31 baby shower or just shower party with gifts to celebrate an impending birth less common in the UK 32 33 bachelor party bachelorette party a party held for a man bachelor or woman bachelorette soon to be married UK stag night hen night 34 bachelorette a young single woman who has never married 35 36 37 backhoe a piece of excavating equipment UK usually digger mechanical digger excavator or JCB genericized trademark 38 ballpark a baseball stadium used to mean an approximation in the ballpark a ballpark figure 39 40 41 Band Aid trademark bandage for minor wounds UK plaster DM Elastoplast trademark 42 43 also a makeshift solution 13 44 bangs front part of the hair cut to hang over the forehead UK a fringe 45 46 47 48 49 barrette hair slide 50 51 baseboard skirting board 52 53 54 55 bayou from Louisiana French an often marshy slow moving minor watercourse usually located in a low lying area as in the Mississippi River delta region of the southern United States 47 56 57 58 59 bedroom community a commuter town or suburb UK dormitory town DM 60 61 bear claw A kind of sweet pastry served throughout the United States named for its large clawlike shape 62 63 bell pepper a mild not spicy red or green pepper or capsicum in Australian English and Indian English 64 bellhop a hotel porter 47 65 66 67 68 beltway a ring road or orbital motorway found around or within many cities 69 70 71 72 73 big box store a large retail establishment built on one level typically with few if any windows 74 75 76 blacktop a road surface DM composed of asphalt concrete also a verb to blacktop a parking lot UK compare tarmac 70 77 78 79 80 bleachers the raised open air tiered rows of seats stands found at sports fields or at other spectator events 81 82 83 84 blinders on a horse UK blinkers 82 85 86 87 88 blood sausage black pudding 89 90 boardwalk a walkway usually made of planking typically along a beach as that of Atlantic City UK promenade 82 91 92 93 94 bobby pin hair grip Kirby grip 82 93 94 95 96 bodega a Spanish term for a winery A convenience store especially in a Spanish speaking neighborhood 97 booger slang a piece of coagulated nasal mucus UK bogey 98 99 100 bookmobile a large vehicle housing a mobile lending library UK mobile library 101 102 103 104 105 boombox citation needed a large portable stereo syn with ghettoblaster which is also American in origin but is common in the UK boondocks also the boonies rough country a very rural location or town backwoods the sticks Sometimes refers to rough poor neighborhoods in a city From Tagalog 102 106 107 108 boondoggle slang term for a scheme that wastes time and money 109 110 111 112 originally a braided ornamental cord or leather strap 113 114 Botts dot citation needed see raised pavement marker breadbox a box for storing bread UK bread bin 115 116 117 118 broil to cook food with high heat with the heat applied directly to the food from above UK grill DM 13 119 120 121 122 brownstone a type of residential building found in Boston New York City and other large cities 123 124 125 126 bullhorn a megaphone sometimes used to refer to a portable airhorn 102 127 128 129 burglarize to carry out a burglary UK burgle burgle is very rare in US and burglarize virtually nonexistent in UK 102 130 131 132 133 burlap cloth made from jute or sisal traditionally rough and used to make rope and sacks UK hessian busboy junior restaurant worker assisting waiting staff table clearer water pourer etc 102 134 135 136 137 butte an isolated hill with steep sides and a small flat top 138 139 140 141 142 C editcaboose a railroad car attached usually to the rear mainly for the crew s use UK guard s van or brake van 143 144 145 146 Canadian bacon Back bacon bacon made from center cut boneless pork loin Also ham usually pressed and sliced like bacon 147 148 149 candy apple candied apple toffee apple 150 151 canola a type of rapeseed that produces an edible oil originally a trademark of Canadian origin from Canada and oleum oil 152 153 careen of a vehicle to travel fast and out of control usually swerving or cornering UK career 154 155 156 157 carhop someone serving food at a drive in often on rollerskates 158 159 160 catercorner or catercornered catacorner kitty corner catty corner etc adverb diagonally diagonally opposite The house looks catercorner to mine 161 Cater corner is the original form from the French quatre and English corner four corner but the forms kitty corner and catty corner folk etymology are usual in speech catty corner especially in the North and West while the former in the Midland clarification needed and South Sometimes dialectal regional also kitty catty wampus wumpus unclearly derived which can also mean awry or skew whiff catsup alternative spelling of ketchup that rarely sees use in the UK 162 163 164 165 cell phone cellphone cell short for cellular telephone a portable telephone UK mobile phone often abbreviated to mobile 166 167 168 169 170 Used in the UK in the early years of mobile telephony 171 certified mail recorded delivery 172 173 174 175 ChapStick trademark sometimes used generically a lip balm 176 charge account in a store or shop UK credit account 177 178 179 checkers a popular board game UK draughts 180 181 182 183 checking account the type of bank account used for drawing checks distinguished from savings account UK current account or cheque account use of cheques is now much less common in the UK 184 185 186 187 cilantro from Spanish cilantro coriander leaf 188 189 190 191 while in the US coriander refers only to the seed 192 cleats in the context of field sports athletic shoes with studded soles used for football or soccer UK Football boots rugby boots 193 194 195 cloture a motion in legislative or parliamentary procedure that brings debate to a quick end especially used by and in the United States Senate 196 UK closure conniption fit slang temper tantrum 197 198 199 co ed coed female student at a coeducational college e g He saw the party as an opportunity to meet co eds 200 201 202 203 any group of people with members from both genders e g My soccer team is co ed 204 comfort station a public toilet 205 206 207 condo colloquially any owned as opposed to rented apartment UK flat more strictly such an apartment or house with common areas controlled by and charged for by a homeowner association short for condominium England and Wales commonhold 208 209 210 211 212 213 cookout informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors a cross between a picnic and a barbecue or a cooking competition taking place outdoors 214 215 216 217 cooties fictional disease a term used by children UK germs lurgy 218 also a term for lice 219 220 221 copacetic fine and dandy good well A OK cool Creole perhaps from the French Comme c est sympathique 222 223 costume party party where costumes are worn 224 UK fancy dress party cotton candy spun sugar often sold at fairs UK candy floss 225 226 227 228 229 counterclockwise UK anti clockwise 230 231 232 233 234 coveralls a one piece outer protective garment UK overall boiler suit 235 236 237 238 crapshoot risky and uncertain venture from craps a dice game 239 240 cremains the remains of a dead body after cremation UK remains ashes 241 242 criminy crimony a mild oath or to express surprise perhaps alteration of jiminy gemini probably euphemism for Late Latin Jesu domine Jesus Lord UK crumbs etc 243 of Christ or from Italian crimine crime 244 critter informal a creature 245 246 247 248 sometimes a term of endearmentD editdeplane to disembark from an aeroplane 249 250 251 252 deputy or sheriff s deputy A paid county law enforcement official working for an elected sheriff roughly equivalent to a police constable in the UK derby ˈ d ɜːr b i historically a hat worn by men UK bowler 253 254 255 256 diaper An absorbent undergarment UK nappy 257 258 259 260 261 dime a 10 cent coin 262 263 264 265 266 Derived from the Old French word disme the original spelling meaning a tenth part or tithe and ultimately from the Latin decima 263 264 266 Can also mean a ten dollar quantity of an illegal drug or dime bag 267 Five and dime dime store a store selling cheap merchandise a dime a dozen so abundant as to be worth little UK ten a penny on a dime in a small space turn on a dime UK turn on a sixpence or immediately stop on a dime UK stop on a sixpence nickel and dime originally an adjective meaning involving small amounts of money and then insignificant also a verb meaning to rip off by many seemingly insignificant charges the nickel DM is the 5 cent coin In Britain the old sixpence a small coin of a comparable size and value 2 1 2 new pence is still used in similar expressions despite being replaced when a decimal currency was introduced in 1971 direct deposit a method of payment by bank transfer similar to European giro almost exclusively used for deposits of pay checks or government benefits 268 discombobulated to be confused or disconcerted 269 270 271 272 UK and US discomposed Sometimes now used with conscious self mocking irony by generally more formal British speakers dishrag a cloth for washing dishes UK and US dishcloth 273 274 dishwashing liquid a liquid soap used for washing dishes dishsoap UK washing up liquid 275 dish towel a towel for drying dishes UK tea towel 276 277 278 279 district attorney state or city public prosecutor UK Crown Prosecutor England and Wales Procurator Fiscal Scotland 280 281 282 283 284 divided highway a road with a highway median central reservation UK UK dual carriageway 285 286 287 288 289 docent a university lecturer also a volunteer guide in a museum or similar institution 290 291 292 doohickey word used for an unknown item 293 294 295 296 a thingamajig thingamabob or just a thingy UK wotsit douche or douchebag an insult for a contemptible person from the device for rinsing the vagina or anus 297 298 downspout pipe for carrying rainwater from a gutter to the ground UK amp US drainpipe 299 300 301 302 downtown noun adv adj in to toward or related to either the lower section or the business center of a city or town 303 304 305 used in UK but more common expression would be city centre or CBD drape drapes UK and US curtain 306 307 308 309 driver license driver s license UK driving licence 310 311 312 313 drugstore a pharmacy or a store selling candy magazines etc along with medicines UK approx chemist or corner shop DM 314 315 316 317 318 319 druthers preference of one thing over another derived from a contraction of I would rather or I d rather e g if I had my druthers I d 320 321 drywall gypsum board plasterboard or any process that builds interior walls without the use of water UK plasterboard 322 dude A man a dandy a city dweller visiting a ranch Often used to address a man 306 323 324 325 326 327 Dumpster trademark might be becoming genericized large trash receptacle UK approx skip DM to dumpster dive to rummage through a Dumpster 328 329 330 331 332 dweeb a boring studious or socially inept person a nerd a geek or a drip an old fashioned mild pejorative for someone exceptionally eccentric or lacking in social skills 315 333 334 335 336 337 E editeggplant the plant Solanum melongena UK aubergine 338 339 340 341 elephant ear Deep fried dough covered with cinnamon sugar citation needed Commonly found at fairs and carnivals emergency brake brake in motor vehicle operated by a lever used to keep it stationary Also referred to as an E brake UK and US handbrake 342 343 344 345 eminent domain the power of the government to take private property for public use similar to UK compulsory purchase 346 347 348 349 350 English muffin UK muffin hot muffin 351 352 353 354 envision to envisage 355 356 eraser UK rubber DM 357 358 359 exclamation point UK exclamation mark 360 expressway a type of limited access road UK motorway 361 362 363 364 365 366 exurb the ring of prosperous rural communities beyond the suburbs 362 367 368 369 see commuter townF editfanny pack pouch like bag that ties or snaps around the wearer s waist UK bum bag 370 371 372 373 In the UK fanny is a vulgar slang term for the vulva and thus this word could cause offence faucet a valve for controlling the flow of a liquid UK and US tap DM 374 375 376 377 378 379 FICA rhymes with Micah payroll tax used to fund Social Security and Medicare similar to UK National Insurance Derived from the law authorizing such taxation the Federal Insurance Contributions Act flack a publicist or press agent sometimes also an alternate spelling of flak negative commentary which is used in the UK Although flack press agent was first recorded just one year after flak anti aircraft fire from German Fliegerabwehrkanone aircraft defence cannon the two are likely unrelated 380 381 382 383 flashlight portable battery powered electric lamp UK usually torch 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 flatware knives spoons and forks as opposed to holloware UK usually cutlery DM 391 392 393 394 395 freeway see article UK motorway 396 397 398 399 400 401 French press Device for making coffee UK cafetiere 402 403 freshman a first year student in college or high school fresher in UK 404 405 406 407 408 409 French fries or fries pieces of potato that have been deep fried UK chips DM French fries is known via American fast food chains due to which it usually refers to the thin crispy variety of chips served there 410 411 412 413 frosting A confection applied to cakes US and UK icing 414 415 416 417 418 front desk UK reception 419 frosh see freshman 420 421 422 G editgarbage UK rubbish 423 424 425 426 427 428 garbage can UK dustbin or simply bin 429 430 431 432 433 434 gasoline abbreviated gas esp in the past also spelled gasolene UK petrol 435 436 437 438 439 440 gee whiz as an interjection an old fashioned expression of admiration surprise or enthusiasm 441 442 443 444 445 a euphemism for Jesus 446 as an adjective denotes something characterized by or meant to cause excitement or sensation gee whiz technology a gee whiz attitude 445 general delivery UK poste restante 447 448 449 450 451 get go git go the very beginning of something e g I warned them right from the get go 452 453 GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter UK Residual current device RCD or colloquially breaker or circuit breaker A safety device attached to consumer mains power supplies to prevent accidental electrocution and or damage to connected equipment green thumb UK green fingers 454 455 456 grifter a con artist transient swindler or professional gambler US and UK con man also grift can mean an act of thievery or trickery 457 458 459 gotten Past participle of get got in most of the UK gotten is however of British origin 460 still retained in some older dialects and is sometimes now used again under US influence 13 461 462 In American English there is a distinction in usage gotten is used to refer to the process of acquisition obtainment or to having entered a state over a matter of time whereas got signifies possession 463 460 grits A maize sweetcorn porridge common in the southern U S and relatively unknown in the UK 464 465 466 467 ground beef UK minced beef or just mince 468 grunt Slang for infantryman UK squaddie 469 470 471 H edithalf bath a room for personal hygiene that lacks a shower or bathtub i e a bathroom DM in the American sense of the term which lacks a place to actually bathe Equivalent to a British W C 472 473 hard candy UK boiled sweets 474 heavy cream double cream UK 475 476 477 478 hickey a bruise on one s skin resulting from kissing or sucking UK love bite 479 480 481 482 483 484 highball an alcoholic drink made with a spirit particularly whisky and water soda water or any carbonated beverage served in a tall glass with ice 485 486 487 488 489 490 ho The word whore also used as a derogatory term for any woman 491 492 493 494 The pronunciation and spelling is from African American Vernacular English hobo tramp homeless unskilled itinerant worker 495 496 497 498 499 500 subculture of wandering homeless people particularly those who make a habit of hopping freight trains hoecake A coarse cake of maize flour 501 hominy maize kernels that have been soaked in a caustic solution then coarsely ground 502 503 504 505 506 see also grits play hooky to play truant from school to cut class UK also skive bunk off or playing wag or wagging off or mooching 507 508 509 510 511 512 horseback riding simply riding or horse riding in the UK 513 514 515 howdy short for how do you do casual greeting that originated in the Southern States UK How do 516 517 518 519 520 521 hush puppy a bite sized ball of deep fried cornmeal batter commonly eaten in southern America Non existent in the UK where Hush Puppies denotes the international brand of shoes of that name 522 523 HVAC Heating Ventilating or Ventilation Air Conditioning 524 often pronounced H vack used in technical circles in the UK where such systems are less common than in the US due to differences in climate citation needed I editintimate apparel lingerie 525 used mainly in advertisements J editjack off jerk off slang to masturbate 526 527 528 529 UK usage would be to wank If used as a disparaging noun as in that guy is such a jackoff or jerkoff the UK equivalent would be wanker or tosser In this sense sometimes written jagoff though this probably has a different derivation 530 531 532 jackhammer UK pneumatic drill 533 534 Jane Doe See John Doe 535 536 537 538 jaywalking crossing or walking in the street or road unlawfully There is no equivalent concept in UK law 539 jeez minced oath for Jesus sometimes spelled geez 540 541 jerk someone around to unfairly delay stymie thwart or cause confusion sometimes with the intent to defraud 527 542 543 Jell o trademark gelatin dessert UK jelly DM 544 545 546 547 548 john slang a toilet 549 550 551 552 553 554 also the client of a prostitute 549 551 552 553 johnson slang penis 555 556 US and UK willy John Doe unnamed defendant or victim as in a lawsuit or a person whose identity is unknown or is intended to be anonymous also an average man 557 558 559 560 compare John Q Public UK equivalent is Joe Bloggs or John Smith The female equivalent is Jane Doe or less frequently Jane Roe as in Roe v Wade Also Baby Doe John Hancock a signature from the name of the President of the Second Continental Congress who was the first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and wrote his signature the largest put your John Hancock here 561 562 563 564 565 John Henry is also seen using Hancock as a perceived homophone of Hank a common nickname of Henry UK monicker John Q Public the common man typical member of the general public Also stated as Joe Public Joe Blow Joe Schmoe Joe Six Pack Eddie Punchclock or Joe Lunchbucket UK Joe Bloggs Joe Public 566 567 568 K editkitty corner caddy corner also catty corner see catercornerL editladybug a red black spotted beetle UK ladybird 569 570 571 572 573 574 laundromat a public place to wash laundry UK laundrette or launderette 575 576 577 578 layer cake UK sandwich cake 579 or in the context of cakes sandwich 580 learner s permit a restricted license for a person learning to drive who has not yet passed the necessary driver s test rules vary from state to state also called driver s permit UK provisional driving licence 581 582 583 left field a notional source of unexpected or illogical questions ideas etc that proposal came out of left field 584 Defined by the Merriam Webster online American dictionary as having American baseball related origins 585 the Lower 48 used mainly by Alaskans this is a colloquialism for the 48 Contiguous United States The more general term Outside may be used for any part of US territory outside Alaska 586 such as Hawaii or Puerto Rico as well license plate license tag vehicle registration plate UK number plate 587 588 589 590 lumber wood used for commercial purposes UK timber 591 592 593 594 lunch meat another term for luncheon meat UK and US 595 596 597 M editmail carrier mailman a person who delivers mail to residences and businesses 598 599 600 601 also letter carrier UK and US postman postwoman although the term postal worker is encouraged so as to remain gender neutral main street The principal street of a small town or city on which most of its retail businesses are situated or a metaphor for smaller cities and or small businesses in general The phrase Wall Street vs Main Street or variants thereof is sometimes used to make the distinction between big and small business UK usually high street although main street is commonly used in Scotland 602 mass transit UK no equivalent but the broader public transport comes close 603 604 math mathematics UK maths 605 606 607 608 609 maven expert guru from Yiddish 610 611 612 613 614 midsize medium size 615 616 617 Miranda Miranda warning the warning usually You have the right to remain silent If you give up that right anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law etc given to criminal suspects before interrogation 618 619 620 621 Miranda rights the rights stated in the warning as established in the United States Supreme Court case Miranda v Arizona hence mirandize to recite the Miranda warning to a criminal suspect In the UK this is referred to as reading rights or cautioned as to his rights not to be confused with a police caution mohawk a type of haircut UK mohican 622 623 624 625 626 mom momma mommy also mama mamma mother UK often mum my mam ma 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 mom and pop single family operated small business a mom and pop store UK and US family business 644 645 646 647 648 mono mononucleosis UK glandular fever 649 650 651 mortician UK and US undertaker funeral director 652 629 653 654 655 moxie courage daring and energy as in This guy s got moxie from an advertisement for an American soft drink from Northern New England 656 657 658 659 660 N editnarc nark law enforcement narcotics agent but to narc on someone is to inform on them to an authority figure used also as a noun labeling a person who does such UK and New Zealand grass 661 629 662 663 664 665 New York minute colloquial an instant a very short time period 666 667 night crawler earthworm or worm 668 669 nightstand encompassed by bedside table 670 671 672 673 nightstick historically a police officer s weapon UK truncheon 674 629 675 676 677 678 nix nothing to cancel or disallow 679 629 680 681 682 683 normalcy normality Used although not coined by President Warren G Harding a return to normalcy Harding s 1920 presidential campaign slogan 684 629 685 686 687 O editobligated archaic or dated in UK UK and US obliged 688 689 690 obstruction of justice England and Wales perverting the course of justice Scotland defeating the ends of justice off the rack clothes bought straight from a store UK off the peg 691 692 693 694 695 oftentimes often 696 697 698 699 archaic in Britain but colloquial in America 629 especially clause initially ornery irritable crotchety cranky troublemaking from ordinary 629 700 701 702 703 very mild and may situationally be used affectionately overpass UK and US flyover 704 705 706 P editpantyhose UK sheer tights 707 629 708 709 710 711 In the U S tights is used for similar non sheer garments pantyhose refers only to sheer or semi sheer nylon based tights paper route a regular series of newspaper deliveries UK paper round 712 713 714 715 parking garage multi storey car park 716 717 718 parking lot a usually outside area for the parking of automobiles UK car park 629 719 720 721 722 penitentiary prison gaol jail 723 629 724 725 726 penny ante adj petty insignificant 727 728 729 from penny ante poker played for a very low ante person of color a person who is not white 730 See also colored plastic wrap thin clear plastic used for covering or wrapping food UK cling film 731 732 733 734 735 Plexiglas Trade name for Poly methyl methacrylate PMMA a transparent thermoplastic sometimes called acrylic glass UK Perspex 736 629 737 738 739 740 plumber s butt or plumber s crack buttock cleavage also called the working man s smile UK builder s bum brickie s bum or builder s cleavage 741 742 743 plushie plush toy soft toy UK cuddly toy 744 745 Also in the U S stuffed animal not to be confused with a dead animal mounted by a taxidermist Popsicle A trademarked brand of frozen juice or flavored ice on a stick The term is widely used to describe all such confections without regard to brand UK ice lolly 746 747 748 749 750 porch pirate Person who steals packages from unsuspecting customers porches or front door areas 751 752 powdered sugar UK icing sugar 753 754 755 756 757 R editrain check used metaphorically to indicate that the person cannot accept the current invitation but would like to be invited to a future event Stores may give a coupon to purchase the item later at the advertised price Originated in the US as a coupon given to a baseball ticket holder when a game was cancelled because of rain it would entitle the holder to attend a replacement game for no charge 758 759 629 760 761 762 763 railroad UK and US railway Also to send someone to prison without a fair trial 764 765 629 766 767 768 769 raised pavement marker commonly called reflector Botts dot or cat s eye UK cat s eye rambunctious excessively boisterous 770 771 772 773 774 rappel to descend on a rope UK abseil 775 776 777 Realtor trademark member of the National Association of Realtors as a genericized trademark any real estate broker or real estate agent UK estate agent 778 629 779 780 781 782 restroom a toilet particularly a public one 783 629 784 785 786 787 RIF RIF d abbreviation for Reduction In Force i e to be honorably discharged from employment 788 UK redundancy made redundant laid off paid off roil to render muddy by stirring up the dregs of as to roil wine cider etc in casks or bottles to roil a spring also to disquiet or disturb also rile in the sense of to anger riled up for angry 789 629 790 roustabout an unskilled laborer especially at an oil field at a circus or on a ship Used in the oil industry in the UK 791 792 793 794 rowhouse UK terraced house Rube Goldberg device Absurdly complex machine UK Heath Robinson device rutabaga the turnip Brassica napus napobrassica UK swede RV recreational vehicle see article for usage of the terms RV motor home and the British camper DM and caravan DM RV park UK caravan site or less usually caravan park S editSaran wrap trademark plastic wrap Increasingly genericized without regard to brand UK cling film 795 796 797 798 sawbuck sawhorse also a ten dollar bill so named because some designs incorporated the Roman number ten or X which resembles a sawhorse scads great amounts scallion also used in Ireland also known as spring onion in Great Britain and the US scalper ticket tout Scotch Irish North Americans who are identified as having descended from Scottish people who settled in Northern Ireland and Irish Protestants also Scots Irish 799 800 801 UK Ulster Scots Scotch Tape trademark sticky tape UK Sellotape trademark scuttlebutt gossip rumor originally meant water fountain UK rumour self rising flour self raising flour shill a person pretending to a member of the general public to lend credibility or excitement to a confidence scheme e g a person who claims to have received benefit from snake oil Recently popularized in the UK by eBay shill bidding or bidding to drum up excitement with no intention of buying The UK equivalent to a shill would be a plant from having someone planted in an audience or amongst bystanders The term plant is equally used and understood in the United States shredded cheese grated cheese shuck the husk of an ear of corn maize an oyster shell etc used in plural to mean something worthless or as an interjection shucks verb to remove the shuck also to discard get rid of remove I shucked my coat shyster A lawyer or accountant of dubious ethical standards This phrase commonly indicates a person with no ethical restraints From German Scheister sidewalk usually paved path for pedestrian traffic often constructed of concrete or less usually of stone UK pavement DM footpath DM legally footway sidewalk superintendent someone spectating a construction or demolition job UK bystander DM skim milk UK skimmed milk 802 skosh a little bit See also List of English words of Japanese origin s more usually pl A camp fire treat consisting of a roasted marshmallow and a slab of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker Contraction from some more sneaker usually pl a form of footwear also called tennis shoe or gym shoe see regional vocabularies of American English UK trainer plimsoll regional dap pump DM snuck colloquial past tense and past participle form of sneak US standard and UK sneaked soccer used in the UK but the sport is mainly known as football or fully as association football historically most common among the middle and upper classes in the UK i e outside the game s traditional core support base more common in Ireland to avoid confusion with Gaelic football In the US an unqualified reference to football would normally be understood to mean American football soda fountain see article soda pop UK soft fizzy carbonated drink with CO2 e g Coca Cola pop sophomore a second year college or high school student Trinity College Dublin has sophister in this sense adj the second in a series as in an athlete s sophomore season a band s sophomore album specialty UK speciality though specialty is used in law and medicine special election UK by election spelunking exploring caves for fun UK and US caving UK potholing 803 804 805 806 807 spring break an extended holiday or party for students occurring during March and April UK Easter holiday spyglass a telescope or set of lenses used to observe subjects at distance once common in UK usage but now only in dialect station wagon an automobile with extended rear cargo area UK estate car steam shovel a large mechanical excavator UK digger or JCB genericized trademark steno short for stenographer UK shorthand typist stickshift stick car with manual transmission as opposed to an automatic UK and US gear stick or gear lever for the stick manual for the car stool pigeon stoolie police informer UK grass from the use of captive birds as hunting decoys stop light UK and US traffic light streetcar vehicle on rails for passenger transportation DM usually within a city also called trolley DM or trolley car if electrically powered by means of a trolley UK tram strep throat a sore throat caused by Streptococcus 808 stroller vehicle for baby transportation featuring the child in a sitting position usually facing forward UK pushchair buggy DM SUV Sport Utility Vehicle A 4 4 four by four in the UK in the US 4 4 usually refers to a four wheel drive pickup truck sweatpants UK track bottoms tracksuit bottoms T edittailpipe exhaust pipe 809 810 811 812 takeout UK takeaway Scotland and US also carry out teeter totter teeterboard UK and US a seesaw telecast to broadcast by television teleprompter see article UK compare autocue thru Through An abbreviation mostly used in the fast food industry as in Drive Thru Also used in traffic signs Thru Traffic Keep Left i e traffic that is continuing through an interchange rather than exiting should keep to the left and occasionally road names New York State Thruway and sometimes in newspaper headlines Seen in the UK at McDonald s Burger King etc thumbtack short nail or pin with a large rounded metal head suitable for driving in by hand UK drawing pin track and field meeting track meet UK usually athletics meeting DM see also track DM trackless trolley a trolleybus see trolley in DM trash rubbish waste Originating in Middle English and used by Shakespeare the term fell from use in Britain 460 813 See also garbage trashcan UK dustbin rubbish bin bin travel trailer UK caravan turn signal direction indicator lights UK usually indicators US and UK also blinkers DM two bits literally worth 25 cents or a quarter a bit is an eighth of a dollar figuratively worth very little insignificant informal UK two bob but almost obsolete and more common in London and the south east likewise Mickey Mouse two cents two cents worth an opinion a piece of one s mind as in I m gonna go down there and give him my two cents UK similar two pence two penneth two penn orth or tuppence worth U editundershirt an upper undergarment with no collar and with short or no sleeves worn next to the skin under a shirt UK vest DM semmit in Scotland and Northern Ireland 814 815 629 816 817 818 819 upscale relating to goods targeted at high income consumers UK upmarket uptown noun adj adv in to toward or related to either the upper section or the residential district of a city e g in Manhattan New York City the term refers to the northern end of Manhattan generally speaking north of 59th Street see also Uptown Minneapolis Uptown Chicago Uptown New Orleans compare downtown Often has implications of being a desirable or upscale neighborhood However in Butte Montana and Charlotte North Carolina Uptown refers to what would be called downtown in most other cities V editvacationer someone taking a vacation DM UK holidaymaker vacay informal shortening of vacation comparable to UK hols vajayjay slang vagina 820 821 variety meats offal varmint or varmit UK and US vermin W editwashcloth UK flannel UK often and US less frequently facecloth US less frequently also washrag 13 822 823 washrag See washcloth 13 824 825 wastebasket synonym for trash can especially one intended for light waste UK wastepaper basket 826 827 828 829 830 weatherization weatherproofing of buildings occasionally used in the UK but would be spelled weatherisation windshield the front window of an automobile UK windscreen winningest superlative of adjective winning having most wins or championships especially in sporting contexts 831 832 833 834 835 wiseguy a mobster also smartass e g hey wiseguy woodsy abundant in trees suggestive of woods woody woodedY edity all regional Southern American African American and Appalachian contraction of You all used as second person dual or plural pronoun e g Hey are y all coming to the dance Also all y all comparable in meaning and register to north English Northern Irish and Scottish youse yous yellow light as in the color at a stoplight q v or traffic lights UK amber yinz yunz you uns Western Pennsylvania especially Pittsburgh plural you derived from you ones Likewise youse in Philadelphia Z editzee name of the last letter of the English alphabet UK zed 836 zilch nothing zero 837 zinger a witty often caustic remark something supposed to cause surprise or shock ZIP code for Zone Improvement Plan the postal code used by the United States Postal Service composed of 5 digits as in 90210 sometimes a suffix of 4 digits after a hyphen is used UK equivalent postcode or post code or rarely postal code zipper UK usually zip DM zucchini the plant Cucurbita pepo also zucchini squash UK courgette closely related to the larger marrow See also editList of words having different meanings in British and American English A L List of words having different meanings in British and American English M Z 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