Gutted
"Was buzzing for the away day, then the coach broke down. Whole lot of us were proper gutted, ended up in a greasy spoon in Reading."
Cheesed off
"I'm cheesed off, some numpty's nicked my sarnie from the office fridge again. Third time this week, mate, absolute joke."
Brassed off
"I’m brassed off, mate, the bus is late again and the boss is ringing nonstop. If I miss this shift, I’m done."
Browned off
"I’m browned off with this traffic, mate. Been sat on the M25 twenty minutes and we’ve moved about three inches. Proper doing my nut in."
Miffed
"I’m proper miffed they started the pub quiz without me. I was in the loo thirty seconds, mate, and now Dave’s nicked my seat."
Narky
"Don’t ask Liam for help, he’s well narky today, two hours’ kip, no brew, and the chippy’s shut. Bloke’s ready to scrap a traffic cone."
Shirty
"Oi, don’t get shirty, yeah? I only asked if you wanted a brew. You’ve been huffing round the kitchen like the toaster owes you money."
Stroppy
"He went dead stroppy when the chippy forgot his curry sauce, sat in the car fuming, arms folded, refusing to speak all the way home."
Mardy
"We only ran out of gravy and he's sat there arms folded like a toddler. Pack it in, lad, you're being proper mardy over nowt."
Tampin
"Don’t go winding him up, butt, he’s tampin about that electric bill and he’s already slammed the kitchen door twice this morning."
Thick
"Mammy was thick with me when she came home and saw the gaff destroyed, bottles everywhere, and the sink stacked to the ceiling after the party."
Raging
"I was raging when the bus sailed on, but later in the pub the craic was raging, pints flowing, DJ blaring, everyone skitting."
Vexed
"I am so vexed right now, he left me waiting an hour and then texts to say he is not even coming."
Janna
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United States
"Salty is basically being upset or bitter about something. Basically, you're being salty. An example would be, can you stop being so salty over something I did five years ago? Get over it."
Salty
"He was deadass salty I took the last chopped cheese at the bodega, acting mad quiet all night like I robbed him."
Janna
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United States
"Pressed is being annoyed, mad, or, you know, bothered at something. An example would be, Man, it's just a joke. Why are you so pressed?"
Pressed
"She has been pressed all morning because she got left on read by some guy she met once at a wedding, and now the whole brunch table is rolling its eyes."
Janna
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United States
"Um, crash out is basically to completely like lose control or to like lose it emotionally, mentally, um, over something. Basically, millennials or older would say, lose your marbles, but Gen Z say, crash out. So an example would be, oh my god man, you're crashing out because your situationship left you on read, right?"
Crash out
"He crashed out in the group chat over a meme and left everyone stunned."
Do your nut
"Dad did his nut when he saw the dent in the car, you could hear him three streets away."
Go spare
"Dad went spare when he clocked I'd fixed the telly using the remote and a butter knife. Now he's marching about, muttering, like it's EastEnders."
Blow your top
"Dad blew his top when the phone bill landed, went bright red and started muttering bloody daylight robbery while the curtain-twitcher next door watched with a cuppa."
Fly off the handle
"Mum flew off the handle when she clocked the state of the kitchen, toast black as coal. Dad went—Nice one, you muppet. Whole cul-de-sac heard."
See red
"She saw red when she found her car had been scratched on purpose."
Throw a wobbly
"He saw the £3 service charge, threw a proper wobbly at the waiter, then stomped off to the chippy still muttering."
Wobbler
"He threw a right wobbler at the self-checkout when it ate his tenner, kicking off loud enough for the whole Tesco to clock it."
Spit the dummy
"Macca’s forgot his extra sauce and he spat the dummy at the counter, then sheepishly came back two minutes later asking for a napkin."
Sook
"Oi, you got a bit of rain on you and now you're moaning. Chuck on a jacket, mate, and stop being a sook."
Whinge
"Oi, stop whingeing about the drizzle and get on the barbie. Chuck a hoodie on, grab a tinny, and quit sooking."
Do my head in
"The lad in the office clicking his pen all day is doing my head in. I’m this close to launching it out the window."
Drive me up the wall
"Their dog barks at every passing leaf and it is driving the whole street up the wall by now."
Courtney Sintoni
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United States
"It really grinds my gears when someone rushes me and then shows up late. Grinds my gears means something really annoys you, usually in a slow, nagging way that keeps looping in your head. It's a mechanical metaphor, like a gearbox being chewed up, and it got a massive boost from Family Guy, where Peter says it whenever he's wound up. Works for petty stuff and bigger injustices. Where does it come from? It comes from the older image of machine gears grinding when they don't mesh right, all noise, friction, and ugly resistance. The wording was already around in English before pop culture got a hold of it, but Family Guy blasted it into everyday slang with Peter Griffin's reoccurring 'what really grinds my gears' bit."
Grinds my gears
"Every time the bloke in front cuts across three lanes to hit the M6 exit, it proper grinds my gears, mate."
Get my goat
"His constant humming gets my goat, I cannot concentrate on a single thing while he keeps doing it."
Hack off
"That neighbour’s drill is hacking me off, been whining since brekkie. If he starts again, I’m knocking round to tell him to pack it in."
Wind someone up
"Mate, did you hide my biscuits again? Stop winding me up. You’re grinning like it’s nothing, and they’re sat in the freezer."
Wind-up merchant
"Jay told the whole office the boss was bringing in a dress code, shoes and ties. Everyone panicked, then he turns up in Air Max. Wind-up merchant."
Bang out of order
"He jumped the queue at the chippy then acted innocent. That’s bang out of order, mate, get to the back and stop being a melt."
Not on
"Dave nicked my chips, blamed the dog, then tried to charge me for ketchup. That’s not on, mate, sort yourself out."
The last straw
"After three late deliveries, the app crashes and then the driver eats my chips. That’s the last straw, I’m deleting it and cooking at home."
Had it
"I’ve had it with this laptop, it’s proper knackered, freezes every two minutes. I’m flogging it to CeX and buying something that actually works."
Scunnered
"Absolutely scunnered with this weather, three weeks of rain and the garden looks like Loch Ness. Even the cat refuses to go outside and she is normally hard as nails."
CBA
"Mate, cba with the pub quiz tonight, the rain is sideways and my sofa is winning the argument by a mile."
Not arsed
"You coming to Kev’s motivational fun run at 7am? Not arsed, mate. I’m staying in, ordering a curry, and watching the rain kick off outside."
Jog on
"Bloke kept chatting bare rubbish on the Night Tube, leaning in like we’re pals. I just looked up and went jog on, mate, and he moved down the carriage."
Do one
"Bloke in the chippy queue wouldn’t stop banging on about crypto, so I told him, Do one, mate. Our kid was creasing into his curry sauce."
Naff off
"He kept leaning over my pint chatting absolute nonsense, so I told him to naff off and went back to the darts."
Get stuffed
"Manager pings at 9pm asking you to just jump on a quick call. Get stuffed, I’m in my pyjamas, mate. Ask someone else."
On your bike
"Kev rocks up begging for a lift and a tenner. I’m outside Greggs in the drizzle, like, on your bike, mate, behave."
Put a sock in it
"And another thing about my cat’s gluten intolerance, yeah… Put a sock in it, Gaz, we’ve been outside Tesco in the rain for twenty minutes."
Zip it
"I started explaining crypto down the pub and my mate goes, Zip it, you sound like a broken satnav. Barman just smirked and nicked my pint."
Wheesht
"The weans were screaming blue murder in the back of the car and Gran just turned around and said haud yer wheesht. Even the dog went quiet."
A face like thunder
"She stormed in with a face like thunder and slammed the report on the desk."
Hot under the collar
"Dave got proper hot under the collar when the boss asked about the missing petty cash, like mate, no one sweats that hard unless they’ve nicked it"
Grouchy
"Do not mind grandad, he just gets grouchy when his programme is interrupted."
Cranky
"Don’t ask Mum about the bills, she’s cranky today. Missed lunch, traffic was chaos, and the internet keeps buffering like it’s doing a slow crawl."