Skint, minted and quids in: English Slang Collection

Skint

"I'd love a pint but I've just paid rent and my Oyster's eating fumes, I'm skint till payday, so it's a night in with toast."

Minted

"Just saw Zara's Shoreditch flat, roof terrace and a fancy coffee machine. She's minted since that bonus, and I'm tapping my Oyster for the last time."

Quids in

"Grabbed a telly off Facebook Marketplace for twenty quid, cleaned it up, sold it for a ton. Proper chuffed, I’m quids in and the kebab’s on me"

Dosh

"Right, I am a bit short on dosh this month, we doing the cheap pub or what?"

Quid

"I only popped in for a cuppa and somehow spent thirty quid on pastries. This place is daylight robbery, let’s nip to the Tesco instead."

Fiver

"Got a spare fiver, mate? Card reader’s dead and I’m proper skint. I’ll ping you back Friday, swear down, once I’ve been paid."

Tenner

"Can you lend us a tenner till Friday? I will sort you out the second my wages land."

Broke

"Broke, um, basically means, you know, you're poor, you have no money, that's what being broke is. Typically, people don't really use it when they generally are homeless or have no money, it's just, you know, maybe their parents haven't given them their allowance yet, or they haven't gotten their paycheck yet, so, you know, for the moment, they are broke. But commonly used by, like, college students, and whatnot. An example would be, man, this is my third week living off instant ramen noodles. I'm literally so broke."

Broke

"I wanted concert tickets so bad, but after rent and ramen money, I'm broke till Friday and surviving on vibes alone."

Bruk

"Mi waan link up, but mi bruk bad, pocket bruk too. Phone screen bruk from yesterday, so mi a stay yard till payday, seen?"

Dough

"He has been rolling in dough since the business took off, but he still drives that rusty old van."

Bones

"Bones is slang for money, used to refer to dollar bills. Example, how many bones do you have? I just counted it again. It is $100."

Bones

"How many bones do you have on you? I counted it again, it's a hundred dollars."

The bag

"The bag basically means money. You know, securing the bag is basically getting money. An example would be, man, I don't really care about your life. All I care about is the bag. Securing the bag. That's all that matters to me."

The bag

"Bro skipped brunch, took a double shift, and sold his old sneakers by sunset because right now he's only thinking about the bag."

Spondulicks

"Can't come out tonight mate, absolutely brassic until payday, not a spondulick to my name and the fridge is just condiments at this point."

Loaded

"Dave turns up in a new motor, buys a round, then starts hugging the fruit machine. He’s loaded, either minted or three pints past sense."

Bunce

"Had a random leccy refund hit my account on the bus. Nice bit of bunce, mate, I’m off to the chippy for a proper scran."

Nice little earner

"He’s been flipping old records off his mum’s loft on eBay. Nice little earner, innit, few quid a pop and barely any graft."

Nest egg

"I’m trying to build a nest egg for the apartment deposit, but somehow it keeps turning into Friday pizza, a couple of beers, and regret by Monday."

Kitty

"The holiday kitty is running low, so it is time everyone topped it up again."

Whip-round

"Right, whip-round for Sandra’s birthday or she’ll bin us off. A fiver each, yeah? Don’t be that bloke digging for copper like it’s the arcade in 2003."

Pick up the tab

"After the curry, Dan waved his card like a hero and said he’d pick up the tab, then remembered the boss had ordered a second bottle of Rioja."

Fork out

"We had to fork out a fortune for the school trip, and that was before the coach and the packed lunches."

Shell out

"I had to shell out three hundred quid at the garage for a so-called quick fix. Absolute joke, mate. Guess it’s beans on toast till payday."

Splurge

"Got paid Friday and splurged on a stupidly fancy takeaway and fresh kicks, now it’s beans on toast till payday, cheers to my choices."

Doom spending

"Rent's gone up again so naturally I did some doom spending on concert tickets I can't afford."

Loud budgeting

"I'm loud budgeting this month, so no fancy dinners, you can come round mine for pasta instead."

Girl math

"I paid in cash so the shoes were basically free, girl math."

Cost a bomb

"That vintage sofa cost a bomb and it’s not even comfy. Now I’m skint, living on beans on toast, and pretending the overdraft is just a quirky subscription."

Cost an arm and a leg

"Parking in the city centre costs an arm and a leg these days."

Dear

"Six fifty for a tiny bacon roll at the station and they still want 50p for sauce. Bit dear, mate, I’ll pass."

Pricey

"Nice hotel, but the breakfast was a bit pricey, fifteen quid for some toast and a sad bowl of fruit."

Cheap as chips

"I grabbed a coat for a tenner at the charity shop, cheap as chips. Zip’s knackered, but for this weather I’ll live."

Dirt cheap

"We bought the old table dirt cheap at a car boot sale and it turned out to be solid oak underneath the paint."

Two-bob

"He rocked up in a two-bob suit from Vinnies and the bouncer clocked it straight away. Looked like it came free with a servo pie."

Cheapskate

"Don't be such a cheapskate, it's your round and you know it."

Penny-pincher

"Dave brought his own milk to the café, blagged a free hot water, then tried paying in 2p coins. Absolute penny-pincher, tight as a drum."

Skinflint

"The old skinflint left a fortune in the bank and yet never once turned the heating above sixteen degrees."

Tightwad

"At the pub he ordered tap water and counted out 37p in coppers. Proper tightwad, he tried to split the chips like it was a maths exam."

Moocher

"Every office has a moocher who lives off everyone else's snacks."

Freeloader

"Gaz turned up with nowt, inhaled the crisps, necked three pints, then nipped off to the bog right as the bill landed. Absolute freeloader."

Cadge

"Any chance I can cadge a lift to the station, mate? You’ve asked three times this week. I know, I’m skint. Cheers, you’re a legend."

Make ends meet

"Trying to make ends meet this month, then the boiler packed in and the cat needed the vet. Now it’s beans on toast and calling it cost-of-living tapas."

Scrape by

"Thought I’d flunk the driving test, but I scraped by, one silly minor and a lot of charm with the examiner."

Bring home the bacon

"Mum’s bringing home the bacon again, Dad’s between jobs for the 47th week, and my brother’s nicked the last tenner for a cheeky Nando’s."

Breadwinner

"Being the sole breadwinner is no joke, one missed paycheck and the whole month wobbles."

Born with a silver spoon in your mouth

"He’s proper posh, mate. Mumsy bought him a flat in Zone 2 and he still moans about being skint. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth."

Nepo baby

"She is talented, sure, but the casting only called because she is a nepo baby."

Money talks

"We got bumped to first class after Dad tipped the clerk, the rest of us just rolled our eyes and said, money talks, doesn’t it."

Hand over fist

"That new food truck by Tesco’s making money hand over fist, queue round the corner, eight quid for chips and everyone’s still well up for it."

Backhander

"Everyone reckons the builder only got the council job after slipping a backhander to the bloke in procurement, now they’re all acting innocent."

Bung

"Bung the doorman a tenner and he might let you skip the queue."

Golden handshake

"Dave got a golden handshake, strutted round like Lord of Tesco. Fortnight later he’d bought a flash motor and still can’t use the self-checkout."

Have a flutter

"We’re in town for the races, so I had a flutter on Noisy Biscuit. Tenner max, yeah, I’m not remortgaging for it."

Hedge your bets

"He hedged his bets by keeping the old job until the new venture took off."

A bob each way

"He’s telling HR he’s staying, but he’s still interviewing elsewhere. Proper a bob each way, just in case the promotion falls through."

Spendthrift

"He's a total spendthrift, three days after payday he's already borrowing for lunch."

Moonlight

"I thought Priya was skint, but she’s moonlighting as a nail tech after hours, then legging it home before anyone from work clocks her."

Skint, minted and quids in

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