In America, the word fag means something completely different. To bum a fag in America might mean to have sex with a gay person. The word bent can be a slightly negative way to mean homosexual. And bird is another word for girl or girlfriend. Bladded just means drunk - it doesn't mean you really want to take a piss.
Part 1 in a series about informal British English words and expressions. Slang basically means informal language which is used among friends, and which isn't really appropriate at work or in other formal situations. This podcast is devoted to teaching you some of the most common and well-known bits of British slang. Click below for more information and to read a vocabulary list for this episode
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