British
People from Great Britain or the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
| Term | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Bloke | Used by French Canadians to identify English-speaking people. | |
| Brit | Short for "British." Used in "Brits Out!" graffiti in Ireland. | |
| Chinless Wonder | Reference to inbreeding and a weak gene pool resulting in poor bone structure. | |
| Cocks | Short for "cockneys." | |
| Crumpet-Stuffer | They eat crumpets with their tea. | |
| Crumpet-Sucker | Refers to the British habit of eating crumpets. | |
| Fog Horn | A loud, annoying British person. | |
| Fog-Breather | England's weather is often extremely foggy. | |
| Jeeves | A supposedly common name for British butlers. | |
| Limey | The British Royal Navy supplied a daily ration of lime or lemon juice to its sailors to prevent scurvy. | |
| Lobsterback | Redcoats in the Revolutionary War. | |
| Pohm | Australian slur for British people. Acronym theories vary: Prisoner of Her Majesty, Prisoner of His Majesty, or "Pommie" from "pomegranate," rhyming slang for "immigrant." | |
| Pome | Prisoners/Property of Mother England. Used in Australia, New Zealand, etc. Probably related to or another version of "pom." | |
| Red Coat | Used during the Revolutionary War because of the red coats the British army wore. | |
| Rooineck | South African version of "redneck." | |
| Rooinek | Name used by the Boers to describe the British, primarily after the Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902. | |
| Rosbif | French term meaning "roast beef," used against the British, who are stereotyped as eating large amounts of roast beef. Similar to how the British call the French "frogs." | |
| Tans | References the Black and Tans, the British paramilitary force deployed in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence known for brutal treatment of Irish civilians. Used as a slur against British people in Ireland. | |
| Tea-wop | Combination of "tea" and "wop"; tea-drinking immigrants. | |
| Teabag | The British are said to drink a good deal of tea. | |
| Tommy | Tommy Atkins was a fictional soldier used to represent all British soldiers for morale purposes. Origin disputed. | |
| Wanker | Implies that the speaker is accusing the addressee of masturbation. |