lash, as in ‘on the lash’: also ‘on the razz’ or ‘on the tiles’: out drinking, generally late into the night.
Lincoln: small town in England (Lincolnshire)
lurgy, as in ‘every bloody sexually transmitted lurgy’: generic term for unpleasant disease or infection
mangle, as in ‘tit in a mangle’: wringer; an old-fashioned piece of laundry equipment consisting of two rollers set close together to squeeze the moisture out of the laundry. (You can imagine how painful it would have been to catch your breast between the rollers.)
the Manuel act: behaving like the uncomprehending and incompetent Spanish waiter in the popular sitcom Fawlty Towers
mid-table (sports): neither at the top or the bottom of the league table for soccer
MOBO: awards show specifically for Music of Black Origin
the Moonwalk: a British breast cancer charity fund-raiser
off, as in ‘got the act off’: down, got the act down
oner, as in ‘in a oner’: in one, at once
owt/nowt: anything/nothing
paps: paparazzi
Perspex: Lucite, or hard clear plastic
pillock: idiot
piss, as in ‘piece of piss’: really easy
piss, as in ‘taking the piss’: taking the mickey, making fun
plod: police officer, usually a uniform of low rank. Beat cop
the prom: promenade (seafront)
razz, as in ‘on the razz’: QV ‘on the lash’
red tops: tabloid newspapers, so-called because their mastheads are red and white, as opposed to black and white
Rollers: Rolls-Royces, Rollses
saloon, for car: sedan
Santing, Mathilde: Dutch singer
sink estates: housing projects for lowlifes
shaft, as in ‘put the shaft’: stab someone in the back. Or in the front!
shag: co-terminous with ‘fuck’ in most variations
slag: a woman of loose reputation; a woman who will reputedly sleep with pretty much anyone. QV ‘slapper’
slapper: QV ‘slag’
slebs: celebrities
spanner, as in ‘throwing a spanner into the works’: doing something that interferes with the smooth running of things
sprog: child
stop, as in ‘he’s going to stop here’: stay
a straight lift from a Catherine Tate Show sketch: something lifted from the sketch comedy of British comedian Catherine Tate. In one recurrent sketch, there is a couple whose catchphrase is, ‘What are you like?’ ‘Mental!’ It usually refers to a pretty commonplace action, the joke is that the couple are acting like they’re special and extraordinary when they’re really very mundane
tenners: ten-pound bills
thick: stupid
tiles, as in ‘on the tiles’: QV ‘on the lash
tod, as in ‘on her tod’: alone
toff: aristocrat or pretentious person
toss, as in ‘give a toss’: give a damn
tosser: term of contempt for a male. Also, ‘tosspot’. In terms of derivation, probably ‘jerk-off’ is the closest you’ll get in American English
WAGs: wives and girlfriends (of famous people). Generally of sports personalities, particularly footballers
wet Wednesday in Wetherby: a generic Yorkshire expression meaning a pretty miserable experience