The English language is a vast, ever-changing sea, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the United Kingdom. While the US and the UK may share a language, the everyday conversation can sound like ...

From "chockablock" to a "full Monty," the Brits have a wide range of interesting slang words.Gary Yeowell/Getty Images Americans might want to mind the gap when it comes to discerning what these ...

Words With Friends is also keeping with the British theme by having players compete in a limited-edition challenge where they can play against 10 characters from PBS drama Downton Abbey. The special ...

British comedian Michael McIntyre has a standard bit in his standup routines concerning the many (many!) slang terms posh British people use to describe being drunk. These include “wellied,” ...

LONDON—Stone the crows, our lingo’s all gone Pete Tong. British slang isn’t what it used to be. American stars might enjoy grappling with the alternate universe of what people say on the other side of ...