These are the terms that I found to be different while reviewing the movie Get Real on DVD with the captioning on so that I could read the dialogue. I am by no means an authority on British or American slang, but I hope that this will prove enlightening.
My thanks to the following websites for helping to clear up the meaning of some of the more ambiguous terms:
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Arsenal supporter
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A supporter of London football club, Arsenal, although in context used more likely to mean thug
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bully
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ball
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school dance
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dance, prom
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blagging
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to lie, use clever talk
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lying, two-faced
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Blimey!
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an exclamation of surprise
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Hey! Well, well! Wow!
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bloke
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unknown man
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guy, dude
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bloody
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an intensifier for an exclamation as in, bloody fool
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damned
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Bloody hell!
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an exclamation of surprise or frustration
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Good god!
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bollocks
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testicles
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balls, nads (gonads)
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Bollocks!
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an exclamation of frustration.
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Oh, no!
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Cheers!
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an exclamation of gratitude or goodbye
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Thanks! or goodbye
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cinema
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movie theatre
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movies
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cox (short for coxswain)
From the line, "I hear the rowing team at Oxford has their best cox."
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one who steers a small boat, directs the crew
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obvious homonym for cocks (penises)
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dodgy
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suspicious, strange, different
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queer, odd
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fag
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cigarette or homosexual (faggot)
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smoke
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fancy
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to like, want
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like
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git
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disliked male, idiot, contemptible
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dink, dork, geezer
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head boy
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senior student leader
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senior class president
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head
(short for headmaster)
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a person heading the staff of a school
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principal
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I'll
nip
home
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to go quickly, often implying a return
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dash, run
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If you don't
pull
at the ball.
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to seduce
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score
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lads
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young boys
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boys
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loo
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lavatory
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bathroom
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mate
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a friend. also a means of addressing an unknown person
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buddy, pal
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Mum
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Mother
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Mom
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notice board
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a board for posting notices or bulletins
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bulletin board
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Oh, bugger!
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an exclamation of annoyance, frustration
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Christ! Oh, crap!
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pervs
(short for perverts)
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a person given to perversions
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perverts
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pillock
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idiot, fool. formerly meant penis but is now considered inoffensive
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silly, stupid
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pissed
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intoxication by excessive alcohol consumption
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drunk
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PMT - Pre-Menstrual Tension
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a woman's period
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PMS - Pre-Menstrual Syndrome, on the rag
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poof
(short for poofter or puff)
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a homosexual, usually an effeminate male
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twink
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porn mag
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pornographic magazine
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girlie mag
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prat
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fool, idiot
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sucker
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pratting around
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to act foolishly, annoyingly
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goofing around, fooling around
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public bog
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toilet
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public restroom
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put the door on the latch
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Normally referring to Yale locks, where the latch holds the spring open
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leave the door unlocked
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queer-bashed
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an assault of a gay person
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gay-bashed
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randy
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lewd, lustful
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horny
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row
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to fight or argue
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falling out
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shagging
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fornicating, more polite than fucking
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screwing
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Sod this!
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an intolerant exclamation
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Screw this!
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taking the piss
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to ridicule or cruelly joke at someone's expense
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yanking your chain, teasing
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tart
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promiscuous - usually a female of loose moral character, but now typically includes males
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easy, 'ho (whore), slut
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tosser
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idiot, unpleasant, contemptible person. also could refer to one who masturbates (to toss off, jerk off)
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jerk-off
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wanker
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idiot, unpleasant, contemptible person
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jerk, dickhead
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willy
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penis - usually an affectionate or humorous reference
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weenie, peepee
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