There are several negative adjectives that start with R you can use for something that's decomposing or disgusting. For example, you could use “rank,” “rancid,” and “rotting.” Here's a list of adjectives that start with R that can describe something as mean: Rabid.
adjectivevery bad; terrible. abominable. alarming. appalling.
Minging
Minging is UK slang for something gross or disgusting.
Minging
This is British slang for “disgusting” or “gross.”
Git /ˈɡɪt/ is a term of insult denoting an unpleasant, silly, incompetent, annoying, senile, elderly or childish person. As a mild oath it is roughly on a par with prat and marginally less pejorative than berk.
This is because prat is the slang term for a generally stupid or overly incompetent moron. It is generally seen as meaning someone is stupider than just being stupid, although it isn't a swear word. The origin of prat is actually fairly straightforward.
Some common synonyms of cringe are cower, fawn, toady, and truckle.
This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we're finding out about the phrase 'my bad' which is slang for saying 'my fault, my mistake, I'm to blame' – but Rob just can't bring himself to say 'sorry'! I'm sensing 'my bad' is a way of apologising without actually saying sorry.
What does yuck mean? Yuck is an informal word you say when you think something is gross or disgusting. It's an interjection, which is a term used to express an emotion or indicate how you feel about something, typically outside of a sentence.
(UK, derogatory, slang) The police. We were in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived.
Fire. In Gen Z slang term, “fire” means something is really amazing or cool. They also use it to express excitement or point out a new trend within their culture.
'Lass' or 'lassie' is another word for 'girl'. This is mainly in the north of England and Scotland. 'Lad' is another word for boy. 'Bloke' or 'chap' means 'man'. Your 'mate' or 'pal' is your friend.
It's just the British way of saying hello. When a Brit asks, “You alright?”, the best response is always, “Yeah, great thanks. You?” Anything else will really put a spanner in the works.
“Cringe” can also describe the feeling when a person says something embarrassing without realising it themselves. When adults try to be cool. An example: parents should never say “just chill”. It doesn't work – they are parents and not kids in the playground, sorry. And what's happening on TikTok?
If you spend as much time on TikTok as the average Gen Z, you might have heard of the latest social media trend called 'Meta-Cringe'. Urban Dictionary defines the phenomenon as “the act of cringing at somebody who is deliberately aware of what makes you and most people cringe”.
If you think about the way your body involuntarily flinches or bends in those situations, you won't be surprised to learn that the word cringe can be traced back to the Old English word cringan, meaning “give way, fall (in battle), become bent.” That's exactly what your body does when you cringe!
In Sweden, bad words mostly have a religious origin and in the past it was common to amplify them with numbers, such as 'sjutton' (17), 'attans' (an old word for 18), and 'tusan' (meaning 1,000).
Young children often swear because they're exploring language. They might be testing a new word, perhaps to understand its meaning. Sometimes swearing happens accidentally when children are learning to say words. Children might also be trying to express a feeling like frustration.