Site Design by Site Hosted by	K keep your hair on - a phrase meaning "keep calm". keep your pecker up - meaning "stay positive", "look on the bright side" etc. kettle (and hob) - Rhyming Slang for 'fob' (watch or wristwatch). This term can apparently be heard in the TV series 'Minder' but is not often used today. khazi - lavatory (From the Indian). khyber pass - Rhyming Slang for arse. kick it off - start a fight. e.g.. "There was a real bad atmosphere down the boozer, I was sure that nutter was gonna kick it off". kip - sleep. e.g.. "I could really do with a kip". knackered - exhausted, especially after sex (derived from the word describing an old horse). Sometimes shortened to 'knacked'. Can also be used for something broken. knackers - testicles. knees-up - party, normally with dancing. i.e.. Putting one's knee's up in a dancing movement. knocking shop - brothel. knock up - to get someone pregnant or to wake someone up. examples - "I erd she got knocked up by some geezer from dahn the chippy", "I'm gonna have a lie in, knock me up when your ready". kosher - legitimate, honest. From the Jewish meaning of kosher (acceptable to Jewish dietary laws). kraut - person of German origin.
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