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Lady Godiva - Rhyming Slang for fiver, "five pounds".

lair - cheek - 'got some right lair', lairy.

lairy - loud, brash. e.g.. "He's a right lairy sod".

large portion - "large portion yes !". An exclamation used to express excitement.

larging it - a modern term that comes from 'club culture'. To 'have it large' means to go all-out to have a good time. Similar to the phrase "up for it".

leave it out - "stop doing that" or "stop saying that" or as if to say "you must be joking".

leggit - run away fast. e.g.. "Quick, leggit, the law are coming !".

leg-over - to have sexual intercourse "he got his leg over".

legless - very drunk.

(do me a) lemon - a popular phrase that I have had trouble finding a firm meaning for. I understand it to mean "do me a favour !" and can only think 'lemon' must be short for the Rhyming Slang for 'lemon flavour' - 'favour'. The term is used as if to say "you must be joking !".

let one go/rip - to fart.

lezzer / lesser / lesbo - slang terms for lesbian.

Lionel Blair's - Modern Rhyming Slang for 'flairs' (large trousers). Sometimes shortened to "Lionel's".

limp wristed - a term for a gay man.

lip - cheek, used especially towards young people by there elders. e.g.. "Don't give me any of your lip".

loaded - someone with a lot of money. e.g.. "He must be loaded to have afforded that mottah".

loaf (of bread) - Rhyming Slang for 'head'. e.g.. "don't be stupid, use yer loaf !".

local - a common UK term for the local public house. e.g.. "I'll see you down the local at eight".

lock-in - where a landlord will close his pub (bar) after official closing time allowing 'friends' to enjoy a late drink. Also see 'afters'.

log - a turd, jobbie.

lolly - money. This may have originated from the Romany word 'loli', meaning 'red', used by gypsies to mean copper coins.

L.O.M.B.A.R.D. - an acronym that stand for Lots Of Money But A Right Dick Head. Used as a term to describe many young city geezers !.

loose it - to loose ones cool, to go crazy. e.g.. "I dunno what happened, I just lost it".

lost the plot - gone crazy/mad.

love a duck - a bit of a meaningless phrase indicating surprise, similar but more acceptable than "fuck a duck".

lumme - corruption of the oath "Lord love me".

luv - general (and unliked by most women) address to a female. e.g.. "Awright luv, I'll 'av two pints of best bitter".