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American-British
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
of Americanisms |
A
B C D E
F G H
I J
K L M N
O P Q
R S T
U V W
X Y Z
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American
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British
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| faculty
(personnel) |
university
department staff |
| fag,
faggot
[both slang] (homosexual or 'gay' man) |
poof, poofter,
nancy (boy) [all slang] |
| fall
(season) |
autumn |
| fall
guy [slang] |
scapegoat |
| fanny
(buttocks) |
bum
[colloq.] |
| fanny pack |
bumbag |
| far-sighted |
long-sighted |
| fare
collector (on city bus, etc.) |
conductor
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| faucet
(running water outlet) |
tap |
| fender
(on vehicle) |
mudguard;
wing |
| fender bender
[slang] (minor vehicle collision) |
prang
[slang] |
| Ferris wheel |
big
wheel |
| field hockey |
hockey |
| figure
(think, guess) |
reckon |
| figure
on (expect) |
count
on |
| file cabinet |
filing
cabinet |
| fill a prescription
(for medicine) |
make
up a prescription |
| fill out a form |
fill
in a form |
| fire
[colloq.] (dismiss an employee) |
sack,
give someone the sack, give someone the boot,
give someone their cards (i.e. the tax and insurance documents held by
an employer for the duration of someone's employment) |
| fire
cracker |
firework |
| fire department |
fire
brigade |
| fire hydrant |
fireplug |
| fire truck |
fire
engine |
| firefighter |
fireman,
firefighter |
| firehouse |
fire
station |
| first
balcony (in theater) |
circle,
dress circle |
| first floor
(U.S.) |
ground floor
(UK) |
| first
grade (at school) |
first
form |
| first grader |
first-former |
| first/last quarter
(moon phases) |
half moon |
| fish stick |
fish finger (frozen food item) |
| fitness
club |
sports
centre |
| flashlight |
torch |
| flat
[colloq.] |
flat
tyre |
| flatware |
cutlery,
silverware |
| flextime |
flexitime |
| Fleet Admiral (U.S.
Navy) |
Admiral of the Fleet
(Royal Navy) |
| floor
lamp |
standard
lamp |
floor
walker
(person in large store who directs
customers and supervises sales staff) |
shopwalker |
| FM
radio (cf. AM
radio) |
VHF,
FM |
| food to go |
takeaway
food |
| football |
American
football |
| for sale
(available to buy) |
on sale,
for sale |
| forward
slash / |
oblique
stroke / |
| foyer |
hall
(area in home between front door & other rooms) |
| fraternity |
university society for
male students |
| freeway |
motorway |
| freight
truck |
goods
lorry |
| French
doors |
French
windows |
| fresher [colloq.], freshman |
first-year
high school or college/university student |
| fries,
French fries |
chips,
potato chips
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| front desk |
reception |
| front
desk clerk |
receptionist |
| front walk |
garden path |
| frosh
[colloq.] (freshman) |
first-year student/undergraduate |
| fruit and vegetable store |
greengrocer('s), greengrocery |
| fruit dealer |
fruiterer |
| fuel truck |
tanker,
petrol tanker |
| funeral
home, funeral parlor |
funeral
parlour |
| furniture
mover(s) |
furniture
remover(s), removal(s) firm [both formal];
movers [informal] |
| fuse
box |
mains,
the |
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