18th Century Slang
18th Century slang
18TH CENTURY SLANG
People in the 18th Century used a very different style of vocabulary compared to the English we speak today. Find out what some of today’s most well known and used slang terms would translate as in an 18th Century setting.
| Today's Slang Terms | The 18th Century Equivalent |
| Cool | Capital |
| Miz ya (Miss you) | Believe me, dear sir, your obliged and faithful humble servant |
| You rock | You are all the go |
| UR the best | You are a swell gent |
| UR da bomb | You are a diamond of the first water |
| UR a star | You are exceedingly obliging |
| Classy | Haut ton |
| Wicked | Topping |
| LOL (Laugh Out Loud) | Extremely diverting |
| Newbie | Debutante |
| Awesome | Wondrous |
| Size zero | Starved |
| Totally gutted | Completely overthrown |
| He's gorge | He has a handsome phiz |
| Chilling out | Rusticating |
| He's a hottie | He has at least ten thousand a year |
| BFF (Best Friends Forever) | Ben cove |
| Bling | Flash fawney |
| Rock out | Amuse oneself |
| You're dumped | I am sensible of the honour of your proposals but I am afraid I must decline |
| Mosh pit | The pit |
| Grunge girl | Shabby-genteel lady |
| Sloane Ranger | Flash mort |
| 'It' girl | Leader of the Ton |
| Slobbing around | Frittering one's time on inessentials |
| Lush | First rate |
| 'Fess up | Time to pay the piper |
| WAGS | Arch-doxy |
| Rocking your socks off | Having a very agreeable time |
| ASBO | Send to the gallows |
| ROFL (Rolling On Floor with Laughter | Extraordinary diverting |