<Dt> by - election </Dt> <Dd> (US: special election) </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> cack </Dt> <Dd> (slang) faeces (feces); nonsense or rubbish: "what a load of cack" could equally be used to describe someone talking nonsense or as a criticism of something of poor quality . Also spelt "kak" as used in Afrikaans and Dutch . Derived from an ancient Indo - European word, kakkos, cognate with German word Kacke, Welsh word "cach" and the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word "cac" which all mean' shit' . </Dd> <Dt> cack - handed </Dt> <Dd> (informal) clumsy *; left - handed . Derived from cack, meaning "fæces (feces)", with reference to the tradition that only the left hand should be used for cleaning the' unclean' part of the human body (i.e. below the waist). </Dd> <Dt> cafetière </Dt> <Dd> device for making coffee (US: French press) </Dd> <Dt> caff </Dt> <Dd> abbreviation for a café; now used mainly for the old - fashioned establishment ("there's a proper caff up that side road") to distinguish from chain cafés . </Dd> <Dt> cagoule </Dt> <Dd> type of lightweight hooded waterproof clothing (US: windbreaker) </Dd> <Dt> call minder </Dt> <Dd> (rare) telephone message recorder (US and UK also: answering machine; voicemail machine) </Dd> <Dt> candidature </Dt> <Dd> synonymous with candidacy </Dd> <Dt> candy floss </Dt> <Dd> spun sugar confection (US: cotton candy); "candyfloss culture" was also used around the late 1950s / early 1960s as a derisory term for the emerging American pop culture, similar to "McCulture" or "Coca - Cola culture" in more recent times </Dd> <Dt> caravan park </Dt> <Dd> area where caravans are parked (US: Trailer park for near - permanently - installed mobile homes, RV park or campground for areas intended for short term recreational vehicle parking . Trailer parks are typically low - income permanent residencies; RV parks / campgrounds are a holiday (vacation) destination .) </Dd> <Dt> car boot </Dt> <Dd> storage area of car (US: trunk). Can also mean car boot sale . </Dd> <Dt> car hire </Dt> <Dd> car rental </Dd> <Dt> car park </Dt> <Dd> area where cars are parked (US usually parking lot if outdoor, parking garage if indoor). </Dd> <Dt> carer </Dt> <Dd> a person who cares for another, such as a child, elderly, or disabled person . (US: caregiver) </Dd> <Dt> carriageway </Dt> <Dd> the part of a road that carries the traffic; see also dual carriageway (US and UK also: lane) </Dd> <Dt> cash machine </Dt> <Dd> automated teller machine . </Dd> <Dt> cashpoint </Dt> <Dd> automated teller machine . Originally a brand name for Lloyds TSB ATMs, now genericized . </Dd> <Dt> cats eye </Dt> <Dd> reflector used to mark lane divisions and edges of roads, also written cat's - eye, genericised from the trademark Catseye (US: raised pavement marker; Botts' dots are similar) </Dd> <Dt> central heating boiler </Dt> <Dd> (US: furnace) </Dd> <Dt> central reservation </Dt> <Dd> physical barrier dividing oncoming carriageways (only on dual - carriageways or motorways) (US: median strip) </Dd> <Dt> chancer </Dt> <Dd> (slang) an opportunist </Dd> <Dt> char, cha </Dt> <Dd> (informal) tea . From Mandarin 茶 (chá). </Dd> <Dt> char </Dt> <Dd> (informal) see charwoman </Dd> <Dt> charlady </Dt> <Dd> see charwoman </Dd> <Dt> Chartered Accountant </Dt> <Dd> one authorised to certify financial statements; the equivalent of an American CPA (Certified Public Accountant) </Dd> <Dt> charwoman </Dt> <Dd> (dated) a woman employed as a cleaner, especially as an office cleaner </Dd> <Dt> chat up (someone) </Dt> <Dd> talk flirtatiously with . Similar to American "come on to (someone)". </Dd> <Dt> chav </Dt> <Dd> (slang, often derogatory, used primarily in England) typically a nouveau riche or working class person of most of the time lowish intelligence who wears designer label (e.g. Burberry) copies, fake gold bling, and is a trouble - maker . "Chav" is used nationally, though "charv" or "charva" was originally used in the northeast of England, deriving from the Roma (people) word charva, meaning disreputable youth . The closest US equivalents to the chav stereotype are arguably wiggers, although the cultural differences are existent . </Dd> <Dt> cheeky * </Dt> <Dd> impertinent; noun form, cheek, impertinence; a child answering back to an adult might be told "don't give me any of your cheek" (also there is the expression "cheeky monkey!" in reaction to a cheeky remark). </Dd> <Dt> cheerio! </Dt> <Dd> (informal, friendly) exclamation of farewell (similar to' seeya!' and' ta - ra!'). No connection to the breakfast cereal Cheerios . </Dd> <Dt> Chesterfield sofa </Dt> <Dd> a deep buttoned sofa, with arms and back of the same height . It is usually made from leather and the term Chesterfield in British English is only applied to this type of sofa . </Dd> <Dt> child - minder </Dt> <Dd> (babysitter) a person who looks after babies and young children (usually in the person's own home) while the baby's parents are working . Childminders are a more professional type of babysitter, and in England are required to be registered with Ofsted, the government - sanctioned education regulation body . They must also possess at least a Level 2 qualification in childcare . A babysitter does not require these qualifications . Babysitter is more common in the UK . </Dd> <Dt> chimney pot </Dt> <Dd> smoke - stack atop a house . "Pot" refers to the cylindrical topmost part that is usually earthenware . The part below is the chimney or chimney stack . </Dd> <Dt> chinagraph pencil </Dt> <Dd> pencil designed to write on china, glass etc . (US: grease pencil, china marker) </Dd> <Dt> chip shop </Dt> <Dd> (informal) fish - and - chip shop (parts of Scotland, Ireland: chipper), also chippy (see also List of words having different meanings in British and American English) </Dd> <Dt> chinwag </Dt> <Dd> (slang) chat </Dd> <Dt> chuffed </Dt> <Dd> (informal, becoming somewhat archaic, originally Liverpudlian) proud, satisfied, pleased . Sometimes intensified as well chuffed; cf . made up </Dd> <Dt> chunder </Dt> <Dd> vomit </Dd> <Dt> chunter </Dt> <Dd> (sometimes chunner) to mutter, to grumble, to talk continuously; "What's he chuntering on about?" </Dd> <Dt> clanger </Dt> <Dd> (informal) a big mistake, blunder, bad joke or faux pas ("to drop a clanger") (US: to lay an egg) </Dd> <Dt> clapped out </Dt> <Dd> (informal) worn out (said of an object) </Dd> <Dt> cleg </Dt> <Dd> horse fly </Dd> <Dt> clingfilm </Dt> <Dd> thin plastic film for wrapping food (US: plastic wrap, Saran wrap) </Dd> <Dt> cobblers * </Dt> <Dd> shoe repairers; (slang) a weaker version of bollocks, meaning' nonsense' (often "a load of old cobblers"), from rhyming slang' cobbler's awls' = balls </Dd> <Dt> cock - up, cockup * </Dt> <Dd> (mildly vulgar) error, mistake . </Dd> <Dt> codswallop *, codd's wallop </Dt> <Dd> "You're talking codswallop". Sometimes said to be named after Hiram Codd, the inventor of the Codd bottle, which was commonly used in the late 19th Century for fizzy drinks ("Codd's wallop"), though this derivation is thought to be an example of false etymology . (US: You're talking garbage) </Dd> <Dt> communication cord </Dt> <Dd> near obsolete term for the emergency brake on a train . Is nowadays an alarm handle connected to a PA system which alerts the driver . </Dd> <Dt> community payback </Dt> <Dd> court - mandated sentence of community service either in addition to or as a substitute for incarceration </Dd> <Dt> compère </Dt> <Dd> (French) master of ceremonies, MC </Dd> <Dt> compulsory purchase </Dt> <Dd> the power of the governmental authority to take private property for public use (similar to US: eminent domain) </Dd> <Dt> conservatoire </Dt> <Dd> music school (US usually conservatory) </Dd> <Dt> cooker </Dt> <Dd> kitchen stove (US: stove) </Dd> <Dt> cool box </Dt> <Dd> box for keeping food and liquids cool (US and UK also: cooler) </Dd> <Dt> cop off with </Dt> <Dd> (slang) to successfully engage the company of a potential sexual partner, to "pull"; to copulate (have sexual intercourse) with . </Dd> <Dt> coriander * </Dt> <Dd> when referring to the leaves, often called "cilantro" in the US </Dd> <Dt> corn flour </Dt> <Dd> Finely ground flour made from corn, used as a thickener in cooking (US: corn starch) </Dd> <Dt> Cor Blimey </Dt> <Dd> see Gor Blimey </Dd> <Dt> coster, costermonger </Dt> <Dd> a seller of fruit and vegetables </Dd> <Dt> cotton bud </Dt> <Dd> wad of cotton wool fixed to a small stick, used for cleaning (US: cotton swab, Q - Tip) </Dd> <Dt> cotton wool </Dt> <Dd> Spun cotton, used for cleaning wounds or make - up (US: Absorbent cotton, cotton ball) </Dd> <Dt> council house / flat, also council housing or estate </Dt> <Dd> public housing . In Scotland the term housing scheme, or simply scheme is more commonly used . (US: projects) </Dd> <Dt> counterfoil * </Dt> <Dd> stub of a cheque, ticket etc . (US: stub) </Dd> <Dt> counterpane </Dt> <Dd> a decorative cloth used to cover a bed when it is not in use (US: bedspread) </Dd> <Dt> courgette </Dt> <Dd> (French) the plant Cucurbita pepo (US: zucchini, from the Italian). </Dd> <Dt> cowl * </Dt> <Dd> a wind deflector fitted to a chimney top . </Dd> <Dt> crack on (- to) </Dt> <Dd> whereas "crack on" may be used in a generalised sense as "(to) get on with (something)" (often, a task), to "crack on to (some person, specifically)" indicates one was, or planned to, engage in flirtation, to varying degrees </Dd> <Dt> crikey </Dt> <Dd> exclamation of surprise (once a euphemism for Christ's keys or perhaps Christ Kill Me . Popularized in the US by late Australian herpetologist Steve Irwin) </Dd> <Dt> crimble, crimbo, chrimbo </Dt> <Dd> Christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects . </Dd> <Dt> crisps </Dt> <Dd> very thinly sliced fried potatoes, often flavoured, eaten cold as a snack (US: potato chips) </Dd> <Dt> crotchet </Dt> <Dd> a musical note with a duration of one count in a time signature of 4 / 4 (common time) (US: quarter note; see Note value) </Dd> <Dt> cuddly toy </Dt> <Dd> soft toy (sometimes used in the US; also stuffed animal, plush toy). Occurs as the title of the Monkees' song "Cuddly Toy", written by Nilsson . </Dd> <Dt> cuppa </Dt> <Dd> (cup of) tea (never coffee or other beverage) </Dd> <Dt> current account </Dt> <Dd> personal bank account used for everyday transactions (US: checking account) </Dd> <Dt> curriculum vitae </Dt> <Dd> most often abbreviated as CV, education and employment history (US: résumé) </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> (slang) faeces (feces); nonsense or rubbish: "what a load of cack" could equally be used to describe someone talking nonsense or as a criticism of something of poor quality . Also spelt "kak" as used in Afrikaans and Dutch . Derived from an ancient Indo - European word, kakkos, cognate with German word Kacke, Welsh word "cach" and the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word "cac" which all mean' shit' . </Dd>

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