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British | Canadian | American |
J | ||
jab (injection) | shot | shot |
jacket potato, baked potato | baked potato | baked potato |
jail, gaol, the nick, prison, clink, slammer | prison, jail, clink ,pen, penitentiary, lock-up hoosegow, jailhouse, pokey | prison, jail, hoosegow, penitentiary, jailhouse, lock-up, pen, pokey |
jam | jelly, jam | jelly |
jeans | jeans | blue jeans, jeans |
jelly | Jell-o | Jell-o |
jersey, pullover, jumper, sweater | sweater | sweater |
Jock, Scotsman | Scotsman | Scotsman |
Joe Bloggs | Joe Blow, Joe Public, John Doe, Joe Bloggs, Bloggins | Joe Blow, Joe Public, John Doe |
jogging bottoms, tracksuit bottoms | track pants | sweat pants |
johnny, French letter, condom, Durex | condom, rubber | condom, rubber |
joint (marijuana), spliff, wacky-backy, grass, hash, skunk, reefer | joint, grass, hash, reefer, BC bud | joint, grass, hash, reefer |
joint (meat) | roast | roast |
jug | jug, pitcher | pitcher |
juggernaut, articulated lorry, artic | tractor-trailer, semi, semi-trailer, rig, trailer truck, fifth wheel, 18-wheeler | tractor-trailer, semi, semi-trailer, rig, trailer truck |
jumble sale, car boot sale | garage sale, yard sale, flea market | rummage sale, garage sale, yard sale, flea market, swap meet |
jumper, sweater, jersey, pullover | sweater | sweater |
| jump lead | jumper cable, booster cable | jumper cable, booster cable |
K | ||
ketchup, tomato sauce | ketchup | ketchup, catsup |
kilometre | kilometre, klick | kilometer |
kipper | smoked herring | smoked herring |
kitchen roll, paper towel | paper towel | paper towel |
| knackered, shattered, worn out, bollocksed, buggered, cream crackered, fagged (out), whacked, wiped out, zonked | worn out, pooped, pooped out, tuckered out | worn out, tired, all in, (all) tuckered out, pooped out, pooped |
| knapsack, daypack | knapsack, daypack, packsack | knapsack, daypack, packsack |
knickers, undies, smalls, pants (female) | panties, underwear, undies, ginch, gonch, gitch, gotch | panties, underwear, undies |
| get your knickers in a twist | get your panties in a bunch | get your panties in a wad |
