English words that mean different in US and UK..

Let's see how many we can get here on SW. No googling!!!

First floor - In US it means the ground floor. In England it means the 1st floor above the ground floor 🙂

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PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 31-35, M

Lays, in USA it's a chips brand in UK it means to get laid.

Really · 80-89, M

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether 'Getting laid' is an American term imported to the UK like so much else. I could list maybe a dozen genuinely British phrases meaning the same. But I won't. Some are quite disgusting.

OK? 😄 Guess where that came from.