underground

n subway (specifically underground railway): There’s an underground station two minutes from my house.

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underlay

n carpet pad. As far as Americans are concerned, the “underlay” is the wood that lies underneath the carpet pad.

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university

n college. As well as having the “University of St. Andrews” in the same way that Americans would have the “University of Oklahoma,” Brits use university as a general term to describe those sorts of institutions: I’m still at university at the moment. Brits do not use the word “college” in that context.

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up the duff

n pregnant: Did you hear Judith’s up the duff again?

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up the spout

n pregnant: I honestly didn’t mean to offend her, I thought she was up the spout!

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uphill gardener

n homosexual. Perhaps best left at that.

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