Brits
Subjects of Parliament
Brits is the informal plural for British people: The Brits have a reputation for understatement.
The singular Brit functions the same way.
Neither is offensive, though some British speakers find them slightly casual or American-sounding.
The term appears frequently in headlines and casual speech where "British people" feels too formal.
Britain's native tongue
- ScotsPeople of Edinburgh's nation
- WelshOf a Celtic nation
- Northern IrishFrom the partitioned region
- LondonersCapital city inhabitants
Cockneys · Geordies · Mancunians · Glaswegians · Yorkshiremen · Cornish · Britons · Anglo-Saxons
Steeped leaf beverage
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
- queuingStanding in ordered sequence
- sconesSmall quick breads
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
fish and chips · cricket · monarchy · BBC · Shakespeare · The Beatles · garden · rainy
Atlantic archipelago nation
- EnglandLargest British country
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- WalesCeltic British principality
- Northern IrelandUK territory sharing island
Hebrides · Shetland · Orkney · Isle of Man · Jersey · Guernsey · Isle of Wight · Anglesey
Controlled emotional restraint
- queueingWaiting in order
- tea drinkingConsuming steeped leaf beverage
- paleLacking color intensity
- reservedRestrained in manner
sarcasm · complaining · binge drinking · Marmite · self-deprecation · awkwardness · tutting
English
Britain's native tongue
- ScotsPeople of Edinburgh's nation
- WelshOf a Celtic nation
- Northern IrishFrom the partitioned region
Londoners · Cockneys · Geordies · Mancunians · Glaswegians · Yorkshiremen · Cornish · Britons · Anglo-Saxons · Celts
tea
Steeped leaf beverage
politeness · fish and chips · cricket · monarchy · BBC · Shakespeare · The Beatles · garden · rainy · red phone box
United Kingdom
Atlantic archipelago nation
Northern Ireland · Hebrides · Shetland · Orkney · Isle of Man · Jersey · Guernsey · Isle of Wight · Anglesey · Skye
stiff upper lip
Controlled emotional restraint
- queueingWaiting in order
- tea drinkingConsuming steeped leaf beverage
- paleLacking color intensity
reserved · sarcasm · complaining · binge drinking · Marmite · self-deprecation · awkwardness · tutting
- English Speakersnative speaker, native speakers, Americans, American, Australians
- South African NamesMandela, Shaka, Cetshwayo, Kruger, Meyer
- South African PlacesJohannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, Soweto
- North West placesOrkney, Stella, Sun City
- Islandersislander, Hawaiians, Hawaiian, Fijians, Jamaican
- Southern African CitiesJohannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth
Britsforeigners
People from elsewhere
continentals · Europeans · outsiders · immigrants · expats
- Great BritainLargest island, northwest Europe
- British IndiaCrown-ruled subcontinent territory
- British folkloreTraditional tales from Britain
- British accentUK speech pattern
- British ColumbiaCanada's western coastal province
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
British, Britain, Brit, Briton, Brittany, Britishness, Britannia, Britisher, Britishisms