Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot Glossary

go mental

Get outraged/angry.

picket line

a boundary established by workers on strike, especially at the entrance to the place of work, that others are asked not to cross.

bollocks

Vulgar British slang, used to express contempt, annoyance, or defiance.

barre

a horizontal bar at waist level on which ballet dancers rest a hand for support during exercises.

Fred Astaire

A famous American dancer from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

poof

derogatory slang for a homosexual man.

fanny

slang for buttocks.

sissy

a person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.

arabesque

a posture in ballet in which the body is supported on one leg, with the other leg extended horizontally backward.

Twat

Vulgar slang for vagina, used as a degrading term for someone.

wanker

British slang for a bad, contemptible person.

pirouette

In ballet, an act of spinning on one foot, typically with the raised foot touching the knee of the supporting leg.

commies

slang for Communists.

pissed

slang for drunk.

lose your blob

Slang for "lose your temper."

fancy

Have a crush on, desire romantically.

Swan Lake

A romantic ballet with music written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

bairn

Northern English term for a child.

sanctimonious

Acting as if morally superior.

gratification

a source of pleasure.