Love Actually

Love Actually Glossary

Heathrow (proper noun)

A major international airport in London.

enigmatic (adjective)

Mysterious, difficult to understand.

shag (verb)

To have sex.

blunt (adjective)

Straightforward, unceremonious.

The Troggs (proper noun)

An English garage rock band formed in Andover, Hampshire in May 1964.

bugger off (command)

British slang for "go away!"

nativity (noun)

The birth of Jesus Christ.

stag night (noun)

British term for a celebration held for a man shortly before his wedding, attended by his male friends only.

nappy (noun)

British term for diaper.

dodgy (adjective)

Informal British term for potentially dangerous or second-rate.

festering (adjective)

Becoming worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference.

petulant (adjective)

Childishly sulky or bad-tempered.

bollocks (exclamation)

British term used to express contempt, annoyance, or defiance.

Blue (proper noun)

An English boy band.

prawn (noun)

A marine crustacean which resembles a large shrimp.

knob (noun)

An informal term for penis.

Claudia Schiffer (proper noun)

A British supermodel.

Seven Years in Tibet (proper noun)

A film starring Brad Pitt.

stand-in (noun)

A person who stands in for another, especially in a performance; a substitute.

Ringo (proper noun)

As in Ringo Starr, the drummer for the popular English rock group, The Beatles.