Confused by “pied,” “fanny flutters,” or “Factor 50”? We’ve got you covered with a complete guide to 'Love Island UK' slang.
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00:00Could you say, could you do me like a previously on Love Island?
00:03Previously on Love Island!
00:10Welcome to the official unofficial dictionary of Love Island UK. We're here to he-
00:16We're here to help you keep those subtitles off so you don't get mugged off and instead
00:20can stay on job keeping up with the brits of Love Island.
00:25Pied.
00:26That's when you get dumped or embarrassed in some way.
00:30Pied. Getting pied was so embarrassing.
00:35Mugged off.
00:36That's when someone disrespects you.
00:39I ain't not been mugged off.
00:40Last thing I want to be is mugged off.
00:42Mugged off.
00:43She ghosted me. I was mugged off.
00:47Grafting.
00:48Grafting is when you're really trying to flirt.
00:50You're trying to pull out all the stops to make sure someone likes you back.
00:54We was getting too much for a day.
00:56Yeah, this is what I mean.
00:58So now I've just got to graft you hard, haven't I? So that's what it is.
01:02Grafting.
01:03He came on a little hard with his grafting.
01:06Fancy.
01:08When you fancy someone, you like them or you have a crush, i.e. I fancy ya.
01:14You can't get to kiss me.
01:17I wasn't gonna say no. I fancy ya.
01:20Fancy.
01:20I fancy this video. I should subscribe to parade. My type on paper.
01:26This is your ideal person.
01:28Basically, if you would make a list of everything you want in a partner.
01:31Hot.
01:32This is it.
01:33My type on paper is like tall, 5 foot 10 with shoes on.
01:39My type on paper.
01:41Good heavens, look at him. He's my type on paper.
01:46Can I pull you for a chat?
01:48This one's relatively self-explanatory.
01:50Basically, you're hoping to get the chance to speak with someone.
01:52It can indeed be used non-romantically as well.
01:55Do you want to go have a chat or do you want to have your tea first?
02:01My tea is always hot, honey.
02:02Can I pull you for a chat? So about last night.
02:06Can I pull you for a chint?
02:08Beer melt.
02:09That's to be super in love, gooey with affection.
02:13Ham and cheese melt.
02:16Beer melt. I think I'm falling in love with her.
02:19I'm a cheesy, bacon topped, trans fat filled patty melt.
02:24Are you messin'?
02:25Are you kidding me?
02:27That's what it means.
02:29There's a thing in the organic called the scouse mouse.
02:31The scouse mouse.
02:33Have you never heard of that?
02:35Oh my god, are you guys pranking me?
02:39Are you messin'?
02:40There is no such thing as the scouse mouse and they were indeed messin'.
02:46Factor 50.
02:47You like someone but you're laying it on too thick.
02:50It seems your eyes are as brown as the tree trunks.
02:56Factor 50.
02:58Oi bruv, I like her.
03:00I'm going to lay it on factor 50.
03:03Closed off.
03:04You're basically exclusive.
03:06You're not trying to date around.
03:07I mean, we ain't in a relationship, mate.
03:09I'm not closed off.
03:10You can't have closed my teas off as well, right?
03:12Do you know what I'm saying?
03:14Closed off.
03:16I don't want to be jealous.
03:18I want us to be closed off.
03:23Are you good?
03:25Turn my head.
03:27Yikes, now you have feelings for someone else.
03:29You know what I mean, I'd like to get to know everyone anyway but
03:32it would take literally someone to knock me out the park for me to like turn my head because
03:37me and Jaika literally are the doppelgangers of each other.
03:41Turn my head.
03:42I know they're closed off but maybe this old narrator could turn his head.
03:47Outside world.
03:48This is anything happening outside of the villa because they're actually trapped there.
03:53I actually added you on Instagram on the outside world and did message you.
03:57So I heard.
03:59Outside world.
04:00They're cute on the show but the relationship would never work in the outside world.
04:05Banter.
04:06Having good banter or bants.
04:08That means you're easy to talk to.
04:10The talk of five hours isn't it?
04:12It's not.
04:12It was literally a bad banter.
04:14I don't want no beef.
04:16Banter.
04:17We didn't have very good banter.
04:20He just kept talking about his ex.
04:22Fanny flutters.
04:23I hear this is kind of a bad word in the UK but it surely is not in the US.
04:27So this is basically butterflies.
04:29You're feeling giddy romantic feelings for someone.
04:32Maura Higgins really coined this phrase.
04:35Oh my god they look so f***ing fit.
04:37I look better in the lab.
04:38My god like I am having fanny flutters I'm not even joking.
04:42Fanny flutters.
04:43He was charming.
04:44The fanny flutters got me quaking.
04:47Dick sand.
04:48Dick sand is a term invented and solely used by Olivia.
04:51This means basically this man is so good it's like quicksand.
04:56So it's like when you're just like carrying your own business and then you just you see like either
05:01there's loads of dicks around or it's just like a boy that you fancy and you just like fall in it.
05:07Yeah that's dick sand.
05:09Uh well I think Olivia already summed it up.