The 'Love Island' Dictionary: Talk Like an Islander
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Apr 1, 2025
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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Could you say, could you do me like a previously on Love Island
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Previously on Love Island! Welcome to the official, unofficial dictionary of Love Island UK
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We're here to help you keep those subtitles off so you don't get mugged off
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and instead can stay on job keeping up with the Brits of Love Island. Pied
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That's when you get dumped or embarrassed in some way. Pied. Getting pied was so embarrassing
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Mugged off. That's when someone disrespects you. I ain't that big muggy though
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The last thing I want to be is mugged off. Mugged off. She ghosted me. I was mugged off
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Grafting. Grafting is when you're really trying to flirt. You're trying to pull out all the stops to make sure someone likes you back
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We was getting too much on for a day. Yeah, this is what I mean. Days
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So now I've just got to graft you hard, don't I? So that's what it is. Grafting
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He came on a little hard with his grafting. Fancy. When you fancy someone, you like them or you have a crush
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I.e. I fancy ya. You can hear to kiss me Hey look I wasn gonna say no but I fancy her Fancy I fancy this video I should subscribe to Parade My type on paper
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This is your ideal person. Basically, if you were to make a list of everything you want in a partner, hot
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This is it. My type on paper is like tall. I'm five foot ten with shoes on
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My type on paper. Good heavens, look at him. He's my type on paper
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Can I pull you for a chat? This one's relatively self-explanatory. Basically, you're hoping to get the chance to speak with someone
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It can indeed be used non-romantically as well. Do you want to go have a chat or do you want to have your tea first
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My tea is always hot, honey. Can I pull you for a chat? So about last night
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Can I pull you for a chint? Beer melt. That's to be super in love
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Chewy with affection. Ham and cheese melt. melt. Be a melt. I think I'm falling in love with her
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I'm a cheesy, bacon-topped, trans-fat-filled patty melt. Are you messing? Are you kidding me
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That's what it means. There's a thing called the scouse mouse. The scouse mouse
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Have you never heard of that? Oh my God are you guys pranking me Are you messing There is no such thing as the Scouse Mouse and they were indeed messin
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Factor 50 You like someone, but you're laying it on too thick
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It seems your eyes are as brown as the tree trunks. Factor 50
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Oi, broov, I like her. I'm going to lay it on Factor 50
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Closed off You're basically exclusive. You're not trying to date around. I mean, we ain't in a relationship, man. I'm not closed off. You can't now close my teeth off as well
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Do you know what I'm saying? Closed off. I don't want to be jealous. I want us to be closed off
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Are you good? Turn my head. Yikes, now you have feelings for someone else
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You know what I mean? I'd like to get to know everyone anyway, but It would take literally someone to knock me out of the park for me to turn my head because, yeah, me and Jaike literally are the doppelgangers of each other
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Turn my head. I know they're closed off, but maybe this old narrator could turn his head
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Outside world. This is anything happening outside of the villa because they're actually trapped there
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I actually added you on Instagram on the outside world and did message you So I heard Outside world they cute on the show but the relationship would never work in the outside world
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Banter. Having good banter or bants, that means you're easy to talk to
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The talk of that was something, it's not. It was literally a bit of banter
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I don't want to know beef. Banter. We didn't have very good banter
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He just kept talking about his ex. Fanny flutters. I hear this is kind of a bad word in the UK, but it surely is not in the US
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So this is basically butterflies. You're feeling giddy romantic feelings for someone
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Maura Higgins really coined this phrase. Oh my God, they look so f***ing fit
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They look better than you laugh. My God, like I have them. Fanny flutters, I'm not even talking
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Fanny flutters. He was charming. The fanny flutters got me quaking. Dick sand
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Dick sand is a term invented and solely used by Olivia. This means that basically this man is so good, it's like quicksand
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So it's like when you're just like carrying your own business and then you just, you see like either there's loads of dicks around
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or it's just like a boy that you fancy and you just like fall in it
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Yeah, that's dicksand. Uh, well, I think Olivia already summed it up
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