Sorry, dudes - but the kids in America are going bonkers for English slang... and they even call 'lines' queues!

For years, galore parents person despaired astatine their children's enthusiastic – and often irritating – clasp of Americanisms, specified arsenic 'gotten' and 'awesome'.

But now, it seems, it's teenagers successful the US who are going bonkers for British slang.

Researchers accidental that the popularity of UK TV shows specified arsenic Love Island and Adolescence among Gen Z – those aged 13 to 28 – has seen an detonation successful the usage of casual British English.

They revealed that 'bonkers' is present the fastest-growing slang connection successful the US, with 'queue', 'wonky', 'bloke' and 'cheeky' pursuing adjacent behind.

'Queue', alternatively than its American equivalent 'line', is catching connected chiefly owed to Netflix's queue feature, which allows viewers to take what to ticker next.

'Cheers' – which is traditionally utilized successful the US arsenic a accepted toast – is present progressively being utilized to accidental 'thank you', adjacent successful nonrecreational settings, portion 'cheeky' has been adopted to mean a playful indulgence, arsenic successful a 'cheeky cocktail'. 

And adjacent 'maths', alternatively than the accepted American 'math', is being utilized successful US world life, popularised by UK societal media influencers sharing revision tips online.

Other emerging British words thriving successful the States see 'snarky', 'keen', 'among', 'nil', 'nutter', 'trousers', 'dodgy', 'kerfuffle', 'flummox', 'banter', 'aggro' and 'boll***s'.

Essex vocalist Charli XCX, on with erstwhile Love Island big Maya Jama from Bristol, person some been hugely influential successful the emergence successful popularity of English slang among American youngsters, investigation shows.

'Britishcore', described arsenic a solemnisation of the much mundane aspects of UK life, was besides a viral societal media inclination past year.

Researchers astatine Northern Arizona University and the connection learning level Babbel tracked the interaction of slang utilizing a database of 5 cardinal transcribed words and 1,000 hours of spoken American English.

They recovered that 'bonkers' is present wide utilized successful the US to picture chaotic sporting moments and governmental scandals.