I came across a website the explained differences between some English words that are used differently between the British and us... With personality...

fag n 1 cigarette. In very widespread use. One of the most amusing e-mails I've had concerning this word was from an American who had arrived at her company's UK offices to be told that the person she was looking for was "outside blowing a fag". 2 A now slightly antiquated term used to describe first year senior-school kids who had to perform menial tasks (cleaning boots, running errands and the like) for the seniors. Another email tells me of a man who was met with aghast looks when he told a group of New Yorkers that he "was a fag at school last year". Modern thinking on slavery has seen that the practice of "fagging" all but die out.

floater n a number-two which refuses to be flushed away. It is not, as one of my contributors discovered, an appropriate name for laptop that's shared around various parts of the office.