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I've got an American acquaintance who is interested in hearing more of our colourful British colloquialisms (particularly those for putting someone down). Here's the list I've compiled so far (some from this wikipedia article). If you've got more, please leave in comments.

WARNING: some of these have adult definitions or themes.

• big jessie (someone who's a bit of a softie)
• daft (eccentric, crazy)
• div (idiot)
• dosser (someone who is lazy)
• gormless (lacking in intelligence, with vacant expression: "Don't just stand there looking gormless")
• minger (pronounced like "singer") (an unattractive person)
• munter (c.f. "minger")
• muppet (silly person)
• nutter (eccentric person)
• pillock (silly person)
• pleb (person of lower class, but typically used to mean someone without taste or refinement)
• plonker (silly person)
• prat (incompetent person)
• shite (jocular form of "shit")
• tosser (idiot)
• toss-pot (idiot)
• twonk (someone who's been a bit foolish; also "dozy twonk")
• wazzock (fool)

Some that aren't insults:

• bumf (a pile of paper you get given when you go to conferences etc.; derived from "bum fodder")
• chuffed (pleased)
• faff (to dither, as in "I spent the day faffing around")
• guff (fart, to fart)
• hammered (very drunk)
• higgledy-piggledy (in disarray)
• jammy (lucky, e.g. "jammy git")
• kecks (trousers aka "pants" in the US, or underpants)
• knackered (tired out)
• knackers (testicles)
• knickers (panties)
• naff off (go away)
• minge (pronounced to rhyme with "whinge") (female genitals/pubic hair)
• pissing down (raining heavily, "It's pissing it down out there!")
• punnet (basket for fruit, typically for strawberries)
• rat-arsed (extremely drunk)
• ropey (of poor quality)
• shandy (lager or beer mixed with lemonade)
• shattered (tired)
• skew-whiff (not straight, skewed, "That shelf is a bit skew-whiff")
• skive (to avoid or not attend, "He skived off school")
• slash (go to the toilet for a wee, as in "I need a slash")
• snog (to kiss amorously)
• strop (bad mood)
• take the piss (take advantage of someone, "They're taking the piss"; to make fun of someone, "I took the piss out of him")
• throw a wobbler (have a tantrum)
• wankered (extremely drunk)
• whinge (complain, often used to describe how children go on about things using a silly whiny voice)
• wonky (not straight, crooked, "That shelf is wonky", "That shelf is on the wonk")