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What slang do people use where you live?

Well in this little area of the world we refer to "soda" as "pop" but other than that, I've got nothing.

Well in this little area of the world we refer to "soda" as "pop" but other than that, I've got nothing.

Did the terms 'hun', 'snout', 'soupeater' and 'taig' not make it across the border?

Did the terms 'hun', 'snout', 'soupeater' and 'taig' not make it across the border?

wow... what are those? (And are you referring to the Canadian border? :confused: )

wow... what are those? (And are you referring to the Canadian border? :confused:)

Northern Ireland/Eire - is the border I was refering to, however I see that I have mistaken the poster above me for someone else, which rather robs my post of its intended humorous nature...

'hun' = Protestant person
'snout' = Protestant person
'soupeater' = Protestant person (from those who ate well during the potato famine)
'taig' = Catholic person (from the Irish word for a poet)

Since I'm a newcomer to our neck-of-the-woods (well, 4 years) it drives me crazy when people say 'set' instead of 'sat' or 'let' instead of 'leave'.

Ex. I set on the bench for four hours.

Ex. 2 I won't be home, so let me a message.

we use geordie slang

Well in this little area of the world we refer to "soda" as "pop" but other than that, I've got nothing.
same here.. it's a hick state, so all words that end in -ing have the 'g' cut of.. runnin', talkin', etc.
my friend is from iowa and she calls me an oklahoma hick.. i'm ok with that though..
there's also an abundance of ethnic slurs, none of which i care to repeat

___________________
I hate haters..
:headbang:

Well, we don't really have slang so much as we have offensive nicknames for all of my friends, lke go-kart and sh*tporn, or esticles (his real name is esteban).

Kölsch. :p

Northern Ireland/Eire - is the border I was refering to, however I see that I have mistaken the poster above me for someone else, which rather robs my post of its intended humorous nature...

'hun' = Protestant person
'snout' = Protestant person
'soupeater' = Protestant person (from those who ate well during the potato famine)
'taig' = Catholic person (from the Irish word for a poet)

Up the Revolution!
Down the British!

"eh" :cool:

I wasn't really aware we had any formal slang in California.

... then again, I suppose our media jeugernauts are to blame for that.

Well, we don't really have slang so much as we have offensive nicknames for all of my friends, lke go-kart and sh*tporn, or esticles (his real name is esteban).
lol i agree,
we use more of offensive names,
than we use slangs...

from normal to pretend ghetto

from the NZ immigration site:

NEW ZEALAND SLANG
New Zealand slang has developed over time from such a diverse mixture of backgrounds that it is sometimes difficult to establish exactly what phrases and slang words are originally from New Zealand! However be assured that all of the listed words and phrases are used with regularity throughout New Zealand which will hopefully give you a better understanding of what your Kiwi mates are really trying to tell ya!

Ads - tv commercials, advertisments
Anklebiter - toddler, small child
Aotearoa - Maori name for New Zealand meaning land of the long white cloud
Arvo - afternoon
Bach - holiday home
Banger - sausage, as in bangers and mash
Barbie - barbecue
Big smoke - large town or city
Bit of dag - hard case, comedian, person with character
Bitser - mongrel dog
Bloke - man
Brickie - bricklayer
Brown eye - to flash your naked butt at someone
Boy-racer - name given to a young man who drives a fast car with a loud stereo
Bring a plate - means bring a dish of food to share
Bugger - damn!
Bungy - kiwi slang for elastic strap, as in Bungy Jumping
Caravan - bobile home that you tow behind your car
Cardi - cardigan
Cast - immobilised, unable to get to your feet
Cheers - thanks
Cheerio - goodbye
Cheerio - name for a cocktail sausage
Chocka - full, overflowing
Chook - chicken
Chick - slang word for woman/female
Chips - deep fried slices of potato but much thicker than a french fry
Chippy - builder, carpenter
Chrissy pressies - Christmas presents
Chuddy - chewing gum
Chunder - vomit, throw up
Cockie - farmer
Cotton buds - Q-tips
Creek - small stream
Crib - bach,
Cuppa - cup of tea, as in cuppa tea
Cuz - cousin, family
De facto - name used for a couple who are not married but are living together
Ding - small dent in a vehicle
Dole - unemployment benefit
Dodgy - bad, unreliable, not good
Down the gurgler - failed plan
Drongo - stupid fool, idiot
Drop your gear - take your clothes off, get undressed
Dunny - toilet, bathroom, lavatory
Duvet - quilt, doona
Ear bashing - someone talking incessantly
Entree - appetizer, hors d'oeurve
Fizz Boat - small power boat
Fizzy drink - soda pop
Flannel - wash cloth, face cloth
Flat - apartment, name for rental accommodation that is shared
Flicks - movies, picture theatre
Flog - steal, rob
Footie - rugby union or league, as in "going to watch the footie"
Full tit - going very fast, using all your power, as in "he was running full tit"
G'day - universal kiwi greeting, also spelled gidday
Get the willies - overcome with trepidation
Going bush - take a break, become reclusive
Good on ya, mate! - congratulations, well done, proud of someone
Good as gold - feeling good, not a problem, yes
Greasies - fish and chips
Gumboots or gummies - rubber boots, wellingtons
Handle - pint of beer
Happy as larry - very happy
Hard case - amusing, funny person
Hard yakka - hard work
Hollywood - to fake or exaggerate an injury on the sportsfield
Home and hosed - safe, successfully finished, completed,
Hoon - Young adult driving fast
Hosing down - heavy rain, raining heavily
Hottie - hot water bottle
How's it going mate? - kiwi greeting
Iceblock - popsicle, Ice Stick
Jandal - thongs, sandals,flip-flops,
Judder bar - speed bump
Jumper - sweater, jersey
Kiwi - New Zealander
Kiwifruit - Brown furry skinned fruit, Zespri, Chinese Gooseberry
Kick the bucket - die
Knackered - exhausted, tired, lethargic
Knuckle sandwhich - a fist in the teeth, punch in the mouth
Laughing gear - mouth, as in wrap your laughing gear around this,
L&P - Fizzy soda water
Lift - elevator
Lolly - candy
Loo - bathroom, toilet
Long drop - outdoor toilet, hole in ground
Lurgy - flu
Mad as a meat axe - very angry or crazy
Main - primary dish of a meal
Maori - indigenous people of New Zealand
Mate - buddy
Motorway - freeway
Naff off - go away, get lost, leave me alone
Nana - grandmother, grandma
Nappy - diaper
North Cape to the Bluff - from one end of New Zealand to the other
OE - Overseas Experience, many students go on their OE after finishing university, see the world
Offsider - an assistant, someones friend, as in "we saw him and his offsider going down the road"
Old bomb - old car
Oldies - parents
On the never never - paying for something using layby, not paying straight away
Open slather - a free-for-all
Pack a sad - bad mood, morose, ill-humoured, broken , as in "she packed a sad"
Pakeha - non-Maori person
Panel beater - auto repair shop, panel shop
Pav - pavlova, dessert usually topped with kiwifruit and cream
Perve - to stare
Petrol - gasoline, gas
Piece-of-piss - easy, not hard to do, as in "didn't take me long to do, it was a piece of piss"
Pikelet - small pancake usually had with jam and whipped cream
Piker - someone who gives up easy, slacker
Pinky - little finger
Piss around - waste time, muck around
Pisshead - someone who drinks a lot of alcohol, heavy drinker
Piss up - party, social gathering, excuse for drinking alcohol
Pissed off - annoyed, angry, upset
Plonk - cheap liquor, cheap wine
Pong - bad smell, stink
Postal code - zip code
Pram - baby stroller, baby pushchair
Pressie - present
Pub - bar or hotel that serves liquor
Pudding - dessert
Pushing up daisies - dead and buried
Quack - Medical doctor
Randy - horny, wanting sex
Rark up - telling somebody off
Rattle your dags - hurry up, get moving
Rellies - relatives, family
Root - have sex, get sex
Ropeable - very angry
Ring - to telephone somebody, as in "I'll give you a ring"
Rubbish - garbage, trash
Rust bucket - decrepit motor car
Scarce as hens teeth - very scarce, rare
Scarfie - university student
Scull - consume, drink quickly
Scroggin - trampers high energy food including dried fruits, chocolate
Serviette - paper napkin
Shandy - drink made with lemonade and beer
Shark and taties - fish and chips
Sheila - slang for woman/female
Shit a brick - exclamation of surprise or annoyance
Shoot through - to leave suddenly
Shout - to treat, to buy something for someone, as in "lunch is my shout"
Sickie - to take a day off work or school because you are sick
Skite - to boast, boasting, bragging
Snarler - sausage
Sook - cry baby, wimp
Sparkie - electrician
Sparrow fart - very early in the morning, sunrise
Sprog - child
Spud - potato
Squiz - take a quick look
Steinie - bottle of Steinlager, brand lager
Strapped for cash - low on cash, no money
Stubby - small glass bottle of beer
Sunday driver - someone who drives very slow
Sunnies - sunglasses
Ta - thanks
Take-aways - food to be taken away and eaten, fast food outlet
Tea - evening meal, dinner
Tights - pantyhose
Tiki tour - scenic tour, take the long route
Togs - swimsuit, bathing costume
Torch - flashlight
Tramping - hiking
Twink - white-out
Up the duff - pregnant
Ute - small pickup truck
Veges - vegetables
Wally - clown, silly person
Whinge - complain, moan
Wobbly - to have a tantrum
Wop-wops - situated off the beaten track, out of the way location
Yack - to have a conversation with a friend, to talk

A lot of kids in Australia seem to pick up a lot of US slang from TV & whatnot. I think this is kind of a shame because a lot of Australian slang is pretty cool. Eg: You shit me to tears = You're really pissing me off
Go & get rooted = Fuck off
As handy as a wooden leg in a bushfire = Not very helpful at all
As full as a State School hat-rack = Very full
Snot block = Vanilla slice (I have turned several people off vanilla slices for life by telling them this).
Wombat = Someone who eats roots & leaves
Wowser = A person who views the world as a penitentiary & themselves as the warders
Bevan = The sort of person who wears a flannelette shirt & ugg boots, drives a hotted up car, listens to Cold Chisel & has a girlfriend called 'Shazza'. See also 'Westie' & 'Bogan'.
Send her down Huey! = Oh good. It's raining. I do hope it rains some more.
Chunder = Vomit
Stubby = A small bottle of beer, traditionally one with a short neck.
Reg Grundies = Underpants
Strewth/Godstrewth = Good gracious me!
Cripes! = An exclamation
To go out on the ran-tan = To have a big night out
Esky = Ice box
Piss = beer
To be on the piss = To be in the process of getting drunk
Pissed = Drunk
To take the piss = To mock (I think we picked that one up from the Brits)

NEW ZEALAND SLANG

Don't you guys call an esky a 'Chilly bin' too? I'm sure I heard that somewhere.

'hun' = Protestant person
'snout' = Protestant person
'soupeater' = Protestant person (from those who ate well during the potato famine)
'taig' = Catholic person (from the Irish word for a poet)

I thought 'soupeater' came from the Catholics who accepted soup from the British during the famine in return for turning Protestant - having much the same connotations as 'turncoat'. And i thought 'taig' was Gaelic for Hero and was used sarcastically by the Proddies.

Piss = beer

No offence but having drunk Castlemaine, Fosters and the like, this doesn't really surpised me :Þ

No offence but having drunk Castlemaine, Fosters and the like, this doesn't really surpised me :Þ

I don't think anybody actually drinks Fosters in Australia, from what I have heard its laughed at there. Like Natural Light is in the US.

from the NZ immigration site:

NEW ZEALAND SLANG
New Zealand slang has developed over time from such a diverse mixture of backgrounds that it is sometimes difficult to establish exactly what phrases and slang words are originally from New Zealand! However be assured that all of the listed words and phrases are used with regularity throughout New Zealand which will hopefully give you a better understanding of what your Kiwi mates are really trying to tell ya!

Ads - tv commercials, advertisments
Anklebiter - toddler, small child
Chick - slang word for woman/female
Chips - deep fried slices of potato but much thicker than a french fry
Cuz - cousin, family
Ding - small dent in a vehicle
Dodgy - bad, unreliable, not good
Good as gold - feeling good, not a problem, yes
Knuckle sandwhich - a fist in the teeth, punch in the mouth
Pinky - little finger
Piss around - waste time, muck around
Pissed off - annoyed, angry, upset
Ring - to telephone somebody, as in "I'll give you a ring"
Yack - to have a conversation with a friend, to talk

Those are the only ones I've heard in my area. Here are some from my town:


Ticked off- angry
Playing hookie- skipping school
Wuz Up?- greeting
Hi- greeting
Sis- sister
Loaf around- being lazy, sitting around
Jerk- smart aleck, a rude person
Crap- mild swear
Shoot- darn it, crap
Screwed- in trouble
Sweets- candy
Dude- a boy or man
Guy- a boy or man
Gal- a woman
Broad- a woman
Skank- a slutty woman
Pickle- bad situation

I can't think of anymore at the moment.

"So, last night I put on my Kenora dinner jacket because it was pretty nippy out there. While I tried to warm up, I ate poutine, but, unfortunately, I spilt it on the chesterfield and I couldn't find a serviette."

FIND THE SLANG!!

"So, last night I put on my Kenora dinner jacket because it was pretty nippy out there. While I tried to warm up, I ate poutine, but, unfortunately, I spilt it on the chesterfield and I couldn't find a serviette."

FIND THE SLANG!!

Say what? All I could really understand was that is was "nippy out there" in other words chilly or cold. But the rest, was way over my head. Where are you from?

I live in Raleigh, NC, which is in the South but it is a cosmopolitan city and virtually no-one here has a Southern accent. I had a Southern accent when I was young because I went to a rural school but now, I have lost all traces of any Southern accent. I still use y'all sometimes. In urban NC we call it "soda" but only in rural parts of NC they call it "coke". Any drink is a Coke, be it Coca-Cola, Sprite, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc. And we call those long sandwiches "subs" here as opposed to heros, grinders, po'boys, or any other local name for it.

But the rest, was way over my head. Where are you from?

Believe it or not...Canada.

Believe it or not...Canada.

Canada, yeah, I should have know that. I have got to get used to these profiles.

I don't bother with other people's slang; I mostly use my own. I'm trying to get the exclamation 'Marble Goose!' (Marvellous) introduced into the common vernacular, with little success at the moment, since I only have one convert. The more extreme form, 'Garble Moose' is well out.

Me and my friends picked up some slang from all over just by using internet. I use "oi" and "wanker" even though I've never met a British in my life. We also picked up "a'ight" instead of allright. And, as most Canadians, we finish our sentences with "eh?".

Wean (pronounced "wayne"); child
Burn; small stream
Scaf; a VERY local word, means something similar to "cheapskate"


There's more, I just can't think of any yet...

No offence but having drunk Castlemaine, Fosters and the like, this doesn't really surpised me :Þ

I wouldn't touch Fosters with a barge-pole (same goes for Victoria Bitter, or 'VD' as we call it). We just sell that stuff to ignorant foreigners. XXXX is pretty good though. VB is so bad that when my university's student guild bar sold its soul to Carlton United, I switched to drinking Caffreys, even though it cost twice as much.

My personal favourite Australian beer is Cascade Premium Light. It tastes Bloody beautiful & as I am 5'7", skinny as the proverbial racing greyhound & usually on some type of medication, I don't really feel the need to drink full-strength beer. Tooheys Old is good too.

And, as most Canadians, we finish our sentences with "eh?".

[laughs & points]

Northern Ireland/Eire - is the border I was refering to, however I see that I have mistaken the poster above me for someone else, which rather robs my post of its intended humorous nature...

'hun' = Protestant person
'snout' = Protestant person
'soupeater' = Protestant person (from those who ate well during the potato famine)
'taig' = Catholic person (from the Irish word for a poet)


Hun is not used to describe a protestant - it's used to describe a Rangers fan.
Tim = catholic

cockney rhyming slang

Septic

Septic tank / Yank

cockney rhyming slang

Septic

Septic tank / Yank

We use that one too.

I don't think anybody actually drinks Fosters in Australia, from what I have heard its laughed at there. Like Natural Light is in the US.

You're totally right. I've never met someone that actually likes that shite. It's almost as bad as XXXX. (The beer, not a censored word)

I wouldn't touch Fosters with a barge-pole (same goes for Victoria Bitter, or 'VD' as we call it). We just sell that stuff to ignorant foreigners. XXXX is pretty good though. VB is so bad that when my university's student guild bar sold its soul to Carlton United, I switched to drinking Caffreys, even though it cost twice as much.

My personal favourite Australian beer is Cascade Premium Light. It tastes Bloody beautiful & as I am 5'7", skinny as the proverbial racing greyhound & usually on some type of medication, I don't really feel the need to drink full-strength beer. Tooheys Old is good too.

[laughs & points]

VB isn't bad, but it has a helluva aftertaste. My favorite at the moment is Carlton Cold.

(I can tell you're a Queenslander, yes?)

hun does mean a protestant...rangers fans are called that because theyre invariably protestant...and i really hate that word.
i play cricket in ireland and get called a hun constantly but its alright to play football for some reason even tho thats more a english sport than cricket! cricket was started in india by people from india...some people are just idiots and dont deserve to live if you ask me. do i make a fuss when they do something that i dont particularly like, do i persecute ANYONE...no i dont so why should i get called horrible names for playing a harmless sport which takes more skill than any game of football.

now for some slang:

craic = good fun/laugh
pint = beer
ciggie/fag/smoke = cigarette
bogart = someone who hogs a joint
to hog = to keep something to yourself
hogger = phlegm
sprog = child
knocked up = pregnant
a dose = a cold
calm the willy = calm down
stall the ball = slow down


cant think of anymore...isn't that sad

VB isn't bad, but it has a helluva aftertaste. My favorite at the moment is Carlton Cold.

Gives you godawful headaches too. What the hell do they put into that stuff? :eek:

(I can tell you're a Queenslander, yes?)
Why yes. Yes I am. Does it show?

http://www.nikphillips.com.au/newmusic/foreverqld.jpg

Here's some Cajun slang we use in the bayou. There's alot more.

Podna: friend
Peeshwank: little person
Texians: people who don't talk like us
Skinny mullet: skinny person
Hosepipe: waterhose
Possede: bad kid (it literally means possessed)

Gives you godawful headaches too. What the hell do they put into that stuff? :eek:

You know, i'd never thought about that much before...but yeah, you're right...VB hangovers are always worse...hmm...


Why yes. Yes I am. Does it show?

http://www.nikphillips.com.au/newmusic/foreverqld.jpg

Heh. An Aussie can pinpoint where another Aussie is from just by the beer he/she drinks :D

sprog = child
calm the willy = calm down


Over here, sprog means sperm, and I really don't want to explain what situations you'd use "calm the willy" in. Hehe.

Pissed = Drunk
To take the piss = To mock (I think we picked that one up from the Brits)[/list][/QUOTE]

yup, im from england and we use these as well. i cant really think of anything at the mo (maybe thats slang for moment?) i use slang as my normal language now so i cant really tell the difference. we say 'like' a lot inbetween our sentences though.

[laughs & points]

*starts to cry*
You aussie blokes are mean! If I was in kangarooland I'd kick you in the nuts.
Bloody wanker eh?

hun does mean a protestant...rangers fans are called that because theyre invariably protestant...and i really hate that word.
i play cricket in ireland and get called a hun constantly but its alright to play football for some reason even tho thats more a english sport than cricket! cricket was started in india by people from india...some people are just idiots and dont deserve to live if you ask me. do i make a fuss when they do something that i dont particularly like, do i persecute ANYONE...no i dont so why should i get called horrible names for playing a harmless sport which takes more skill than any game of football.


No, Hun does NOT mean protestant, it means a rangers fan! Your talking to someone born in Scotland and raised in Airdrie, I know what it does and doesn't mean. But you are right, I would be very surprised to meet a 'hun' who was not a protestant.

Hun = Rangers fan
Fenian = Celtic Fan
Ken = know
Fit like = what like / how are you?
nae muckle ease = That's not much use
ken fit like? = You know how it is
Ned = non educated delinquent (i.e anyone who wears Burberry)
loon - a bloke / boy
quine - a woman / girl

just a couple from the good Ol' North east of Scotland where I live.

Skank- a slutty woman

That's amusing. Here in the UK, "to skank" (spelling?) is to cheat someone out of something, usually by borrowing money with no intention of paying it back.

"Minger" - ugly person, from the Welsh slang "s/he is minging". See also "fat biffer", possibly named after a brand of rubbish skips.

My favourite expression picked up while in Australia was "feral", referring not to wild animals but to people or situations that lack human sophistication: "You vomitted on the ground then ate it up? That's pretty feral!" See also 'Shane Warne..." :]

Some Glaswegian rhyming slang:

Hank = hungry (from Hank Marvin -- starvin', e.g. "Hurry up wi ma tea, hen, Ah'm pure Hank")
Ruby = curry (From Ruby Murray -- curry)
Corned Beef = hard of hearing (corned beef -- deef, i.e. deaf)
Broon Breid = expired, passed away (broon breid -- deid, i.e. brown bread -- dead)

Other slang:

Pure = very
Hen = casual term of endearment/general reference, mostly for women
Goanie no? = Will you kindly refrain from (that activity)?
How? = Why?
How no? = Why not?
Square go = stand-up fight (technically not involving any weapons)
Wire in = free-for-all, no holds barred fight; also, to eat heartily
Chib = knife
Ned = yob
Puggy = fruit machine
Dale = diving board (from the Gaelic dail, meaning (high) table)
Gallus = flashy; cocky
Glaikit = stupid
Wabbit = (very) tired
Mortal = drunk
Rubbered = stoned
Ginger = fizzy drink
Singing Ginger = alcohol (also Electric Soup)
Royston Roulette = to come home drunk and make chips, giving one about a 1 in 6 chance of setting fire to oneself; named after the area of Glasgow most noted for the sport
Furryboots = Aberdonian; from the common Aberdonian expression "furryboots are ye fae, yersel?)

My favourite expression picked up while in Australia was "feral", referring not to wild animals but to people or situations that lack human sophistication: "You vomitted on the ground then ate it up? That's pretty feral!" See also 'Shane Warne..." :]

Hah, yeah, I use "feral" all the time. "Ehh. That looks feral."

To throw in a few more-

Bogan- A person who spends their life hanging around on streets and at shopping centers, (when not drinking beer or cheap whiskey of course) typically with long hair and bad body odour. They typically say things like "It's a steal!" and drive old cars, commonly referred to as....

Paddock Bombs- Cars that are old, rusty and generally useless for much other than driving around a farm paddock.

Yobbo- Typically obese middle aged person, usu. balding, who's chief interests include beer and football.

Drongo- A weirdo.

Ocker- Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter.

Cheba Cheba- Weed.

Choof- Also Weed.

No, Hun does NOT mean protestant, it means a rangers fan!.

hun - A member of a nomadic pastoralist people who invaded Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and were defeated in 455.

www.dictionary.com

funnily enough we call each other "hun" all the time but short for "honey"...very irish that. also it occurred to me that "hun" was also used to refer to the germans in the second world war...also its also well known to mean a barbaric person...so i dont know about rangers fans but....

cream cracker/knacker = itinerant
skanger = a bloke that is one step up from a knacker
manky = disgusting
doob = cannabis

Some Glaswegian rhyming slang:

Hank = hungry (from Hank Marvin -- starvin', e.g. "Hurry up wi ma tea, hen, Ah'm pure Hank")
Ruby = curry (From Ruby Murray -- curry)
Corned Beef = hard of hearing (corned beef -- deef, i.e. deaf)
Broon Breid = expired, passed away (broon breid -- deid, i.e. brown bread -- dead)

Other slang:

Pure = very
Hen = casual term of endearment/general reference, mostly for women
Goanie no? = Will you kindly refrain from (that activity)?
How? = Why?
How no? = Why not?
Square go = stand-up fight (technically not involving any weapons)
Wire in = free-for-all, no holds barred fight; also, to eat heartily
Chib = knife
Ned = yob
Puggy = fruit machine
Dale = diving board (from the Gaelic dail, meaning (high) table)
Gallus = flashy; cocky
Glaikit = stupid
Wabbit = (very) tired
Mortal = drunk
Rubbered = stoned
Ginger = fizzy drink
Singing Ginger = alcohol (also Electric Soup)
Royston Roulette = to come home drunk and make chips, giving one about a 1 in 6 chance of setting fire to oneself; named after the area of Glasgow most noted for the sport
Furryboots = Aberdonian; from the common Aberdonian expression "furryboots are ye fae, yersel?)

I'm going to have to watch more Chewin' the Fat and make a list...

"That's pure mad mental man" instantly springs to mind...

Eejit: stupid person
Dumplin': silly person

owdo - hello
cock - petal - love - friendly names for someone, like dear (eg alright cock/petal/love?)
to 'av ya bun n ape-knee - sort of the same thing as to have your cake and eat it
put wood int hoile - close the door

that's all i can think of at the moment

owdo - hello
cock - petal - love - friendly names for someone, like dear (eg alright cock/petal/love?)
to 'av ya bun n ape-knee - sort of the same thing as to have your cake and eat it
put wood int hoile - close the door



Cock is a friendly name where you come from? Yikes, I won't even go into what it means around here.

We really don't have much slang where I live except for just general british slang, like;

chavs-hard to explain so, http://www.chavscum.co.uk/

The Wo - Worcester (the city where i live)
Kev/townie/chav - someone who loiters outside macdonalds, modifies rubbish cars, and generally causes trouble - see the previous post about chavscum.com for mor info (quality website)

Some more offensive stuff

Tosser/wanker/twat/arsehole - a not very nice person (usually a man but not exclusively)
slapper/slut/tart/floozie - woman who puts it about a bit
bloke - man
Bollocks! - oh dear/i don't believe you
peshed/legless/trolleyed/trashed - drunk

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

Try this website for millions of british slang words.

The whole chavs/townies bit seems a bit classist, if you don't mind me saying (and i permitted to comment under PC law as my parents were raised w/c).

And a site dedicated to an alleged dislike of townies where you post pics of them, Ted? :S I wouldin't know about dat, surr. :P

I use 'feral' quite a lot too.

Yobbo- Typically obese middle aged person, usu. balding, who's chief interests include beer and football.

Drongo- A weirdo.

I've also heard these used a fair bit, but with slightly different meanings: Yobbo = A person who behaves in an unruly/anti-social fashion. Usually applied to young men.
Drongo = A stupid person.

Also:

Feral; n = A hippie, usually one with poor personal hygiene.
Hoon: A person (usually young) who drives a hotted up car in an irresponsible fashion. Possibly a derivative of 'hooligan'.

Cock is a friendly name where you come from? Yikes, I won't even go into what it means around here.

lol, think it's a Leeds thing... no wait, thats 'fuck head' (or 'fok ed' if u can imagine the accent), 'cock' is Barnsley...

or so I was told one night in a club....

hmmm


anyhows, coupla words a friend wants to get started:

Twitterpatted - head over heels in lurve/lust.. whichever, u know the feeling
Citag - its what comes up in mobile predictive text when trying to type Bitch

Scotlish was another one she came up with when trying to refer to people from Scotland being Scottish... and no, she wasnt drunk at the time! :p

:) :mad: :sniper: :mp5: :gundge:
'Up the Revolution!
Down the British!'

Hey, the British are solid! And here in Dorset, only about 4 people speak like the stereotypically-farmer Dorset person.

I quite often use the word sim'lar, pronounced with a glottal stop in the middle, sometimes to finish a list when I'm too lazy to elaborate, e.g. I'm going down the shops to get some milk and sim'lar. I also say 'see thee anon' occassionally, but that's not really slang, it's just old.

I've also got a cheeky habit of posting Bible quotes in Polari, which is British gay slang, though not used much since homosexuality became legal.

eek: face(from ecaf)
dolly: pretty
mince: walk
naff: bad drab, straight(Normal As Fuck/Not Available For Fucking)
omi: man
omi-palone: gay man, usually effeminate
palone: woman
troll: walk(formerly in the sense of looking for sex)
vada: see

The whole thing is said to come to about 500 words, but not all of them used by everyone.

I've also got a cheeky habit of posting Bible quotes in Polari, which is British gay slang, though not used much since homosexuality became legal.

Lol. That I'd like to see.

mince: walk

Here, mince means "rubbish". Such as "that was mince!"

Oh yes, a brilliant one!

Squint: Not straight e.g. the Leaning Tower of Pisa is "squint"


The whole chavs/townies bit seems a bit classist, if you don't mind me saying (and i permitted to comment under PC law as my parents were raised w/c).

Are we talking about Neds here? It's not classist at all. Most of them seem to choose the lifestyle in one form or another (trust me, I know). They think that it's "cool" to smoke and wear tracksuits.

I spent a considerable amount of time this afternoon trying to explain to a Welsh person the meaning of the term 'bevan'. It didn't go at all well. I just couldn't find any explanation of the word that did it justice. I guess I'll just have to send him photos of my friends from Beaudesert.:(

lol, think it's a Leeds thing... no wait, thats 'fuck head' (or 'fok ed' if u can imagine the accent), 'cock' is Barnsley...

or so I was told one night in a club....

hmmm


anyhows, coupla words a friend wants to get started:

Twitterpatted - head over heels in lurve/lust.. whichever, u know the feeling
Citag - its what comes up in mobile predictive text when trying to type Bitch

Scotlish was another one she came up with when trying to refer to people from Scotland being Scottish... and no, she wasnt drunk at the time! :p

Eewww, "twitterpatted" was in "Bambi".

In boston Jiggy with it is all the rage :P

In boston Jiggy with it is all the rage :P

Really? I thought people stopped saying that years ago.

my best friend is called sharron and her nickname is shaz (also the name of my rabbit), my friends in kent find it hilarious that she calls herself shaz as a "shaz" in kent is the sort of girl that goes out with a "kev"...catch my drift.

my best friend is called sharron and her nickname is shaz (also the name of my rabbit), my friends in kent find it hilarious that she calls herself shaz as a "shaz" in kent is the sort of girl that goes out with a "kev"...catch my drift.

I think so.... :)