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So what type of slang words do y'all use? I'll give a few examples and their meanings

Bustdown-A slutty chick
Yieeonst!- sike!
Shiste-remove the second s and the e...thats what it is..


thats all i can think of for right now..more to come when i think of it

kölsch

kölsch


whats it mean?

Well...Southern California isn't all that creative.

Just say anything in ghetto form and you got it.

I thought 'Cutty' was fairly common, but I used it talking to a friend from a different part of the state (California) and he had no idea what it meant and didn't even understand where it came from. So, if for some reason you're like him-

'Cutty' is an adjective to describe a place off the path, away from everyone where no one can see you. Usually a good place to light up without someone coming across you or hassling you. Comes from 'the cuts' which is undeveloped or underdeveloped areas away from urban centers.

Apparently we have a lot of slang in West Michigan and Åland that doesn't exist elsewhere, however, as I view these slang words as the true way of expressing one-self in a hip and jazzy fashion, all other slang words are thus imposters and only mislead others with their obscured meanings.

USA My Way:
Freshmen = Frosh (better pronunciation: fråsh)
It feels good to yell, "Frosh!" at freshman, and gives them a more respectable name than the girly "freshie" that most places say. Its like "afro", but just the "fro," unless of course the kid has an afro, upon which he or she becomes "afrosh!"

That's the only one I can think of right now. I know that people in Wisconsin say "bubbler" for a drinking fountain. I thought it was a keg or something.

So many of these boards, especially in the U.S. have filters in them. So I've taken to using slang/idoms from other cultures and countries to make the same point. hmmm...can a yank get away with calling someone a sodding tosspot?

Metro (short for metrosexual)- being used as a replacement for calling things gay
Emo- see Metro
Giv'n'r-Doing perform an act with as well as one can. Usually, used for partying, drinking, destroying things, etc.
Giv'r- Telling someone to start giv'n'r.
Clam-Vagina (used frequently)
Balls to the Walls-A person who is known for giv'n'r. Can also be used as a replacement for giv'n'r.

The word "skux" is used very commonly here in Wellington NZ.
It's usually to do with a good-looking male, ie. he is a skux. But if someone is a good rugby player or singer even, then he to is skux.

"How was that party last night?"
"Good, I hooked up with 14 girls"
"Ohhh, skux!!"

Etc etc.

Metro (short for metrosexual)- being used as a replacement for calling things gay
Emo- see Metro
Giv'n'r-Doing perform an act with as well as one can. Usually, used for partying, drinking, destroying things, etc.
Giv'r- Telling someone to start giv'n'r.
Clam-Vagina (used frequently)
Balls to the Walls-A person who is known for giv'n'r. Can also be used as a replacement for giv'n'r.
I've heard 'balls to the wall' but I'm more familiar with 'balls out' as a description of someone doing something without reserve. Upon examination, we determined (a friend and I) that it was probably the most apt slang term possible. Anything you do with your balls out you are doing with total confidence. You'd have to be in order to put the boys at that kind of risk.

Mingin'. Stolen from England. Ugly, really gross. Normally used on a really fugly girl.

I've heard 'balls to the wall' but I'm more familiar with 'balls out' as a description of someone doing something without reserve. Upon examination, we determined (a friend and I) that it was probably the most apt slang term possible. Anything you do with your balls out you are doing with total confidence. You'd have to be in order to put the boys at that kind of risk.
We have "drop nuts" here. Meaning that someone is too scared to do or say something.

"Nah I don't wanna ask her out"
"Hahaha what a drop nuts."

Pretty much saying that they lost their balls or didn't have the balls to do it.

I've heard 'balls to the wall' but I'm more familiar with 'balls out' as a description of someone doing something without reserve. Upon examination, we determined (a friend and I) that it was probably the most apt slang term possible. Anything you do with your balls out you are doing with total confidence. You'd have to be in order to put the boys at that kind of risk.
"Balls Out" used to be used here. It was slowly replaced by "Balls to the Walls." Balls to the Walls was also a game which involved a rebounding a largy bouncyball of the walls of a small room. It is one of the games were the goal is to be the least hurt person. Fun game. In my short career playing it, I have seen a heating duct, fluresent (sp?) lights and a urinal break.

We have "drop nuts" here. Meaning that someone is too scared to do or say something.

"Nah I don't wanna ask her out"
"Hahaha what a drop nuts."

Pretty much saying that they lost their balls or didn't have the balls to do it.
May I suggest the additional implication that the person is someone who hasn't had thier balls 'drop' yet, making them more or less a baby.

hockey puck-girl that is passed around by the hockey team
i guess that could be used for other things too. o and im not on the hockey team

I do not know how I forgot this one...

Reaching: Masterbating.

USA My Way II:
"The ovals" is older slang in my area favored by the people that grew up in the '60s. I love the people's look on their faces when I say, "Yeah, I was down at the ovals," because no one my age uses term. Anyhow, "the ovals" refers to the beach. I've taken up usage of the term because its great.

"Neo!" is a referal to the Matrix. Its prefered by the younger generation of folk, and means that someone has just performed an action that is very difficult. For example: someone who was tripped while walking to their lunch table and doesn't spill anything off of their tray calls for every person with a penis in the room to scream, "Neo!" I personally do not use this term.

Swedish My Way:
This isn't a word, what the slang is an audible sound of inhaling air, like the person forgot to breathe, and then suddenly remembered and quickly takes in oxygen. It is often a form of active listening. It can also mean "yes/ja/jo," but no one is ever sure.

The inifintive form of the verb: "ringa" (to ring) can also be conjucated irregularly, like this: ring, räng, rungit. I'm actually not sure on the correct conjucation.

USA My Way II:"Neo!" is a referal to the Matrix. Its prefered by the younger generation of folk, and means that someone has just performed an action that is very difficult. For example: someone who was tripped while walking to their lunch table and doesn't spill anything off of their tray calls for every person with a penis in the room to scream, "Neo!" I personally do not use this term.
That is hardly impressive. My friend regularly falls down my stairs while on the phone holding food and drink without spilling.

Reaching: Masterbating.

We still use the more juvinial terms "pocket pool" if being done in a public place. As far as masturbation goes, its more often "business." "Spanking the monkey" aslo flies. Along with other more obvious phrases. We aren't discreet about "beating it" where I come from. We let the whole world know.

"Droping the kids off at the pool" means you gotta do a number 2. If the person saying it actually has kids, we are never quiet sure what they are doing for the half an hour or more they disappear.

Not sure if any of these are widespread or not.

We still use the more juvinial terms "pocket pool" if being done in a public place. As far as masturbation goes, its more often "business." "Spanking the monkey" aslo flies. Along with other more obvious phrases. We aren't discreet about "beating it" where I come from. We let the whole world know.

"Droping the kids off at the pool" means you gotta do a number 2. If the person saying it actually has kids, we are never quiet sure what they are doing for the half an hour or more they disappear.

Not sure if any of these are widespread or not.
Those are all pretty widespread. At least for reaching we had a story behind it. Basicly, kids hands are cold, his pants have no pockets, puts hands in pants for warmth, we say he was reaching for what wasn't there. Now when one of the teachers says reaching, people start giggling.

Slam Pig or Big Sloppy = A girl who can't keep her legs closed.... :)

So many of these boards, especially in the U.S. have filters in them. So I've taken to using slang/idoms from other cultures and countries to make the same point. hmmm...can a yank get away with calling someone a sodding tosspot?
Looks like you got away on three points there.
yank sodding tosspot
I heard that the new word for 'cool ' was 'book' Something to do with pre-emptive texting.

Swedish My Way:
This isn't a word, what the slang is an audible sound of inhaling air, like the person forgot to breathe, and then suddenly remembered and quickly takes in oxygen. It is often a form of active listening. It can also mean "yes/ja/jo," but no one is ever sure.

It's not slang - it's being a sloppy pronouncer. Trying to say "jo" while inhaling. I find it annoying.

The inifintive form of the verb: "ringa" (to ring) can also be conjucated irregularly, like this: ring, räng, rungit. I'm actually not sure on the correct conjucation.

"Conjugate" and "conjugation." Anyway, the correct one is "ringa, ringde, ringt" as it's a completely regular verb in the standard language. What you're talking about isn't a matter of slang, but dialect.

Personally, I tend never to use Swedish slang as I find myself in environments where its use is inappropriate, but in casual settings I have been known to say things like "usch, vad B!" mimicking air-headed teenagers. It means "ugh, how B!" where it is understood that good things are "A" and things that are less good, i.e. not very good at all are "B."

It's not slang - it's being a sloppy pronouncer. Trying to say "jo" while inhaling. I find it annoying.


*remembers to cross that "inhale while saying it" thing out in her swedish course thingy later today, trusting fass over that person who wrote it - be that a good or a bad decision*

*remembers to cross that "inhale while saying it" thing out in her swedish course thingy later today, trusting fass over that person who wrote it - be that a good or a bad decision*

It's nice to see you've stopped questioning me. Oh, and Swedish course thingy? Link, please, as I have forgotten which one it was.

It's nice to see you've stopped questioning me. Oh, and Swedish course thingy? Link, please, as I have forgotten which one it was.
link? do i look stupid? i shall not divulge my secret sources to you!

and no, i have only dropped the pretense of questioning you.

link? do i look stupid?

I obey the rhetorical nature of your question and decline my, as always, negative answer to that question.

i shall not divulge my secret sources to you!

Was I not the one that sent you the link in the first place? You would be so dastardly as to use my own languid memory against me? Have you no shame.

and no, i have only dropped the pretense of questioning you.

Should save us tonnes of time, which we can use to talk about blasphemous aspects of God's homoerotic sex life.

Was I not the one that sent you the link in the first place?
please do distinguish dictionary vs. teach-me-swedish-basics thingies. are you trying to imply a lack of variety in my sources?

You would be so dastardly as to use my own languid memory against me? Have you no shame.

i dropped my pretense of having shame with you a long time ago, too. and i learned to take advantage of those rare and few instances of your showing weakness very soon, too.

Should save us tonnes of time, which we can use to talk about blasphemous aspects of God's homoerotic sex life.
exactly. we never should have gotten sidetracked. my bad for leading you off the trail to find exhileration.

Back to the original thread...here the natives speak frisisian, which Iactually can´t follow but should be related to swedish...and no, it is not a form of lower german ("plattdeutsch")...still looking for some strange words

To drive one's lorry/to visit a hotel - masturbate

That's a good one.

please do distinguish dictionary vs. teach-me-swedish-basics thingies. are you trying to imply a lack of variety in my sources?

I do not imply, I state when it comes to you and your scheming. The story goes thusly: I sent you the course thingy, and you found the dictionary all by yourself, bless your diligent, little, google-enabled heart. I am still familiar with the dictionary, but the course has come to elude me. Yours is the prerogative to remedy this state of affairs. Kindly do so.

i dropped my pretense of having shame with you a long time ago, too.

I see you are not so civil as I in declining an answer unsought.

and i learned to take advantage of those rare and few instances of your showing weakness very soon, too.

You taking advantage of my weakness was the basis for our entire relationship at one point, so I shall not begrudge you this statement. Kudos is more aptly and deservedly warranted.

exactly. we never should have gotten sidetracked. my bad for leading you off the trail to find exhileration.

That's what I have you for, your Bielefeldian mea culpas notwithstanding.

*Blinks*.
Ok too tired to follow.

I do not imply, I state when it comes to you and your scheming. The story goes thusly: I sent you the course thingy, and you found the dictionary all by yourself, bless your diligent, little, google-enabled heart. I am still familiar with the dictionary, but the course has come to elude me. Yours is the prerogative to remedy this state of affairs. Kindly do so.
bless you for reminding me of that course (http://web.hhs.se/isa/swedish/). i only harvested it for the dictionary (http://lexin.nada.kth.se/sve-eng.shtml)(yes, the link is from there) and left it bleeding unattendly further on. and i find it my prerogative to plead the fifth on the course i'm using.

I see you are not so civil as I in declining an answer unsought.
civility is for fags.

You taking advantage of my weakness was the basis for our entire relationship at one point, so I shall not begrudge you this statement. Kudos is more aptly and deservedly warranted.
and i see that weakness to have been effectively remedied, though not retroactively. you can be had so easily if only one is persistent enough.

Ummm, okay.

Orstrayun - Australian.
Dunny - Toilet
Sanga - Sandwich
Footy - Football
Emmachissit- How much is it?
Eggnisher - Air conditioner.
Dacks - Underpants, usually male.
Jocks - Male underpants. More commonly also used to mean "sports jocks" as is the American fashion.
Suffer in your jocks - You've been a victim of misfortune and I find that funny. Schadenfreude.
Drongo - A weird person, however, only used by weird people anyway.
Grog - Alcohol.
I'm pissed - I'm drunk.
Crikey - I'm an idiot, please kill me
Strewth - As above, except "please kill me in a painful fashion"
Bonzer - Wow, that's really good.
Faaaaaaaaark - Wow, that's amazing.
Sheeeeeeeet - As above.
Abbo - An aborigine. (racist)
Boong - An aborigine. (even more racist)
Bloke - A male.
Sheila - A female. Not used often.
Owareyacunt - Traditional Queenslander greeting
Owareyamate - Traditional Australian greeting
You pickin'? You pickin'? - Would you care to engage in a violent testosterone driven test of manliness?
Gook - An asian. (racist)
Wog - A person of mediterranean descent. (very slightly racist, not usually taken in that context)
Pom - An English person.

Ugh, there's so many. I could go on.

Beor: A sexy woman.
Randomer: A stranger
Takkies: Sneakers
Skag: Hangover from drugs other than alcohol

Skag: Hangover from drugs other than alcohol

Over here, that means Heroin. Not the comedown, but the drug itself.

and yes, i'm sorry for thread-hijacking. (or so i say).

so, i think i'd fail at english slang, but as celest already brought up frisian and hullepupp mentioned kölsch..i can go ahead with (pseudo)german, no?

openly living my obvious lack of coherence in RL, i tend to make up words to fill in my numerous gaps when talking, my constant favourite ones being "oeck" and "wusch"..i use them so often that they have been integrated into the labguage of most of my environment, with even my teachers/tutors using them by now. i therewith proudly declare them official slang.

also, i can report one village in venezuela saying "scheiße!" whenever they drop something, as a lasting result of a very clumsy german exchange student who had been spotted doing that countless times during her stay, and it just kinda caught on:)

Ummm, okay.

Orstrayun - Australian.
Dunny - Toilet
Sanga - Sandwich
Footy - Football
Emmachissit- How much is it?
Eggnisher - Air conditioner.
Dacks - Underpants, usually male.
Jocks - Male underpants. More commonly also used to mean "sports jocks" as is the American fashion.
Suffer in your jocks - You've been a victim of misfortune and I find that funny. Schadenfreude.
Drongo - A weird person, however, only used by weird people anyway.
Grog - Alcohol.
I'm pissed - I'm drunk.
Crikey - I'm an idiot, please kill me
Strewth - As above, except "please kill me in a painful fashion"
Bonzer - Wow, that's really good.
Faaaaaaaaark - Wow, that's amazing.
Sheeeeeeeet - As above.
Abbo - An aborigine. (racist)
Boong - An aborigine. (even more racist)
Bloke - A male.
Sheila - A female. Not used often.
Owareyacunt - Traditional Queenslander greeting
Owareyamate - Traditional Australian greeting
You pickin'? You pickin'? - Would you care to engage in a violent testosterone driven test of manliness?
Gook - An asian. (racist)
Wog - A person of mediterranean descent. (very slightly racist, not usually taken in that context)
Pom - An English person.

Ugh, there's so many. I could go on.
teehee... australians are funny :D


is there any point me posting slang from hampshire? we practically speak queen's english round here as it is...

Crikey - I'm an idiot, please kill me
Strewth - As above, except "please kill me in a painful fashion"
You pickin'? You pickin'? - Would you care to engage in a violent testosterone driven test of manliness?
Ugh, there's so many. I could go on.

melikes them so very much. please do go on.

bless you for reminding me of that course (http://web.hhs.se/isa/swedish/). i only harvested it for the dictionary (http://lexin.nada.kth.se/sve-eng.shtml)(yes, the link is from there) and left it bleeding unattendly further on. and i find it my prerogative to plead the fifth on the course i'm using.

You're not USian. You are better. So no fifths for you!

civility is for fags.

Alas, rebellion seems to be for dykes.

and i see that weakness to have been effectively remedied, though not retroactively. you can be had so easily if only one is persistent enough.

Persistence is not something I associate with ease, but in your case, it makes sense indeed.

is there any point me posting slang from hampshire? we practically speak queen's english round here as it is...
Well you could explain what a sticky wicket is? If it actually exists.

Up here we have Charvas - the original word for a chav; and Ragiis (it's never written down, so I've no idea how to spell it - any other Geordies know?). Ragiis are a more extreme version of charva, to be avoided unless you outnumber them, in which case they're fair game.

Howay - come on
Toon - the city, or more commonly - Newcastle
gannin - going
Macem - Someone from sunderland. This is not a good thing to be.
Smoggy - Someone from Middlesbrough. Ditto
Toon Toon blaanwitearmy - we are expressing our support for the football team representing the aforementioned Toon
Bairn - small child
Chare - small alley in Newcastle

Bludger - layabout, lazy person.
Built like a brick shithouse - very muscular, used particularly to refer to males.
Durrie - cigarette
Figjam : "Fuck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.
Piece of piss - easy to do
Goon - cheap wine
Full on? - Seriously? Really?
to wag - to truant from school
to root - have sex with...this often causes great amusement when talking to Americans about sport.
To go arse up - to fall over.
Pussy - a wimp
wuss - see above.
softcock - see above.
skank - slutty girl
cockeyed - slanted, not straight. Also, a sloppy or poorly executed action (i.e. in cricket - that bowl was cockeyed).
to be off one's face - to be very drunk

Well you could explain what a sticky wicket is? If it actually exists.

no clue :p


and you geordies are nuts. i was up in newcastle recently and its like you speak a different language up there :headbang:
also i felt like such a "posh southern wanker" :p

(NB: Some of these are old so might not be used anymore and some others I got from my sister so I might not get the definition right.)

Tax = Steal (e.g. Someone's taxed my wallet)
Peng = Good, fit, etc. Also, Penging, Penginest
Fit = someone physically attractive.
Sad = loser, moron etc (e.g. Oh my god, you're so sad)
Motty = desperate
Scally = what is probably known to the international audience as "chav," though been around longer and a nicer word (imo), though not as good as the Scottish ned (imo)
Hanging (pr. 'angin') = Minging.

North/South/East/West = I admit I only vaguely know what these mean, so if anyone can help...

North = Happy, excillerated [sp] etc
West = Cool
South = Depressing (though not necasserily in a bad way, eg. I've heard Requiem for a Dream described as "That film sends me so south," by somebody who loves the film).
East = ????

Wank = Masturbate.
Tight = Mean, stingy
Stingy = Tight
Henry = Measurement of weed.

There have also been some imported terms like:

Forty = What Americans would know as a forty, a 40oz bottle of booze.
five-oh = Police

Also, some scouse slang.

Mingebag = general insult.

no clue :p


and you geordies are nuts. i was up in newcastle recently and its like you speak a different language up there :headbang:
also i felt like such a "posh southern wanker" :p
I'm ashamed to say that despite being born an bred geordie, I only have the barest trace of an accent even though I find it piss easy to understand. I blame educated parents.
And mate, anyone from south of like, Boro is classed as a southerner by us. The wanker bit is optional:p

and you geordies are nuts. i was up in newcastle recently and its like you speak a different language up there :headbang:
also i felt like such a "posh southern wanker" :pI was there recently too, and even I - someone from Belfast - felt posh :D

Northern Irish slang, for the most part, has no meaning to me at all. I think most of it is derived from Ulster-Scots. I still don't understand half of the terms my mother (who's from the country) uses. The only slang term that I use (that I can think of right now) that is especially particular to here is 'spide', which means 'chav' / 'ned' / 'knacker' to others. However, I can't think of a non-slang word that has the same meaning!

I will stick to Pittsburghese as opposed to general American slang, unless something is general American slang and I don't realize it.

Pixburgh: Pittsburgh
The Stillers: The Steelers
Rilly?: Really?
Jumbo: Bologna
Chipped Ham: Chopped Ham
Jayeet Jet?: Did you eat yet?
Redd up: To clean up, usually a house.
Up air: Up there
Where at?: Where?
Worsh: Wash
The Fruit Loop: The Schenley Oval, part of Schenley Park, a common meeting place for male homosexuals.
Souside: South Side
Dahntahn: Downtown
Slibberty: East Liberty

Aight - short for "alright" as a confirmation (see Ali G)
Bain - this word could basically mean anything, but its most popular use is as in "man" at the end of a sentence
Feck - from the Irish "fuck", very well known because of Father Jack's foul mouthing

Gimmig - from the English "Gimme". "Gimmig a beer". can also be used to mark your approval of something you are doing "This beer is gimmig"
Giddig - advising a person to take/do something "Giddig a beer".
Gidderein - advising everyone in the room to take/do something "Gidderen a blunt"
Gineemes - advising everyone in the room against taking/doing something. Sign of heavy disapproval "Gineemes hippies"

Being off of the main travel areas of the country we've seemed to develop an odd accent and slang up here in Michigan. Enough for some guy to make a (funny) Michigan Accent Pronounciation Guide.

http://www.michigannative.com/ma_home.shtml

God, NI nearly has its own language.

There's alot of slang and colloquial phrases and words.

I'm ashamed to say that despite being born an bred geordie, I only have the barest trace of an accent even though I find it piss easy to understand. I blame educated parents.
And mate, anyone from south of like, Boro is classed as a southerner by us. The wanker bit is optional:p
lol :p
well anywhere above watford or the m25 is "north" as far as i'm concerned... *mumbles about crazy northerners* ;)

though i do have to say, while i was there, there were many people who spoke relatively "normally" (for me) and were comprehensible... it was mostly the chavs or the (sorry to be snotty) the 'less well-off looking people' (damn PC :rolleyes: ) who had the thick accents/spoke with dialect aplomb.

I was there recently too, and even I - someone from Belfast - felt posh
:p
what hope did a posh southern boy educated and raised in Winchester have then? just glad i didn't speak too much :D
hell, i'm even relatively posh-sounding round here...

Slang from my region

Beast-cool, awsome
diesel-see above,not as commonly used
Fattie-a fat person, obviosly
Whale-see above
Stoner-pothead
Effing-F******
saying IM terms aloud ex. OMG, BRB,JKJK,etc.
Killed-in trouble, wanting to hurt someone, many meanings
insider-joke between you and a few friends that no one else gets

Theres alot more slang terms but now that I try to think about it i can't. Ironic.

Slang thread? Cool.

Ok then, here goes

Cluchie - someone from the country
Jackine - someone from Dublin (from the Union Jacks that flew over every public building during the British Colonial period)
Minger - ugly person
Skag - ugly woman
Muntin' - being ugly
Tosser - wanker
Gobshite - idiot, wanker, general annoyance
Prick - dickhead
The Big Smoke - the city
Knack/ knacker - scumbag, street urchin, general degenerate
Bolloxed - tired, hung over
(This has gone) Tits up - gone badly, unlucky
Arse Bandit - homosexual (v. bad to call someone that to his face)
You startin' - You want to fight?
Quare - extremly (as in 'That's quare strange')

Can't think of anymore right now

Oh yeah, 'Fuck the skull of Jesus' - general expression of surprise

teehee... australians are funny :D


is there any point me posting slang from hampshire? we practically speak queen's english round here as it is...
Everyone who I know that has gone to England says it took them a day or two to understand what the hell you are saying. I think there may be a little bit of slang where you are.

Oh yeah, 'Fuck the skull of Jesus' - general expression of surprisethat's freaking great. I can't wait to use it and be greeted with incredulity and probable offense.

As for slang in Vancouver, I can't think of any; maybe there's some involved in skiing/snowboarding which is a large preoccupation at this time of year, but I'm not really involved in that culture.

Although not slang, in New York we tend to slip in some Yiddish here or there. Here's some phrases (aliterations approximate):

Mashugganeh: crazy "Get off the road, you mashugganeh!" "The mashugganeh police ticketed me after I parked in a legal space."

Oy Vey: oh no! "Oy vey, I left the food in the oven too long!"

Shmuck: a fairly untalented/low rent person "Kevin Federline is a shmuck"

Maven: an expert "She's worked at Starbucks so long, she's a coffee maven"

Mishigos: baloney/BS "Your homework is to color in a ractangle? What is this mishigos?"

Everyone who I know that has gone to England says it took them a day or two to understand what the hell you are saying. I think there may be a little bit of slang where you are.
hehe well its not slang... its just cos you use slang, see?
we speak properly round here :D



j/k... we probably do have slang but i can't think of anything specific or, more importantly, interesting right now

Here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/voices/atilazed/a.shtml)'s a site from BBC Northern Ireland with loads Belfast slang in it.

And Jello Biafra...it has 'redd up' in it:p

that's freaking great. I can't wait to use it and be greeted with incredulity and probable offense.

As for slang in Vancouver, I can't think of any; maybe there's some involved in skiing/snowboarding which is a large preoccupation at this time of year, but I'm not really involved in that culture.

Yeah, a LOT of offence.

Also pissing in the wind is a good one. It means doing something you can't succeed at or is incredibly dumb.

Here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/voices/atilazed/a.shtml)'s a site from BBC Northern Ireland about Belfast slang

And Jello Biafra...it has 'redd up' in it:p


Haven't read that link but I doubt it has the following in it:

Mexican - Southern Irish 'south of the border'

Plastic Irish - northern Irish, also 'fake Irish'

I don't know regionally, but I know that my friends and I have adapted some terms that we regularly need to explain.

Squatch is my favorite. It is short for Sasquatch, that big hairy mythic animal of american folklore. We use it to describe big and butch lesbians who have no grace or sophistication, yet seem to get unbelievable amounts of poon.

Poon is a pretty common substitute for vagina, but we use it at an alarming rate.

On the other side of a Squatch is a FFB. Which stands for Fly Femme Bia. Pretty self-explanitory.

Bludger - layabout, lazy person.
Built like a brick shithouse - very muscular, used particularly to refer to males.
Durrie - cigarette
Figjam : "Fuck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.
Piece of piss - easy to do
Goon - cheap wine
Full on? - Seriously? Really?
to wag - to truant from school
to root - have sex with...this often causes great amusement when talking to Americans about sport.
To go arse up - to fall over.
Pussy - a wimp
wuss - see above.
softcock - see above.
skank - slutty girl
cockeyed - slanted, not straight. Also, a sloppy or poorly executed action (i.e. in cricket - that bowl was cockeyed).
to be off one's face - to be very drunk

^ That's more Orstrayun incase anyone didn't pick it. :p

^ That's more Orstrayun incase anyone didn't pick it. :p

Just thought I'd add to the list...we do have the best slang after all.

Just thought I'd add to the list...we do have the best slang after all.

There's so much of it. I'm surprised yanks and poms can even get the gist of what we're saying. :p

Plastic Irish - northern Irish, also 'fake Irish'

Interestingly we have a phrase here, "plactic paddy," to describe anyone who pretends to be Irish, but isn't.

Though I don't think it is rooted in any particular area since I have described the term to people from around the country and been understood by people all round the country. Been using the term for ages but I have no idea where I got it from :confused:

There's so much of it. I'm surprised yanks and poms can even get the gist of what we're saying. :p

I think that's the point. We don't want 'em to know what we're saying anyway :D .

One of my favorite (favourite for you non-US folk) sites is urbandictionary.com. Check it out to expand your slang vocabulary and for some laughs.

Anyone feel like giving me a rusty trombone? One of the funniest things I have ever heard.

mad - can either mean very(thats mad strange) or great in hectic way(that gig was mad)
deadly - great
job - see above the official reply to it is wha (job?wha!)
class - brilliant
legend - a great person
session - party
disrespect - usually shouted at parties when shit is getting fucked up

Wicked-- very, extremely. As in "Man, that test was wicked hahd." or "Stay inside today, 'cause it's wicked cold out theah"

duffer = old person
geek = a nurdy person
binton = idiot
wicked = as in good
sound = as above

Ones that we say that confuse people not from the area
Heffer- fat girl
bank- money "She is making hella-bank at her new job"
hella- lots of
Tulsa- (read it backwards) "she is Tulsa for life"
ranch hand- prostitute (ie bunny ranch)
barney- trouble (barney rubble)
sick- cool
Ford - something that breaks all the time
ghetto rigged- half ass way of fixing something

my kids and I have our own, that pretty much confuse anyone not in our family (and sometimes confuse even my husband)

Lucy and Ethel - describes when you do something stupid, esp. if you are working together "Dad, you should have seen us trying to wash the dog, it was so Lucy and Ethel"

Toasty- when it's hot, if it's really hot it's roasty toasty

the elevator- it's our entryway

mishy- when something is squishy or wet, it's mishy

froggy- how your voice sounds when you have a sore throat

breakfast rewind- vomit

ree- diarhea

land shark- yelled when the door bell rings

we have more, but I can't remember them..............

Ones that we say that confuse people not from the area
Heffer- fat girl
bank- money "She is making hella-bank at her new job"
hella- lots of
Tulsa- (read it backwards) "she is Tulsa for life"
ranch hand- prostitute (ie bunny ranch)
barney- trouble (barney rubble)
sick- cool
Ford - something that breaks all the time
ghetto rigged- half ass way of fixing something

my kids and I have our own, that pretty much confuse anyone not in our family (and sometimes confuse even my husband)

Lucy and Ethel - describes when you do something stupid, esp. if you are working together "Dad, you should have seen us trying to wash the dog, it was so Lucy and Ethel"

Toasty- when it's hot, if it's really hot it's roasty toasty

the elevator- it's our entryway

mishy- when something is squishy or wet, it's mishy

froggy- how your voice sounds when you have a sore throat

breakfast rewind- vomit

ree- diarhea

land shark- yelled when the door bell rings

we have more, but I can't remember them..............

Are you Australian they are very funny

Are you Australian they are very funny
I am American. I always think they are funny, the people who don't think they are funny are usually the ones that need them explained. LOL at least you got them though ;) speaks highly of you. :p

I am American. I always think they are funny, the people who don't think they are funny are usually the ones that need them explained. LOL at least you got them though ;) speaks highly of you. :p
well the are amost rhyming slang I am English / British

well the are amost rhyming slang I am English / British
my kids are really into puns and rhyming and such, it makes it fun. ;)

Here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/voices/atilazed/a.shtml)'s a site from BBC Northern Ireland with loads Belfast slang in it.

And Jello Biafra...it has 'redd up' in it:pThat's awesome. I wonder if that's where we got it from.

That's awesome. I wonder if that's where we got it from.
Aye, as far as I know it is. Alot of the Pittsburgh words come from the Ulster Scots settlers

ha! i read that as 'slang in your arse'.

So what type of slang words do y'all use?
Oh jeeze! I live in the Southern US, North Carolina to be exact, where slang is a way of life!

A few examples:

* Y'all got grit.
* Red-eye gravy.
* Pig in a poke.
* Kittywompus
* All stove up.
* Fit to be tied.
* Fixin' and fixins' ( two entirely different things! )
* Hankerin'.
* Heap
* Moren' y'all can shake a stick at.
* Horse sense
* Runnin' round
* Near's ah kin tell

There's lots and lots more! :D

Oh jeeze! I live in the Southern US, North Carolina to be exact, where slang is a way of life!

A few examples:

* Y'all got grit.
* Red-eye gravy.
* Pig in a poke.
* Kittywompus
* All stove up.
* Fit to be tied.
* Fixin' and fixins' ( two entirely different things! )
* Hankerin'.
* Heap
* Moren' y'all can shake a stick at.
* Horse sense
* Runnin' round
* Near's ah kin tell

There's lots and lots more! :D

is something wrong with me that I have either heard/said all of those in the last 72 hours?:eek: :p

The wonders of Bristolian....

Areet? - Are you okay? Also, good morning/evening/night. Also appropriate response to all of the aforementioned.
Gurt - big, great
macky - same
lush - nice/wonderful, i.e. That icecream were gurt lush.
Where's it to? - Where is it?
Yur Tis - Here it is
Meader/Trev - The universal chav. Put them back in Southmead (sorry, Sarfmeed) where they belong.
Bristle - the great city where this language is exclusively spoken.
Gasheads - supporters of Bristol Rovers FC
The Gas - aforementioned sporting outfit.
Shitheads - supporters of Bristol City FC. (only used by gasheads)
Counts Louse - Council House
Grace Tepford - A huge leap ahead (Great Step Forward)
ideal - idea (Bristol adds an 'l' to anything with a vowel on the end)
ledge - legend. great. As in, Pele is a ledge.
waccy baccy - cannabis.
stoner - someone known for partaking in waccy baccy.
I could go on.

my favorites are

smellgoods: cologne
my hang-lo: penis
hoochie mama (timeless classic)



...more to come once i think of them

I live in Western New York, so we don't have too much slang... Although I've noticed that there are quite a few things that most people haven't heard, or don't hear often. So here's some stuff, straight from hippy-ville NY:

sketchy- someone who's a bit odd, creepy, dirty, or has done too many drugs in their life. Can also refer to activities. (ie: Last night was so sketchy... we all played kick-the-flaming-nerf-ball in the church parking lot!)

whoremonger/assbag/whorebag/etc- when normal curse words won't do the trick

bootleg- anything that is not fixed/put together well. Kinda like when your cell phone breaks, and you put it back together with duct tape. That's bootleg.

Well if sketchy started there, it's travelled well, 'cos i knew that one...
More often just 'sketch' as I hear it tho. As in "That was well sketch"

is something wrong with me that I have either heard/said all of those in the last 72 hours?:eek: :p
ROFL! Not if you live in "the Bible belt" as your "Location" line indicates! Down heah, dat's jus' whut reg'lar folks sez! :D

ROFL! Not if you live in "the Bible belt" as your "Location" line indicates! Down heah, dat's jus' whut reg'lar folks sez! :D
yep, I think maybe that's why you and I seem to be on the same page a lot, we are both from the south.

anyway, I had to learn to speak differently when I lived in Arizona, because nobody could understand what I was talking about.

LOL