Slang SurveyWhat new bit of language are you hearing at the moment? We want to hear words and phrases, with definitions and where it's being used. We're interested in marketing speak, stuff from kids in playgrounds etc.
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rob, Sun 1 Feb 2004, 14:00)
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I can't believe......that my girlfriend had never heard the term "Spaz Chariot" for one of those old blue 3-wheeler invalid carriages that they no longer make, but were common in the 70's.
She nearly wet herself.
Likewise, she'd never heard the term 'Special Shoes' to denote the calipers/ legirons type thing that kids with polio (ask your parents, sonny) used to have to wear, and thus used as an insult for anyone who couldn't run/ catch/throw properly in games lessons. as in: "What's up with you, boy? Do you require special shoes?" I loved our games teacher, such a wag....
On the plus side, i.e. not derogatory or unpleasant, I did hear one of the commentators on the snooker last night say that one of the players was "doing a Crocodile Dundee", i.e. gone walkabout, when he was wandering round the table looking for an angle on one of the colours.
Priceless.
(, Fri 6 Feb 2004, 10:17, Reply)
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