Dreckly.
I lived in the westcountry from 3 months old, until I finally escaped at 40. In all that time nothing irked me more than the word dreckly.

Its a bastardisation of directly, meaning "in a little while". Dreckly, however, seems to mean "possibly within the next few minutes, or maybe in a few weeks - perhaps in a couple of months, or maybe even not at all depending how I feel". My mother used it a lot, when she said it she meant "shut up and stop bothering me"
(Freakmandu, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:36, 5 replies)

So, 'soon', then?

(Iggy Pop's Teeth, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:46, closed)

Not really, more "possibly soon, possibly not"
(Freakmandu, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:00, closed)

i'm from down that way, it doesnt meen soon or directly, it means "later". Its like the Cornish "manana".

but yeah its fucking annoying, especially when you hear it applied to something you need in the next week.
(Matty73, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:34, closed)

Well I didnt exactly say it MEANT directly - because it quite evidently doesnt now, just that it originally started out as "directly" and has morphed over time.
(Freakmandu, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 0:32, closed)

But if it didn't exist
Then those daft "independence dreckly" bumper stickers would be even more ridiculous.
( Dervel OTBC, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:41, closed)