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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Regional rhyming slang.
What quirky turns of phrase crop up 'round your way', or are there any slang terms you find yourself using?

Alt: If Gonz is too busy for another catchphrase, maybe we could have a game of 'Name that Tune' but a 'B3ta' edition.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:12, 148 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
Gert lush!

There's a sort of standard Fife turn of phrase, when someone asks how you are you say "bidin' awa'" or "You see it a'".

I use these all teh time when on the phone to my parents.

Also, I've started calling plimpsolls 'daps' and I say "where's it to?" instead of "where is it?"

Ooooh! And, in South Yorkshire, you can shut someone up with "Gie o'er!" which is short for "Gie tha'sen o'er!"

So, how be's, young Jeff?
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:18, Reply)
I'm about to look at your C.V b3th.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:19, Reply)
Top banana!
Thank you.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:23, Reply)
daps and where's it to? are welsh
see those two houses? mines the one in the middle
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:19, Reply)
whose boots is them shoes!

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:20, Reply)
whose coat's that jacket

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:21, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETdb7KjdZeQ
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:23, Reply)
They're West Country too
as are all the slogans on these t-shirts. I own the pink one...
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:22, Reply)
a surprising number of those are used in south wales

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:24, Reply)
We're really not that far apart, geographically speaking.
I think Weston is technically closer to Cardiff than Bristol.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:26, Reply)
i know
people keep turning up on the dating site as being 50 miles away, when to drive it would be nearer 150
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:27, Reply)
Yeah, when I do job searches for a 20 mile radius
I get a lot of hits in Wales. Stupid Bristol Channel.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:29, Reply)
alt: 1. how would be we do it?
2. how would we stop dozer picking some obscure hipity hoppety music?
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:18, Reply)
Name that tune worked on the basis of the clue.
And then people saying, depending on the club, how many notes it would take them to 'name that tune'

You could replace the notes with letters. But in a random order.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:20, Reply)
stokey words include
Nesh: being susceptible to the cold
Chongy: a way to describe cheese which, when melted, stretches
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:21, Reply)
Chongy.
Nice.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:23, Reply)
Alright Duck

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:27, Reply)
:)

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:28, Reply)
Taxi to Wolstanton

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:29, Reply)
If someone's speech is particularly senseless or disorganised, they are said to be "chelping on".
If they are behaving in a ditzy, inattentive or otherwise unfocussed fashion, they are "three sheets to t'wind".
And if something is disgusting, it is often described as "acky".

Also, "knack" or "knacker" is a common feature, e.g. "yer fat knacker!" "you can knack off an' all!"
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:22, Reply)
What part of the world is this from

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:23, Reply)
South Bradford.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:24, Reply)
three sheets
is when you're tired or drunk
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:24, Reply)
I think that falls under "otherwise unfocussed".

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:27, Reply)
It's one of the many common use phrases that come from naval traditions.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:28, Reply)
looking at belly buttons?

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:28, Reply)
*looks cross*
Don't be silly.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:29, Reply)
oh sorry
I thought maybe there were traditional parties which took place in a grand belly button where people could play in the fluff
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:34, Reply)
It's funny
because you're deliberately confusing naval and navel for comedic effect.

God, I'm bored.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:36, Reply)
sorry
I'd try to be funny but I'm tired and about to have a bath (I would go now but I put too much hot water in)
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:37, Reply)
That would be a monkey bath.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:39, Reply)
ooo ooo aaa aaa

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:40, Reply)
Exactly.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:40, Reply)
Is this spot the larper lie?

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:43, Reply)
larpers are never tired!

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:44, Reply)
Dude, we all know there is no 'bath'
at best there's a couple of wet wipes every third month
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:46, Reply)
AND MOON CUPS!!!!

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:46, Reply)
delicious!

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:47, Reply)
yeah
but I warmed the wet wipes up this time
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:47, Reply)
I can't have as bath
at least, not until our stupid immersion heater gets fixed on Saturday. Until then, we have a hose going from the leaky valve up into the bath. This sucks.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:50, Reply)
Check yer mail.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:38, Reply)
*checks*
*reads*
*replies*
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:46, Reply)
My favorite word is mither.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:25, Reply)
I tell what's another good one - scunnered.
It can cover anything from bored through tired and fed up, all the way to 'about ready to tear some dick's head off'.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:27, Reply)
haha
when my mum was paniky, my dad used to say she gave out mither-waves
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:29, Reply)
That's a good northern word, is mither.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:29, Reply)
My favourite word is Cider.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:43, Reply)
Shitloads of them.
More to the point, how do you lot feel about QOTW closing?
Plenty of Accords now going to be parked in OT.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:29, Reply)
This is a local board for local b3tans.
We don't want strangers here.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:32, Reply)
^this.
Let them fuck off to /talk.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:32, Reply)
You do realise they'll try /talk then all flounce here.
I DUN BUSTED SOME CUNT ON /TALK THEN DUN A CUM ON THE KEYBOARD THEN MADE A PROZZIE LAP IT UP.

hahaha, it's gonna be fun!
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:34, Reply)
We'll lock the doors and hide the drinks cabinet.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:36, Reply)
They'll just KARATE KICK the door down and drink all the creme de menthe.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:38, Reply)
I don't mind the odd newbie or talker popping in but an influx of qotw'ers???
Stealing our wimmin and jobs.

*rustles Daily Mail*
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:37, Reply)
but bgb!
there might be HOT BOYS!

*hopes*
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:38, Reply)
Married HOT BOYS!!!

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:38, Reply)
:(

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:39, Reply)
*preens*

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:39, Reply)
I'm old and Captain is a larper.
Lol
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:42, Reply)
*preens excitedly*

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:44, Reply)
Haha

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:47, Reply)
i believe rumours of its demise
are greatly exaggerated
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:34, Reply)
It's thursday, it's half nine, there ain't been no vote.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:35, Reply)
yes there has, on board

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:37, Reply)
Must have missed that. So why ain't the new one started yet then?

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:41, Reply)
it's not scaryduck doing it
I suspect they've just not got round to it yet
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:42, Reply)
It's this laxidasical attitude to B3ta that has brought Britians financial sector to it's knees.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:44, Reply)
broken biscuit britain

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:44, Reply)
He's in court trying to get access to his kids man
I know we all think qotw is important and all, but...
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:45, Reply)
His kids have got a man?

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:46, Reply)
His ex-wife merely looks like a man
she still has the blob and a functioning gash
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:47, Reply)
What a fucking part timer.
Some peeps need to get their heads screwed on.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:46, Reply)
Kids last what? maybe 80 years but B3ta is forever.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:48, Reply)
Exactly, total fucking liberty.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:51, Reply)
As I am the off topic cougar I shall seduce him and make him see sense.
Men dig that shit.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:55, Reply)
*preens?*

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:05, Reply)
you know you want some cougar lovin'

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:19, Reply)
This is the best thing I've ever seen on internets. EVER.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:20, Reply)
you should stay in more

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:25, Reply)
*mimes call me*

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:26, Reply)
score!

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:32, Reply)
*score fives*

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:33, Reply)

Psychopaths giving Sci Fi nerds a bad name again....
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:55, Reply)
She must have used a lot of 'force' to damage that lot.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:57, Reply)
Oh I read that earlier
I lolled an awful, awful lot.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 21:58, Reply)
Did that really make you laugh berk?
*Simpleton alert*
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:00, Reply)
I think I laughed most at her name.
Pornpilai. Lol foreign names are funny.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:00, Reply)
"Mr La-Touch - also known as Mr Nehls"
These people are pretend people. Fact.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:41, Reply)
is that because you changed your name
after killing your wife?
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:43, Reply)
Who changes their name to La-Touch?
No wonder he had a Thai bride and smaller wonder that he turned out to be a murderer.

CONTROVERSY ONLINE
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:45, Reply)
interesting that you refer to yourself in the third person

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:46, Reply)
*awkward silence*

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:49, Reply)
I got as far as the title, decided "the cow deserved it"
and didn't read any further.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:30, Reply)
I'll bet you'd have put her in the pit of carkoon.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:32, Reply)
but only after munching
her wookie
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:37, Reply)
I'll bet she had a clunge that looked like admiral Akbarr.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:38, Reply)
Too good for her. It would have been the pit of the almighty Sarlacc
where she would have been slowly digested over a thousand years and been FUCKING GRATEFUL
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:39, Reply)
i expect he deserved it
I stomped a millenium falcon once
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:33, Reply)
IT'S A TRAP!

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:34, Reply)
You're dead to me.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:39, Reply)
if you strike Cavy down she'll be more powerful that you can possibly imagine.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:41, Reply)

NOOoooOOOOoooOOOoOoOoOOOOoOoooooOOOOOO
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:43, Reply)
hahahahaha

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:44, Reply)
No word of a lie, that's my text alert.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:46, Reply)
you're so crazy

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:47, Reply)
Oh I know, I'm mental, me.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:49, Reply)
that's what I'm worried about

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:53, Reply)
He's alright (well mostly) once he's had his depot injection every three weeks

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:56, Reply)
Hahaha you're joking.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:56, Reply)
NooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOO
He isn't. Probably.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:56, Reply)
*awkward silence*
/ac
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:59, Reply)
I'd text you to ease the silence.
But I won't. For a number of reasons.

The main one being I don't have your number.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:01, Reply)
NoooooOOOOOooooOOOOO

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:02, Reply)
Send yourself a text message.
That'll sort it all out.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:03, Reply)
It used to be Chewie howling
but I had to change it recently after being told a story about hazelnut icecreams.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:08, Reply)
Would you like to share this story?

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:09, Reply)
Mine just sort of goes ping!
mind you my friend has a text tone from the game 'Worms' and it makes me giggle every time I hear it.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:01, Reply)
I have the sound
when you find something in zelda ocarina of time
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:02, Reply)
I'll bet at a larping weekend
When you get a text message, 3000 people check their phones. When you are anywhere else, you know it's just you.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:04, Reply)
i would never leave my phone on
at a larp event!

/offended
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:05, Reply)
I know you aren't really.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:06, Reply)
ask rory, he understands the seriousness
of your alegations
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:07, Reply)
But does he care?

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:08, Reply)
well he'll certainly inform the elders of heroquest or something

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:10, Reply)
you laugh at people with worms.
You sicko.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:03, Reply)
Ha'way has slipped into my vocabulary.
I shout at myself every time I use it.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:20, Reply)
anyone who moves to south wales
finds themselves using 'b'there' or 'bythere' within hours of arrival. I think it's airbourne
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:21, Reply)
Good result this evening Baz.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:27, Reply)
Well happy.
I love Krakow as a city but I fucking hate that football club and their fans. Basically guaranteed to go through to the next round so I can relax about going to Twente/Amsterdam in four weeks and save myself for the next round.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:49, Reply)
I was once in a train with
those guys rioting and pulling the train apart while it was still moving. That was certainly an experience
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:52, Reply)
I've been on a number of trains like that.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:55, Reply)
what number
?
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:57, Reply)
More than one and less than a billion.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:57, Reply)
Careful now, before you know it you'll be going native.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:56, Reply)
quender.
Flight lieutenants.
Dame Judi.
Leslie Crowther.
Fiona Bruce.
Johnny Cash.

All genuine dozesque rhyming slang.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:55, Reply)
What do they all mean though PD

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 22:56, Reply)
bender.
The giggles.
A stench.
The Lowther.
Orange juice.
A slash.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:01, Reply)
I hope Johnny Cash is 'gash'

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:02, Reply)
nope.
Just off for a Johnny Cash.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:04, Reply)
Well, just make sure it doesn't turn into a Barclays.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:05, Reply)
righto dadzilla.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:06, Reply)
And Dadzooooookie!

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:09, Reply)
la la la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaa

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:09, Reply)
so basically all this time you've been on about
Fiona Bruce you've just wanted a drink of orange?
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:03, Reply)
no.
Sweat drenched hardcore fucking, if you must know.
(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:05, Reply)
orange juice is nice, too

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:06, Reply)
Rip it up and start again.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:07, Reply)
Not as nice as that though.

(, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 23:07, Reply)

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