Slang Survey
What 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.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 14:00)
What 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.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 14:00)
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in the art school,
we had a word for those horrid art student girls who are also in sororities. we call them 'sorartists', and the word has rapidly become commonly used among females as a word of contempt, akin to 'slut' or 'bitch'.
also, don't know if anyone else has heard the word 'jap' used to mean 'jewish american princess', meaning one of those disgustingly rich, loud, spoiled, infinitely annoying jewish girls. they're usually from new york. that is also common parlance out here.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:24, Reply)
we had a word for those horrid art student girls who are also in sororities. we call them 'sorartists', and the word has rapidly become commonly used among females as a word of contempt, akin to 'slut' or 'bitch'.
also, don't know if anyone else has heard the word 'jap' used to mean 'jewish american princess', meaning one of those disgustingly rich, loud, spoiled, infinitely annoying jewish girls. they're usually from new york. that is also common parlance out here.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:24, Reply)
'fully [insert word] and everything'
used by the bumgays of newcastle to overemphasise just bout anything..eg
Q) how are you today?
A) i'm ully ill and everything..
also re: charva speak, 'geet' and 'proper' to mean 'very/really' eg
It was proper lush/ it was geet expensive..etc
And 'lol' said in a sarcastic response to a pitiful joke..
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:21, Reply)
used by the bumgays of newcastle to overemphasise just bout anything..eg
Q) how are you today?
A) i'm ully ill and everything..
also re: charva speak, 'geet' and 'proper' to mean 'very/really' eg
It was proper lush/ it was geet expensive..etc
And 'lol' said in a sarcastic response to a pitiful joke..
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:21, Reply)
Slang
Norr like- A response in the negative
Also, I have a tendency to say 'You lie like a rug'.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:15, Reply)
Norr like- A response in the negative
Also, I have a tendency to say 'You lie like a rug'.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:15, Reply)
At university
(never a good way to start an anecdote), everything seemed to be either "random" or "blatant". These words had no meaning, so conversation sounded like this:
A: How was the party?
B: It was really random. C kept making blatant comments.
A: Really? Random.
B: Blatant.
Result? none the wiser. I'm so ashamed.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:15, Reply)
(never a good way to start an anecdote), everything seemed to be either "random" or "blatant". These words had no meaning, so conversation sounded like this:
A: How was the party?
B: It was really random. C kept making blatant comments.
A: Really? Random.
B: Blatant.
Result? none the wiser. I'm so ashamed.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:15, Reply)
Poogina
nicely descriptive word for a woman's back bottom
In an unconnected vein i always like the phrase 'cool as mince' which was popular in my youth.. I'm not sure exactly what was so cool about mince.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:14, Reply)
nicely descriptive word for a woman's back bottom
In an unconnected vein i always like the phrase 'cool as mince' which was popular in my youth.. I'm not sure exactly what was so cool about mince.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:14, Reply)
Binting
The word 'bint' is Arabic for 'girl'. So now you know. That's all I can remember of 2 years of Arabic at uni!
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:11, Reply)
The word 'bint' is Arabic for 'girl'. So now you know. That's all I can remember of 2 years of Arabic at uni!
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 18:11, Reply)
Phlemmon
used to end a sentence that isn't really going anywhere, or to express nonchalance. (submitted this one to a baby-name site :)
And some internet ones we use around the house:
b0rked - broked/broken
w00t - yay, but said in the dullest way possible
Oh and "I'm not impressed" instead of "I'm off to the loo", to confuse people when you're sitting at a table and have to suddenly get up and go...
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:46, Reply)
used to end a sentence that isn't really going anywhere, or to express nonchalance. (submitted this one to a baby-name site :)
And some internet ones we use around the house:
b0rked - broked/broken
w00t - yay, but said in the dullest way possible
Oh and "I'm not impressed" instead of "I'm off to the loo", to confuse people when you're sitting at a table and have to suddenly get up and go...
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:46, Reply)
Where I come from
saying "Twos on that" or "Saves" in a desperate manner generally means "can I have the skanky bit left after you've finished smoking that fag?" Nice.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:44, Reply)
saying "Twos on that" or "Saves" in a desperate manner generally means "can I have the skanky bit left after you've finished smoking that fag?" Nice.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:44, Reply)
I called an old school mate
recently, haven't seen him since his wedding 5 years ago. He suggested we "touch base" in a pub. I hate that one. Some other corporate bullshit ones I hear are;
Striving for excellence
Adding value
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:38, Reply)
recently, haven't seen him since his wedding 5 years ago. He suggested we "touch base" in a pub. I hate that one. Some other corporate bullshit ones I hear are;
Striving for excellence
Adding value
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:38, Reply)
Bloody Manchester kids and their arguements.
Whenever I hear any arguements around here, I'll suddenly hear: "YER MAM"
Example (With Manchester accent):
1: "What you doin' tonight?"
2: "I'M DOIN' YER MAM!"
You know, I'm starting to get tempted to say that my mum's dead.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:36, Reply)
Whenever I hear any arguements around here, I'll suddenly hear: "YER MAM"
Example (With Manchester accent):
1: "What you doin' tonight?"
2: "I'M DOIN' YER MAM!"
You know, I'm starting to get tempted to say that my mum's dead.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:36, Reply)
I've been hearing
the phrase "shit-hot" alot. Mainly by teenagers wearing matching tracksuits.
I then realised that the mentioned phrase is somewhat untrue. To my knowledge it's pleasantly warm.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:33, Reply)
the phrase "shit-hot" alot. Mainly by teenagers wearing matching tracksuits.
I then realised that the mentioned phrase is somewhat untrue. To my knowledge it's pleasantly warm.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:33, Reply)
Euphemistically speaking
I heard these euphemisms recently and they made me arf, although they sound like they might have come via Viz...
'The Oompah-Loompah's are on strike at the chocolate factory', meaning one is suffering from constipation. The other, 'to eat sushi off the barber shop floor.' Ask your dad if you don't get that one.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:29, Reply)
I heard these euphemisms recently and they made me arf, although they sound like they might have come via Viz...
'The Oompah-Loompah's are on strike at the chocolate factory', meaning one is suffering from constipation. The other, 'to eat sushi off the barber shop floor.' Ask your dad if you don't get that one.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:29, Reply)
someone I work with
keeps saying
'that's bad patta that like'
and
'do us a cheesy'
apparently bad patta has something to do with chatting people up but can be used whenever
and do us a cheesey is something like do me a favour
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:22, Reply)
keeps saying
'that's bad patta that like'
and
'do us a cheesy'
apparently bad patta has something to do with chatting people up but can be used whenever
and do us a cheesey is something like do me a favour
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:22, Reply)
Nothing I've used personally...
But here in the US, I hear this sequence quite often, and it never ceases to amuse me (said as a greeting):
A: What's good, thug?
B: What's rilly good?
A: What's rilly rilly good?
B: Worrrrrd. *slap on back*
Oh, and the word "word" means...anything. Word.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:16, Reply)
But here in the US, I hear this sequence quite often, and it never ceases to amuse me (said as a greeting):
A: What's good, thug?
B: What's rilly good?
A: What's rilly rilly good?
B: Worrrrrd. *slap on back*
Oh, and the word "word" means...anything. Word.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:16, Reply)
Some charv terminology...
Charvs have multple ways of expressing their displeasure with something some-one has done, normally being told off by a teacher at school or if you wont lend them a pen cos they cant afford their own:
Snidy
Shocking
Sly
Shahn
Example of use: Wayaye, thats [Insert Word] that like.
hmmm... they seem to like S's.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:08, Reply)
Charvs have multple ways of expressing their displeasure with something some-one has done, normally being told off by a teacher at school or if you wont lend them a pen cos they cant afford their own:
Snidy
Shocking
Sly
Shahn
Example of use: Wayaye, thats [Insert Word] that like.
hmmm... they seem to like S's.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 17:08, Reply)
eearrr, ya bag dangs
A few choice Darlington slang terms for the pot:
ya bag dang - you loutish oaf
reflex n! - must be shouted before lobbing object n (for example, a stool) at somebody
gizza skeg - may one have a look?
fair snoot/sniff - point taken
townie - a charver/scally etc
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:55, Reply)
A few choice Darlington slang terms for the pot:
ya bag dang - you loutish oaf
reflex n! - must be shouted before lobbing object n (for example, a stool) at somebody
gizza skeg - may one have a look?
fair snoot/sniff - point taken
townie - a charver/scally etc
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:55, Reply)
Charvers
Hi
(this is my first post. Yay)
Newcastle/North East slang
Charvers - men, or men and women of the pikey class
Half a Charver - lesbian or butch looking woman
Mint - good, excellent
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:36, Reply)
Hi
(this is my first post. Yay)
Newcastle/North East slang
Charvers - men, or men and women of the pikey class
Half a Charver - lesbian or butch looking woman
Mint - good, excellent
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:36, Reply)
My girlfriend's mate..
..uses the word 'seen' to mean good, yes, OK, sorted, cool etc.
Makes no sense to me!
Edit: I know it's similar to other posts, but I use the slight variation "furriest of muff" to mean fair enough.
I've also been known to refer to coke (the drink) as "juicy" as in "big and juicy cock", cock=coke. Pass us a juicy mate.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:36, Reply)
..uses the word 'seen' to mean good, yes, OK, sorted, cool etc.
Makes no sense to me!
Edit: I know it's similar to other posts, but I use the slight variation "furriest of muff" to mean fair enough.
I've also been known to refer to coke (the drink) as "juicy" as in "big and juicy cock", cock=coke. Pass us a juicy mate.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:36, Reply)
Hmm
'Mungler' as an update of Minger, or 'Munter', I've been enjoying that recently.
Also 'Spungler' for Spackwits and Mongreloids
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:34, Reply)
'Mungler' as an update of Minger, or 'Munter', I've been enjoying that recently.
Also 'Spungler' for Spackwits and Mongreloids
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:34, Reply)
Pikey Slang
Laters, to mean see you later
Not so much slang, but round here the kids have a thing called Taxing.
It works buy an older/harder kids would say to another, 'lemmee look Your Phone/Burbury cap etc' Aparently if the kid just hands it over, he has lost that item.
If the Kid Tells the older to fuck off, it is seen as ok.
However if the Kid says no, he will get beaten up and then the item stolen.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:30, Reply)
Laters, to mean see you later
Not so much slang, but round here the kids have a thing called Taxing.
It works buy an older/harder kids would say to another, 'lemmee look Your Phone/Burbury cap etc' Aparently if the kid just hands it over, he has lost that item.
If the Kid Tells the older to fuck off, it is seen as ok.
However if the Kid says no, he will get beaten up and then the item stolen.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:30, Reply)
Following robbie988's post
"Feeding the Goat" is another I've picked up recently to describe the old bean-flicking.
Ho hum.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:15, Reply)
"Feeding the Goat" is another I've picked up recently to describe the old bean-flicking.
Ho hum.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:15, Reply)
spidey belfast slang
"aauuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiweelaudgizzafegleekirillnakyerballeksinleek".
mean "excuse me young man, would you be so kind as to let me have one of your ciggarettes, if you don't comply, I may be forced to engage you in fisticuffs, like"
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:05, Reply)
"aauuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiweelaudgizzafegleekirillnakyerballeksinleek".
mean "excuse me young man, would you be so kind as to let me have one of your ciggarettes, if you don't comply, I may be forced to engage you in fisticuffs, like"
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 16:05, Reply)
remembered another...
'bloody rah' - for the deeply, truly z-lish wannabe-posh but will settle for being rich.
'caaattcchheeeez' - do catch that object, old boy
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:57, Reply)
'bloody rah' - for the deeply, truly z-lish wannabe-posh but will settle for being rich.
'caaattcchheeeez' - do catch that object, old boy
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:57, Reply)
"Mintons"
I got this from a colleague at work and she'll be mightily pissed off that I've beaten her to posting it here. Kind of a synonym for 'thingy' -- 'can you pass those mintons?' etc. No idea where she got it from!
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:53, Reply)
I got this from a colleague at work and she'll be mightily pissed off that I've beaten her to posting it here. Kind of a synonym for 'thingy' -- 'can you pass those mintons?' etc. No idea where she got it from!
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:53, Reply)
Oh and on the topic of marketing...
anybody had to Fungineer (engineer with fun in mind) a product? Or make a new product 'fun-centric'? I hate marketing slang...
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:52, Reply)
anybody had to Fungineer (engineer with fun in mind) a product? Or make a new product 'fun-centric'? I hate marketing slang...
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:52, Reply)
Poor scum teenagers say...
'ting' at the end of any word to make it better/worse, eg
buff (meaning fit) turns to buff-ting
or
brass (meaning shit) goes brass-ting
normally followed by the word 'breyer'... refering to the mate or whoever is being talked at
'nah thats brass-ting breyer, youre bird aint buff-ting, shes butter' and so on
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:46, Reply)
'ting' at the end of any word to make it better/worse, eg
buff (meaning fit) turns to buff-ting
or
brass (meaning shit) goes brass-ting
normally followed by the word 'breyer'... refering to the mate or whoever is being talked at
'nah thats brass-ting breyer, youre bird aint buff-ting, shes butter' and so on
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:46, Reply)
Back home, in the east of england
the slang is amazing
nowhere else have i heard people so euhm colourful as to refer to each other as chocolate bars
another common phrase was "erdit" or "erdit owbad" - the literal translation is, i think, "heard it" as in "ive heard that before" and "heard it how bad" as in ive heard that before and its a load of bollox
just down the road, the boyracers are referred to as "kevs" and in the next town after that, theyre known as "tezzers" - presumably making note of the fact that all the boyracers are called "kevin" or "terry" (must be a townie thing)
back in my home town, they used to refer to each other as "mipmop"
my dad is an expert at speaking "townie speak" - its won him a hella lotta respect from his class he teaches at the college.
if you want to experience this all first hand, go to boston, lincs. just dont say craig sent you; i managed to escape to bangor under the pretence of going to uni:)
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:43, Reply)
the slang is amazing
nowhere else have i heard people so euhm colourful as to refer to each other as chocolate bars
another common phrase was "erdit" or "erdit owbad" - the literal translation is, i think, "heard it" as in "ive heard that before" and "heard it how bad" as in ive heard that before and its a load of bollox
just down the road, the boyracers are referred to as "kevs" and in the next town after that, theyre known as "tezzers" - presumably making note of the fact that all the boyracers are called "kevin" or "terry" (must be a townie thing)
back in my home town, they used to refer to each other as "mipmop"
my dad is an expert at speaking "townie speak" - its won him a hella lotta respect from his class he teaches at the college.
if you want to experience this all first hand, go to boston, lincs. just dont say craig sent you; i managed to escape to bangor under the pretence of going to uni:)
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:43, Reply)
theres a retard in my maths class....
who spews things like
'snickety poot'
'SNEET!'
'SNOOT!'
What the fork they mean, i dont know.
is funny the watc little kids start crying when he says them in their ears though
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:37, Reply)
who spews things like
'snickety poot'
'SNEET!'
'SNOOT!'
What the fork they mean, i dont know.
is funny the watc little kids start crying when he says them in their ears though
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 15:37, Reply)
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