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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Christ knows where this came fromI was in my local (which I used to run) yesterday and I was talking to one of the staff TinTin and his dad cam in at just the right time to see him drop a glass onto the floor which bounced several times and then, just as we all thought it was going to survive, rolled to a gentle stop in the middle of the floor before disintegrating. This was so impressive we all expected a burning wooden cart wheel to come rolling out of the debris.
Anyway, TinTin's dad propmptly turned round in the middle of the pub and shouted "Aw Paul, you district nurse". It would appear that where he is from (Yorkshire somewhere) or at least in his family that the worst possible swear word you can say is DISTRICT NURSE!!!!
Also, the word Riggwelter (a beer made by the Black Sheep Brewery in Yorkshire) is a local dialect word for a sheep laying on it's back with all 4 legs in the air. See quote from Black Sheep website:
Riggwelter: from the Old Norse: rigg-back and velte – to overturn. When a sheep is on its back and cannot get up without help, local Yorkshire dialect says it is rigged or riggwelted.
(, Mon 2 Feb 2004, 8:10, Reply)
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