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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Language of the bordersmany weird and wonderful ones from my 'hood (welshpool, mid wales)
Rucks - Lots, many.
Grid - Face ie. "nice cans but she's got a grid like a chainsaw"
Cans - breasts
Glimmers - eyes
Chav - bloke
Mort - girl
Sperm deflectors - ladies parts
Cuz - as in "Allright cuz?" common greeting between locals, probably derived from the fact that most people with long family history in the area are related.
Diddycoy - Pikey
Napper - Head
Mill - punch ie "Watch it cuz, he'll mill ya!"
I know - commonly used as an exclamation at the end of a sentence "It's bloody freezing out there, I know"
Plank - Idiot
Dimlow - Idiot (personal favourite)
Plemster - Face as in "he's got a raspberry plemster" (very red face)
Dial - Face, as in "he's got a cherry-pie dial" (see above)
Tidy Biscuits - most excellent
Mon - mate (pronounced "mohn")
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