British slang!

[Midnight_Fairy]

We use grockles for tourists that come to the new forest x

 

[kbwebb]

I'm from stoke in trent and if I spoke to people where I live now how people speak in stoke people have no idea what your saying, OH has also picked it up from me and people look at him like he's a nutter when he calls them duck

There's a huge list of stokie dialect like, A'up, orate, nesh and then there's the whole look/book debate!

Goin up anley duck

 

[FAB mama]

I always say 'rumpy pumpy' very funny. I love accents - one of my grandads has the strongest Dorset accent you'll ever hear in your life. Sometimes I find it hard to understand him and I live down here! Lol. I can't think of any sayings we use that others don't though - probably because it's the norm for us lol.....
Does everyone call holiday makers 'grockles'?

I don't even know what a holiday maker is...??

Oh It's someone on holiday.

Yeah we don't even say holiday unless we're talking about Christmas, Easter, etc. We say vacation, but we would not say vacation maker.

 

[CRWx]

Grockles sounds like something you'd get from a jar

Being from where I'm from means I've heard most slang! Some more weird than others... xxx

 

[Button#]

Probably a very regional thing but how about daddy granfers for woodlice?

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

Grockles were out in force today! Lol

 

[Noodlebear]

Grockles were out in force today! Lol

Tell me about it!

 

[Abigailly]

Because my family are English we use all of those, but I was raised in Scotland who take slang to a whole new level.

'Bawhair' - (A pubic hair) is a measure of space/length. "She just missed me by a bawhair", when talking about almost having a car smash.

Boke - To dry heave. "It gave me the boke"

'Toaty' - small

Skelp - To smack "Skelp her"

'Doat' - a cute child "She's a wee doat"

Sook - A softie "Yer a big sook"

Skud - Naked

Also, one thing people always struggle with here are 'terms of endearment'. Scottish men, particularly, are usually quite closed off so you don't usually hear 'darling' etc. Instead you get called things like 'Bawbag'.

They love all things Testicle relating. To the point a few years ago we named a hurricane 'Hurricane Bawbag'. Which made it onto BBC news.

 

[CRWx]

Probably a very regional thing but how about daddy granfers for woodlice?

Chucky pigs!!!

 

[CRWx]

Because my family are English we use all of those, but I was raised in Scotland who take slang to a whole new level.

'Bawhair' - (A pubic hair) is a measure of space/length. "She just missed me by a bawhair", when talking about almost having a car smash.

Boke - To dry heave. "It gave me the boke"

'Toaty' - small

Skelp - To smack "Skelp her"

'Doat' - a cute child "She's a wee doat"

Sook - A softie "Yer a big sook"

Skud - Naked

Also, one thing people always struggle with here are 'terms of endearment'. Scottish men, particularly, are usually quite closed off so you don't usually hear 'darling' etc. Instead you get called things like 'Bawbag'.

They love all things Testicle relating. To the point a few years ago we named a hurricane 'Hurricane Bawbag'. Which made it onto BBC news.

Scottish slang is my favourite!!!

 

[DebbieF]

The only one I knew was not my cup of tea..

 

[kbwebb]

More stoke slang..
Can you say this?
"Cost kick a bo againt a wo an' then 'it it wi' thi yed till it bosses?" = "Can you kick a ball aginst a wall and then hit it with your head until it bursts?"

Seems we just don't pronounce any words with the end letters

Lug = When hair is knotty it lugs when combed
Mard = spoilt child
Narky = bad tempered
'Dunner' - Don't
'Wunner' - Won't
'Conner' - Can't
'Summat' - Something
'Wom' - Home
'Woss' - Not good
'Dunner werrit' - Stop moaning
'Blart' - To cry
'Rate' - Opposite to wrong'
'Clemmed' - In need of summat eat
'Bost' or 'Brock' - Not working
'Foe bits' - For something to break
'Issle,' / 'Whattle' - As in, 'Get me some vests issle/whattle fit me' Choice depends on you education.
Skoo' - Where you get your education
'Ommer' - For knocking nails in with
'Gyp' - Pain, as in, 'Me back is givin' me gyp'
'Chonnuck' - Turnip
'I'll be jiggered' - Astonishment
'Rates Pies' - A local delicacy
'Late' - Not dark
'PMT' - The bus service for The Potteries
'Mar lady' - The wife
'Youth' - Any male in Stoke
'Young youth' - Male child
Having learnt all these words and phrases, you should now be ready to visit The Potteries.
'Ar'll say thee layter'

I still say most of these

 

[CRWx]

I've heard 8 of those here ^

 

[cherrylips100]

Love how diverse the UK is language-wise, here's a few from my area.

Cob - Bread roll
Mardy - Being grumpy
Jitty- Alley
Fast on - Asleep
Duck - term of endearment
Skint- Poor
The Pictures - The cinema
Chucking it down - Raining heavily

 

[SisterRose]

:wave: Kbwebb! Where abouts in stoke are you at?

X

 

[kbwebb]

Ball green hun just past Milton xxx

 

[KayBea]

Probably a very regional thing but how about daddy granfers for woodlice?

we call woodlice cheesy bobs. haha x

 

[Noodlebear]

Probably a very regional thing but how about daddy granfers for woodlice?

we call woodlice cheesy bobs. haha x

You guys are weird!

 

[pinkribbon]

More stoke slang..
Can you say this?
"Cost kick a bo againt a wo an' then 'it it wi' thi yed till it bosses?" = "Can you kick a ball aginst a wall and then hit it with your head until it bursts?"

Seems we just don't pronounce any words with the end letters

Lug = When hair is knotty it lugs when combed
Mard = spoilt child
Narky = bad tempered
'Dunner' - Don't
'Wunner' - Won't
'Conner' - Can't
'Summat' - Something
'Wom' - Home
'Woss' - Not good
'Dunner werrit' - Stop moaning
'Blart' - To cry
'Rate' - Opposite to wrong'
'Clemmed' - In need of summat eat
'Bost' or 'Brock' - Not working
'Foe bits' - For something to break
'Issle,' / 'Whattle' - As in, 'Get me some vests issle/whattle fit me' Choice depends on you education.
Skoo' - Where you get your education
'Ommer' - For knocking nails in with
'Gyp' - Pain, as in, 'Me back is givin' me gyp'
'Chonnuck' - Turnip
'I'll be jiggered' - Astonishment
'Rates Pies' - A local delicacy
'Late' - Not dark
'PMT' - The bus service for The Potteries
'Mar lady' - The wife
'Youth' - Any male in Stoke
'Young youth' - Male child
Having learnt all these words and phrases, you should now be ready to visit The Potteries.
'Ar'll say thee layter'

I still say most of these

I'm from newcastle and lug means ear here!

Cannit would be can't
Yem would be home 'Gaan yem' would be going home
Clammin would be in need of something to eat
Bairn is child
Clarty means muddy

someone's probably already posted but I haven't read the whole thread.

 

[kbwebb]

I sometimes say lug as in 'open your lug holes' for ears, but it's generally when you have a 'lug in your hair'