The slang thread

Alright, everyone knows that you pick different things up from the people you know, and the places you go. List anything here you say a lot, type a lot, whatever. There's a #1 and #2 in the bathroom, the latter being replaced by "dropping a deuce." as in, "Man, I've gotta drop a deuce." Hey "Gotta" from what I here is very Western Pennsylvanian. I'm sure there are more to come from me, but I need to think of them.

What's in your vocabulary? :major

 

Little story to this one.

Being from the UK yet living in the USA I still oftentimes come out with a Brit expression that leaves everyone confused.

So I am sat in a full Board of Directors meeting and we are reviewing the notes of the previous meeting, which I compiled, and one of the Board Members asks me "What does 'the knock ON effect" mean?". So I explain this must be a British term to me the effecting result of one action to the final outcome e.g. the knock on effect of me throwing a stone at a window is the window gets broken. They were all really pleased with their new knowledge and the meeting continued.

Later in the same meeting, the CEO decided he was going to try and use his new found knowledge out in a sentence, and referred to the "knock OFF" effect of some of our goods, to which I just about collapsed out of my chair in hysterics while everyone stared at me.

Once I composed myself they asked what was so funny. I explained how the knock OFF effect meant in British that it had been stolen! So our CEO was declaring we had stolen merchandise

 

Oh I could keep going all day now...I'm on a roll.

My father is very British and proper in his speech. So as little kids, if we ever got a little "smelly" he would ask us if we needed to "Go to motion"...meaning take a poop. My brither and I clearly remember this phraseology from his generation.

So here I am, emigrated to the US and in my first Board of Directors meeting, and there are things to approve by the Board at the meeting. So the Chair of the Board pipes up:

Chair of Board: Who passes a motion to approve the <blah blah blah> proposal?

<Lev almost dies on the stop with uncotnrollable laughter>

Another Board member: I pass a motion.....

Chair of Board: Who seconds the motion?

Another Board member: I second the motion....

Chair of Board: Does everyone approve the motion....

All Board of Directors in Chorus : Aye, we approve the motion.

Chair of Board: The motion is approved.


I had to leave the room...I had such a vision of everyone passing turds and approving them I just couldn't contain myself any longer.

 

Is that like Nameology from The Boondock Saints?

roflmaoroflmao

 

It's a real word

http://www.yourdictionary.com/phraseology

 

Well, being born in England, college in U.S., and living in Australia, and a heap of places in between, sometimes it's confusion all-round :confused. Either it's them, me, or both gittn' confused.

We had to get used to a few things when we came over here. Here was some of the weird conversations I had, as far as I remember them.

Like; "I'm going to the dunny". Fine, but what the Hell is it? Oh, it's a toilet .

"Go and get some tucker." Erm, I would - but just one that bothers me." ..."What?." What's a tucker? "It's not a 'what', it's food, ya drongo!." "Yeah okay, I get it now." "One more thing." "<sigh!> What now?" What' s drongo? "It's an idiot, ya ten bob tourist!" ...I had to ask, didn't, I. rolleyes

Well 'scuse me, but I thought we actually spoke English in this country, apparently it's something called 'Stralian, spoken by 'Ockers', whatever that means. :confused

@ Lev:- You wouldn’t believe how many times when I told people “I finished my thesis” at Uni, they thought I said, “I’ve finished my faeces.” Hurumph! ...A bit of difference, there.

 

most of my slang can't be posted here

not worth a tinker's dam(or damn depending on how you wanna look at it)
worthless as teats on a boar

both mean about the same thing

 

roflmao I've got to start using that phrase!

Around Philly there is tons of slang. Once I think of some I'll let ya know

 

Here is some that I thought of:

Jawn – is used to describe anything from a rock to your best friend.

Sammich – a sandwich

Yo – could be used as a greeting or an insult!

Youze – a group of folks

Bangin – awesome or cool

Trippin – actin a fool

Prolly – probably

Salty – if you were wrong about something that’s what people would call you.


Hahah, I just found a funny video! I say most of my words this way too. Especially toilet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFRLJ_OFTVQ

 

Another funny story for you:

One Christmas I mailed presents over to family in England. Now remember me telling you how proper British my father is

Well my sons and brother and parents were all getting together to open Christmas presents, so 3 generations. My youngest son is a real outdoors kinda guy so I mailed him a bumbag...only it was an American bumbag so it didn't say "bumbag" on the marketing material that was attached to it. In great big American wording it said:

FANNY-PACK

My parents about choked on the Christmas port that year!

Fanny in the UK is slang for a female's private parts

 

British slang, with a Lev and Adynalyne twist:

wugger


That is all

 

roflmao...how could I forget the wuggers...

 

Brit slang...

I'm knackered - I'm very tired

I'm shattered - I'm very tired

I couldn't give a toss - I don't care

Sarnie - sandwich

Nicked - stolen

Half inched - stolen

snog - make out

 

Uff da!

 

Around here that is called "making a call to the midnight auto lot" or "Five Finger Discount shopping"

 

might end up in the "Crossed Bars Bed and Breakfast" if you get caught though.

 

I can almost follow cockney, it takes a lot of effort on my part.

 

Not wanting to confuse anyone, I write different than I talk

Slang but normal language here is:

How are you doing? : Howzit gaun

I don' know : Ah dinnae ken

Yes : Aye ( i )

No : Nut

We may type in english but speak a different language.

 

No correction needed your spot on

You left out.
Acting the maggot- playing around
Bint- a not so bright woman
Do you fancy a swally- would you like a drink
Grubs up- time to eat
Nifty little number- thats nice
Barnet- hair
Arse- backside
Arseways-complete mess (I did it all arseways)
Bog-toilet, restroom
Bogtrotter-country person
Squealer-a person who tells stories to get another in trouble

i could go onroflmao

 

My father collects older BSA and Triumph motorcycles.

 

Then he will need to know this English biker's slang....

Prince of Darkness = Lucas electrics

 

Knickers in a twist - panties in a wad

slag - someone who sleeps around a lot

tart - someone who sleeps around a lot

mardy - sulking

mardy-arse - someone who is sulking

ginnel, snicket - alley way

A over T (short for arse over tit) - means something is backwards

Freeze the balls off a brass monkey - it's very cold

 

In the UK:

Poof = slang term for a homosexual guy.

 

Ok, this is kind of gross but I just heard it a couple of days ago and it gave me the giggles (but hope I never have the opportunity to use it!). You've, uh, got the "runs" (you have diarrhea!) and you, uh, don't make it to the bathroom in time -- you've got "a party in your pants!"

It makes no sense as it certainly doesn't sound like any sort of party I'd want to go to, and yet it's so funny -- at least to my twisted sense of humor.roflmao

 

There are a lot of English sayings around here, (especially when I'm around, eh).

"The Plod came around to 'is dig and nicked 'im when they found bit of his shooter in 'is motor."

Trans:- The Police came around to his house and arrested him, when they found a gun silencer in his car.

"I don't know anything about that lorry of fags being half-inched. Some yob must 'ave put them there to put me in the picture. - Take a look at me dail, is this the boat race of a tea leaf? I pay me dues! Don't want any trouble with the Sweeny. 'ere, how 'bout I slip you a tenner to turn a blind eye while I scarper. Justice is blind an' all that. Know wha' I mean?"

Trans:- I don't know anything about that semi-load of cigarettes being stolen. Some low-life must have put them there to frame me. Take a look at my face, is this the face a of a thief? I pay my dues! I don't want any trouble with the Federal Police. How about I give you ten pound (i.e. money) to turn a blind eye while I 'escape', (run off).

There was, ( and no doubt stillis), some dodgy characters around London when I was a kid, lol!

And lastly:- <Whilst in a Pub (bar)> "There's nothing like arrows in me hand a song in me heart, and an ale on table."

Trans: He's about to have a beer and play Darts with his pals.

 

So what does 'farfing around' mean? Guessing messing around, or being stupid.

E

 

Here ' farting about' means not not up to much/ doing nothing.
Faffing about- the same
Acting the lig- messing around/joking.

 

Are you by any chance originating from the north of England Lev as all that is very familiar to me (ex Stockport)

 

An entire online dictionary devoted to the slang of the region around me... I'm in an area that only uses about 25 - 50% of it, but some places, it's all of it... I'm in northeast/central Pennsylvania, most of this is from the areas further east of me.

http://www.coalregion.com/Speak/speakA.htm

 

All my family before me were northerners - my brother and I were born and grew up in the southwest, so we had very much an northern upbringing, but we were the only ones to go "ooo arrrrr" and droive tra'ters loike

 

On that note.. Upper Decking is going to the bathroom in the top of the toilet at someone else's house.

 

Can't come up with any or too many, most of our speach (us) is made up of slang. LOL