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what a woofer
What a woofer

Check out our ludicrous lists, designed to give you a laugh and make the world a better place.

Ten slang words from school...
1. oookin (jolly good)
2. spov (very nice)
3. zits (spots)
4. woofer (not very attractive person)
5. pongers (feet)
6. trollied (drunk)
7. kecks (trousers)
8. soz (I apologise)
9. muppet (you silly thing)
10. gizza sken (please may I take a look)

Carol added this...
How about ‘peggit’ (peg it- run for your life)

Paul added this...
My nan tells me she used to say "Will y' stump me?" at school (Bolton!), meaning "Would you let me have the core of the apple you're eating when you're finished with it so that I can see what I can eat from around it!"

Michelle from Burnley added these...
oined - pestered/annoyed
owt - anything
nowt - nothing
pen - allotment
chuck it - throw it
bomb it - run away
ta ra - good bye
butty - sandwich
buttybox - lunchbox
bait - packed lunch for work
baitbox - lunchbox
mi-mo - weavers speak
me mam - my mum
bumpers - basketball boot (60's/70's)
ducking - skiving
corporation pop - water
chucking it down - raining

Heather from Barnoldswick added these...
Neckin:- Kissing
Spooner:- fool/idiot
Skanky:- dirty/unclean
Wazzock:- A nuisance
cewd:- cold
ewd :- hold
By eck:- Oh Heck
Si'thi:- Do you see/understand
Frettin:- Worrying
Feetin:- Fighting

Dave Tierney added these...
1.Second hand drag. Somebody smoking then blows the smoke into your mouth !
2.Docker. Idiot.
3.Sapping. The illegal removing of fruit from a tree.
4.Bunking off. Playing truant.
5,Crumblie. Old person.
6.Belm. A lie,the shout of BELM accompanied by an hand movement from the chin,the worse the lie the longer the belm.
7.Crusties. Underpants.

Elizabethadded this...
I was brought up in Leigh, Lancs in the 60s. We used to say 'I afot do'.. .meaning.... 'I have to do it!'

Stephen Mills added these...
lol (laugh out loud)
soz (sorry)

Cheryl from Preston added these...
Crackin (good)
Legit (Run)
Gradley (Good or Great)
Tickle Tackle (Gossip or to much talking)
Gob (mouth)
Gobbing (spitting)
Off your Head (Stupid or drunk)

David Franceadded this...
A phrase a friend of my mum (from Walkden near Bolton) used, and passed now on to me!

"Piffie on a rock bun" meaning exposed, embarassed. For example "I felt like Piffie on a rock bun" which could be modified to "I felt a right piffie!"

Julie from Oswaldtwistleadded this...
Wack meaning playing truant from school

Bex added these...
skanky ; disgusting
goth ; wearing black clothes
mosher ; skate boarder

Kelly McDonaldadded this...
Twonk

Ray Parker added this...
One of my favourite words I used as a lad in Ashton-u-Lyne in the 40's was POWFAGGED--meaning Jiggered or tired. Another one was Manky for rotten! Two's up-meant-give it to me when you are finished with it, usually a dog end
(ciggy). The Draggers union was the outside toilet at school for smokers. Happy days!

Damian added this...
towney, means the lads that hang around the town center thinking that they are really hard

Jim Latchford added these...
From Ashton-Under-Lyne in the late 1940s and 50s...

Bints
Chop chop
Hammi Hammi
Imto
Shufti
Cyc
Specky four eyes
Cloggin it
Mick
Scennin
Spoggy
Jiggered
Sozzled
Beetle crushers
DA (as in haircut)

John Bailey from Burnley added these...
Gobby - talks a lot
Choddy - chewing gum
A Bommyraid - pinching wood from other bonfire piles
Barmy, Barmpot. (Crazy).
Clod,(Stupid).
Doolallytat, Doolally,(Daft).
Spills, (Slivers of Wood To light A Pipe)
Fair Legging It,( Running Fast).
Doss House, (Shelter For The Homeless).
Pestering.(Being A Nuisance).
Brothel Creepers, (Crepe-Soled Shoes With A wedged Heel) Used To Feel Like Lead When It Rained.
Petty, (Outside Toilet).
Midnght Mechanics, (Men Who Emptied The Pans In The Outside Toilets Before The Long Drop /Tipple System). Usually About Midnight.
Bog, (Outside Toilet)
Sneck,(Part Depressed To Open A Back Gate).
Keep Your Snek Out, (Don't Be Inquisitive).
Nosey, (Inquisitive).
Lippy, (Cheeky)
clod hoppers - big feet
skint/broke/ tapped out - no money
flicks - cinema
codswallop - unbelievable
cut - canalbank
cracker - a good looking girl
giggleband - stocking top (after that you were laughing)
bobbers - marbles
nug - round hollow in the ground for the game of marbles
ironies - ball bearing
frenchies - roller bearing
Giuzit (Give It To Me )
Astha Gorrit Reight? ( Do You Understand )
Thalafter Gerra Newan ( It Needs Replacing )
A Tanner ( Six Pence )
A Bob ( One Shilling )
Half A Dollar (Two Shillings & Six Pence )
A Knicker ( A Pound )
A Quid ( A Pound )
Half A Bar ( Ten Shillings ) Giuzit (Give It To Me )
Astha Gorrit Reight? ( Do You Understand )
Thalafter Gerra Newan ( It Needs Replacing )
A Tanner ( Six Pence )
A Bob ( One Shilling )
Half A Dollar (Two Shillings & Six Pence )
A Knicker ( A Pound )
A Quid ( A Pound )
Half A Bar ( Ten Shillings )
Tint In Tin ( It Isn't In The Tin )

Joanne added these...
from 1977...
goz - spit
kecks - trousers
mickeys - scousers

Hayley Squires added these...
'keeping nicks' meant watching for teachers when u were having a ciggie, so did 'keepin dog'. 'chinny reckon' meant 'yeah right' (even better when said whilst rubbing your chin!)

L. Ingham added these...
Numpty
Big girl
This avo

Aly added these...
crambed (bad mood)
can I have 2's means a puff on your ciggie

Raz and Roz added these...
manky (smelly)
scally (criminal)
hoggin (doesn't share, ie football passes, food etc)
scummy (nasty)

Charlotte and Martin Dodgson added these...
runt
mingin
goony
mint
skivvy
"what the pump?"
chav
"i'm paggared"

Richard added this...
My 17 yr old son uses the phrase "knock on" for knock..ING.. on someone's door. Apparently it is quite prevalent!

Jess and Lesley added these...
ur a fidge
mingin
mint
gopper
quality
buzzin
cheese
sound as a pound
laa
chav

Anonymous User added these...
1. chip me
2. she's wagging it
3. the ike man's here
4. you got any swoggy
5. you lost your v?

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