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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