He has helped many, with his coding* prowess and now I am asking for help in return.
Can we please have examples of British slang that he might not, as an American, be familiar with the true meaning of?
Cockney rhyming slang; general words we all take for granted; you know the kind of thing.
Eyethangewe.
*And his bedroom prowess, too!
do you mean words eg, lairy (a bit mad)
bev xx
Good one! Yep.. or phrases.
chav seems to be the word of the year...or so thae papers say...it means mate..or well it used to
Try pressing the 'lucky dip'* button Here
* hmm, did I find a spelling mistake?
what about 'pants' (crap)
or 'def' (great)
mardy? (whiney or spoilt)
A saying round here ... Ne'er cast a clout until May is out.
Will think of some more
scraggy 'ead
its a liverpudlian term of endearment.. means scruffyish.. i think
from the black country
yow, you, could have bostin, because its great, or yam as in you are , i know there are hundreds of others but i use them and they are the queens english to me, not slang lol, trying to think of some more, wild rose help what do i say, oh yeah tarra a bit, goodbye
she always laughs at that one grrrrrr
think ill go and have a kipper tie ,cup of tea,
adiose amigos ( thats black country for tarra a bit when yow have just come back off your holidays.
staggy :P
How about to "badger someone".....wind them up!
In a different vein-ish You can clean the blackboard with a rubber!
Wazuk - sort of idiot! (Yorkshire)
i dont know if this is just a mancunian thing.. but certain names are used as a means of describing people.
ie..
a charlie... someone who is a bit of a muppet
a kevin.. a moody brat
a minni...someone who is mard
and so on
you having a giraafe gezzer
you having a laugh mate
i have thought of some more for u anyway..
words
stush...... as in " he thinks he is stush "( thinks he is all that)
skanky.... as in "mingin"
sayings
sitting on t'other bus..... some one is gay
all fur coat no knickers (is this an english saying???).. as in.. all for show.. no substance.
oooh and knackered, wich now means just tired.... but in the old days.. it was only tired specifically after sexual activity!
geezer-ok guy
safe-nice one m8
trouble and strife-wife
your dinners in the dog-you b*stard,i went to all the trouble getting your dinner ready and you couldnt get home from the pub in time,now its ruined
hes a bit lairy-troublemaker stay away
hope you like these?
peevish ..... when you wind someone up, childishly cantankerous!