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Old 01-20-2010, 04:50 AM   #22
DanaC
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Hmmm lessee... I suspect most of my slang is outdated :P This is some of what i use.

Cool
wicked,
too cool for school
smashing
brilliant
excellent

sorted (good)
reet (as in it's reet) means it's okay
job's a good un (same as above, often used together " it's reet; job's a good'un)
nicely, or nice one (approval)

wanker
pratt
sod (as in cheeky sod)
bugger (as in daft bugger)
cheeky (impertinent)
daft (silly)
in your face (if something's a bit over the top, or too obvious: also if somone's getting aggressive)
nutter, mental, mentalist
dumb (stupid) as in 'that was a dumb thing to do'

skrike (for cry)
babby or bairn (for baby)
youngling, youngster or kid (for child or anyone young) : these last two are fairly interchangeable. I may for instance refer to the young soldiers in Afghanistan as being just bairns.

Christ on a bike, or God's teeth ( exclamations)
also 'bastard sonofabitch' for the same
Sod it, or bugger it, (had enough, or good enough)
sod/bugger that for a game of soldiers (had enough, not doing this anymore)

sarnie or buttie for sandwich
chippy for fish and chip shop
fags or ciggies for cigarettes
hols for holiday/vacation
youse for you all
uni for university

tribe, or gang for family (as in Merry Christmas to you and your tribe)
gang for any close grouping (as in 'the whole gang was there')

telly or tv for television
puter or comp for computer
snarky for irritable or nasty
Sarcy for sarcastic
sos for sorry
good egg ( a good person)
Strange fish or odd bod (a strange person)
mad as a box of frogs (speaks for itself)

Bro for brother and Our kid for my own brother

mate for friend, but also used when talking to someone, known or unknown (as in hiya mate, can you tell me how to get to ....?)

hon (term of endearment used for family and friends)

love, or m'dear same as above but also used with strangers. (particularly kids: as in 'don't try and stroke him love, he's not that friendly')

Ma or Mum for Mother (very occasionally Mam, but that's quite rare. Went througha phase of calling her Chairman Ma, when she was nominal head of the family firm).

Dad or Pops for Father.

Lads = any group of young men, but also used to refer to a particular grouping: such as my bro and my ex who would be referred to as 'the lads' as 'the lads have gone for a boys night out'

Guys = plural for a group of men; but also used to any group of people of whatever gender as in "what're you guys up to?"

Gaff for house/flat etc. As in 'you could crash at my gaff.'
crash for sleep over, also for coming down off drugs abruptly.

Pot, weed, smoke for cannabis

shag, screw, fuck

preggers (pregnant)

courting, dating


*thinks* that's all I can think of right now.
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