Hip me to some new british slang....
Egbert_Souse
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I'm curious to know what the kids across the pond are saying these days.Does anybody ever call stuff "pants" anymore?
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"seen"=i understand
"safe"=a catch all for "its all good", "see you later", etc..
"marching powder"=cocaine
"henry"= 3.5 grams of weed (shitty overpriced uk weed)
and i belive "pants" are called "trousers"..quaint
I meant pants as in "something bad", i.e. "this record is pants".
But I really like pants, so it would seem to me that pants would be a good thing.
aren't these kinda just patois knock offs?
did the brits take it to JA?
'Who does he think he is? Johnny Big Potatoes? Comin' over 'ere, givin' it all the lemon!'
Loosely translated -
'Who does he think he is? Some kind of big shot? Coming over here and giving it all the abusive language.'
Rhyming slang - 'Lemon' = 'Lemon peel' = 'Shpeel'
Vintage rhyming slang like 'apples and pears', 'mutt & jeff', 'syrup' and all that, can be found on the internet.
It's the new versions that can be tricky to work out - 'New London' and the invention of 'Chav speak'.
Yes, including journalists for the broad sheet papers -
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/stewartjackson/jan07/justpants.htm
Teach me more.
"Safe" and "Seen" are Jamaican imports. White kids love their JA steez. Also common is:
"Aks" (slowly pronounced "Ahhhks") for "Ask", as this seems to be a common JA move, as well as ",Innit?" (an expression of agreement) tagged onto the end of every statement.
'Innit' is an abbreviation of 'isn't it' and is tacked onto the end of a sentence. Innit.
"I"
Instead of saying: yes, i see, ok, etc..
one of my favorites is:
"Don't take the piss!"
Meaning act serious,don't be stupid,don't take advantage,etc..
Two I could never understand and as much as they told me what it meant,
I still don't get it or feel it cause, I really don't see how it's
good to be a set of dogs balls or dogs vagina!!
"I'm,He's,It's the dogs bullocks"
"I'm,She's the puppies plums"
Maybe it's a south thing, but another thing I though was pretty interesting was
In New Castle Upon Tyne.Male trouble makers, bullies were referred to as "Trevor's"
And Females (be it they are promiscuous or just trashy trouble makers) they were called "Shelia's.Slag is another great term for "slut,whore,etc,"
They also use the words "cunt","fuck off","geezer","bloke"(geezer and bloke being the"dude,man,homie,etc") like there's no tomorrow.
Another one is "safe" or instead of saying peace,later, goodbye, they say "take it steady"
That is all I can think of.
"fuck off you cunt!"
(not you dj bombjack:)
e.g. "Fit But You Know It" by The Streets
See I reckon you're about an 8 or a 9,
Maybe even 9 and a half in four beers time.
That blue top shop top you've got on IS nice,
Bit too much fake tan though - but yeah you score high.
But theres just one little thing that really really,
Really really annoying me about you you see,
Yeah yeah like i said you are really fit
But my gosh don't you just know it
I'm not trying to pull you
Even though i would like to
I think you are really fit
You're fit But my gosh dont you know it
etc etc
A new one seems to be -
'Kiss my swingers'
ie
Question; ' Would you take $50 for that minty copy of Third Guitar?'
Answer; 'You can kiss my swingers, mate'
another one was "bird"(same as for a good looking lady)..but I hear folks say that from time to time over here.
'Fancy going down the battle and causin' some barney?'
Translation - 'Battle' = 'Battle cruiser' = 'Boozer'[/b]
- 'Barney' = 'Barney Rubble' = 'Trouble'[/b]
Barney can be taken two fold though in that somebody might think that you're having a barney, or throwing a barney - ie a temper tantrum. Others will replace Barney with 'having a benny' when one is throwing a hissy fit.
isn't that a football league?
oh...cheeky..(sly,smooth,dirty,etc)
"Oh you cheeky bastard!"
UK provinical rap is taking over the world.
possibly not though. I don't know where Kersal is
Nearly. Us Northerners are actually using "Aye..." as in "Aye Aye, Cap'n" for yes or as a general acknowledgement. "The dog's BOLLOCKS or DANGLIES" also indicates something good. Often abbreviated to "The mutt's nuts" or just "It's the fucking Nuts." As in, "Check these vintage Air Jordans - they're the fucking nuts, mate."
Other "Good" equivalents are "Top banana", ace, sound, mint, nectar, stonking, brilliant, wicked, "A decent effort", "Nice one". "Bad" equivalents are Gash, Shite (rhyming with bright), poo, wank, pants, toss, piss-poor, shocking, dia-fucking-bolical, dire, dreadful, atrocious.
Other common words for testes are Plums, Gonads, Goolies and Knackers (often cockney rhymed with Cream Crackers).
Equivalents of "Idiot" are (all pre-fixed with "Fucking") Bell-end (a phallus), Knob (dick), arsehole, wanker, tosser, dickhead, tit, twat, clown, thick cunt, dozy bastard, knob cheese, wankstain, cock... it goes on, they work anywhere.
Girl = Bird, totty, bit of fluff, top totty, blart, talent (as in "This place is full of talent").
Common expressions for around here for hello are "Ay (rhymes with Hay) Up", "'Ow Do" (How are you doing? (Yorkshire)), "Ow's it hangin'?"
HTH.
And always used "Ta" not "Cheers" to say Thanks.
And it took me awhile to stop calling any form of money with the term "Quid"
Also ended up using Geezer to much when I got home.
Wish I had picked up the accent tho...
That would be Brian, right? That geezer is funny. Another bit of London-centric slang that I discovered fairly recently is 'brass' (pronounced like 'ass');
"Jay-Z is well brass"
(Jay-Z is very shite)
And no, I'm not 'avin' a bubble.
looks like they're chatting breeze
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