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Debbie Adams
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quotePosted at 04:03 on 7th May 2009

Blow off --Just found out what that means,,,LOL,,,LOL

And i was called cheeky when we were in Ireland so i know what that means...lol

But I would like to know if I am being called something very ugly,,,LOL

So you all tell me some SLANG and it dosent have to be British if you want to tell slang from your area..but tell me the word and what it means

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Karen Pugh
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quotePosted at 07:46 on 7th May 2009

Hi Debbie

Minger - somebody who doesn't look after themselves

Minging - something that is rotten/not very nice

Mint - something that is the best

Nugget - someone that's silly/stupid

No doubt I will think of some moreLaughing

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Jeannie Fetters
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quotePosted at 07:57 on 7th May 2009
I could be here for hours, lols. I am from the South. Some say I'm very rednecked, but I try very hard sometimes to be proper. Our upbringing was on a southern country (cow) dairy, chicken (poultry), pig(swine) Farm, with a huge (food) garden. Yes, we shuck corn, hulled peas, picked strawberries, blueberries, you name it, and Grandpa probably had it there. And we fished in 2 of grandpa's ponds. My uncles (as I giggle) the one they said the most, "Git'on'outta'hea" meaning,....Get on out of here.


if you told them or my dad you loved them, all you would get in return, was "yeh" meaning Yeah, ok. My uncle's nor my dad(real) (My step dad is the one that passed away last year, incase you have read other thing's I've wrote.) Anyway, they weren't huggers, they hugged you kind of stiff like. Oh, and it wasn't do your homework, it was, "Git'ch'ya'lessons?" meaniing "Did you get your lessons done?" Meannig "Homework." My embarrassing one I still slip and say, is "Watch'ya'fangers!" meaning "watch your fingers!" my daughter catches me, and usually bust up laughing. i also slip and say "ya'll" "you guys" and "gals" my step grandma, was more southern than I was raised. hers was, "you'uns" meaning, "you people".





Please be patient with me, I have got to tell this southern story. We all almost lost our appetites, at Thanksgiving. My Step grandma, hardly ever wore shoes, I can only remember her wearing them to church. We were all having Thanksgiving dinner, turkey and all the fixin's. My 2 cousins, thought they'd do grandma a favor, and kill her a possum 'cause she loved possum soup. As that's what they were raised on, her and her siblin's(siblings) they killed the possum, by hitting it in the head with big rocks, skinned it on the front porch, now mind you we are all in the house eating turkey, enjoying our meals. they called grandma, and she got out of her chair, and into her wheelchair, rolled into the kitchen, she got all excited, cleaned a deep cooking pan out, turned the stove on, got the water good and hot, looked down at the possum, and said, "Benjamin, I can't eat this here possum, it's still got the gutts in it." Now she said this real slow in her country elderly voice. Needless to say we all weren't very hungry after that. I still shake my head to the thought. I sure miss my grandparents, good southern people. I will shut up for now, If you need someone to explain, southern words, I'm your gal. I' m born an Arky (Arkansas) but my heart is an Okiee(Oklahoma)(I'm 1/16th Cherokee Indian.) The school my kids go to, some wear there cowboy boots, my son and some of his friends, now mind you thy are in 2nd grade, will wear their cowboy boots, and shorts, and this is normal, for most here. Most people still wear their pajama pants all day, even to check mail, and pick up their kids from school, and I've seen them wear them to go grocery shopping. They sometimes pickup their kids on 4-wheelers. one came on their lawnmower, I love my town!lols Jeannie I love southern folks.

Edited by: Jeannie Fetters at:7th May 2009 08:04
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lancashirelove
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quotePosted at 10:13 on 7th May 2009

In the North West of England, as in any other part of our country we use slang words or phrases. many have different meanings and sometimes even the same word can have different meanings. You can usually tell which town, village or county a person comes from, in fact sometimes you can even tell which street they come from by the way they speak.  Things are changing now though as people dont tend to stay in the area they were brought up in these days and of course we have the immigrant situation.

I could fill a book with English slang words so I'm not even going to start. lol

as a rough guide though any slang word that tends to end in ...er insnt usualy a compliment lol

If you come north, strangers and friends tend to call you 'love' or something simular, dont be offended as it is meant as a friendy acknowledgement and not that they are being over affectionate. ie. 'hello love!' or, 'bye love!' or 'thank you love!'  Its just the way we are lol

 

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Bob T
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quotePosted at 11:39 on 7th May 2009
So I said, "See 'ere, me old China. You gotta watch yer old deaf 'n dum around that'n...e's a bit stoke. But, nevermind...ow's about 'avin a butcher's o' this. It fell off the back of a lorry. It'll be sure to get me back on the good with the trouble n' strife. She only caught me in a couple o' porkies. I been beatin' about tryin' to find sommit to make it well an' cor don't my plates 'alf 'urt! Anyhow, I asked 'er to come out for a ruby but she flat refused. She turned 'er back on me an let go a rasberry! Can you Adam 'n Eve it?!?! Now, I'm not one to give a load o' pony, but that's a bit Tom n' Dick. I says look 'ere, and just as I turned 'round she 'ad a go at me and nearly caught me in me gang 'n mob!
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lancashirelove
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quotePosted at 12:40 on 7th May 2009
careful bob I think this comes from Rons neck of the woods, lol Cockney London
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Diana Sinclair
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quotePosted at 14:21 on 7th May 2009

We have our own slang here in Boston/Salem too.

Wicked - depending on how it's used it can mean, awesome, great, good, i.e. The show last night was wicked; or, very, more than, i.e. That show last night was wicked good or wicked bad.

Assachusetts - refers to the dumb laws and politicians we have bred here in Massachusetts.

Bagged - arrested; "He got bagged for a DUI."; (Driving Under the Influence)

Chucklehead - derogatory term for a local idiot

LOL! This is fun and I am sure I'll think of more. Laughing

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Bob T
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quotePosted at 14:42 on 7th May 2009
Pissah - Something that's REALLY wicked!
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Gives Up! '
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quotePosted at 15:25 on 7th May 2009
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Barbara Shoemaker
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quotePosted at 17:22 on 7th May 2009

Here ya go, Debbie.  Before I went to England the first time, I found this site to be enormously enlightening in terms of British slang:

http://www.effingpot.com/slang.shtml

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