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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 15, 2009 23:29:21 GMT
What slang words did you use in your youth? That may, perhaps, seem a bit silly now?
Mrs Shockprowl and I were having this conversation the other evening.
I remembered an exclamationary (?) word I used to use at school when I was 11/12.
Scuff.
Used instead of, say, when we folkes would use the 'f' word or bollocks (not that I'm suggesting for an instant educated worldly folke like we use bad language).
And if the situation was really bad we used to say:
Severe Scuff!
Made me laugh to remember it! This slang word was in use in East Anglia, 'case anyone else was in those parts, circa mid eighties. (twenty-five years ago for freak's sake!!!)
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Post by Cullen on Jan 16, 2009 0:26:58 GMT
Spakey, which meant rubbish, of poor quality, shit. As in:
Your Amstrad is spakey. The Spectrum is a million times better!
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 16, 2009 12:56:04 GMT
"Sketch" meaning, umm, I don't know what. Probably derogatory.
"Look at yer man there, he's a wile sketch of a lad."
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 16, 2009 13:01:28 GMT
Gods I'm trying to remember the problem with being an army brat is the changing of schools and of slang.
"Itchy-chin" accompanied by the scratching of the chin was used to call bullshit on a statement someone made.
Andy
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Post by Gav on Jan 16, 2009 14:35:33 GMT
We'd say JIMMY HILL whilst stroking our chins - in a similar fashion.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 16, 2009 18:05:48 GMT
I think we'd say GEOFFREY. Or GEOFFREY BUNGLE. While stroking our chins.
For anyone who wants to be taken back to British childhood slang in the 1980s, you can't do better than check out the superb film 'Son of Rambow'.
Skill.
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 16, 2009 18:09:12 GMT
A few folks have mentioned that Son of Rambow was good. I really need to check it out.
Andy
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 16, 2009 22:47:33 GMT
Yes! CHINNY! CHINNY! I remember that one!
And SKILL as well, was used our way aswell!
We should use these 'Slangs of Old' in our posts, especially 'CHINNY!'.
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Post by karla on Jan 16, 2009 22:55:03 GMT
I remember calling everyone a Legend was a big thing
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 17, 2009 2:17:11 GMT
It's like insults of old as well, I miss the days it was acceptable (or as acceptable as it can be to do this) to call someone a dicksplash.
Andy
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2009 12:57:46 GMT
I can't remember any slang I used to use as a kid but the older generation in my village constantly use words and dialect that I can't understand at the best of times such as
'eh up me old bod it ain' 'alf cold in 'ere!'
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 17, 2009 17:24:59 GMT
"Dicksplash" hahahahahahahhahahahahaha!!!!!
Haven't used that one in well over 20 years.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 17, 2009 18:18:00 GMT
Likewise, and it was such a good word too!
Andy
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Post by Gav on Jan 17, 2009 19:27:53 GMT
One of the main things of my youth was kids calling people a V.L if they hadn't kissed anyone before- Virgin Lips...apparently.
Most conversations would go:
Haha! You're a V.L!
No...n-no I'm not! I kissed a lassie on holiday!
Aye right! What was her name then...?
Um....eerm....
HAHA V.L!
Idiots.
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Post by grahamthomson on Jan 17, 2009 20:17:15 GMT
Similar to "dicksplash" we called people "dicksplat".
Also "div" (accompanied by pushing your tongue into/under your bottom lip). But now that's a HTML tag these days.
And at my school if you didn't like football you were called a "gaylord".
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 17, 2009 20:40:43 GMT
I remember div and gaylord as well...
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Jan 17, 2009 20:41:47 GMT
I remember div and gaylord as well... Andy Did we go to the same school, then? |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 17, 2009 21:20:12 GMT
Gaylord Productions made the Galaxy Rangers cartoon!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 17, 2009 23:02:33 GMT
I remember div and gaylord as well... Andy Did we go to the same school, then? I doubt it, I knew all the Transformers fans at school. Andy |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 18, 2009 11:51:35 GMT
waldo = wally
juicy = cool
When I moved from Norwich to Bristol at age 12 the use of the word 'lush' took some getting used to.
I've just stumbled upon a jar of marbles from 20+ years ago and am trying to remember the names for all the different types - ordies/audis (?), chinas, oilies, pearls, etc. - I think.
Martin
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Post by Hero on Jan 18, 2009 12:00:39 GMT
'Gert Lush' too remember  A lot of Bristolian slang has made it's why onto its own T-Shirt label in these parts. We used the word 'tight' or 'that comes tight' for something that hurts. ===KEN |
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Post by karla on Jan 18, 2009 12:13:24 GMT
there was butterz and minger too, both mean ugly!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 18, 2009 20:01:10 GMT
HA! Juicy! I'm gunna use that all the time from now on!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 19, 2009 1:56:42 GMT
And who can forget, "Your Mum!" It get's done better by the Scottish simply because it's said as "Yer Maw!" Still makes me smile even now! Andy |
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 19, 2009 12:58:46 GMT
We have "Yer maaaah" in Belfast too, there's just no comeback from it. The ultimate insult!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 19, 2009 17:58:23 GMT
I remember "_And_ yer mum."
Martin
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2009 19:07:05 GMT
If someone said they were going to have a 'waz' it meant they were going to have a piss!
May I suggest that some of the words mentioned here are included in the Hub dictionary that is sometimes dusted off and used by people here.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 22, 2009 22:55:03 GMT
I still say 'Waz'!
A Hub dictionary! What a marvelous idea!
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A lot of Bristolian slang has made it's why onto its own T-Shirt label in these parts.