SHA
Small Heath Alliance
Replying to Angelsey Blue
12:10, Fri 29 May
Shit Flounce.
Definite SHA term. We’ve had one this morning
Definite SHA term. We’ve had one this morning
Brummagem Sayings
Dennis Langan 21:02, Sun 24 May
BRUMBEAT
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Replying to Rab C Nesbitt
17:03, Fri 29 May
Would ask mom what's for dinner her reply would be"bean on crumb and no pudding if you dont eat it all"..
Clapton
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Replying to ForeverFrancis
07:01, Sat 30 May
I remember some of the above but growing up in the 80’s Birmingham had some unique words and sayings.
Nause = prick or something similar
Cock a deathen = you wasn’t listening
And def out = meaning you wasn’t being part of the crew.
Nause = prick or something similar
Cock a deathen = you wasn’t listening
And def out = meaning you wasn’t being part of the crew.
Replying to Clapton
08:17, Sat 30 May
Cock a deaf ‘un - makes more sense to me
Replying to BRUMBEAT
08:19, Sat 30 May
BRUMBEATNo pudding unless you ate all your main was standard for me at my moms and Nans. Probably why I’m a fat fanny. I still hate people leaving a main but then immediately having a pudding. Rude bastardsWould ask mom what's for dinner her reply would be"bean on crumb and no pudding if you dont eat it all"..
Replying to Rab C Nesbitt
08:29, Sat 30 May
No fecking puddings in our house. Still a fat bastard.
Replying to Fat Buddha OBE
08:36, Sat 30 May
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debully
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Replying to bobharford
08:52, Sat 30 May
bobharfordYer peaky Blinder -this in the early 1960,s
Yer She Devil- to my sister
Keep out the 'orse road!
Yer can call me what yer like along as yer don't call me too late for me dinner
Well Butter my arse and call it a a biscuit- not my Nan but I like it
'Peaky' was my nickname as a toddler. I was a bit incontrollable.
Replying to Rab C Nesbitt
09:54, Sat 30 May
Rab C NesbittBRUMBEATNo pudding unless you ate all your main was standard for me at my moms and Nans. Probably why I’m a fat fanny. I still hate people leaving a main but then immediately having a pudding. Rude bastardsWould ask mom what's for dinner her reply would be"bean on crumb and no pudding if you dont eat it all"..
Even worse when it's your own kids, leaving food is wasting money.
Replying to Lansonblue
11:57, Sat 30 May
For those interested:
expressions that were once youth slang, and there are many: "trendy; rip-off; laid back; lose it; trash (as a verb); smoothie; paranoid; kooky; sleazy; biker; booze; dosh" are just a few examples.
Like "fetch", some never made it into the colloquial mainstream. Archaic slang terms include "nause" (an unpleasant person); "crackle" (money); "crackling" (attractive female); "erdie", "erber", "nerk" and "erk" – all meaning a foolish, unfashionable person.
Slang isn't the exclusive domain of the young. "Granny slang" terms are used by young people to mean something entirely different. So granny slang "batty" (slightly crazy) and "booty" (loot, plunder) both mean your backside if you're under 35. Other granny slang words are adorable: "argy bargy"; "bloomers"; "frock"; "courting"; "gallivanting"; "hullabaloo"; "jiggery-pokery"; "malarkey"; "poppycock"; "rapscallion"; "tomfoolery" – all evocative of a gentler, less shouty age. If only there was a museum for these words, so they don't die out with their generation.
Slang differences are international as well as generational. "Butter(s)" means ugly in British Jafaican – but beautiful in American slang. "Aardvark" is UK student slang for "hard work"; in American English it's more graphic – it's an uncircumcised male. FOF stands for "friend of a friend" in the UK; use it in America and it's slang for an illegal immigrant ("fresh over the fence")
expressions that were once youth slang, and there are many: "trendy; rip-off; laid back; lose it; trash (as a verb); smoothie; paranoid; kooky; sleazy; biker; booze; dosh" are just a few examples.
Like "fetch", some never made it into the colloquial mainstream. Archaic slang terms include "nause" (an unpleasant person); "crackle" (money); "crackling" (attractive female); "erdie", "erber", "nerk" and "erk" – all meaning a foolish, unfashionable person.
Slang isn't the exclusive domain of the young. "Granny slang" terms are used by young people to mean something entirely different. So granny slang "batty" (slightly crazy) and "booty" (loot, plunder) both mean your backside if you're under 35. Other granny slang words are adorable: "argy bargy"; "bloomers"; "frock"; "courting"; "gallivanting"; "hullabaloo"; "jiggery-pokery"; "malarkey"; "poppycock"; "rapscallion"; "tomfoolery" – all evocative of a gentler, less shouty age. If only there was a museum for these words, so they don't die out with their generation.
Slang differences are international as well as generational. "Butter(s)" means ugly in British Jafaican – but beautiful in American slang. "Aardvark" is UK student slang for "hard work"; in American English it's more graphic – it's an uncircumcised male. FOF stands for "friend of a friend" in the UK; use it in America and it's slang for an illegal immigrant ("fresh over the fence")
Charcy
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Replying to Lansonblue
14:09, Sat 30 May
Did anyone ever hear ‘mizzing’, I feel like my mom used to say that to me a lot, but don’t anymore. Particularly when I would be dragged around town to all the clothes shops and the heaters at the front door of British Homes Stores and C&A would take all the energy out of my legs so I would have to sit under the clothes rails til they were finished shopping.
I imagine it also means I was just generally a bit of a whinging prick.
I imagine it also means I was just generally a bit of a whinging prick.
Replying to Angelsey Blue
14:12, Sat 30 May
Nause has never meant unpleasant
Replying to Angelsey Blue
14:23, Sat 30 May
Angelsey BlueFor those interested:
expressions that were once youth slang, and there are many: "trendy; rip-off; laid back; lose it; trash (as a verb); smoothie; paranoid; kooky; sleazy; biker; booze; dosh" are just a few examples.
Like "fetch", some never made it into the colloquial mainstream. Archaic slang terms include "nause" (an unpleasant person); "crackle" (money); "crackling" (attractive female); "erdie", "erber", "nerk" and "erk" – all meaning a foolish, unfashionable person.
Slang isn't the exclusive domain of the young. "Granny slang" terms are used by young people to mean something entirely different. So granny slang "batty" (slightly crazy) and "booty" (loot, plunder) both mean your backside if you're under 35. Other granny slang words are adorable: "argy bargy"; "bloomers"; "frock"; "courting"; "gallivanting"; "hullabaloo"; "jiggery-pokery"; "malarkey"; "poppycock"; "rapscallion"; "tomfoolery" – all evocative of a gentler, less shouty age. If only there was a museum for these words, so they don't die out with their generation.
Slang differences are international as well as generational. "Butter(s)" means ugly in British Jafaican – but beautiful in American slang. "Aardvark" is UK student slang for "hard work"; in American English it's more graphic – it's an uncircumcised male. FOF stands for "friend of a friend" in the UK; use it in America and it's slang for an illegal immigrant ("fresh over the fence")
Large parts of this are total nonsense
Would be interesting to hear from one of our America-based posters, I’m fairly confident that FOF is totally made up and I don’t think I’ve ever heard an American use ‘butters’ to mean ‘beautiful’, rather a shortening of ‘butterface’
Aardvark is completely made up, in the UK at least
debully
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Replying to Sheev Palpatine
19:22, Sat 30 May
Just with the old man watching the final
He's added "bomb hole" in Blythe and apparently everywhere had a local "bomb wreck"
His brother always wanted to go to bomb hole to catch fish but all he every caught was his own ear in a weird casting off incident!
He's never understood why my nan called me "peeky" but remembered the old phrase "cheeky blinder" reaffirming an earlier poster. Sorry to bore everyone 😀
He's added "bomb hole" in Blythe and apparently everywhere had a local "bomb wreck"
His brother always wanted to go to bomb hole to catch fish but all he every caught was his own ear in a weird casting off incident!
He's never understood why my nan called me "peeky" but remembered the old phrase "cheeky blinder" reaffirming an earlier poster. Sorry to bore everyone 😀
Replying to debully
08:17, Sun 31 May
My lovely aunt's swear words, said together, were 'blinking, blinding'.