Archaic slang

[dingg]

RobinBanks said:

I suppose it's massively politically incorrect but I also remember my late grandfather referring to the milkman as a 'spade' because he was black.
He also called guy people 'irons'. Does anyone know where that one comes from?

Iron hoof - poof

[nicanary]

dingg said:

Iron hoof - poof

My dad called them shirt-lifters.

All this fuss about Towie and the word "ream". When I was a Mod in the mid-60s we used the word regularly for anything we considered good. The obverse was "dross". The Mod scene more or less originated in the Essex area of Sarfend and Womfed so I suspect that's why we Norwich Mods used "their" words. But, sorry Joey, it's not a word you are responsible for, it's a lot older than that.

[Negative Creep]

Pukka to describe something good

At our school chav used to mean stealing something, e.g. "you just chavved my pencil case" and this was in Chatham which is widely considered to be their spiritual home

[hairyben]

Vipers said:

Queer as a nine bob note.

bent, surely?

[Truckosaurus]

LikesBikes said:

Benny on the loose

Are you a Benny tied to a tree?

[RobinBanks]

dingg said:

Iron hoof - poof

But they don't even rhyme!

[Pints]

Kiff

Lank

Rad

[wildcat45]

Chore was Newcastle speak for stealing.

Hockle - spit as was Greb.

Geps - glasses.

Ket - sweets

[LikesBikes]

Truckosaurus said:

Are you a Benny tied to a tree?

Don'tsaynodon'tsaynodon'tsayno...

No!

Dammit

[Rickyy]

If something was above average it was "qual", as in quality.

If someone had earned your respect, they were "safe".

If someone was below average intelligence they were a "rem".

Lush is still common place in South Wales!

[paulwirral]

wildcat45 said:

Chore was Newcastle speak for stealing.

Hockle - spit as was Greb.

Geps - glasses.

Ket - sweets

More north east would be

Charver - younger , trouble making male

Meg's - eyes

More Rodney than north east , this thread is cosmic !

[davepoth]

Rickyy said:

If something was above average it was "qual", as in quality.

If someone had earned your respect, they were "safe".

If someone was below average intelligence they were a "rem".

Lush is still common place in South Wales!

Come across the water and you can get "Gert Lush" in Bristol.

[TVR1]

New Labour Party

[toasty]

joey was our preferred term for a wrong 'un. Kids these days just wouldn't get the reference.

One mate went to another school and they used wazzock instead.

[Number 5]

Hotcha!

[Hooli]

wildcat45 said:

Chore was Newcastle speak for stealing.

Also used in West Sussex oddly.



Giving it melons - driving flat out

[Catweazle]

Dinlo.

[twing]

My other half's son described her new car as "fresh" the other day. fk knows where that's from but apparently he liked it.

[Fane]

toasty said:

joey

Beat me to it. "Deaconoid" derived from it not much later. fk me, kids can be cruel...

[RobinBanks]

Spack wagon:


Also calling people flids.