The SLANG Thread.
 

I'm Scottish therefore about 85% of my vocabulary is slang :laughing:.


I'm always interested in learning slang from other countries, so this can be a place we share them!

I shall start :).

First of all I will start with some pretty simple stuff...

AYE - used instead of yes.

NAW - used instead of no.

BALTIC (ball-tick) - used when its freezing outside.

BOAK (bow-k) - to heave.

FEART (fe-ir-t) - to be scared.

SKELP - to hit someone.

JESSIE - to be a wimp.

SKINT - having no money (story of my life! My family say I should get "am skint" tattooed on me I say it that often)

HACKIT - ugly

BREEKS - trousers



And that's all I can think of.

We also say words in the wrong context, for instance;


I would say "How does that happen?" Instead of saying "why does that happen?" :)

Bostin' - Not really sure what this means, I think it's Brummie for something good. "It's bostin".

Gambole - This is a word for a front roll. I've never heard anyone else say it.

Cob - Bread roll.

Tot - Alcoholic drink or drinks.

Cotch - To relax or a place where you relax.

Deffed me off - Never heard anyone from anywhere else say this, but it means to leave someone somewhere "they deffed me off last night".

Wait, is that a verb or a noun?

No idea, I would say "Batlord, you're a fucking Jessie if you don't sink that pint"

Getting used to the slang in the south eastern US was a process for me.

Fixing= intending; wanting to do something

"Coke"= Any soft drink.

"Bless Your Heart"= anywhere between "I am so sorry for you" and a polite form of "you're an abomination." I'm still trying to comprehend the scope of this phrase.

There's also the tendency to drop the consonant and the "to" in infinitive verbs.
Ex: "Gon'" is "going to". As in "I'm gon' drive this here truck up to Pigeon Forge."
EDIT: That reminds me, "here" often gets added superfluously directly before nouns.

There's tons more, but I can't think of them at the moment. Will post more later.

:d

well my slang is mostly in spanish since im puertorican

it's either that type of slang or a druggie slang

"Coke"> does not mean Coca-Cola it means actual coke

"Mamon"> (Spanish) it means suck up

"un caballo" > (Spanish) let's put our money together to buy drugs (it also means 'a horse)

"Guillao" > (Spanish) Pimp

"Bicha" > (Spanish) Bitch

"duuude" > this statement is usually followed by "Im so high"

More will come to mind later..

OH!

"Bump" > doing a line

Can you speak Spanish?

Yea, it's my main language :)

Your English is superb mate :afro:

I have been learning Spanish for 4 months, will learn and memorise those sayings.

Got any more? :D

My city doesn't so much have special slang as really meathead sounding pronunciation, for example:

wit = with
wuhda = water
fie dolla = five dollars
axe = ask

And so on and so forth.

it would really bother me if someone called 'Water' wudha in front of me..

i mean, who are you? Elmer fudd!?

it's not cute, it's just stupid..

I wouldn't really say the people who pronounce it that way sound like Elmer Fudd. They sound much more meathead-ish than that.

That doesn't bug me near as much as someone calling a Sprite a Coke.

Gracias :)

yea i got more, but you should know most of this terms are local terms for puertorico

idk if any other latin american countries use it

But, i can help you how to speak spanish correctly

so if you ever need any help just send me a PM or VM and i'll do my best to help you :)

Yes. That used to drive me nuts when I was taking drink orders at Disney World.

And that doesn't bug me nearly as much as someone drinking Sprite as an adult.

Dude, you worked at Disney World?!

Is the way you write Puerto Rico as a single uncapitaized word also Puerto Rican slang?

Yep.

um.. WHAT!?

excuuuse you~ what the hell is wrong with Sprite? it's REFRESHING!! :mad:

lolol
i just generally have a problem with ppl dumbing down the language

Yeah didn't think of that actually, I'm a thick twat.

Cheers man I think I will tbh :)

The juxtaposition of these sentences together is awesome. :laughing:

Also, I don't know if this is technically slang, but that stereotypical tall hair you see on old-fashioned white southern women is sometimes jokingly referred to as a "Jack-It to Jesus."

Oh sweet irony. :laughing:

Nah, it's just sometimes i write words properly and sometimes i don't..

if you think this reflects my I.Q you're in for a surprise

it's called an acronym Mr grammar Nazi im sure you know this

and do i see the irony in what i said i should've been more specific
For example,

i don't mind if someone writes 'wut?' instead of 'what?'
little words like that i don't mind, but calling water 'wudha' it's taking it too far IMO U_U

Chicago Slang:

Sangwidges
Daaa Bearssss
LSD = Lake Shore Drive
Sliders - Small Burgers from White Castle

Any word ending with a "th" sound will automatically be replaced with just the "t" sound, as in "Sout Side" as opposed to "South Side".

lol. No, it isn't.

It's "wuhda" not "wudha", and that's just it sounds with the Philly accent not how people spell it.

Don't forget "fronch room"!

Yeah, I just don't get that one. I've always said Living Room. My grandparents used to call any type of porch a "Davenport", that always cracked me up.

And Chicago is pronounced "Shekaga".

um, yes it is.. it's an acronym for the word 'people'


Oh you're right..

Now it doesn't sound stupid at all! >_>

you know between you mocking my grammar and then defending bad grammar it leads me to the conclusion you're just trolling me outta boredom

but little did you know im bored too, SO BRING IT! :mad:

lolol

(jk, i don't wanna keep arguing over this stupid sh*t)

Having an accent isn't bad grammar though.

True.. but justifying the bad grammar or pronunciation of that accent while criticising other ppl's grammar is pretty stupid

Oh snap~

that's what i did too! >_<

hahaha :p:

Dude, it isn't. An acronym is made of the initial letters of a group of words (like AIDS for example). "ppl" isn't that.


It's the way a word pronounced with a particular accent, it has nothing to do with grammar. And I'm not "defending" it, I posted because I think it sounds funny.

Awesome thread, lol.

There's a lot of slang in Toronto that is similar to American slang, and especially slang from upstate NY or Detroit because they are fairly close by. But some words that are apparently unique to us:

Down South (used in most of Canada I think) = The U.S.
The rocket = the subway.
Takitish (I hear this a lot but never use it myself) = Take it easy.
Washroom = the bathroom/restroom. Bathroom is also used but not as often, and restroom is almost unheard of here. We also don't say "toilet" or "loo" because they're considered very rude.
Wheels = a car. If someone is referring to the actual wheel or tire of a car, they'll say "Tire".

There are others but I can't think of them right now.

It's an abbreviation. An acronym is something completely different.

We say water funny as well but it is more "waat-ir".


I'm so memorising pimp in Spanish so I can use it in daily life.

An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word.

There is no universal agreement on the precise definition of various names for such abbreviations

Acronym - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


okay janzoon i believe you. ^_^
i do admit my grammar is weird sometimes,
english is my 2nd language but i structure it in my main language which is spanish

so sometimes i say things backwards or don't make my point clear enough but i DO have one (most times)

Oh f*ck..

you're totally right! my bad Janzoon

Anyone ever watch Fargo, and feel the need to talk like that for the rest of the day?



Yeah, probably not but I do.


Slingblade too.

that happens to me with ghetto movies or black ppl's slang lol

for some reason i like saying the word 'nigga' ALOT

whenever somebody says something that is ridiculously untrue i say
"Nigga plz"

and if they do me wrong i say

"Shame on a nigga who tries to run game on a nigga" lol

I've got a few that are pretty normal around here:

Up north: Referring to the west coast (Washington, Oregon, and California)
Transit: Any type of bus, cab, or trolly that gets you from A to B. Not just for busses.
Soda: Referring to any soft drink. Sort of like when other people say coke.