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Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
So, the other day it came up in conversation that the Irish, and Dubliners in particular basically have an entire language of slang that can be rather confusing to foreigners - even native English speakers. It came up when the English girl in my class, who has been here for close to 4 years now heard one of say after an exam "that was a load of me hoop". She was also amused that everyone in my class had their own particular way of saying bollocks.
Now most of our slang is either rhyming slang like the cockneys use or euphemisms for various body parts, as are both of the examples.

It's handy for us going abroad because we get all the American tv so we know all of their slang. Aussies are more of a problem - they call flipflops 'thongs'.

So anyway, to the point - what are favourite words/phrases that are completely exclusive to your town or country, and post explanations too :p

Here's a few of mine.

Hoop - asshole.
bollocks - testicles
Joe - Taxi (short for joe maxi) that one doesn't make any sense :D
Mickey - euphemism for cock. :D
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  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    So, the other day it came up in conversation that the Irish, and Dubliners in particular basically have an entire language of slang that can be rather confusing to foreigners - even native English speakers. It came up when the English girl in my class, who has been here for close to 4 years now heard one of say after an exam "that was a load of me hoop". She was also amused that everyone in my class had their own particular way of saying bollocks.
    Now most of our slang is either rhyming slang like the cockneys use or euphemisms for various body parts, as are both of the examples.

    It's handy for us going abroad because we get all the American tv so we know all of their slang. Aussies are more of a problem - they call flipflops 'thongs'.

    So anyway, to the point - what are favourite words/phrases that are completely exclusive to your town or country, and post explanations too :p

    Here's a few of mine.

    Hoop - asshole.
    bollocks - testicles
    Joe - Taxi (short for joe maxi) that one doesn't make any sense :D
    Mickey - euphemism for cock. :D

    wait.
    Mickey is a euphemism for cock?

    *eyes light up with this information*
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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Wicked...as in this is wicked cool, or wicked funny, or wicked hot!!!
    I love to turn you on
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Aussie slangs?
    Lollie = candy
    boot = car trunks
    kiwis = new zealanders
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    failedpersephone wrote:
    wait.
    Mickey is a euphemism for cock?

    *eyes light up with this information*
    Gives a whole new meaning to slipping someone a mickey...lol
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    failedpersephone wrote:
    wait.
    Mickey is a euphemism for cock?

    *eyes light up with this information*
    :D a lot of people love that when they hear it first.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    So, the other day it came up in conversation that the Irish, and Dubliners in particular basically have an entire language of slang that can be rather confusing to foreigners - even native English speakers. It came up when the English girl in my class, who has been here for close to 4 years now heard one of say after an exam "that was a load of me hoop". She was also amused that everyone in my class had their own particular way of saying bollocks.
    Now most of our slang is either rhyming slang like the cockneys use or euphemisms for various body parts, as are both of the examples.

    It's handy for us going abroad because we get all the American tv so we know all of their slang. Aussies are more of a problem - they call flipflops 'thongs'.

    So anyway, to the point - what are favourite words/phrases that are completely exclusive to your town or country, and post explanations too :p

    Here's a few of mine.

    Hoop - asshole.
    bollocks - testicles
    Joe - Taxi (short for joe maxi) that one doesn't make any sense :D
    Mickey - euphemism for cock. :D
    Bollocks is not specific to Ireland y'know :)
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    i know far too many to even start!!! :D

    i have about 47 just for the fudd alone. :o
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:

    Hoop - asshole.
    bollocks - testicles
    Joe - Taxi (short for joe maxi) that one doesn't make any sense :D
    Mickey - euphemism for cock. :D


    but the dog's bollocks = good :D;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Bollocks is not specific to Ireland y'know :)
    Oh I'm well aware, we have the best accent though ;)
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    dunkman wrote:

    i have about 47 just for the fudd alone. :o
    That deserves a thread of it's own. My favourite is axe wound :D
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    That deserves a thread of it's own. My favourite is axe wound :D


    vertical smile
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    quick question.

    which nation came up with the term "wanker"
    UK, Aussie or Kiwis?

    it's one of my favorite slangs.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    LongRd. wrote:
    quick question.

    which nation came up with the term "wanker"
    UK, Aussie or Kiwis?

    it's one of my favorite slangs.


    the UK.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    well Bostonians have basically their own form of English:

    tonic = soda
    wicked = very, really
    bubbler (pronounced "bubbla")= water fountain
    packy= liquor store
    rotary= traffic circle
    barrel = waste basket

    we also tend to have more "british-like" ways of speaking than the rest of the country. for example many Bostonians pronounce "mom" as "mum," we often refer to trash as rubbish, and we pronounce things like "bath" and "can't" like "bahth" and "cahn't."
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    well Bostonians have basically their own form of English:

    tonic = soda
    wicked = very, really
    bubbler (pronounced "bubbla")= water fountain
    packy= liquor store
    rotary= traffic circle
    barrel = waste basket

    we also tend to have more "british-like" ways of speaking than the rest of the country. for example many Bostonians pronounce "mom" as "mum," we often refer to trash as rubbish, and we pronounce things like "bath" and "can't" like "bahth" and "cahn't."

    grinder = big ass sandwich
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  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    LongRd. wrote:
    grinder = big ass sandwich

    hmm see I always thought "grinder" was from somewhere else. we always called them subs.

    but oh wait:

    a frappe= what a lot of people call milkshake (includes ice cream)
    a milkshake= milk and syrup, no ice cream
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Mickey - euphemism for cock. :D
    So, Mickey Mouse=rodent penis???? :confused:
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    born and raised in southern california.....i can have complete conversations using only the word 'dude'......;) :p:D
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    tybird wrote:
    So, Mickey Mouse=rodent penis???? :confused:
    not exactly. Mickey mouse can mean something is crap. It's more of an English term though.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    hmm see I always thought "grinder" was from somewhere else. we always called them subs.

    but oh wait:

    a frappe= what a lot of people call milkshake (includes ice cream)
    a milkshake= milk and syrup, no ice cream
    you might be right. but it is originated from New England.
    just forgot which state. :mad: (shut up NYPJ)
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    ok where do we start

    heid = head
    gan = going
    ken = know
    swallae = drinking
    glaikit = stupid
    weans (waynes) = kids
    bawbag = scrotum
    blootered = drunk
    braw = good
    beelin = stinking


    thats me bored and only up to 'B's'
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    cutback wrote:
    born and raised in southern california.....i can have complete conversations using only the word 'dude'......;) :p:D
    seriously, dude.
    ;)
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  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    kilt=skirt or dress
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    dunkman wrote:
    i know far too many to even start!!! :D

    i have about 47 just for the fudd alone. :o
    is the Fudd, the poon? is it the same thing? because I am freaking confused.

    :confused:
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  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    failedpersephone wrote:
    is the Fudd, the poon? is it the same thing? because I am freaking confused.

    :confused:

    You arrived just in time. Dunk is hosting his annual Fudd convention at Castle Fuckula this weekend. Seating is limited, and you don't want to miss the door prizes!!!
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    failedpersephone wrote:
    is the Fudd, the poon? is it the same thing? because I am freaking confused.

    :confused:

    aye = yes

    :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    To have a Tom Hank - To masturbate.

    I wonder how he feels about that :D
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  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    dead nuts = exactly
    the tits = great
    puss = perfect


    Your measurment was dead nuts.

    That restaurant was the tits!

    The chrome on that car was puss.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    kilt=skirt or dress

    NY PJ1 = unoriginal or mundane
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    dunkman wrote:
    ok where do we start



    thats me bored and only up to 'B's'

    And you started on the H's, you must be blootered. :D

    isn't gallas one of yours ?
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
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