We used to play a school yard game called "Tiggy on high" the rules of which were basically you couldn't be tagged and become it if your feet weren't in contact with the ground (eg standing on a wall).
I also remember Kerby which involved standing on opposite sides of the road and trying to throw a football against the payement in front of your opponent.
I understand if you call someone a "wally" these days your regarded as something of a geek.
"Divvy" - an idiot. As in, "what d'ye do that for, yer divvy!"
Skriking" - crying. First thime I heard it in Bolton I wondered what the hell it meant.
"Shady" - not acceptable. I think it's still used in some areas. As in "Aww, you pulled that spiders leg off - that's shady that" Same applied for "Awl Ar*e" (same meaning)
"bobbing" from my school days, meant playing truant, as school meals cost a shilling a day (a bob) you would keep the money and spend it on chips or something, hence "bobbing it"
"greaser" or "greebo" was a name often shouted at myself or my mates, as we were bikers, and back in the 60s we rode old British bikes that leaked oil, and we would no doubt have copious amounts of it on our clothing, hence greasers,
"boneheads" our term from anyone who was NOT a biker, usually casually dressed soul music fans,
"hairdryer pilot" anyone who rode a scooter,
"can" or "cage" a car,
"joe puplic" or a "joe" a cigarette and NOT a joint,
"plastic pig" a reliant robin 3 wheeler,
and then there is the unique dialect of Stoke on Trent,
"cost kcik a bow agen a wow n mak eet cum back n yed eet till eet bosts ar bet thee cosner cost"? wull ar con dust sey?
(can you kick a ball against a wall and make it come back and head it until it bursts? I bet you cant can you? well I can you see,)
tow reyt? or, art geennon, or ow at?
(are you alright, or how are you going on, of how are you old chap)?
We used to play a school yard game called "Tiggy on high" the rules of which were basically you couldn't be tagged and become it if your feet weren't in contact with the ground (eg standing on a wall).
I also remember Kerby which involved standing on opposite sides of the road and trying to throw a football against the payement in front of your opponent.
I understand if you call someone a "wally" these days your rergarded as something of a geek.
Officially sanctioned as 'Off Ground Tig'
In that vein and with the current weather it seems kids no longer know how to make ice slides, first thing we would do at sign of snow was work on creating hudreds of slides - getting them 'bottle' and then 'black' and doing runs and tobbogans on them all break.
At uni I knew two lads from Manchester who earned the nicknames "safe" and "large" for their continuous use if the words to express approval of something.
"bobbing" from my school days, meant playing truant, as school meals cost a shilling a day (a bob) you would keep the money and spend it on chips or something, hence "bobbing it"
"greaser" or "greebo" was a name often shouted at myself or my mates, as we were bikers, and back in the 60s we rode old British bikes that leaked oil, and we would no doubt have copious amounts of it on our clothing, hence greasers,
"boneheads" our term from anyone who was NOT a biker, usually casually dressed soul music fans,
"hairdryer pilot" anyone who rode a scooter,
"can" or "cage" a car,
"joe puplic" or a "joe" a cigarette and NOT a joint,
"plastic pig" a reliant robin 3 wheeler,
and then there is the unique dialect of Stoke on Trent,
"cost kcik a bow agen a wow n mak eet cum back n yed eet till eet bosts ar bet thee cosner cost"? wull ar con dust sey?
(can you kick a ball against a wall and make it come back and head it until it bursts? I bet you cant can you? well I can you see,)
tow reyt? or, art geennon, or ow at?
(are you alright, or how are you going on, of how are you old chap)?
In that vein and with the current weather it seems kids no longer know how to make ice slides, first thing we would do at sign of snow was work on creating hudreds of slides - getting them 'bottle' and then 'black' and doing runs and tobbogans on them all break.
And the art of the "scrub" (ie crushing a snowball in a victims face) has long since disappeared in these days of bullying hysteria.
"Divvy" - an idiot. As in, "what d'ye do that for, yer divvy!"
Skriking" - crying. First thime I heard it in Bolton I wondered what the hell it meant.
"Shady" - not acceptable. I think it's still used in some areas. As in "Aww, you pulled that spiders leg off - that's shady that" Same applied for "Awl Ar*e" (same meaning)
Bogey (this was a home made go-kart made from scrap wood and wheels from a baby's pram/buggy). After 1990 they seem to have vanished from Britain's streets as I don't see the many more, probably becuase the health and safety nazis who've forgotten their childhood of the
70s/80s
Oh yeah, Pigs (the police).
Crucial=good
Bogey (this was a home made go-kart made from scrap wood and wheels from a baby's pram/buggy). After 1990 they seem to have vanished from Britain's streets as I don't see the many more, probably becuase the health and safety nazis who've forgotten their childhood of the
70s/80s
Oh yeah, Pigs (the police).
Crucial=good
Ah yes, I had a mate who made one and he fixed a 'roll cage' to it (metal section from a school chair) by means of cement
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"Shell" - Bascially scoffing at someone who's made a fool out of themselves.
Or indeed "twoinking", or "grinding"
Or along the same lines pie-eyed
Aren't Nish and Netto Manchester words, before the supermarket too.
That's right; I forgot about those.;)
Another couple:-
'Duss' - zero
'Dussed' (as in dussed out), meaning knocked out or beaten up.
I also remember Kerby which involved standing on opposite sides of the road and trying to throw a football against the payement in front of your opponent.
I understand if you call someone a "wally" these days your regarded as something of a geek.
Skriking" - crying. First thime I heard it in Bolton I wondered what the hell it meant.
"Shady" - not acceptable. I think it's still used in some areas. As in "Aww, you pulled that spiders leg off - that's shady that" Same applied for "Awl Ar*e" (same meaning)
"Sack it" - stop it.
"greaser" or "greebo" was a name often shouted at myself or my mates, as we were bikers, and back in the 60s we rode old British bikes that leaked oil, and we would no doubt have copious amounts of it on our clothing, hence greasers,
"boneheads" our term from anyone who was NOT a biker, usually casually dressed soul music fans,
"hairdryer pilot" anyone who rode a scooter,
"can" or "cage" a car,
"joe puplic" or a "joe" a cigarette and NOT a joint,
"plastic pig" a reliant robin 3 wheeler,
and then there is the unique dialect of Stoke on Trent,
"cost kcik a bow agen a wow n mak eet cum back n yed eet till eet bosts ar bet thee cosner cost"? wull ar con dust sey?
(can you kick a ball against a wall and make it come back and head it until it bursts? I bet you cant can you? well I can you see,)
tow reyt? or, art geennon, or ow at?
(are you alright, or how are you going on, of how are you old chap)?
"ast ast im? they atner ast im ast"?
(have you asked him? you haven't asked have you)?
Officially sanctioned as 'Off Ground Tig'
In that vein and with the current weather it seems kids no longer know how to make ice slides, first thing we would do at sign of snow was work on creating hudreds of slides - getting them 'bottle' and then 'black' and doing runs and tobbogans on them all break.
(eg "That's well safe that is")
("I'm 'avin it large me")
Is Duck/Ducks Stoke or Nottingham?
And the art of the "scrub" (ie crushing a snowball in a victims face) has long since disappeared in these days of bullying hysteria.
Don't know much of their stuff, but I love Grey Cell Green.
That's a great song. :cool:
"nesh" to describe someone extra-sensitive to the cold ...
"snappin" which was slang for a packed lunch (often in a tupperware container)
Lathered - too hot.
We say that sometimes up here.
Spazzmo
Spazzy
Spacker
Skill
Ace (as in good)
VHS
C90
70s/80s
Oh yeah, Pigs (the police).
Crucial=good
I don't really hear this anymore.
Ah yes, I had a mate who made one and he fixed a 'roll cage' to it (metal section from a school chair) by means of cement