Slang from your community

Camikaze said:
Bogan- white trash/redneck/country people
Houso- someone that lives in government housing
Dero- someone very poor (i.e. derelict) or who dresses poorly

I can't think of much else- that is actually used. There's plenty of Aussie slang, but no-one uses it; it's outdated and very bogan.
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Shrimp on the Barbie! :D
 
That's OK as long as the Sheilas get their norks out.
 
Well, here we've got:

tin - a cannister, regardless of material. "I don't like those new plastic tins that the coffee comes in now."

skid - a dirty, unsophisticated, crude person, usually (but not necessarily) young

skidly - in a disreputable state.

buck and doe - like a bachelor party, but tame: both bride and groom are there.

stag - a regular bachelor party - ie no bride

cancer cage - non-smoking section; no longer in use as there are no more non-smoking sections.

busker - street musician

panhandle - to beg for money on the street

kerfluffle - as a noun, a disturbance or chaotic situation. As a verb, the state of being flustered.

loonie - the one dollar coin, which has the image of a loon on it.

toonie - a two dollar coin

toque - winter hat

two-four - a case of 24 bottles of beer

brew - a beer

you's - multiple of you

goof - an idiot; also, a pedophile.

brutal - something bad or unfair. "The weather is brutal" or "these new rules are brutal".

balaclava - ski mask

click - kilometre

Most of these are colloquialisms, but a few are regional slang. "Goof" to mean "pedophile" is prison slang, for instance. Some fall somewhere inbetween. "You's" is very blue collar, and probably no longer used by younger generations.
 
fus-class, an Indian perversion of 'first-class', used to refer to anything good
 
Whomp said:
In Chicago we butcher words with "th" in them.
Tree = three
We call our highways by name instead of number. I-290 is "da Eisenhower" or "da Ike" and even "da congress expressway"
Pop = soft drink
Barley pop = beer
Gym shoes = tennis shoes/running shoes
Cash box = toll booth
Chad or Trixie = yuppie
Lincoln Park Pirates = Lincoln towing. They'll tow you in a second if you are illegally parked.
7-0-8 = suburbanite
Ched = person from Wisconsin
If you said 588 2300 everyone would know to say empiiiirrre in sing song
Al-oh = hello
What's up cuz = saying hello to someone.
Everyone in Chicago has a "guy". Like "let me talk to my guy".
In Chicago there's Chicagoland (the city and suburbs) and the rest of the state which is just called downstate(southern Illinois).
Even though you'd say "duh moyne" for "Des Moines" you'd say "dess plains" for "Des Plaines".
Italian beef sammiches are ordered "beef, dry(or wet meaning with gravy or some of you may call it juice), sweet(or hot)for peppers.
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lol dude, I think its kinda sad that I've heard people say most of those :lol:. Though I've never heard Ched (I think where I live people prefer the whole Cheesehead instead :D). And the empire tune isn't as popular (at least now) as the Luna one, 773-202- luuuuuuna!
 
Bill3000 said:
Slang refers to informal lexical items used by a specific social group, for instance teenagers, soldiers, prisoners and thieves. Slang is not the same as colloquial speech, which is informal, relaxed speech used on occasion by any speaker; this might include contractions such as 'you’re,' as well as colloquialisms. A colloquialism is a lexical item used in informal speech; whilst the broadest sense of the term 'colloquialism' might include slangism, its narrow sense does not. Slangisms are often used in colloquial speech but not all colloquialisms are slangisms.
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How would you describe the examples I gave of Cornish slang which are listed in a book on Cornish slang I have? They are derived from both Cornish and English and are only used by natives of this area. I hear them here regularly.

Example. "haw be ya me ansum?" instead of "How are you, my friend?"

or "There ne'er be such a shine afor" for "There's never been such a fuss before."

or "He not be no fool b'hind the door" for "He's a not a person easily duped."
 
jessiecat said:
How would you describe the examples I gave of Cornish slang which are listed in a book on Cornish slang I have? They are derived from both Cornish and English and are only used by natives of this area. I hear them here regularly.

Example. "haw be ya me ansum?" instead of "How are you, my friend?"

or "There ne'er be such a shine afor" for "There's never been such a fuss before."

or "He not be no fool b'hind the door" for "He's a not a person easily duped."
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Phrases within the West Country dialects? :dunno:
 
Poke- plastic bag.
Gummy- rubber band.
Ig-nernt- rude; mean.
Yunz- Massacre of "yinz".
Boozlin string- twist tie.
Redd up- to clean.
Alls- used in place of "all". Ex: "Alls I have is this one".
Crick- creek.
Jagger- thorn.
Erl- oil.

I don't care if they're slang or not; when I think of my home town this is what comes to mind.
 
Bunny Hug - Hoodie (a hooded sweater)
River Monkey - Beaver (the animal)
Winnipeg Handshake - broken beer bottle
A whole bunch of racist terms for Native Americans, the only appropriate one that I can think of off the top of head being 'Nicked by the Arrow' for a Metis person.

And, on a bit of a side note, I think I heard some new slang being born today. At work I overheard some guys saying that they're going to 'Attridge' someone. This referencing an extremely violent assault that took place in a McDonald's parking lot on Attridge Drive last weekend. I doubt it'll take off, but I still found it neat.
 
Boke = Vomiting.
Do you ken? = Do you know?
 
useless said:
Wait, what?
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I assume he's referring to the similarity between "ken" and the German verb-with-similar-meaning kennen, which is "to be aware of" (kinda).
 
Ah, i see.
Some more:
Scum = English.
I screwed yer mom = A term of endearment in Scotland.
Lass = Girl.
Dinnae = Don't
Cannae = Can't.
 
Tactical chunder - to vomit during a night out in order to make room for more ale.
 
Ashtray shimmy-what you do when it's 3AM and you're backf rom the pub but OH MY GOD THERE ARE NO CIGARETTES LEFT and you improvise, and end up smoking a week's worth of fag stumps.
 
I call that raiders of the lost dimps.

Tactical chunder monger - someone who uses tactical chunder tactics regularly.
 
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