Slang in your area

Wow, I had no idea what any of those mean.

I live in Birmingham, and to be honest, I know none of the slang. My parents tried to keep me isolated from slang, and action that resulted in me sounding weird.

 

Well, don't know if South Carolina has any slang...but here are some from the south in general:

Buggy - shopping cart (I actually hate the word "buggy" with a passion...)
"Cut it half in two" - cut it in half
Grocery store - Supermarket; any store that sells food + something else (Wal-Mart, Target, etc.)
Car - ANYTHING with four wheels and a motor (besides jeeps and dirt bikes)
House - any living dwelling regardless of whether it's an apartment, duplex, actual house, etc.

That's all I can think of right now...

 

Really? I'm about halfway between Birmingham and Liverpool (okay, a bit to the right) and I know maybe about half of it.

We've got:
ay up mi' duck or ay up surry - Affectionate way of saying hi, not really said but probably the most famous saying nonetheless.
nesh - you get cold easily. Really useful word that has no equivalent.
Aye - yes. Although that's used in loads of places.
Ta - thanks. Comes from Scandinavian 'takk'.
Jitty - Alley
Flinkering - Like drizzling, but with snow
Mardy - moody
'reet - Alright
Owt, nowt - Anything, nothing
Massen, yessen, 'issen - Myself, yourself, hiself
Cob - bread roll
Sket - slag
Dead - very
Summet - something
Rammel - disgusting
Fell, low - hill

That's all I can think of. There's probably a lot more that's regional (as in, across the north/midlands of England) that I don't actually realise is dialectal.

We've also got a few different conjugations of verbs ('tek' rather than 'take', cudna rather than could not) and words like 'thee' and 'thou', but that's only for older speakers and I can't say I even know the rules. It's mostly different just in pronunciation rather than grammar, which is a shame.

 

There's loads from my area, but I can't think of that many off the top of my head.

Eejit - Fool

Feck off - Slightly more polite way of saying 'fuck off'

Go 'way or that - Are you serious? (I know, this one makes absolutely no sense)

Havin' the bants - Having a conversation

It's pissing rain - It's raining heavily

It's fair... - It's very... (i.e. it's fair warm today)

Biddies - Old women

Sure (pronounce 'sher'), this one is so difficult to explain but we use it all the time - i.e. "But, sure, I did it already, and now you're telling me I have to do it again?"

Come on to fuck (pronounced 'come onta fuck') - Hurry up

I will, my arse - I won't

I'm tellin' ya now - I'm being serious

After re-reading them, I've just now realised how ridiculous they all are, but we use them all the time.

 

Some good old Canadian slang:

Eh? - Used after an assertion to gauge agreement from another party in a conversation (e.g. "That was a pretty good movie, eh?" or "It's so nice outside, eh?")

Washroom - bathroom

Double-Double - a coffee with two creams and two sugars, usually ordered at Tim Horton's, a coffee shop chain that is so important to us that it's pretty much a part of our national identity lol

Serviette - table napkin (though this term is really only used by the older generations now, like pre-Baby Boomers lol)

Lineup/Line-up/Line up - equivalent to the American "line" or British "queue"

Click - kilometre

Runners - running shoes, trainers, tennis shoes

Postal Code - post code, zip code

Pop - soda, fizzy drink

Pencil Crayon - a coloured pencil

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There are many others but these are some of the most common ones.

 

Rachet=nasty, weird
bougie=stuck up, preppy, kinda blue collar, middle class
swerve=groove (get your swerve on)
twerk=dance in a sexually suggestive manner

I'm from NYC, and I know we say:

snailmail= e-mail
*the name of the expressway, not the number* (I-495= Long Island Expressway)
BQE= Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
The Island= Long Island (eastern)
The City= Manhattan
franks/Sabretts= hot dogs
fuggeddaboutit= don't worry
what's it to ya?= why do you need to know my business.
you're all right= you're not that bad of an individual
Grocery store= for smaller places (bodegas) and supermarkets for the larger ones
halal= the little carts on the street that sell really good food (Middle Eastern)
dungarees= underwear

otherwise, that's it for me.

 

Yeah, well during my childhood, I think my friends were vetted for excessive use of slang before I was allowed to see them. My parents really don't like slang :/

 

Melbourne, Australian slang, I suppose.

Melbs - Slang for Melbourne, and it's inhabitants
Mate - what you actually call your enemies
Cunt - what you actually call your friends
Ute - pick-up truck
Jumper - jacket/sweater
Ta - quick way of saying 'thank you'
Bloke - dude/man
Bludger - someone who lives off the dole, lazy person essentially.
Maccas - McDonalds
Bogan - redneck
Sheila - trashy 'bogan' female
Chips - either french fries/crisps
Footy - football
Thongs - flipflops (this one always makes the 'merries confused.)
Wog - slang for a person of mediterranean ethnicity (ie italians, greeks, lebanese)
Skip - person of anglo-saxon ethnicity (irish, english, ect)

There's also a few phrases but they aren't commonly used, not that I've really noticed. Like 'she'll be right' ect.

 

Like the OP, I'm also from Liverpool. Small world!

A few more:

Arl-arse: Used to describe someone sly or unkind, or even someone with an ulterior motive.
Minge bag/Tight arse: Someone who is frugal with money
Bifter/Ciggie: Cigarette
Bevy: Short for beverage, an alcoholic drink (or many!)
Bird: Term used for woman (usually by young men), "Me bird" translates as "My wife/girlfriend"
Boss!: Excellent, fantastic
Jarg/Blag: Not authentic, fake, counterfeit
"On the Blag" - what we would call someone trying to pull/score a date/shag
Shag: sex
Kecks: Trousers/Pants
Meff: Someone who doesn't dress right or doesn't quite fit in
Minty: Dirty
Offy: Off license/liquor store
Skint: to have no or little money
Keep Dixie: keep a lookout
Cob on: upset/angry
Scally: A rogue (stereotypically)

There are loads more

 

Eejit - as JPC already mentioned, if you're an eejit you're an idiot.
Banjaxed - broken, completely ruined. Popular on nights out when many a young person has a wee bit too much to drink.
Kaylied - related to the above, refers to an individual who is rather drunk.
Deek - look.
Aye - yes. As in "Aye, I'll sell you m'tup". Alternatively also used to say hello, providing it is followed by up. Not to be confused with "hey", the two are distinct.
Marra - friend, or anyone you're slightly friendly with.
Eh - sometimes used to indicate that you're asking a question, sometimes used because you can, and sometimes used to simply request that you state your agreement with a statement or else jog on.
Barie - good, nice. Generally something pleasant.
Craic - talk, gossip, catch up on the what has been going on in the life of another.
Ladgeful - usually referring to being embarrassed about something. Commonly heard by young people who are describing an unfortunate incident involving high heels, cobbled streets, and grazed knees.
Scran - food. Om nom nom.
Jewkle - a dog. Hurrah for canines.
Twining - whinging, complaining.
Kegs - trousers eh!
Cannae - can not.
Nowt - nothing.
Owt - anything.
Didnae - did not.
Divn't - do not. As a side note, didnae and divn't may be used interchangeably by some people, and indeed one may do for both do not and did not depending on the person/area.
Hasnae - has not. May also find hav'nae for have not as opposed to has not.
Vanaye - almost.
Lowp - jump.
Offcomer/outsider/foreigner - someone who comes from outside Cumbria, and if you want to be really specific someone who comes from outside of a certain area of Cumbria.
Jam eaters - individuals fortunate enough to live in the Whitehaven area. Also a term used to describe coal miners, but mostly as an insult to residents of Whitehaven.
Anyroad - anyway.
Arrished - where many people may say that they cannae be bothered, some within a certain area may say they cannae be arrished.
Bairn - child, with bairden refering to multiple children.
Bowk - comit
Fizzog - your face, my face, face!
Gadgee - a man, any man.
and many, many more. There's a whole load of farming slang related to the Cumbrian hill farms that are of absolutely no use to anyone unless they regularly need to converse with farmers .

And as for Black Country slang, I refer you to the Black Country Alphabet.
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Not the most informative video, but there are a few words in there I use on a regular basis. Just not as often as the other words I picked up elsewhere.

Edit:

Bostin - good, excellent, etc.
I do love that word. Bostin. It's bostin aye it.

That's the other use for aye, as a replacement for is. It's versatile.

 

Not too muchin my area.

Shit Shwa (Lots of alternatives for this one)- Oshawa
Clicks- Kilometers
Jesus Murphy - Jesus Christ
The Ballet- Strip joint
Blazed- to go get baked
And everyone calls Loblaws BlawBlaws

We've also got a fair bit of French slang down here, but I have no clue how to spell half of it.

 

Ratchet seems to be a pervasive thing cause we say it here too. It's actually my most commonly used word. Life and everything in it is ratchet. I know we have a ton of weird Boston slang but I'm so used to hearing it I can't even identify any of it.

 

Ask Me Bollix

A term used prodominantly in Dublin to express disapproval/disinterest.

culchies

Culchies is the plural of Culchie and means any Irish person from outside Dublin, whether from another city or from the countryside.

wreck the gaff

In Dublin slang it means a night of mayhem.

Banjaxed

1) Broken, beyond repair

2) Tired, worn out, out of breath

3) Drunk, inebriated

4) Not functioning correctly
" Can ya give me a jont home mate? Me bleedin' honda civic is banjaxed again "

" i'm after runnin' all the way here.. and now i'm banjaxed "

" Been in the pub all after-noon mate, craic was ninty, but now i'm too banjaxed to drive "

 

I had a friend who went to the UK a couple of months ago and he said "Even though we speak the same language, half the time I had no ideal what anyone was saying." xD

We have slang, I just can't think of any...

 

I had no idea that "washroom" was a Canadian thing. I just assumed everyone called it that . I learned something new today. Despite only being just a spring chicken I still say "serviette"

Here are a few that came to mind for me:

Gitch - You're underwear. As in, "Ah, my gitch is ridin' up my crack!"
Parkade - A multi-level building that people park cars in.
Homo milk - Whole milk, 3.25% fat milk
Brown bread - Whole wheat bread.
Mickey - A 375 ml (13 oz.) bottle of hard liquor
Texas Mickey - a 3 L (100-105 oz give or take) bottle of hard stuff.
Junior High - Middle school / Grade 7 to Grade 9
Eavestrough - Rain gutter
Smarties - They're like chocolate M&Ms but apparently in the States they're little hockey puck shaped candies. We call those "rockets."
Rockets - American Smarties?!
Fucking the dog - Slacking off/not getting anything done at work.
Social - This one is sort of a Manitoba one. It's a night of drinking, dancing, music and socializing to raise money for a couple's wedding or sometimes for a charity or a sports team. Usually held at a community centre.
Snowbirds - People (usually retired) that live down in the southern United States during the winter months.

 

I'm Aussie and we have lots of slang, but you know how someone asks you to think of your favourite movie, and suddenly your mind goes blank? - Yeah, well I'm having one of those moments, lol!
But here are some of the main ones that come to mind:

Bangers and mash - sausages and potatoes
Spuds - potatoes
Mate - friend, though it can also be used when talking to random strangers, like "do you have the time mate?"

There are also the stereotypical Aussie sayings like:
G'day - Good day (Seriously, I know Australia is famous for this, but I've only heard this used maybe 3 or 4 times in my life... and 2 of those times were by the same person!)
Put a shrimp on the barbie - Put some prawns on the barbeque

And then there are the random stuff that me and my friends say, but I'm not sure if it's technically slang... like:
Fundage - funds. So you'd use it like "Dude can I borrow some fundage, I just ran out" or "I just got my fundage today, let's go out!"
Craptastic - a crappy form of something fantastic. For example (and this happened to me the other day): You see someone you haven't seen in AGES, and you plan to have a fun day out, but nothing goes to plan. (So seeing my cousin was fantastic, but the rest of the day was kind of crappy.)
Arsetastic - basically a fantastic form of something crappy. So: You just got ran over by a car, but you weren't injured in anyway.

I've also noticed that in America ass is considered to mean a donkey and/or a butt, but in Aus it means donkey (though people 30 and under often think it means butt, due to the fact that most of what's on tv is American) and arse means butt.

And lastly, my friend was saying that she went to this thing where these American youtube stars came out to visit, and they said that it was really weird how Aussie's say "I reckon" all of the time; like if one person says "I hate how sucky this movie is" the other person would say "I reckon" in agreeance... she also said that American's use a different term, but I can't remember what it is.

 

I always thought this is used for someone outside Belfast, but then again I guess I don't know many Dubliners.

 

Surprisingly, the people here in the Southern U.S. use "reckon" a lot as well. But I'm trying to think if the meanings differ. Like "I reckon that there will be snow in the winter."

 

It's basically used in pretty much all the Irish cities; Belfast, Dublin, Cork, etc. to describe us country folk. We, in turn, call them 'townies'.