Slangs!

[Floki]

What kind of interesting slangs do you know which you may use, but not elsewhere in the rest of the Ireland or the UK?


One line I use that I got from my father, if I was to say to somebody, 'Do you have 10 Bob?', that person is unlikely going to know what I mean.
In this case, I am asking for 50 pence.

Another my father (from Carrickfergus) would say, 'How you diddling?'
Meaning: How are you?

In London, some will say 'Apples and Pears'.
Meaning: Up the stairs.

In Lancashire (where I'm from), we would say 'Ova yonder'
Meaning: Over there.



Share some of your interesting slangs.
It's fun.

But do not use these to attack users on here please.
Do that out on the streets

[CANALI]

''Rough as a bag of chisels''.............as in ''He's (or she's) as rough as a bag of chisels''............. someone considered to be vulgar and possibly lacking in social skills.

[Floki]

Yesterday, I taught our Nightshift lady, Savannah on that we use quite commonly in the UK and Ireland:
And Bob's your Uncle


For those who do not know, 'And Bob's your Uncle' is a phrase commonly used in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries that means "and there it is" or "and there you have it".
Typically, someone says it to conclude a set of simple instructions or when a result is reached.

[CANALI]

''Hockeyed''.... in sport it means well beaten....In the catering industry it means having a really busy night in the kitchen... as in ''We were hockeyed tonight!!''

[FullIrish]

And Bob's your Uncle'

Who's Bob, also, who is Fred?!

"Right said Fred" is something my pop always said. Never did find out who Fred was...

[SteveB]

Who's Bob, also, who is Fred?!

"Right said Fred" is something my pop always said. Never did find out who Fred was...

Robert Cecil, AKA Lord Salisbury, who was a British Prime minister. He appointed a favourite nephew, Arthur Balfour, to several political posts in the 1880s. Arthur Balfour became Prime Minister after his uncle.

[SteveB]

Never mind Bob, who is Alice?

[SteveB]

Hoke. A word that does not appear in any dictionary but used often.

[SteveB]

Swedes have some odd ones
‘to shit in the blue locker’, meaning ‘you’ve gone too far’

‘shitfaced’ or ‘wasted’ is ’round under his/her feet’.*

The "Nordic Model" must have made cleaning out said "Blue Locker" a Herculean task akin to the Augean Stables

[Floki]

Never mind Bob, who is Alice?

25 years and still have no feckin' clue