The Wide, Wide World Of Slang

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Just curious. Does anyone else in the world use the term muffin top to describe the roll or overhang of fat that is pushed up and on display when a girl's low slung jeans or pants are too small for them? It originated with Kath and Kim an Australian TV show that I believe is being shown in the UK now.

[colette]

Does anyone else in the world use the term muffin top to describe the roll or overhang of fat that is pushed up and on display when a girl's low slung jeans or pants are too small for them?

I didn't before, but I plan to incorporate that into my vocab immediately. I love it! And, living in LA, I see way too much of it.

[ang]

kindred said:

I'm a Kiwi, but I've lived in the UK for the past 8 years. I've become fairly good at wearing trainers when I leave Heathrow, but sneakers when I land in Auckland. NZ is a good place to be from as far as slang goes, because we cherry-pick the best from everywhere - from our Aussie neighbours, our US-heavy TV, and our British roots (heh). So we shag, wear sneakers, and have a barbie. It's all good.

Sweet as, bro - thats choice alright. ;D
I love my Kiwi slang.
We just had a doco screen here about New Zealand language and slang - even in our teeny tiny country the variations in accents are amazing.

New Zealand's about the size of California, yet at one end of the country they all roll thier 'r's - resulting in birrrd, hearrrrd, nerrrrd, etc. Its quite fun pointing and laughing at Southerners.

[kindred]

Ang said:

Sweet as, bro - thats choice alright. ;D
I love my Kiwi slang.

Heh - I use 'sweet as' all the time, and didn't even think of it as Kiwi slang until now. It's a wonder anybody can understand me over here.

I just thought of another favourite 'crook' for 'sore/painful'. My parents are visiting me at the moment, and I did a double-take when my mother mentioned her crook back. I haven't heard that in a long time.

Its quite fun pointing and laughing at Southerners.

Even before they open their mouths ...

[littleblacksheep]

"So Dexie's Midnight Runners are Dexies Midnight Tennis Shoes? Come on Eileen..."

I know - its weird, but not even sure if they use 'runners' in the UK - think it might just be an Irish thing...though if I tried to use 'sneakers/trainers' etc to describe them it just sounds sooo wrong!

We also use 'muffin top' but its a more recent thing. Brilliant (deadly description though - we see waaay too much of that over here. I never get what possesses girls to shove themselves into too tight jeans, let the stomach/love handles roll over the sides and then put on a fitted t-shirt that just doesn't reach the top of the jeans - its,like, christ-on-a-bike* can't you see what you look like when you look in a mirror!

*= for god's sake

fanny also means c*** here but is much less offensive...

[heyalice]

christ-on-a-bike

LOVE. THIS!!
Count me in as someone who also uses dude too much, which I think is much better than 'guy' which I think is a Scarborough(Ontario, Canada) thing. But they also call each 'star' and 'brethren'(prounounced bredgren). Why yes, I'm of Jamaican descent, how did you guess?

[biondetta]

I'm American (grew up in the South), my mother's Scottish. I feel bilingual and slightly confused. I have to stop and think of the "American" term sometimes when speaking to people, or I'll just start listing all the different terms I can think of until I find one that the person understands.

I probably have an easier time with some of the UK slang than I do with American slang, though. When I went to college (in the South, but a lot of Northerners attended the school) and then when I moved to NY for a while, I came across a lot of terms and accents that were completely new to me.

Now I'm back in the South, but I live with an Italian, so I get to learn all of his slang. I now can't look at someone with a large stomach without think la panza! I also swear in Italian a lot now and can even lip read Italian soccer players swearing at referees.

Oh, and it's coke. Not pop, not tonic. Occasionally soda, but coke first and foremost!

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I always thought "muffin" referred to the female genitalia (eg. female masturbation = "sending muffin morse code.)

Also, as long as I'm here, anyone caught laughing at South Islanders (NZ) will be beaten with a marmite sammich.

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I'm from So Cal and I say dude alot, too.

My grandma was from Minnesota so when I was a kid, I thought some of the words she used were strange and old fashioned, like "rubbish" instead of "trash".

Speaking of city nicknames, I loathe Hot-lanta for Atlanta. Loathe.

And I always say coke. Or rather, diet coke.

[mansonlamps]

My grandma was from Minnesota so when I was a kid, I thought some of the words she used were strange and old fashioned, like "rubbish" instead of "trash".

Here in Chicago where we say "garbage", both "rubbish" and "trash" seem old-fashioned.