The Wide, Wide World Of Slang

[fairfox]

Yep, that's "balls up". One can also make a right "cock-up" of a situation. Also, one can "bollocks/bollix" things up (screw them up). The 'balls up' isn't rhyming slang.

Speaking of rhyming slang...I am quite partial to (a) "Barclay's".

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Barclay's...Bank? = Wank?

[chiqui]

Moggie is still in use in the UK. It's an affectionate term. I think most British people would, most of the time, use 'cat' instead of 'moggie' but it isn't an archaic term. I, weirdly enough, often see it used in UK tabloids.

I don't know if it's related but it Mexico they call cats "micho." I guess it's analagous to "kitty."

[fairfox]

Barclay's...Bank? = Wank?

Yep. /perv

[ratscabies]

Just found this thread. Cool.

I laugh out loud every time I watch "BtVS", and Giles or Spike say "berk". If the censors knew of rhyming slang....

[raqs]

A trip through the TMI thread reminded me that down here we call pubic hair pwell.

*cough*

Alrighty then...

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I love this thread!

I've lived in the Tidewater area of Virginia (from eastern PA) for just over a year now, and it has been a truly educational experience.

My favorite local slang is one that's hard to describe in print, because it's *all* in the pronunciation:

Whuuuut?

Said by the person you are having a conversation with, it means, roughly, "I am surprised by the turn of events you just described. Please continue."

[fairfox]

Is "berk" rhyming slang? My Dad calls people (mainly other drivers) berks all the time. If it's something dirty, I'm not sure I want to know.

He also shouts DAMNATION, HELLFIRE! when something goes wrong.

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fairfox said:

Is "berk" rhyming slang? My Dad calls people (mainly other drivers) berks all the time. If it's something dirty, I'm not sure I want to know.

Yep - it's that word we're not allowed to use, with "berk" derived from Berkshire Hunt.

[Karrit]

I love, love, love-ity love the term "big girl's blouse." The closest definition I can find/figure out is that it is some kind of wussy behavior.

For instance, if someone was afraid to go into the ocean because there might be a shark, you would say to them: "Don't be such a big girl's blouse and get in the damn water!"