Does anyone else find that when talking to friends who live in different parts of the country, they have a whole different range of slang words which make it sound like they're talking a different language?I've been catching up with an old friend who'd moved to London and he keeps calling me "posh girl" because I don't know the terms he uses. I just think we're both familiar with totally different slang terms. So I thought I'd post a thread for those terms you've heard people from other areas use, but don't understand! And if you like post any particularly unusual local slang of your own here then go for it.
So, to start off, my friend called me "nang" and I have no idea what it means! Anyone?!
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- 07-08-2004 10:52
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- 07-08-2004 10:55
If I'm correct that means you are good.
But slang is utterly ridiculous and I refuse to use it, if that makes me 'posh' then so be it -
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- 07-08-2004 10:58
(Original post by AntiMagicMan)
If I'm correct that means you are good.
But slang is utterly ridiculous and I refuse to use it, if that makes me 'posh' then so be it
PS I have no idea what nang means. -
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- 07-08-2004 11:02
Those buffoons on the blazin' squad messageboard use it every 3rd word.
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- 07-08-2004 11:04
It's making me feel better than I'm not the only one who didn't know
According to http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/n.htm:
nang - Adj. Excellent, great. [London use]
Spot on AntiMagicMan. So I guess I'll take it as a compliment... -
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- 07-08-2004 11:06
nang is an old word. as in, i was using it in year 7, along with 'speng' and 'ming'
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- 07-08-2004 11:38
(Original post by fishpaste)
Those buffoons on the blazin' squad messageboard use it every 3rd word.
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- 07-08-2004 11:49
Ey up, gadge, I just seen this proper mad as bewer throw a radgie coz some monkey hanger stole her stottie.
Now I may have used all those terms regularly before, but I hope to god I've never actually used that many in the same sentence. And if anyone (not from Middlesbrough) can decipher that then fair play to you. -
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- 07-08-2004 11:51
(Original post by stressedstudent)
It's making me feel better than I'm not the only one who didn't know
According to http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/n.htm:
nang - Adj. Excellent, great. [London use]
Spot on AntiMagicMan. So I guess I'll take it as a compliment.... But I guess I already have, oh well
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- 07-08-2004 11:55
(Original post by goldenbarnes)
Ey up, gadge, I just seen this proper mad as bewer throw a radgie coz some monkey hanger stole her stottie.
Now I may have used all those terms regularly before, but I hope to god I've never actually used that many in the same sentence. And if anyone (not from Middlesbrough) can decipher that then fair play to you. -
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- 07-08-2004 12:25
(Original post by Pegasus)
If someone said that to me I would assume they had some sort of learning difficulty...
BOOOOO hisss
Believe it or not that slang's used regularly by most people on Teesside, although I would regularly myself only use the word 'gadge'. -
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- 07-08-2004 12:26
I knew what nang meant, but I am exposed to London slang quite a lot!
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- 07-08-2004 12:31
I haven't heard "nang" since year nine.
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- 07-08-2004 12:38
Does anyone else use the word "grockle"? As in... "there goes another grockle" or "that grockle shop". (Not giving away the meaning just yet
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- 07-08-2004 12:46
(Original post by musicboy)
I haven't heard "nang" since year nine.
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- 07-08-2004 12:51
I've lived in London all my life and never heard the term "nang". And definitely not "grockle".
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- 07-08-2004 12:53
Let's make a word up, proliferate it, and see how long until a stranger uses it in everyday conversation.
How about "yerdy" ... somebody invent a meaning. -
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- 07-08-2004 12:53
(Original post by Sarky)
I've lived in London all my life and never heard the term "nang". And definitely not "grockle".
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- 07-08-2004 12:58
(Original post by blissy)
I think grockle is just a westcountry thing, but I just want to see if anyone else has heard of it
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- 07-08-2004 13:20
Me and my mates have invented a whole varity of slang words for us to use.
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