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UK slangs by kellorah: 2:29pm On Dec 03, 2005
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UK Slang

Allow it - Basically sayin...nah..that ain't workin. Stop it.

Bredren - Another word for a gud friend

Barley - Dad

Boi Dem/5-0/Feds/Pigs/Po-Po - Police

Beggin - As in : "why is she beggin 4? Means - why is she trying it? WHAT is she trying to do? Tryina act like sumthin they're not.

Blud - Anova word u use 2 address sum1 who is a gud friend of urs.

Gully/Heavy/Sick/Messy/Bashy/Shabby/Mucky/Grimey/Shoddy/Serious - Words used 2 describe sumthin that is 'really good'

Wa Gwan/Wa Blo/Wah Bizzle/U Kool?/Safe- Ways 2 greet someone, sayin hello.

Butters/Wasted/Frass/Buckle - Means Ugly.

Murked/Cheefed -Beaten Up - or murked can mean 'ugly' as in - dat gurl lukks murked

Air/Air Time/Big Boi Air/Blanked - - To get ignored....basically, and at the same time get made to look like a fool.

Boi'd - To get shamed or cussed, made to look like a fool

Moved To - To get confronted

Bare/Nuff - Another way of sayin 'A Lot'

Buff/Peng/Peng-a-leng/Choong/Tick/Kriss/Decent - Good Looking. Tha first six mean 'Over Good Looking'

Shook/Prang - Scared

Blup Blup/Pap Pap - Appreciation. It's like applaudin wivout clappin

I Lie?/Alie? -kinda sayin, Do u agree with me? Or wen sum1 says suttin dat sounds surprisin u say 'Alie!'

Gash/Gyal Dem/Gashizzle- Gurls

Mandem - Boys, a group of male youths

Gunge/Sket/Jezebel/Sket/Sketel/Sloth/Loose Goose/Jiggalow - A hoe, someone who has no respect for themselves an sleeps around.

Skeen/Skeeno - Means 'I Understand'

Tops - Basically sayin ur 'Hot'

Raw - Straight to the point, Harsh wiv ur words, no sugarcoatin

Rags/Raggo - Bleep it. Don't care anymore. Oh well

Pissed - A way of sayin: 'I wouldn't wanna b you rite bout now'

Beg Fren - Someone who tries to be your fren an won't leave u tha Bleep alone lyke

Wun/Lata/Bless - Sayin 'Bye'

Jammin/Cotchin - Relaxin

Tug - A male thug

Tugette/thugstress - A female thug

Speng - Another word for a prick or a chief

Ding/Bell - To call someone, e.g 'Ding me l8er' or 'Bell me l8er'

Armz/ArmzHouse - Beef, Mad Beef

Chi Chi Man/Batty Man - Gay

Shubbz - Party/House Party

Dickhead - Someone dat carry's on as doe dey're dumb, a fool.

Nerdish/Neek/Neeky - A geek, or a cross between a nerd an a geek.

Gat/Tool/9milly - Gun

Shanked - Knifed, Stabbed

Snake - Sly

Overstand- Askin if sum1 understands u..but wiv more emphasis

Tag - Nickname/Street Name

Yard - House

Manor/Endz - Tha area u live in.

On ur ones/On ur jays - By Urself

Stush/Stoosh - Carryin on like ur 2 nice for everything and everyone.

Sistren - A word for a gud frend of urs who's a gurl

Munch - Eat

Clock - As in to clock something...figure somethin out

Lick/Jack/Suck - To steal

Regs - As in 'on tha regs' basically sayin, a regular ting, doin suttin regularly

Colly - College

Links/Linkage - To have ''potential partners'' not propah goin out..juss testin dem out

Link Up - To meet up

Mix Up - Sum1 dat's alwayz in beef (fights/controversy) always startin up trouble or in trouble

Screwface - Sum1 dats always lukkin vex, alwayz givin bad lukks 2 people

Kick/Bounce - To leave

Fraff - To chat fraff is basically..to chat shit.

Frass - As in...''take down dem frass pictures'' anova way of sayin shit pictures..(basically it means shit)

Mug - Someone who lets people take dem for fools. Lets people take advantage

Dead/Deaders - Wen suttins borin

Xtra - As in sum1 who juss exaggerates everythin - an turns everythin in2 a big deal dan wat it is

Ennit/Init? - Isn't It?

On a Hype - Sum1's who's always worked up on bringin beef (not normally propa beef) but gettin rude, an bringin attention

No Long Ting - Simple. No complications

Swag/Swaggish - as in...dat was swag' ...'dat was shit'.

Gyallice - A boi dat no's how 2 get bare gurls..or dat has bare gurls

cheesy cheesy cheesy





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Re: UK slangs by IAH(f): 3:27pm On Dec 03, 2005
Ta - Thank you
Mate - Friend
Aye up - Hello
Me - My as in "Me and me mates"
Love love love - everybody is their love in UK. grin
Re: UK slangs by nike4luv(f): 3:28pm On Dec 03, 2005
lol..nice!

i cant remember any slangs now lol
but in ma school ..we use sum

bellend--sum1 dumb
innit- isnt it
tra--thanks
forthnight-- 2weeks

oh dats all i gat 4 now
Re: UK slangs by layi(m): 3:48pm On Dec 03, 2005
@ Demi
Forthnight is actually the english word for "2 weeks". Its not a slang.
Re: UK slangs by buckeye(m): 6:55pm On Dec 03, 2005
are all this UK slangs? or did u add some hausa and igbo put ?
Re: UK slangs by queen2(f): 8:55pm On Dec 03, 2005
buck up - Get together or meet up
easy nuh - Careful/take it easy
posse - Group of friends
Saddo - very boring person
Spars - close friends
yout - yougster
boopsie - an easily duped person, a softie
duff up - to beat someone up
raggo - ugly, unsightly
Saddo - a no-hoper
Re: UK slangs by nike4luv(f): 11:43pm On Dec 03, 2005
@ Layi..i never knew that..i just knew that
Re: UK slangs by nike4luv(f): 11:47pm On Dec 03, 2005
old bill/copper/fuzz- police
Bum- buttocks
bloke- man
dodgy- someone u cant trust
gay- cigarette
nosey- yoju ile
swap- exchange
Re: UK slangs by hotangel2(f): 12:30pm On Dec 04, 2005
I must confess some of those stuffs are funny! Esp when i am tryna pronounce it with the British accent! Stop me from laughing please...!! cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

Ohh wait, i know one.

Shag -- fxck, have sex with. "i would shag her". (say that with the british accent.. it's very funny! cheesy cheesy)
Re: UK slangs by hotangel2(f): 12:31pm On Dec 04, 2005
P.s... im still laughing! cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 9:50pm On Dec 04, 2005
kellorah:


UK Slang



d ones i didnt know about kinda help now......lol
Re: UK slangs by nike4luv(f): 9:50pm On Dec 04, 2005
yea..shag is our slang..

self-servicer
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 9:51pm On Dec 04, 2005
@ HA
not in a british accent.....in a london accent
i know d british accent u must be using
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 9:52pm On Dec 04, 2005
nike4luv:

yea..shag is our slang..

self-servicer
honey, self-servicer's actually english
Re: UK slangs by nike4luv(f): 9:55pm On Dec 04, 2005
is it?
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 10:23pm On Dec 04, 2005
yeap
Re: UK slangs by hotangel2(f): 9:07am On Dec 06, 2005
da808cutie:

@ HA
not in a british accent.in a london accent
i know d british accent u must be using

what's the diff between british accent and london accent? undecided
Re: UK slangs by JosBoy4Lif(m): 6:22pm On Dec 06, 2005
@ Kellorah

Alot of those slangs u mentioned are not actually british...
Like wa gwan, that one definately dey from Jamrock(Jamaica)
Many others derive from Jamaica...

They have just become popular not just in England but all ove de bedren tongue tongue tongue
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 7:05pm On Dec 06, 2005
hot-angel:

what's the diff between british accent and london accent? undecided

u might not notice it, but most places have different accents
u prolly using one that sounds like old white people n soft yet squirky voices smiley
Re: UK slangs by nike4luv(f): 8:26pm On Dec 06, 2005
haha..
i think english pple use ma'am alot while london accent is like..um..i dunnt undecided
Re: UK slangs by kellorah: 11:25pm On Dec 06, 2005
wiv london accent, the word is kinda like 'stressed' i dunno 'ow 2 put it but, if u heard it, u'd knw wot i'm talkin bout grin cheesy

in some circumstances..don't u fink 'OI!' is kinda rude?
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 11:27pm On Dec 06, 2005
yeh, "io" is rude to someone that's not a mate
Re: UK slangs by kellorah: 11:54pm On Dec 06, 2005
yeah wink
Re: UK slangs by nike4luv(f): 11:55pm On Dec 06, 2005
hate when pple call u oi..just ignore em..if dey dont know ur name..they should piss off
Re: UK slangs by kellorah: 11:57pm On Dec 06, 2005
when they r not ur mates...then it's a prob! but mates can yell 'OI!'..like erm..when ure teasin dem n stuff yeah..they can say 'oi' instead of saying ur name. i dunno how to xplain it..Lol cheesy
Re: UK slangs by Z4M4eva(f): 11:23am On Dec 07, 2005
I see nothing wrong with my people calling you "OI", no one sees it as being rude or anything, it's more like saying "hey mate", or "hey" or something
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 12:11pm On Dec 07, 2005
Z4M4eva:

I see nothing wrong with my people calling you "OI", no one sees it as being rude or anything, it's more like saying "hey mate", or "hey" or something
no one said its rude when your people call you 'io' its when strangers do it. you could have read through first rolleyes
Re: UK slangs by Z4M4eva(f): 12:12pm On Dec 07, 2005
Aiite then, no need to roll your eyes.
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 12:13pm On Dec 07, 2005
its a smiley not my real eyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes grin
Re: UK slangs by Z4M4eva(f): 12:16pm On Dec 07, 2005
Wateva you want to call it
Re: UK slangs by da808cutie(f): 12:18pm On Dec 07, 2005
aww don't be so touchy. its nairaland remember
Re: UK slangs by Z4M4eva(f): 12:19pm On Dec 07, 2005
I am not touchy, I was only replying your post.N I know it's Nairaland, I didn't tell you I was lost as to where I am.

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