Local phrases

I was pming Oscar, and I used a totally british prase, and then I started saying loads of them and getting him to guess what they meant.

So, any phrases you use often that is specific to your country/area?

For moi:

Batch-A roll or bap

Gutties: Running shoes

Footie: Football

Bob's your uncle: There you are

Deep Sea Diver: a fiver

A fiver: five pound note

Cobblers: Shoe menders, nonsense

Jammy: lucky

Jitty: The alleyway connecting two streets

Lav/Lavy: Toilet

Up the apples and pears: Up the stairs

Umm I don't usually slang but

Sick.

Here's a few me and my friends made up 2 weeks ago:

Prison Break: Ignoring your grounding rules/ditching detention

Spat on the cat: Spilling a food or drink

Catching the friet train: To leave the house

We say "Skip rope" instead of "Jump Rope"

"couch" instead of sofa (I think most people say sofa..)

Buck- means a dollar (I've got 13 bucks in my wallet)

Angophone- means a person who does not speak french

"Pop" instead of soda

Loonie- one dollar coin

Toonie- 2 dollar coin

Poutine- Fries, cheese, and gravy

I'm pretty sure that we only say that stuff in Canada. -]

^Probably. I'm originally from Canada, and I don't hear that stuff in Scotland, so when my family moved, I kept saying those words, and they stared at me like o.0. And I'm all "WTH?"

I say "pop". Not "soda". Never, ever.

We use "yinz" instead of "you guys" or "y'all".

We say, "Be careful, it's slippy outside." (Rather than slippery.)

We say, "buggy" instead of shopping cart sometimes.

We say, "I would like dippy eggs."

We say, "Give me a gumband." (Rather than rubberband.)

We say, "Watch out for the jagger bush!" (Rather than thorns or brairs.)

Here's a full page of info on "Pittsburghese".

We say "Skip rope" instead of "Jump Rope""couch" instead of sofa (I think most people say sofa..)

Buck- means a dollar (I've got 13 bucks in my wallet)

Angophone- means a person who does not speak french

"Pop" instead of soda

Loonie- one dollar coin

Toonie- 2 dollar coin

Poutine- Fries, cheese, and gravy

I'm pretty sure that we only say that stuff in Canada. -]

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What?! You eat your fries with cheese and gravy?

 

And I don't think there's anything special people say around here. But we say ain't a lot and use double negatives, I'm sure a lot of people talk like that. Or say 'don't' instead of 'doesn't'.

^ The fries with cheese an gravy is awesome~ You need to try it =]

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We don't have any local phrases, not that I know of. Well, most that Tess mentioned.

Batch-A roll or bapGutties: Running shoes

Footie: Football

Bob's your uncle: There you are

Deep Sea Diver: a fiver

A fiver: five pound note

Cobblers: Shoe menders, nonsense

Jammy: lucky

Jitty: The alleyway connecting two streets

Lav/Lavy: Toilet

Up the apples and pears: Up the stairs

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I'm British, and I've bolded the phrases from your post that I'm familiar with.

But even I've never heard of 'gutties', 'cobblers' or a 'jitty.' xD

Poutine

Eh

Pop. (Not SODA)

That's about it.

Lol.

^ The fries with cheese an gravy is awesome~ You need to try it =]---

We don't have any local phrases, not that I know of. Well, most that Tess mentioned.

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AHA, I used to like poutine.

But I'm a vegetarian now, and can't have gravy!

O:

But.. I can't think of any right now. lol

Tenner - Ten pound note

Aye - Yes

Pure - Very

Heavy - {See above}

Och Aye The Noo - ;D Okay, no, we don't say it. ._. Just 'cause I'm Scottish doesn't mean I can't pretend. >:

Also, we say jammy like, "Cool" or such.

I'll find more during school. xD

What?! You eat your fries with cheese and gravy?
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Yes, Weiwei is right. Fries, cheese and gravy (poutine) is awesome!

And oh, how could I froget this phrase.... eh?

^ I don't say eh, I say B. Get it? xD It's my horrible joke that actually amuses my friend.

I'm a kiwi. We combine two languages to make the unoffical language of New Zealand.

We share some with Aussie.

Chilly bin - Ice box or eski.

Kia Ora - Hello.

Down The Gurgler - A failed plan.

Full tit - Try your hardest eg. He ran full tit in the race.

Piece of pi** - Easy as.

Rattle your dags - Hurry up.

Wop wops - Middle of no where

Shark and Tatties - Fish n chips.

Sweet as - Thats good.

A into G - Get going.

Bugger all - Not much.

Eketahuna - Our equivilent to Timbuctu.

Pakeha - Someone who isin't Maori [White boy]

Scarfie - A Uni student in the south island.

Up the duff - Pregnant.

I could go forever.

My area doesn't have very much, but I have realized that we have more than I thought since I went to boarding school and people don't use the same words as people at home.

Our biggest is hella, meaning a lot or really.

The Downs- a rich area (like, we would say Beverly Hills is the Downs. We usually use it to talk about a part of my town, but people also use it to talk about famous wealthy towns.)

hyphy- basically hip-hop/'gangster' culture

Buster- just not that great guy

Fetti/Mail- both mean money

Popo- police!

thizz- culture, like hyphy

Off the chain- really awesome/cool

grody- gross/disturbing/stupid

We also have a lot of weird alternatives to bad words, but I won't post those. We also have some words that don't neccessarily mean bad things, but they have bad words in them. I'm not posting those either.

We say pop, instad of soda. And I say slippy.

Uh, here's some more:

The Old Bill: The Police

Corner shop: A little shop, usually on the corner, but it can be anywhere

Dinner: Usually used for lunch

Tea: Instead of dinner in America/ other places

Fourpenn'orth: Still used, but not often. Literally means four pennies worth

Ha'penny: (prnounced HAY-penny) Not used much anymore, means a half penny

Argie: Argentinian

Gaffer: An old man or a boss

Banger: Old car or a sausage

Parky: Cold

Parkie: Park keeper

Gaff: House

Plait: Braid

Squiz: Look at

Chunnter: mumble

I have an entire Aussie slang dictionary! xD

I don't have any xD I do, but ya know, it's Thai lawl.

There are so many, but I'm familiar with:

BYO - Bring Your Own.

Chokkie - Chocolate.

Dead Horse - Tomato Sauce.

G'day - Hello.

Jumbuck - Sheep.

Mate - Friend.

Mozzie - Mosquito.

Veg Out - Relax in front of the TV.

Yabber - Talk a lot.

That's some. There are waaaaaay more I know, but they're all either inappropriate or just somewhat offensive to others.