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| starmekitten |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 05:07:07
A lexicon of teen speak from the BBC, my do kids talk some shit.
A
ah nam - tell on, rat on.
B
back slang - a code which uses the original spelling of words and adds extra letters and syllables for effect or to disguise the real meaning. The rap lyric "shizzle my nizzle", which confounded a High Court judge, is one such example.
bare - a lot of, very. In the case of a man or woman described as bare butters (see below)
book - cool. The first option given in predictive text when trying to type c-o-o-l.
boom boom - a slogan of approval in inner-city London. There was much debate during the election campaign about whether Tony Blair was booed or boomed at the Lilian Bayliss Technology School in London.
buff - sexy, fit.
bum - to enjoy something: "he bums that game so much". And there are levels of bummage - to really like something is to "bum it blue", but "he bummed it black" means he used to like it but has since gone off it.
butters - ugly (pronounced without sounding the t's).
buzzing - cool.
C
chirps - chat up: "we chirps some buff gals last night."
chung - extremely sexy. If someone is described as "chung", that's better-looking than their "buff" friend.
cotch down - to hang out, relax, chill out or sleep. Possibly derived, via patois, from the French "se coucher", meaning to lie down. See also kotch.
crump - a multi-purpose term which can be an insult, an exclamation and a rather explicit sex act. It generally means bad, but can also mean good, depending on the context: "that ain't good man, it's crump" or "that's one crump message you left there".
D
dash - to dash is to pass something to somebody - but it can be "pass" in the broadest possible sense, including to throw violently with the intention of causing hurt or damage.
dred - dreadful, terrible, bad, cruel.
dry - dull, boring, stupid, unfunny. A bad joke might be described as "dry".
F
feds - police. Taken from the US word for the FBI.
fo sho - "urban" version of yes, for sure, certainly.
from ends - one who is "from the streets" and so knows what's going on.
fudge - a very, very stupid person indeed - the implication being that these letters will be their GCSE results.
G
grimy - good, or may describe a practical joke or amusing - and probably unsavoury - act.
H
hangin - ugly, most likely with an unattractive body and bad dress sense to boot.
howling - ditto.
J
jack - to steal or take, as in "car-jacking".
K
kotch - sit and chill out. See also cotch.
L
long - someone who won't put out, also meaning a lot of effort: "He wanted to have sex with me, but I told him I'm long."
lush - good-looking, sexy.
M
mint - cool. Self-explanatory, surely.
munter - ugly. An alternate to minger, which has long since passed into the mainstream since its first recorded use in 1995.
N
nang - London term for cool, excellent, brilliant. When something is very good, it's "proper nang".
O
off the hook - cool, appealing, fresh, exceeding one's expectations. A phrase much over-used by Maxwell in Big Brother to express appreciation for his surroundings, for an attractive member of the opposite sex...
R
rago - whatever, OK.
random - odd, irregular, crazy, out there. Used by those who like to think they live a life less ordinary. Used by players of the online game Counter-Strike to describe someone whose performance is inconsistent.
roll with - hang out with.
S
safa - coolest of the cool, superlative version of safe (see below).
safe - cool, good, sweet.
shabby - cool, smart, "da bomb". As in "that's a well shabby suit."
sick - interesting, cool, never seen before. The more sick something is, the better. This usage originated with skaters and snowboarders.
sik - see sick.
slap up - to beat up. Hence the happy slapping craze in which feral youths attack passers-by and film it on their mobiles.
standard - goes without saying.
swag - extreme, scary. A word which once denoted ill-gotten gains and then freebies - particularly branded merchandise - it can also be used as an adjective for something frightening.
switch - to turn on someone.
T
tell over/told over - to rat on someone.
V
vexed - irritated, angry. An old word, it has gained new currency, as demonstrated by Science in Big Brother to express his annoyance with some triviality or other.
W
wicked - cool. Yes, 30-somethings who remember it from their own school days, it has made a comeback. Can also mean very, thus something can be described as "wicked cool".
Y
yard - house, garden, where one lives and hangs out.
your mum - a comeback to a question or insult. An implied affront to one's mother, which may be taken as an ineffectual insult or may result in grievous bodily harm.
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| kathryn |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 12:12:46
Just googled Durex. Oh the things one learns on fb.net!
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 17:11:37
i use "bare" all the time, around certain friends. it started off as a piss take but now i use it every other word :'( (with friends, i still have control over my language in other crowds)
 Oh let it linger |
| VoVat |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 13:34:30
Hmmm...there's a Crump Road near where I live.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 09:32:17
that's hella rad, yo.
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN |
| tobafett |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 09:28:23
what a load of chuff. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 08:44:10
Way too many UK terms in here.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| KimStanleyRobinson |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 08:12:03
fav :
 <---this is NOT an intelligent man. |
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