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Anyone have some slang they want to offer, to lighten up the day?  for example,

yens
you ins
y'all
yoos...

all mean you guys, you folks, etc. in American!
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eh!, meaning "right", or "correct" in Canadian

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I think "little hoser" is a little person or kid in Canadian.
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Calling someone a "hoser" means you are calling them stupid.

Some Quebec slang (or "Joual" as it's known in Quebec):

Hostie (silent "H") - VERY strong swear word
Tabarnouche - nice way of swearing (like saying frickin)
Toton - idiot
Ta Yeule - shut up
Mec (pronounced "Mek") - dude

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don't forget "werd" "sho yo right" and " I got your back"  ;D I use these fairly regularly. Unfortunately I live in Podunk USA so try saying "I got your back" to a farmer and see how they react.  8)
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:o :o :oHow does a farmer react,Shaz???I would also like to add "honkers"which is a synonym for "hooters' when used in the plural form.In the singulat it means someone's nose.Cheers! :D :D :D ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

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Here's a couple of "nice" (or not so nice) ones...

In the US, it means nothing more than a dance - but if someone over here asked you if you fancied a shag, they would, in fact, be asking you to (ahem!) have sex with them...(aren't we romantic, us lot?)
It can also mean exhaustion (as in "I'm shagged out") - hardly surprising if you've been doing too much of the former...

One that's basically confined to the London area is my old favourite gertcha - (pronounced "uuurcha" - like someone retching...this is an expression of disgust, distaste, or disagreement. For the full effect, you can also use it follwed by "cow son", but then you pronounce it "uuurchoo" - it's dying out now, sadly - although I use it from time to time...

I won't even go into our slang word for cigarette...!

Seeing Bobby's post above also reminds me that a wally in this part of the world also means a largish gherkin - very popular still in fish and chip shops here ("I'll have a portion of chips and a wally please, mate..")

Now if that doesn't brighten up your day, bj....
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:o :o 8) 8)Whoa!The Everly brothers use the term "shag'very clearly in their version of "Rip It Up"--and I always did theink they sounded like they got some from that song!I guess now the secret is out.Cheers! ;) ;) ;) 8) 8) 8) :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

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Here's a couple of "nice" (or not so nice) ones...

In the US, it means nothing more than a dance - but if someone over here asked you if you fancied a shag, they would, in fact, be asking you to (ahem!) have sex with them...(aren't we romantic, us lot?)
It can also mean exhaustion (as in "I'm shagged out") - hardly surprising if you've been doing too much of the former...

One that's basically confined to the London area is my old favourite gertcha - (pronounced "uuurcha" - like someone retching...this is an expression of disgust, distaste, or disagreement. For the full effect, you can also use it follwed by "cow son", but then you pronounce it "uuurchoo" - it's dying out now, sadly - although I use it from time to time...

I won't even go into our slang word for cigarette...
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LOL! Paul UK. You did what I was refraining from. I don't think it hurts now to add bonk, bang . . .etc.

Didn't Chas and Dave do a song called 'Gertcha'? I know this is more likely to be London slang. Following this is 'Rabbit' - slang for incessant chatting.

I got caught in one of the boards for saying the slang for cigarette, Paul. I wondered why an asterisk appeared in the middle of the word. Ha! Ha!

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As I think I've mentioned before, there's only a few cockney slang words still in use - I've certainly never heard anyone from this part of the world refer to a road as a "frog" (you only say the non-rhyming part y'see...)

Anyway, folks - keep 'em coming - amazing what you can learn these days...

Regards...
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:o :o :oHow does a farmer react,Shaz???
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Let's just say you get a blank stare, then he spits. Then you get more blank stare.  ;)

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How 'bout, "Arrrrrrgh, shiver me timbers" and of course there's "blimey."  Are these words part of the Queen's English?  lol

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Hm..the first two I'd really have to think about bj..!

But our dear ol' national treasure, "Cor Blimey!" is actually a corruption of "God, blind me..", something someone would utter in days of yore when disputing a point and asking God to punish them should they be economical with the truth...

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Queen's English?
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Queen's English - that's an interesting figure of speech. Because, according to many researchers, the Queen no longer speaks "The Queen's English", and the permutations thereof.End Quote

We don't know half the time because she only speaks to us at Christmas.  :)

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my boo- I hear a lot of African-Americans say that to their homies every single day.( :D).
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I hear that slang from Kelly Rowlands (esp in the song 'Dilhema'). Before I was informed by an R&B friend of mine that it meant boyfriend, I thought it was a way of scarring people away - BOO! (LOL).

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HA! im from eastern pennsylvania..and since  commin online  ive been told we talk funny.. err so  what do u call it when  when ya got poision.??...I like nellys term " dirty"..for his friends.. ya know that way ya dont haveta rember so meny names.. ::)
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my friends not from PA say "i have poison ivy."

another strange eastern PA/NJ thing...adding the letter "l" to a word ending in "aw."  not everyone is guilty of it, but i notice a lot of people saying "i sawl that on TV!" or "i'm going to drawl a picture."  but of course, this is coming from someone who says "cawfee." :D

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my friends not from PA say "i have poison ivy."

another strange eastern PA/NJ thing...adding the letter "l" to a word ending in "aw."  not everyone is guilty of it, but i notice a lot of people saying "i sawl that on TV!" or "i'm going to drawl a picture."  but of course, this is coming from someone who says "cawfee." :D
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Pennsylvanians do have some interesting accents or different words.  I think they substitue the same word to have different meanings to maybe be thrift with the language? Example, I asked for directions, and the person said, "G'don this road, and "G'don I 70, then G'don there..."  I couldn't decide whether "G'don" meant "get on" or "go down."  Anybody know?
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hm...i never really noticed that before!  i pick up a slight difference in pronunciation...like "d'dawn" would be "go down" and "g'don" would be "get on"...but "d'dawn" doesn't really sound much different from "g'don," now that i think of it... ??? ;D

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hm...i never really noticed that before!  i pick up a slight difference in pronunciation...like "d'dawn" would be "go down" and "g'don" would be "get on"...but "d'dawn" doesn't really sound much different from "g'don," now that i think of it... ??? ;D
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Anyway, the Aussies will be here soon - now they've got some slang...!
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root: shag, bonk, screw, fornicate with

long neck: a bottle of beer with a long neck

stubby: a bottle of beer with a short neck

throw-down: a small bottle of beer

slab: a case of beer

yakka: physical exertion, usu. as "that's hard yakka"

ute: a utility vehicle, light truck. Invented by Ford Australia in the 1920s, known in other places as pick-ups, SUVs, etc.

snag: sausage

sanger: sandwich

*Pom: a British person, specifically someone English

*Septic: an American, a contraction of the rhyming slang term "septic tank (Yank)"

*Seppo: a contraction of Septic; therefore, an American

* These are terms of endearment. When we don't like someone, we just call them a "bastard". Sometimes we call them that when we like them too, and sometimes we say it about someone we don't have any opinion about at all. It's quite a useful word.

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To add to the Australian slang . . .

'Tinnie' - I'm not too sure whether it's for tea or beer

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Yep, a 'tinnie' is a can of beer.

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When we don't like someone, we just call them a "bastard". Sometimes we call them that when we like them too, and sometimes we say it about someone we don't have any opinion about at all. It's quite a useful word.


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Gore, you smart bastard !  You took them all !  :o ;D

Oh here's one !

Yob (or Yobbo) : Lazy, beer-swilling person

Aussie (pronounced Ozzy) : Australian    (Note: Not pronounced Ossie with the S sound as they do on all the american TV shows ha ha !  :P)

I suppose a square root is not only 3.14 etc etc, it is also sex with a poindexter..... ???

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I suppose a square root is not only 3.14 etc etc, it is also sex with a poindexter..... ???
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You are obviously NOT a poindexter Fussy. Or you would know that 3.14 etc. isn't a square root. It's pi. :D

What about:

Bogan: typical suburbanite working class slob (better known in Sydney as a "westie", pertaining to the western suburbs). ;)

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You are obviously NOT a poindexter Fussy. Or you would know that 3.14 etc. isn't a square root. It's pi. :D
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Oh CRAP !  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[  I feel like a pie now  ;D

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paizon

AND

stunad

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What do they mean?  ???

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Hostie (silent "H") - VERY strong swear word
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I learned that word in Grade 8 French class.

Forgot what it means though.

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*Septic: an American, a contraction of the rhyming slang term "septic tank (Yank)"

*Seppo: a contraction of Septic; therefore, an American

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Just the ticket, Bj26!  ;)

Don't forget the Cockney rhyming slang. (Slang used in London). Not often used (especially in full) but worth a note.

Frog and Toad - Road
Dog and Bone - Phone (often called the Blower)
Apples and pears - Stairs
Rub-a-dub - Pub (Public house: equivalent to a US Bar)
Tom and Dick - Sick (As in 'feeling a bit Tom and Dick')

There are tons but I'm going to stop there, I think . . .
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Love Cockney rhyming slang - it's soo cool :)

also, 'Trouble And Strife' - Wife, comes to mind

http://www.phespirit.info/cockney/

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What do they mean?  ???
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It's Italian slang.I'm not sure what it means.I've heard it. But,Maybe someone can translate.

Howard

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"Yank" (Septic?!) in general for an American is inaccurate. A lot of our ancestors fought against the yanks in the American Civil War.  Those Americans who ain't Yanks (me being one) are Rebs, i.e. Rebels, yeeeeeeha!  That's the rebel yell!

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Regrettably to blow away your desire for historical accuracy Bj26....

If you live outside the USA, an American is quite simply (known as) a yank  :)

Don't forget, the Civil War has as little meaning to someone who lives outside the USA as the War Of The Roses does to someone who lives outside Britain as the Battle Of Lang Park does to someone who lives outside Brisbane !  ;)

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Regrettably to blow away your desire for historical accuracy Bj26....

If you live outside the USA, an American is quite simply (known as) a yank  :)

Don't forget, the Civil War has as little meaning to someone who lives outside the USA as the War Of The Roses does to someone who lives outside Britain as the Battle Of Lang Park does to someone who lives outside Brisbane !  ;)
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Well, am still not a yank, nor yan-qui de Nueva York, as many from south of the border have called me.   So please, Fuss, educate the world about the plight of us Rebs!!  What's a "Limey?"

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Rebs ?  How would I know ?  Hee hee !  I know you guys had a war and that some of the people on this board seem to be under the impression it is still going !  ;D ;D :o :o 8)

Limey ?  Ask a pommie, Bj...I dunno !  I 'think' that is slang for an Italian ?

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LOL... this just cracks me up..G`don would mean go down.. if u ever notice.. us pa .. ppl..dont measure distance in miles but in hours or minutes.. expample the mall is 10 minutes from me.. dunno how meny miles.. ::)
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yes, we came across that in my german class!  we were talking about how far away we lived from places and frau asked, "how many miles do you live from school?"  it was amusing how none of us knew how many miles, but we all knew that it took some really presice amount of time... ;D

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Limey ?  Ask a pommie, Bj...I dunno !  I 'think' that is slang for an Italian ?
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A limey is a Pom. They got that name because British marines used to eat limes on long sea voyages to avoid scurvy.

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Here is a slang term that I have always liked and still like to this day:

Take a whizz. Or leak. Either one is hysterical if you really sit down and think about it.  :D

Or maybe it is just my medication.....Bwahahahaha!
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I have always thought that to be funny, too.  If someone tells me they are going to take a leak I tell them "Why don't you leave it?" ;D

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I have always thought that to be funny, too.  If someone tells me they are going to take a leak I tell them "Why don't you leave it?" ;D
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word: you agree to something.  ex.."the sky is blue."  "word."
word to your brother/mother: i have no idea.
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Werd, I think is becoming a Zen thing. Between werd and and yo  we have the new Zen.  ;D

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Thanks for all the fuuuunn!  How bout "drain the lizard?"  Also some very common new words "yo" I think it means, hey, need your attention and "bling", think it means friggin far out, woops, there's another couple of slang words!

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actually "bling-bling"means BIG jewlery.

Howard