Friday, 20 February 2009

Grannie Slang


* Argy-bargy - what we did in the Falklands 1982 (dispute?)
* Booty - it's what you shake (a prize or gain?)
* Check out - wassup? (supermarket?)
* Clobber - 'im (clothes?)
* Flick - knife (movie?)
* Gay - only one in the village... (merry, lively?)
* Hip = hop (replacement needed?)
* Jiggery-pokery - get jiggy wiv'it (trickery, fraud, humbug)
* Jive - get down on it (swing, jazz)
* Mint - make a packet (peppermint confection?)
* Natty - dread (smartly dressed, spruce?)
* Poppycock - bullshit (nonsense, bosh?)
* Snifter - shot (small alocoholic libation)
* Wag - footballer's totty (mischievous humour?)
* Zeppelin - Led II, III rockin' (cylindrical, gas-filled airship?)

Laters!