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I have been conversing with a women here in collarspace. She appears decent enough but mentions things she misses from the old country. I have asked her to explain but she say's that she does not know. Below are the words and phrases concerned.
Chip Butty, Egg Sarny, gobble the goose, watcha cock,
Adam and Eve it, Dog and Bone, Old Bill, Cock o the North, Slimy Ivy, Toad in the Hole, Frogspawn Pudding, Yackidah, Pigs Trotters, Manicunian, Flowery Dell, Peas Pudding, Half a Crown, Cockaleeky Soup, Licorice allsorts, Everton Mints, Blackpool Rock, Eccles Cakes, Mud Pie, Snagging, Ena's Hairnets, Wack and Judy, Kerb Crawler, Fairy Liquid, Mars Bar Fritters, Knickers, Jellied Eals, Toerag, Goonhilly Downs, Jodrell Bank, Jam Rags, Sassenach Bastard, Bogwood, Knuckle Sandwich, Five Bob, Suffer, Roozer,Brazen Hussey, The smoke, Tin Pan Alley, Slave Ranger, Mutton Chef, Knocker Bockers. There are more but my mind has gone numb. Does anyone have any familiarity which such unusual colloquialisms?
I don't know if you are pulling our chain on a wind-up or if the woman is giving you the runaround.
A lot of these words are typically UK slang terms but are scattered all over the UK so it doesn't make any local sense. Some are typically Scottish, some are northern, some are a rip-off of cockney rhyming slang.
Some are from the US.
Some are dead obvious to most people unless you've been living under a rock all your life.
The last two I just don't know.
Most of this was easily available on Google search or the Urban Dictionary.
But I may be able to translate a lot of it for you......
Food
Chip Butty: Fries in a sandwich.
Egg Sarny (it's actually sarnie): Egg, usually fried and often 'sunny side up', in a sandwich.
Toad in the Hole: Sausages cooked in a Yorkshire Pudding type batter in the oven.
Frogspawn Pudding: Tapioca baked in the oven with milk like rice. We don't usually say the 'pudding' part.
Pigs Trotters: Exactly like it says... Pigs feet. Usually roasted or boiled.
Peas (Pease) Pudding: Yellow split peas, soaked overnight, boiled for a few hours and blitzed to a pulp.
Cock a leeky Soup: Chicken and leek soup. Traditionally from Scotland.
Licorice (Liquorice) allsorts: Assorted liquorice sugar candies sold as a mixture (Bassets & Co).
Everton Mints: The Everton Mint is a traditional British mint best known for its distinctive black and white colouring. The mints were first produced in a Liverpool sweet shop close to Goodison Park, home of football club Everton FC – hence the name.
Blackpool Rock: Sweet candy confectionery first sold in Blackpool and was rock hard.
Eccles Cakes: A small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter.
Mud Pie: Mississippi mud pie is a chocolate-based dessert pie that is likely to have originated in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
Mars Bar Fritters: a Mars bar (chocolate confectionery) dipped in batter and deep-fried. Originated in Manchester, a north-western city of the UK.
Jellied Eals: Chopped eels boiled in a spiced stock that is allowed to cool and set, forming a jelly. It is eaten cold.
Items and Places
Dog and Bone: Phone.
Old Bill: The Rozzers. Police.
Roozer: Did you mean 'Rozzer'?? If not, it's a miniature horse with a big heart from Kansas City.
Cock o the North: Has a number of meanings but usually refers to a single malt whiskey.
Slimy Ivy: Not common but can be used to describe a despicable character.
Manicunian: Mancunian - someone born or from Manchester, UK.
Flowery Dell: Not one I know, but it's a holiday place in Yorkshire.
Half a Crown: Old UK money, not used since 1971. Value was half of a 'crown' coin, 5 shillings.
Five Bob: Five old UK shillings. As a single coin was a 'crown'.
Ena's Hairnets: The hair nets once worn by a character from the UK Soap 'Coronation Street' many years ago.
Wack and Judy: Another name for the old seaside beach puppet show called 'Punch and Judy'.
Fairy Liquid: Old UK brand of washing-up liquid/detergent.
Knickers: Women's underwear.
Toerag: An insult meaning 'scoundrel'.
Goonhilly Downs, Jodrell Bank: Jodrell Bank is the name of where the biggest collection of radio telescopes are situated. The location is Goonhilly Downs.
Jam Rags: Tampons or sanitary towels.
Bogwood: Exactly what it says - waterlogged wood collected from bogs or mangroves.
The smoke: A slang nickname for London.
Tin Pan Alley: The name Tin Pan Alley was originally given to an area in New York which had a number of music publishers and songwriters in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century.
Knocker Bockers: Another name for the old 80's toys known as click-clacks or clackers.
Names and Sayings
watcha cock: Hello.
Adam and Eve it: Would you believe it.
Yackidah (Yaki Dah): Welsh for Cheers!
Sassenach Bastard: Derogatory term used by the Scots for someone not originally of Scottish birth/descent.
Knuckle Sandwich: A bunch'o'fives. A full-on punch in the mouth.
Brazen Hussey: Pretty obvious - a woman who wants to attract sexual attention.
Mutton Chef (Jeff): Slang for Deaf or extremely hard of hearing.
Actions
gobble the goose: Oral sex on a man.
Snagging: Snagging is a slang expression used within the building industry in the UK and Ireland. It is used to describe the process of defect identification and resolution.
Kerb Crawler: Not a colloquialism, it's exactly what it says - someone cruising to pick up a hoe/street prostitute.
Don't Know
Suffer: Unkown. Never heard of it other than a standard word.
Slave Ranger: Don't know this one either.
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