Slang - do you use it?

[fingal]

I just wondered if you use slang in your everyday speech, and if so which words? Often it's used as a joke where I live. Some words:

cushtie = good. A gypsy word.
chav = a young working class person with bad fashion sense
punter = a customer
pukka = very good/genuine

A few are associated with tv personalities, but I wondered if anyone knew any more? I like slang!

[techieMoe]

fixing to - often used instead of "about to" or "going to"

"I was just fixing to take care of that."

That's the only thing I can think of at the moment.

[petergriffin]

I just wondered if you use slang in your everyday speech, and if so which words? Often it's used as a joke where I live. Some words:

cushtie = good. A gypsy word.
chav = a young working class person with bad fashion sense
punter = a customer
pukka = very good/genuine

A few are associated with tv personalities, but I wondered if anyone knew any more? I like slang!

I can't think of any I personally use, but I heard my ex saying this once:

"I'm going to brush me tegs"

Apparently tegs are a slang term for teeth.

[fingal]

I can't think of any I personally use, but I heard my ex saying this once:

"I'm going to brush me tegs"

Apparently tegs are a slang term for teeth.

Yep, that's a Midland's dialect word for teeth (I think it's Midlands). The other one is 'mardy' used to mean 'bad tempered' or spoilt/bratty. I bet you use that without even thinking about it?

One I used to hear a lot in Lincolnshire was, 'He's got a monk on'. Meaning the same as mardy: bad tempered. I could go on and on ...

Check this poem for Nottinghamshire dialect: you should be able to play the file somehow if you want: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/rananim/lawrence/violets.html If you ask an older person from Notts. what 'scraighting' means, they will know.

[DThor]

I find the British expressions tend to be the most colourful(root of the language, Queen's own, all that ). Out in the maritimes here in Canada, though, there's a lot of quite beautiful colloquialisms(and no, they don't all end with "eh" ). If it's very cold out, it's "right cold outside". I remember using that when I lived there.

DT

[techieMoe]

I find the British expressions tend to be the most colourful(root of the language, Queen's own, all that ). Out in the maritimes here in Canada, though, there's a lot of quite beautiful colloquialisms(and no, they don't all end with "eh" ). If it's very cold out, it's "right cold outside". I remember using that when I lived there.

DT

There are plenty of colorful colloquialisms for describing cold down here too, but most aren't exactly something I'd post on a public forum.

[onlinebacon]

Sumtimes I use a little slang, but not much, does this include net slang?

If so then...no, i dont, its annoying

[fingal]

Sumtimes I use a little slang, but not much, does this include net slang?

If so then...no, i dont, its annoying

I wouldn't count l33t speak as 'slang' if you don't mind. I don't like that either. On the other hand I think a few words which are a bit 'different' add a bit of spice to the way we speak.

[geese]

I try to avoid using slang most of the time.

[onlinebacon]

I wouldn't count l33t speak as 'slang' if you don't mind. I don't like that either. On the other hand I think a few words which are a bit 'different' add a bit of spice to the way we speak.

No, not that, you know when someone says stuff like sum1 wuz talkin to me den they stopd

like that

cos i hate that, and leet speak