A aintgotnocoatotowt - I seem to have forgotten my coat
antenyonyergoranyonyer? - Doesn't anyone have any?
are kid/mi chip - brother
ark at it! -listen to it. ie raining.ÌýÌý
arr aint yorn - that doesn't belong to you
at's wad I rek'on - that's my summary of the situation
av gorra gerrit straight the way – I have got to get it straight away
av notruckweim - don't have anything to do with him
aya guwin uptaarn? - are you going to town?
ay up me duck - good day madam/sir
ayupmush - hello my friend
am on me larry- I'm on my own
aintit - is it not?
aya avinaguon the osses - are you placing a bet on the horse racing
amgooinlavvy - I need to visit the toilet
arseovatit - he fell over
a ya bag - I hurt myself
are yeh not stoppin? - would you like to take your coat off?
ayah - ouch!
ahshehgorramonkon - is she in a bad mood?
av gorra gerroffear - this is my stop
avugorrit - have you got it?
'ave yer emtid the poh mother? - have you emptied the chamber pot dear?
argate - our gate, usually the answer to "where yuh goin fuh yuroliday?" and
meaning "we are not going away this year"
am reet frit - I am very frightened
aight? - hello, are you alright?
angonamo - wait for me
attcha - salutations, my good friend
aAy?...Pardon?
azzegorrasustificut has he got a certificate?
arse-ova-backuds - I fell over (quite badly)
aye enna gorra cloo - I don't know
ainttavvinanyonit - I will stand no nonsense B bildo - building society
black pad - path alongside a railway line.
bungole - cheese
bood - bad mood
brauny park - Braunstone Park
buzz - bus
bins - glasses
blooaaahmehÌý - blue army of Leiceser City fame
bearard - very difficult
bareottinnit - it is very hot isn't it
baltic - coldÌý
bye - safe, ciafe, in a bit, in a bizzel, peace, peace out
bob - a poo
bredwin - friends
braggy park - bradgate park
Birmingham - brum
boggy fleece - Beaumont Leys
uff-up-bow-eh - I am off to Beaumont Leys
The Bird - used to be slang for the Leicester Mercury as in the old man next door used to ask me to "Run up the shop and get us the Bird"
Braunite - someone who resides in Braunstone
bob - excrement
bare - a lot of something e.g. I got bare cash
bag on - in a mood. Ees gorra bag on
brew – tea. Urry up, brew ull be mashed -get a move on your tea is stewing.
Bazza or Baz – Barry
Backy – Neil Back
bockle - bottle
Booyah - an exclamatory statement, excellent!
Baleev - Yes, I believe you!
Bomb ya one time - Will deliver a swift kick to the chops C Charlie's dead - excuse me, I think your underskirt is showing
chilax - chill and relax
chip ole - chip shop
cob - roll/bap
coddie - foreman
coggie - swimming costume
corseppen - a special apron worn on wash days
cotty - tangled hair
crash the ash! - I think it's your turn to give me a cigarette
croaker - doctor
croggy - a ride hitched on a bicycle
the cut - canal
chuck it - stop it!
corsie - pavement
corrie - Coronation Street
chip butty - chip cob
chippy - chip shop
cool - sikk, heavy, draw, bullet
current bun - sun
chizit - how much is it?
cat got yuh tong? - what have you got to say for yourself?/you're quiet
council pop - water
chuck it - throw it
croggih - to give someone a ride on your bike's cross bar "yogonnagimmiagroggih?"
curnt - can't
Cozza – Martin Corry
criggy - 1. Cricket 2. Christmas
coodya - could you
cuntya - couldn't you
choddeh - chewing gum
chipoff the ole block - someone who is like somebody else
Clagnut - A small piece of irremovable bob
Comin darn Brauno? - Are You Coming To Braunstone Gate? D dazzers - swimming costume
dobber - condom
duwonote? - would you like anything?
duck's necks - bottle of pop
du ya na wat a meen? - Do you know what I mean?
doanit - doesn't it
dobbin meh - hitting me
Dodge = Braunstone Dodgite = Resident of Braunstone
do you understand? - naw mean?, u get me, nawm sayin
dontbisogobby - don't have such a big mouth
dunno - I don't know
djgerowt? - did you get anything? (heard asked to someone who had gone to collect from a house when carol singing)
me duck - my friend: "alrigh' m'duck" - "alright my friend"
didya - did you
dintya - didn't you
duyyar - do you
dontya - don't you
Deano – Dean Richards
diggers - knife/fork/spoon
Dallas - The new bit of Dodge
Dollies - Attractive young lady
Daniel - Superstar E e were in a bob'ole - he was in a den/hiding place
e's gorra chin on - he's being grumpy
Ear oo worry wi' - Excuse me who was he with if you don't mind my asking?
'ees gorra cobbon - he seems to be upset
ence - pence
eyer gorrany rocks? - have you any sweets?
eyu gorrit? - Do you perchance have it?
eza drip - he is a little slow
eeyaahmate - excuse me, over here please
egg - I think someone may have passed wind
E road - Evington Road
evo - evington
'Ewayerdoublehewa' meaning 'He looked just like you'
ewereyerdoubleewor (ee-wer-yer-dubble-e-wor) - He was your double, he was. I love lestoh F five and twenty to/past - twenty-five to/past the hour
frowawobbler - get mad
fippin' hell- you are shocked!
fizzogg - face
frit - frightened
flexing - seeing someone that's not your boyfriend/girlfriend
friend - blad, bredrin, breh
flicks - pictures/cinema
fieldz - Highfields
Fanny - FanClub
Fanwah - FanClub G gaff - home
gaffa - an elderly man
ganzi - jumper
ginnel - alleyway or side-pathÌý
ger off onit - are you serious?
gerrout o' me road - allow me to pass
gerr ouwt on it - don't exaggerate
gezanamaneggcobmush - could you please get me a ham and egg roll my friend
gis a bit - could I have a piece of that?
gis a gleg - give me a look at it
gis a croggy - give me a ride on back of your bike
gisasuckoyercore - could I have the rest of your apple if you don't want it?
gawpin - staring
gizs a croggy in ya grid - give me a ride on your bike.
gisit 'ere - please pass that to me
giz a rock - give me a sweet
giz that - ah gen it ya! - give me that... I gave it to you!
goin bed - I'm going up to bed
gorra bag on - in a mood
gun gerruz a punnit for the guzgogs - Please fetch me a punnet for the gooseberries
go gerrus anoakey wisumrazzon - get me an ice cream with raspberry sauce
goindownnarb - are you going down Narborough Road?
gorragoo - got to go
goin' forra taz on mi grid - I'm going for a ride on my bicycle
gorra gerrah Garry one o' them - that's nice, I'd like one of those
gorra cobbon - being upset
guffo - Guthlaxton College
gingernutt - a person with orange hair
googy - East Goscote Thrum
gowinupmonsell - I am going to the Eyers Monsell
giz a gander - give me a look
gorraguloo - I must go to the toilet straight away
gyalzdem/manzdem - those girls/boys
gun oot – gone out
guntekkitupome - I'm going to take it home
ya grass - grasser - someone who tells tales
giv over - you are joking
goo away wiv ya - you are joking
gooin up citai - going to watch Leicester City play football
Guz Gogs - gooseberrys
gerra life - go and do something with your life/self
giyusaliftintataarn - give me a lift into town
Gorrogoungerrabirradinna - I have to go and get my dinner
ge ouwa me road - get out of my way H hands aya sinota Fred? - have you seen Fred lately?
how much chissit? - how much is it?
hoosit - who is it
he berranorradun - he hadn't better have done that
Highfields - fieldz
Hinckleymardy
hectors - teeth
hot-ache - when the fingers were so cold they burned
91Èȱ¬z - Good Mate I I ain't gorrote - I haven't got any money
I inner gorrit - I don't have it
n't it ot? - isn't it warm today?
I ain't purrin up wi it - I won't allow this
I ain't up Co'ville - don't speak so loudly
I innagunnagu - I am not going
it's a bit parky - it's cold
it's black over Bill's mother's - it's about to rain
innit - isnt it
I seedyalastneet uruworrawee? - oh yes who was I with?
int-there-oat-elson - is there anything else on?
I wuz bornin thrummy - I was born in Thurmaston
I'll give yoo a right pasting - I shall smack your bottom hard
it ain't noat todowidit - it is not anything to do with it
izthatannammunuhracheezun? - would that cob be one containing ham or cheese?
ifyasaso - if you say that, I believe you
I ain got oat/note - I haven't got anything J jewonna - would you like?
jitty - allyway
jollop - medicine
Krilyon - Loughborough Carillon Tower
karzi – toilet/outhouse
jonny - Sir Jonathon North Community College
jim skinner - dinnerÌý
jasper - a wasp
joey in the Christmas pud - silver thrupny bit (3d coin) in the pudding
Johnno – Martin Johnson K kalaye - sherbet in a bag
Keep yer airon - calm down
keep yer eye out - watch out
kinell- a term of shock or surprise
Kibuth - Kibworth L laggy bands - elastic bands
laropped - drunk
Larry - A person on there own. On ma larry = On my own.
Lairey = A bit crazy; all ove the place, as in "this dog is a bit lairey".
ler 'er gerron wi' it - I suggest we let her do it
leery - cheeky person
Lester right - a person residing in Leicester
lugholes - ears
leff it - leave it
Lino - Assistant Referee
Lucy Lastic - a promiscuous woman
let's av a goosey - can I have a look
loot - money
lankey boys - Lancaster Boys School
I'll leather ya - I'll hit you
looked at me gone ou' - looked at me as if I was nuts
Lozza - Lawrence
lavai - toilet
left handed - caggy handed
Lanky Boyz - Lancaster boys school M mashin - brewing the tea
Mardy Arse - a person who is very upset.
medadzgorrajagÌýÌýÌý - my dad has got a jaguar mekitgobakkuds - put it in reverse
me tabs ar fruz - my ears are frozen
mi mam - my mother
mi marrer - my mate old yer osses
m'ungry - I'm hungry
mozzie - mosquito
makeace - make haste/hurry up
Cant forget 'Mozzy' as in Mossdale Meadows in Brauny!! Or 'mozzy' means mosqutio
Mad Mile - The dual carriage way bit of the Narb N necky Becky - nosey
nesh - coldÌýÌý
noseoowereewiv - who was he with?
nowt - nothing
ngooinuvverasdasdywonote - I'm going to Asda, would you like anything?
nippin up Wiggy - going into Wigston
no me neeva - I can't either
note tu du wi me - nothing to do with me
nun non num - not any of them O old cock - friend
oakey - an ice-cream
oat - anything
am on me larry - I'm on my own
oooooh ya - ouch!
ooooyawh beggaw - well goodness me!
oohyerbeggaryafritmetadeth - goodness me you gave me a scare
ooo ya bewteh - amazing
ooya date - expression of surprise
ooyah kinkah - oh my goodness
ow a ya?- how are you?
owmachisit?-Ìý what is the cost?
oooo ya bod - an expression of surprise or amazement
oooo Ya Ladza - as above
ooowa - o dear cloth ears - are you deaf?
ospikul - hospital
ooyah fighter - I have the distinct impression somebody passed wind
ooh missus mannering - you snob
oosfluffed - who may I ask has blown wind?
outdoors - off licence
owned! - you have just been had/proved wrong/humiliated etc
"ooyah date or ooyah bug{ga}" - that was quite painful!
Ooyah ! = surprise. Like "wow !" Also: Ooyah devil; ooyah dogga; ooyah barnies.
os - horse "am gunna wesh me os in sum watter - I'm going to wash my horse in some water"
oowar - oh yes. oowar me duck - Oh yes fine woman
ow-wee-yah? - hello
ooworreway - who was he with?
Oweya? - How are you?
on yer bike - would you mind vacating my personal space please
Ooh yuh byuteh! - Surprise P
pack it in - stop it
pack puggin! - stop picking your nose!
pak-up = packed lunch
padge-owl - a woman out alone at night
peg- railway signal
plaggy bags - plastic bags
puthering down with rain - bucketing it down
punchin' walls - I am angry
put wood in the hole - shut the door
pigginaida - oh my!
palaver - a disturbance, to-do
Pork Pie Libray & the Pork Pie Island = Southfields Library & the traffic island at the Saffron Lane/Glenhills Bully (Boulevard)!
pound - dollar
push grid - bike
"proper pawley" - really ill
pad - for a footpath (e.g. the Black Pad in Narborough)
pug - bogey (nose)
proper dog ruf - a person looks a little rough/ugly
Pie-eyed - Drunk
Q quiddit - could you please stop that
quit stickin yuh beakin - don't be nosey R radgy - irritable
reccy - playing fields
Redundo - redundancy package
rekon yuruptuit? - do you think you can handle it?
rally - railway line
roughting - fighting
roaring - to sob or cry loudly
rocks - sweets
rare un – rare one/nutter
rare as rocking horse sh*t – a right nutter or something unobtainable
r mam - my mother
r dad - my father
r Gary = Gary Lineker
rainin cats n dogs - raining a lot S s'ard init? - it's hard, isn't it?
scratchings - left over bits of batter sprinkled on chips
seizure - see you
sen - alternative to self
shlatternipumfrit - I'll have to return home for it
she looked at me gone out - she looked at me in an odd way
shurrup - be quiet
shut your cakehole/gob - please be quiet
silly slobber - rubbish talk
skank/skanked - to leave someone
skants - pants/underwear
skelington - the bones of your body
Sik - Really Good, Wicked
smoochin along - going for a stroll
snaps - lunch
snitch - tale teller
sonia bed - it is on your bed
Spendo - Spare cash
squoze - squeezed
stop mithering me - don't bother me
summit - something
topomehed - top of my head
sunbins - sunglasses
stoner - person from Stonesbury Avenue
safemateyergetmeh - very good my friend, do you understand?
shintin - she is not at home
s'anging in eyah - this room could do with a clean
satdy - Saturday
seen - ok
sod that! - forget that
spendoes or spends - pocket money
the saff - the Saffron Lane estate
saffite - resident of the Saffron Lane
safto - this afternoon
steamin' - intoxicated
supwi'it? - why will it not work?
scutter - a down-and-out
snobs - fivestones
fly-dobs - one of the moves in snobs
scroed" instead of scribbled
Swede – head. Ere ont me swede - I have an opportunity for a header
scran - food
shove ova - move across (so I can sit down)
soash - social security
stop lolling sbout - stop leaning or mooching around
Smashed - Drunk
Snakey B - Snakebite and Black
Steamboat mahooda - Drunk T the offy - off licence
thatsa biggun - that's a big one
the don - big sandwich
the woggy - the brook running through Lancaster Boys School
toggly - buttered toast
tegs - teeth
taarn - Leicester city centre
that's all mi eye and Peggy Martin - you're talking rubbish
trolleys, undercrackers, bracks - undergarments, pants
The Dodge: i.e The Braunstone estate
The Narb - Narborough Road Head out
there's no ownin'im - he looks exactly like his Dad (or Mum).
they're givin'out rain - the forecasters say it's going to rain
toffeenosed - stuck up, posh, upper-class
tiss up - do a handstand against the wall
tisinit - it is isn't it
trolley - a kind of go-kart made of old pram wheels, bits of wood and string
tisot init - it is hot isn't it
Thrummy - Thurmaston
he's as tight as a duck's arse - he's not very generous
taintintintisit - it isn't in the tin
twenny - twenty
twerly- am I too early?
on your tod - on your own
tuttoos - sweeties
taters – potatoes
tommy opposite - Left handed
tent code - the weather is mild
tuws-up - can I have half of your cigarette please
tee shot - t-shirt. As in two men on the golf course, one saying to the other "Nice tee shot mate", to which the other answers "Yeah thuh missis gorrit from NEXT!"
Twallop - if I did something silly my Grandad would call me a "Twallop" U u donit - you have done this
uncool - wakk, neng, marga, bob
ungreh - hungry
up the jit - through the passageway
uz our mackle - make out of spare parts donnies
Uz – our. Time for uz snap. Tea time V vennie - adventure playground
Vicky Park - Victoria Park W wait a minute seejabit - see you later tinhat
wak - rubbish/boring/pointless
well, worreediz - well, what it is/I mean to say/this is my opinion
waranooter - please take note of that / look at the nose on that!
wassup? - what is going on?
well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs what a surprise
we gorrem up the chip ole - we are going to the chip shop
what's poppin? - what's happening?
what's going off? - what's going on?
wotsay? - I beg your pardon, could you repeat that?
who's mashing - who's making the tea?
whereworrenoowoorewi - where was he andÌý who was he with?
wob oer - tumble over
woreewivu - was he with you?
worro - hello
wuk - work
worrit - was it
wagwaan - what's going on?
whatcha doing oat or noat? - What are you doing anything or nothing?
wobbie - wasp
wazzermarrer - what's the matter
weggy - western park
wully pully - pullover/sweater/jumper
wiggy - wigston
weergooinskeggyferusolls - we're holidaying in Skegness
we've gorra gerrazimbux - we have to get our hymn books
wha' - what
wuntya - would you. Wuntya like a bugger - Would you care for a burger
wuntya - wouldn't you
woodya - would you
wiggy – Graham Rowntree
wazzed – drunk
waz – urinate
whippersnapper - small child
worra loadu ol cobblus - what a lot of rubbish (you are talking)
wabby - wasp, as in the things that sting yer bum! X xboody - ex-boyfriend/husband Y y'ain't frit are ye? - I hope you are not afraid
yavinowt teet? - are you having anything to eat?
ya carnt mek me do it - you can't make me do it
Ye goin up rally? - are you going to the railway line?
y'ungry? - are you hungry?
yakit - throw it
yavinalaff???--- Are you having a laugh/ Are you being serious?
you cat Anna - stop being naughty
you throw your money about like a man with no arms - you're a miser
yukkan shuvit - I'm not interested
yehcanstopwi'us - you may stay at our house
yeahsafematesafe - I agree, very good
y'arright gel? - are you all right madam/sister/wife?
yu dont gerote for note - you don't get something for nothing
yergorroat to do - have you anything you'd like me to do?
yesdy - yesterday
you're yitney - you are afraid
yuvgargoothawayanywayintyoh? - you've got to go that way anyway, haven't you?
ya lairey bugga - you daft bugger
you know what I mean - na
yougorragoowtomorra? - do you have to go out tomorrow?
youz chattin bob mate - you are talking rubbish my friend
yoonoworrahmean?- do you know what I mean?
Yorping – shouting. Yorping int market
yaar - you are. twinkul twinkul little stor oway wunder what yaar
urrarummun yaar - you're a right one you are
yule see the backuv me hand - I will hit you
Ye-get-meh? - Do you understand?
Yard - House
Yer evin mi on - Disbelief
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