Charlottechicken Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 For news badly received - 'Went down like a poo in a punch bowl' (sorry ) I shouldn't encourage you but that was funny We used to say "crash the rocks" at school in Birmingham, for "share the sweets", and my North Yorkshire grandma used to call me monkeybrand, for being a little monkey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 mad as a box of frogs... or hit every branch on the way down from the ugly tree these are kevs cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) Edited April 8, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 If in doubt leave it out - good advice and often taken We say If in doubt, do nowt If someone is cross we say they've got a pointy head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 We still say the Wayne's World expressions "Exsqueeze me?" for excuse me and "Baking powder?" for beg your pardon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Remebered another one of ours today.When we are putting on suncream we say we are getting spammed up. Goodness knows why Rosie calls it getting gucked up - in fact she refers to any lotion or cream as 'guck'. No idea where that one came from She also calls her dressing gown a 'jessing down' from when she was little and used to get it wrong. And a head is a 'yud' which is a local term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 We still say the Wayne's World expressions "Exsqueeze me?" for excuse me and "Baking powder?" for beg your pardon. We do too,and SCHWING whenever anyone hot is on tv . We quote Bill and Ted too.........I called Cleo a historical babe just an hour ago (she was doing history homework ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 "Foofoo" - for talcum powder YIKES! Means something very different where I live - to give you a clue, it came up in Year 6 Sex Ed this week Eek, us too We call Labradors Lavatory Doors, scrobble or scrobbling is our word for slobbing and nuggins is our word for 'naughty' things to eat -'Don't forget to get some nuggins!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 nuggins is our word for 'naughty' things to eat -'Don't forget to get some nuggins!' We have goobs instead of nuggins. OH is always sent to buy some goobs when he refills the car on a day trip somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) I called Cleo a historical babe just an hour ago (she was doing history homework ) We often shout out SO-CRATES We also shout out "Game Off/Game On" when we're cycling and a car comes and goes. Edited April 8, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Whenever anyone does a massive sneeze a guy I work with always comments 'That's a Tena lady moment' Thanks for this one - brought the house down at work this morning (there are a lot of 40+ ladies about)! We have a fair few Blackadder style ones like he's as clever as a clever person who has taken cleverness lessons at clever-town college, or she's as happy as Mr Happy after he won the prize for happiness. They can go on for a while too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 These have made me laugh! My OH uses corporation pop for tap water, is that one up or down from council pop? He has several favourite sayings, not sure whether they are common northern sayings or if he has made them up! His favourite term of endearment: 'I wouldn't swap you for a gold pig' A boy who is always hungry: 'he could eat a potato more than a pig' In response to 'what's up?', replies 'the price of pork' 'Does a donkey like strawberries' in response to 'does he/she like x/y/z' 'I'm full as an egg' to mean had enough to eat. All said in a broad lancashire accent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie50 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Whit's fur ye'll no go by ye! - What's meant to happen will happen Lang may yer lum reek! - May you live long and stay well Dinnae teach yer Granny tae suck eggs! - Don't try to teach someone something they already know. Is the cat deid? - Has the cat died? Means your trousers are a bit short - like a flag flying at half mast Pure dead brilliant - Exceptionally good Ma heid's mince - My head's a bit mixed up Up to high doh: In a state of anxiety Do you think I came up the Clyde in a banana boat - am I stupid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie50 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I forgot these........ Peely Wally - used to describe someone pale or ill e.g. he looks really peely wally When I first moved from Scotland to England I used to say 'Im going to get my messages' meaning shopping which caused endless confusion at work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 All the above are pretty familar to me too . Also, "there's a Jock for every Jean" - meaning no matter how challenged someone is in the good looks department, there'll always be someone similarly challenged somewhere out there for them. We use a lot of Blackadder quotes too Variations on "I thank God I wore my corset, because I think my sides have split" when someone's made a joke they think is funny. "Baldrick: Have you got a plan, my lord? Blackadder: Yes I have, and it's so cunning you can brush your teeth with it." "I have come up with a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Charlie's Dead - your petticoat is showing. No idea where that one came from, and I don't know any ladies theses days (apart from my mother) who wear slips. I picked up some rhyming slang when I used to hang out with biker boys in my teens... Uncle Dick - sick Tommy Tank - Bank The list is endless.... Rosie is known as Piggy Square Toes... because she has them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Intriguingly, the mother of a friend of mine used to use the exclamation "Heavens to Betsy" where others might use "good grief" or some other pithier comment. I know it's now something of an anachronism, but I've no idea where its origins lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 "they have jam on their shoes" - about someone whose trousers are too short (jam... so the shoes can invite the trousers down for tea) 'Does a donkey like strawberries' in response to 'does he/she like x/y/z' We have a lavatorial version of that "Does a fat dog (ummm) parp?" (OK, I cleaned it up a bit!) Oh and good old "More tea vicar? No thank you, the last one gave me wind"... (when someone burps). We said that to some Australian kids and they were in fits but they'd never heard it before and actually hadn't a clue what we were talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 My mum also quotes the blue sky and sailors trousers. For short trousers "it looks like his trousers have had a row with his ankles" Heaven's to Betsy I have used before - don't know where I picked it up, but it's been around an awful long time. I think it sounds good with a deep south US accent - y'all. If you were looking for something my nan would say "it's up in Annie's room behind the clock". We have no Annie in the family - and they had a bungalow. Dad used to refer to someone doing "the dance of the Sugarbum Fairy". Just to annoy Murray (on those realllllly odd occasions) whenever he drives over catseyes in the road I will meow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 "the dance of the Sugarbum Fairy" :lol: Ages ago, DH had changed the bedding and I hopped into bed but forgot to put my mouth in gear. So my "thank you" came out muddled and I mispronounced "bed" So now, every time we change the bedding, when we go to bed our last words to each other before drifting off to sleep are that very phrase... "Hmmmmmmm nice fresh bread" What a wally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Do you remember the thread I started a while ago titled WIBBLE? We still say that to each other,preferably with pencils up our noses....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Just to annoy Murray (on those realllllly odd occasions) whenever he drives over catseyes in the road I will meow. Ruiby is asleep at my feet and has reminded me of another word - 'Wiffle' - she is wiffling in her sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Water is Corporation Pop in our house too. "Not a girl washed and the street full of sailors!" (When looking at your watch and realising it is later than you thought) "Looks like the wreck of the Hesperus" (before tidying up) "More like the home life of our own dear Queen" (after having tidied up) My late father had plenty but one that is now oft repeated by people who were fond of him and which he used (fondly)when you had annoyed him was "You're a pain and a pest and a pot of poision" and if he was very fed up he would add "...and a pill and a pustule." Another of his when anyone overtook him in a tearing hurry was "His Mother's won a duck" (ie he must be hurrying home for a roast duck supper) We also use 'black over Bill's mother's.' Always wondered who Bill was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Charlie's Dead - your petticoat is showing. Cor, I'd forgotten about that one! Not heard it for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 We'd say 'it's snowing down south' for a petticoat showing. Do people still wear petticoats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
