Brummie and Black Country Slang word and phrases |
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| Caggy-handed | Left handed |
| Cake hole | Your mouth |
| Cannabea | Can of beer |
| Cannalarga | Can of lager |
| Canting | Talking |
| Cartin | Carton |
| Chimley | Chimney |
| Code | Cold |
| Coppit | catch it |
| Copolt | Take hold of this |
| Cor | Cannot |
| Cucka | Oven |
| Cuddna bin | Couldn't have been |
| Cuf | Cough |
| Cut | Canal |
| Cocka | informal name for younger male relative |
| Cowt | Outer garment..as in "'at 'n cowt" |
| Daynt | I Don't |
| Donnies | Hands (Wash your donnies) |
| Doolally | Barmy, Crackers |
| Dower | Door, as in "Shut thu dower" |
| Duck | "Woman (used for both sexes in the East Midlands) ""Oya Duck""" |
| Ersun | Belongs to a female. |
| Fake | Cigarette (Got era fake?) |
| Ferra | For a |
| Fizzog | Face |
| Flower | Floor as in " Moind me clin flower" |
| Foil | Metal rasping tool |
| Foyer | Flames etc |
| foyered | to lose ones job as in "the gaffer foyered me" |
| Freud | Cooked in a pan of oil (as in "freud sossy-jizz") |
| Gaffer | Ones Boss |
| Gardin | The plot of land at the rear of the house for growin grass, flowers and vegatables |
| Garridge | Where you keep your car. (or "mowta") |
| Geaus | Give me |
| Gerraway | Really? |
| Gerroff | Get off |
| Gerron me wick. | Fed up with someone. |
| Gerrout | You leave me incredulous |
| Giya | Give you - As in, I will gerim to giya a ring. ( I will get him to give you a ring). |
| Glarnies | Marbles |
| Gloss | Transparent material used for windows. |
| Gob | Mouth |
| Goo | Go |
| Good Boy | A bargain�or farewell |
| Gooin | Going |
| gorra cobb on | in a bad mood |
| Gunna | Going to |
| Gunnyarta | going to have to |
| Guzz | Goes |
| Guzzunda | A vessel that used during the night in the days of back to back houses not having an inside toilet. The word describes where it was kept which was under the bed. "The pot goes under the bed" |
