Brummie and Black Country Slang word and phrases |
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Sayin's |
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| A face as long as Livery Street | Fed-up |
| Like New Street Station round here | Casey's Court - lots of people coming & going |
| When Nechells was a nice place | Long ago |
| Well I'll go to the top of our stairs | What a surprise |
| Yow now, I call me misses 'Orchid' cos when I get in at nart I sess 'Put kettle on Orkid, I got a gob full a fevers!' | (Sent in by Ron Hardwick) |
| Black uvva Bill's Muvva's | ""Black over Bill's Mothers'"" I.e. storm clouds in the distance" |
| Oldbury Moonshiner | A man whose toes stuck up to heaven in his boots |
| 'Shiz inner oil tot' | She is overjoyed, in her element |
| "Yow gorra feace lark a bulldog chewin' a wasp!" | You are looking |
| Around the Wrekin | going for miles and getting nowhere |
| Larkin around | being silly/stupid |
| Getin' on me pip | getting on my nerves |
| Getin on a line | On the verge of loosing your temper |
| Up the wooden hill | Going up the stairs |
| Cop the fork | Take umbrage |
| We am on we olidaze | We're on our holidays |
| "yow med me laff" | "yow med me laff" with the translations on your site "'coz ar speak like that! |
| 'Er's gorra fayce loike a bostid boot | Not very pretty |
| Shut yer gob, there's a buzz comin' | Your mouth is too large. |
| "He's got a bob on hisself" | He thinks a lot of himself. |
| "Yer want coal crackin' on yer 'ead !" | Stupid boy. |
| Contributors to the Brummie Slang etc include:- |
| Steve Thorne, Dennis Barker (Canada), Molly Endsor (Yardley), Andrew Sutton, Martin Davies, Tina Turton, Julie Parker, John (Wales), Don Hunt, David Bradford, Jim Hook, Simon B, Mair Franklin, Jim Hunt, Pat Williams, Bill Dargue, Joan Brady, Barry Buffery |