Post some of your nations slang

[mistahzig1]

It's more of a region thing where I live, but if you get run over by a car, we say we got "wrestled". Weirdest slang where I live that.

 

[The White Hunter]

Every country has its own weird words that aren't really words but become very commonly.

For me (Australia) Goon is a popular one, which is what we call boxed wine.

Being of a British persuation I must point out an abject lack of truly "national" slang, it varies a ridiculous amount by region and dialect spoken.

But where I'm from we have different numbers; yan tan tethera etc.

We say aye and nae a lot. Reet means right, be reet is "It'll be alright". Gander for look.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbrian_dialect

Frankly I don't use very much of it beyond things like "pass me that yan" or "ta" instead of thank you, much to the perplexification of those in MMO random parties. But that's b ecause I'm educated and stuck up that way. And have far more influencing accents (parents have different accents, so do grandparents, my partner is from california) and it all kinda neutralises each other, especially when paired with my bad habit of picking up accents and dialects quickly.

Edit: We have many words for "to hit".

 

[Ravesy]

Frankly I don't use very much of it beyond things like "pass me that yan" or "ta" instead of thank you, much to the perplexification of those in MMO random parties.".

There used to be a couple of french exchange students in my uni class who were very confused when we kept saying "Cheers" for thank you until we explained it to them. They never asked about "ta" but i can only presume that caused them equally as much confusion lol.

 

[Barbas]

Spoiler: (NSFW) Collected cultural learnings. So yes, someone IS going to be offended.

Americas:

Nahc (n.): The Boston pronunciation of narc. "Ah you a fuckin' nahc? 'Cos you gotta tell me if you ah!"
Pie (n.): What the answer to a question is if you don't know the answer to a question.

Australia:

Sook (v.): To sulk or complain when things aren't going your way.
Squiz (v.): Also Squizzy. A look, to have a look at something. "Take a squizy at this..."

Britain:

Arsehole (n.): A person who makes you seethe with anger. Used frequently and in a very fair, gender-inclusive manner in Scotland.
Craphat (n.): Used by the Parachute Regiment to describe anybody not in the Parachute Regiment.
Gash (n.): A vagina.
Gopping (adj.): Disgusting, filthy, horrible.
Hippocrocapig (n.): A person who is wholly unattractive, usually due to being overweight.
Lizard (n.): Vagina, an undesirable and clingy person of questionable virtue.
Minge (n.): The surrounds of the vagina.
Mong (n.): Someone who is mentally handicapped, employed in unskilled labour, or both.
Scoff (n.): Food.
Scran (n.): Food.
Snorkers (n.): Sausages. "Snorkers, good-o!"
SPAM (n.): Nobody fucking knows what it is, but it isn't going away. "SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM..."
SWAG (n.): Secretly We Are Gay. Used to describe people who wear the sideways cap and baggy trousers with pride.
Them (n.): The people the man in the pub met once and, after a having a few, claims to have besieged the Iranian embassy with. The best of the best, the elite of the elite. They are the Super Army Soldiers.
Walt (n.): Taken from Walter Mitty. Refers to a civilian whose life is so mundane that they fantasize about serving in the military and sometimes claim to be a part of some military branch.

China:

La (n.): Also Lah. Originally Cantonese, used across Southeast Asia as a sentence finisher and a way of annoying foreigners.

New Zealand:
Handle (n.): A pint of beer.
Hurl (v.): To vomit.

 

[LongAndShort]

We use them lots in the UK too .

We use that in the UK too.

That's good to know. Hooray for profanity laced alcohol related slang breaching cultural divides. Obviously not big cultural divides of course, but baby steps are still steps.

Edit: bit of fixing needed there.

 

[The White Hunter]

Frankly I don't use very much of it beyond things like "pass me that yan" or "ta" instead of thank you, much to the perplexification of those in MMO random parties.".

There used to be a couple of french exchange students in my uni class who were very confused when we kept saying "Cheers" for thank you until we explained it to them. They never asked about "ta" but i can only presume that caused them equally as much confusion lol.

When I was at uni everyone was from "up north" so they'd understand me fine, mostly, except when I spoke too clearly for them.

It's fun confusing the hell out of random spanish healers with "ta muchly fo't res" though.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Oh man, I haven't heard someone talk about "goon" since I was a teenager.

It's odd, I never drunk the stuff when I was in my mid teens. Then at like 18-19 it seemed to become popular almost overnight and suddenly all anyone could talk about was how many goonbags they had drunk on the weekend.

Another common Australian one is "bogan". Basically an insulting term for a poor, rough, urban type of person. Although I've also heard it used in a rural context. Often implies unemployment.

Funny, also from Australia and more often hear "bogan" used to refer to rich, urban, abrasive white people (who may or may not live in the Shire).

 

[Thaluikhain]

Spoiler: (NSFW) Collected cultural learnings. So yes, someone IS going to be offended.

Americas:

Nahc (n.): The Boston pronunciation of narc. "Ah you a fuckin' nahc? 'Cos you gotta tell me if you ah!"
Pie (n.): What the answer to a question is if you don't know the answer to a question.

Australia:

Sook (v.): To sulk or complain when things aren't going your way.
Squiz (v.): Also Squizzy. A look, to have a look at something. "Take a squizy at this..."

Britain:

Arsehole (n.): A person who makes you seethe with anger. Used frequently and in a very fair, gender-inclusive manner in Scotland.
Craphat (n.): Used by the Parachute Regiment to describe anybody not in the Parachute Regiment.
Gash (n.): A vagina.
Gopping (adj.): Disgusting, filthy, horrible.
Hippocrocapig (n.): A person who is wholly unattractive, usually due to being overweight.
Lizard (n.): Vagina, an undesirable and clingy person of questionable virtue.
Minge (n.): The surrounds of the vagina.
Mong (n.): Someone who is mentally handicapped, employed in unskilled labour, or both.
Scoff (n.): Food.
Scran (n.): Food.
Snorkers (n.): Sausages. "Snorkers, good-o!"
SPAM (n.): Nobody fucking knows what it is, but it isn't going away. "SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM..."
SWAG (n.): Secretly We Are Gay. Used to describe people who wear the sideways cap and baggy trousers with pride.
Them (n.): The people the man in the pub met once and, after a having a few, claims to have besieged the Iranian embassy with. The best of the best, the elite of the elite. They are the Super Army Soldiers.
Walt (n.): Taken from Walter Mitty. Refers to a civilian whose life is so mundane that they fantasize about serving in the military and sometimes claim to be a part of some military branch.

China:

La (n.): Also Lah. Originally Cantonese, used across Southeast Asia as a sentence finisher and a way of annoying foreigners.

New Zealand:
Handle (n.): A pint of beer.
Hurl (v.): To vomit.

You just copied that from ARSSEpedia, didn't you? One wonders how much that's based on fact.

 

[Barbas]

(Snip).

Nope, I have a friend in the army with a very foul mouth. The entirety of ARRSE is a cracking good read, though.

 

[Frezzato]

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Ah man, it saddens me to hear from someone that's also in Florida. I hope your sentence will be complete soon

No, I'm sure it's nice where you live. I really like how it gets mountainous the closer you get to the Alabama/Georgia borders, full of bizarre, 100-foot dips in the road. And there are other areas somewhat close to the west coast that are absolutely filled with retirees full of cash. Oh, that's another slang term for this thread:

Snowbirds [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snowbird]

I'm sure that's a common term, but it applies rather specifically to the retirees who come down every winter and clog up the highways with their incredibly expensive caravans--sorry, "RV's". The retirees in certain parts also change the ways businesses operate. There are some Publix stores that open at 7AM and close at 7PM, which is 'old people' time.

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I have some "jokes" I wrote myself in order to better explain the situation in Florida:

If there were only two cars left in Florida and you were driving one of them, the other guy would somehow still cut you off.

The reason we can't have basements here in Florida is 1.) we have a high water table, but also 2.) once you dig down to about three feet, you hit fire and brimstone.

 

[TheWorstMuppetEver]

Slang seems to vary in areas of Scotland. I'll just say the ones I can remember...

Slag- Making fun of someone. Or shouting abuse at them.
Chore- Stealing something. "She chored my pencil!" y'know?
Square go- Let's fight! "Square go, likes!"
Chum- Accompany someone to a destination. "'ere mate, you chum me to the shops?"
Doss- Something I picked up on in Blairgowrie. Means that something is excellent, amazing etc...
Skive- To skip out on something. To avoid it. "I skived school today, I couldnae deal wie' it..."

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

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Ah man, it saddens me to hear from someone that's also in Florida. I hope your sentence will be complete soon

No, I'm sure it's nice where you live. I really like how it gets mountainous the closer you get to the Alabama/Georgia borders, full of bizarre, 100-foot dips in the road. And there are other areas somewhat close to the west coast that are absolutely filled with retirees full of cash. Oh, that's another slang term for this thread:

Snowbirds [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snowbird]

I'm sure that's a common term, but it applies rather specifically to the retirees who come down every winter and clog up the highways with their incredibly expensive caravans--sorry, "RV's". The retirees in certain parts also change the ways businesses operate. There are some Publix stores that open at 7AM and close at 7PM, which is 'old people' time.

.

I have some "jokes" I wrote myself in order to better explain the situation in Florida:

If there were only two cars left in Florida and you were driving one of them, the other guy would somehow still cut you off.

The reason we can't have basements here in Florida is 1.) we have a high water table, but also 2.) once you dig down to about three feet, you hit fire and brimstone.

Actually I love Florida except for where I live now. Polk county is absolutely a shithole. I grew up in the Keys, which I love (it took me about 25 years to realize it though, and only after I moved away). Brooksville is also nice.

Florida oddities (some are true, some are hyperbole... maybe):
We have the worst drivers in the world because they were kicked out of every other state for being a danger to others. Drivers Licenses are sent in the mail with boxes of Tide and a standard issue Frampton Comes Alive record album (despite records and sample boxes in the mail being so out of date). Any cutting edge trend will make it to 49 other states first and Florida 10 years after everyone else has got bored of it.
Interstate 4 is the only interstate that doesn't go to any other state, also its got a corridor between Orlando and Daytona that is haunted by the folks who've died there, and semis seem to tip regularly on that road despite it being somewhat devoid of curves.
Miami might as well be classified as 2 different extensions of countries: Northwestern Haiti and North Cuba. One should have a passport handy when visiting.
South Beach is a different dimension, and thus doesn't actually exist in Florida, but you have to go through Miami to get there.
Streets in Miami are named by compass direction, but don't expect them to actually travel that direction. In fact attempting to make sense of the logistics of Miami's grid by logic will give one an aneurysm. Its better to just know where US-1, I-95, 826, 874 and the Florida Turnpike are in relation to where you are. Its the only way to understand where you might be located. Also if you're in Hialeah, the term "the other side of the tracks" doesn't apply because each side is equally scary.
People who vacation here and complain about bugs and lizards in their room are completely unaware of the ecosystem that is the tropics... it is flat out impossible to exterminate any infestation because killing one type of insect will just allow a different colony to move in.
If you ever get lost in the non-tourist areas, don't stop and ask for directions. Also if you ever stray into Native American territories, obey the laws to the letter. DO NOT SPEED under any circumstances. You have been warned.
People who vacation in Daytona Beach because they want to get a tan are morons. There's a small window of time that the sun actually hits the beach, sunrise to about 1-2 PM is the best time, the rest of the time the shadow of the high rise condos and hotels prevents sunlight from hitting the beach. Also avoid Daytona during the 4th of July, the Daytona 500 and Biketoberfest. Unless you're into NASCAR or Harleys, those are the worst times to ever visit that city. In fact just stay the hell away from Daytona, there are better beaches just north and south of there, mainly Ormond and New Smyrna. Less people, less trash and grime (Daytona Beach is nasty). Also Cocoa Beach is crap too, try Melbourne or Vero Beach.
Key West is a tourist trap. If you want to go there, fine but do it for a day, get your pictures at the Southernmost Point and Duval Street, maybe spend the night if you plan on drinking. But don't plan on seeing Jimmy Buffet (he doesn't live there, doesn't even go there) and the only time you'll hear his music is when its played by failed bar musicians who butcher the songs. I can't even hear any Buffet recording without my mind translating it into shitty bar band renditions.

Honestly I love Florida, but I hate tourists with a passion. They're always rude, stupid and care very little about the beautiful places they visit. You'll notice this by the trash they leave behind for us locals to clean up. *cue the Indian with a tear streaming down his face* Once in a while you get some decent folk who are respectful towards the locals and the land but they're so few and far between we tend to forget they exist. So to anyone who I may have been rude to who vacationed in my hometown, this is an apology. My patience was in a constant war of attrition and you probably caught me after I dealt with some idiot assjack who trashed my beautiful island, asked inanely stupid questions that could have been answered by reading some of the many signs posted about the island or just plain were rude themselves.

WTF CAPTCHA?: "It's so Miami"

 

[lacktheknack]

I just learned today that "pablum" (insubstantial political speech), "donair" (a Greek-ish chipped beef wrap), "parkade" (multi-story building you park cars in), and "hooped" (broken) are Canadiansms. This kind of blew my mind.

 

[Hoplon]

deadly as in "cool" <-which to me seems something used by Indigenous Australais

Heard that a lot while living in Dublin as well.

 

[Thaluikhain]

deadly as in "cool" <-which to me seems something used by Indigenous Australais

Heard that a lot while living in Dublin as well.

Really? Same derivation, do you know, or did it come about independently?

As I understand it, the Indigenous Australian one came about following Bruce Lee's death.

 

[Hoplon]

deadly as in "cool" <-which to me seems something used by Indigenous Australais

Heard that a lot while living in Dublin as well.

Really? Same derivation, do you know, or did it come about independently?

As I understand it, the Indigenous Australian one came about following Bruce Lee's death.

No idea, just thought it was local since i hadn't heard an aussie use it (lot of my dad's immidate family are over there so my cousins are all natives.)

 

[direkiller]

My city is bad enough, also I don't know of any USA wide slang.

Gumband- rubber band
Slippy- Slipery
Pop- Soda pop
Jumbo- bologna
Spikit- faucets/Tap
Jaggerbush- Thorn bush typically a blackberry bush, as they are rather common around here.
Yinz- You(plural)

and many many more

Yea we don't speak English so much as throw up on it.
http://youtu.be/0kOnYpxfZDs?t=1m30s

 

[Krashnicoff]

First Time poster reporting from Sweden.

The last 20-30 years we've been getting a lot of slang and loan words from a wide variety of languages creating a strange(and IMHO wonderful) patois.

A lot of words come from Turkey and the Balkans, which is kind of funny considering one of the largest influxes of foreign words into Swedish was from Turkey in the 16th century(our history is long and really weird.)

A few examples:

Aina or Aynasiz - The police, sort of like The Trouble
Abbo - Sort of like Damn! or Wow!
Guzz - Girl
Bre - it's... sort of like a exaggeration placed at the end of a sentence.
Yalla/Jalla - Hurry up.

And in my native dialect of northern Småland we've had a strong influence from Romani people for the past two-three hundred years which you can hear in everyday speech. Especially in the larger town of Jönköping.

Ex:
Latjo Dives - A greeting of sorts.
Tjabo/Tjavo - Young man/boy
Goja/Goya- Young girl
Pilo - Drunk
Ossch Devon - Sort of like a curse word, not as harsh as fuck, but harsher than Damn.
Rakla - Chew, but used in as speak.
Tjuring - Knife
Grei - Horse.

"Latjo Dives Tjabo, Raklar du Rommani?"

 

[zehydra]

American:

Bruh/Bro/whatever


That's all I know that I'm pretty sure people in the UK and Australia don't say. My understanding is that their equivalent is "mate"

 

[Alexei F. Karamazov]

The only slang I can really come up with is the word "hella," meaning "very." Apparently is originated from where I am, California, though I'm unsure of how widespread it has become.

I guess another thing that comes to mind is the slang "nigga," meaning "general cool guy." It doesn't matter if you're even Black, since both the large Filipino and Mexican population in my town use it with each other. As long as you aren't White or Asian (aside from the Filipinos, it seems), you can call someone a "nigga;" in fact, I'm white, and I've been called a "nigga." That being said, I'm sure I'd be thoroughly chastised if I were to call someone a "nigga," and if you get it mixed up with "******"... [insert menacing music]