What's your favourite slang word?

Posted by Educational-Buy-62@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 33 comments

I'm trying to expand my vocabulary so what is your favourite slang word?

P.S. i know that the UK is big so tell me your favourite slang word from your city/area but if you have a favourite word outside your city/area, let me know that too !!

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chronicbint@reddit

Wanging, when someone is talking shite or going on a bit too much they are wanging on.

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Far_Kaleidoscope_102@reddit

Burtis - anyone acting a fool

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RelationshipLife6739@reddit

Doylem - Idiot I believe

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RelationshipLife6739@reddit

Can use this in multiple senses or even shortened. “He’s a doylem”, “shut up ya Doyle cunt”

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PatagonianSteppe@reddit

I’m in Middlesbrough and I’m not sure if these are found across the country but some of my personal favourites are

Doyle = idiot Whopper = idiot Nithered = freezing Wamming = hungry

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Prestigious_Elk353@reddit

never heard of any of these in east midlands / east anglia

but i love them all!

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TSC-99@reddit

Never heard of Doyle?!

From Boro too ~ ya mayaswellmaysnya 💪🏽

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PatagonianSteppe@reddit

Yaravinalaffarnya?!

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Hitonatsu-no-Keiken@reddit

Doyle = idiot

Similarly, there's an old bit of Leeds slang doylum/doylem which means the same thing. Used to hear it in the 80s but it's not common now.

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gerrineer@reddit

Nesh. Need i say more.

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

Yes

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deleted_by_reddit@reddit

[removed]

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oscarx-ray@reddit

All chiefly Scottish as far as I'm aware.

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Frosty_Leg4438@reddit

I'm not sure if it counts as "slang" but a lot of people around here substitute nouns for "Badger" when making outlandish statements, which I quite like.

Mad as a badger
That's the badger
etc

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