Not so old but cannot understand the yoof? HELP THREAD

[Jo_]

 

I think it could be a photo of self with sweater.

 

... and, critically, taken with one's mobile phone - either standing in front of a mirror or at arm's length pointing back to you.

 

Or more often (but this I haven't done!) late at night, looking down from high up above your head, in the middle of a gang of girlfriends when three sheets to the wind in a night club. And then posted on Facebook.

Edited November 8, 2013 by Jo_

[Higgs]

 

... and, critically, taken with one's mobile phone - either standing in front of a mirror or at arm's length pointing back to you.

 

Or more often (but this I haven't done!) late at night, looking down from high up above your head, in the middle of a gang of girlfriends when three sheets to the wind in a night club. And then posted on Facebook.

 

I'm there with you.....,

 

 

Athy is so oxyploky.

[Athy]

Not a word with which I am familiar, though it sounds preferable to being an oxy moron.

I wonder if "selfie" is a dialect word. It somehow sounds Liverpudlian. Given Jo's stated age, perhaps it was in use in that part of the world some years ago but is now obsolescent.

[headjog]

You don't need to keep up, just broadside them with superior skill.

 

When my kids were going through their version of 'yoof-speak' they'd ask questions like 'How do I look? ' or ' Do you like my new perfume?' And I'd reply 'Oh you look very meretricious sweetheart' or 'Mmm, very jumentous'

It took some time before anyone bothered to ask for an explanation......

 

The former means 'garish, tacky, flashy, tasteless' the latter means 'smells like horse p**s'

[Athy]

I think most people would know the former adjective but not the latter. Useful for describing some of the larger boats encountered on river navigations for example - though I would more often use it to describe untrue statements, e.g. CART's expanation of the new mooring regulations was meretricious.

 

"Jumentous" I had not met before, thanks for teaching it to me. A "jument" in French, from memory, is a mare; interesting that their weewee should smell worse than stallions'.

Edited November 8, 2013 by Athy

[Guest]

Hah! Just wait until you get offered a seat on the tube/bus! Quite a shock I can tell you.

 

The opposite-

 

Last time I was in the US which is about 6 years ago now making me around 48-49 (and I looked it!) the lady in Wall Mart refused to serve me with beers as I had no ID and couldn't prove I was at least 21, "isn't it obvious?" I asked, 'No Sir. no ID no beer...' end of discussion.

 

I would have accepted it as a blanket requirement but had been served in the same store previously so I was quite flattered (Though deep down I knew she was just being an arse with somebody from over the pond) ..... the 7/11 then got my custom that day.

[Hawkmoth]

Hah! Just wait until you get offered a seat on the tube/bus! Quite a shock I can tell you.

Been there! And it was.

Bob

[Ronniesonic]

Athy- Apologies for the non explanation of 'DILF'

 

Now I have recovered from the aforementioned 'four letter' compliment, I can add that the definition is covered off clearly in a previous post. It is nice to know that some younger ladies appear to be attracted to the older cultured gent.

 

(deep down I know they just love the pooch)

[Guest]

Not a word with which I am familiar, though it sounds preferable to being an oxy moron.

I wonder if "selfie" is a dialect word. It somehow sounds Liverpudlian. Given Jo's stated age, perhaps it was in use in that part of the world some years ago but is now obsolescent.

I think "selfie" did come from the scouse dialect, though will stand corrected. The "ie" or "ey" thing added to a word is quite a common trait.

[Athy]

Thanks Cattie.

[Starcoaster]

Mrs. Cloudinspector once compared me to a comedian's skit of a teenager, but I forget who it was now- I found the Youtube of it very funny though.

 

What do you need translated? It is hard to think of terms off the top of my head!

 

STB: Short for "shit the bed," means "I am truly shocked" or "f***ing hell."

 

Don't make me take my jewelry off: I do not want to fight you but I will if I have to.

 

Bitch, don't make me take my shoe off: As above.

 

I'm taking my earrings out: You are so dead.

 

I'll be there directly: See you in a few hours.

 

There in ten: If I am not there in ten minutes, read this text again.

 

I have back up: I have explosive diarrhea

 

420: Marijuana

 

YOLO: You only live once. Twitter popularized this, it is stupid.

 

"All that," as in "he ain't all that": This person has an undeservedly high opinion of themselves.

 

Pure: This is very good.

 

Random: Probably not very random at all.

 

Baby daddy: Father of the child.

 

Back door: Anal sex

 

Junk in the trunk: Bitch, your arse is massive.

 

Twerking: I'll leave this one to a Youtube search.

 

Don't get it twisted: You are misunderstanding my intentions.

 

Wot ever, McDonalds wurker: Your opinion is invalid.

 

BAMF: Bad-ass Mother f**cker

 

Doing Rolex: Going to prison

 

Cuzzy or "cuz": I hold you in high esteem, my non blood-related friend.

 

Shit: Usually termed as "good shit" or "bad shit." "Shit" can be any object or abstract context, and rarely refers to a bowel movement.

 

Bitchin': This shit is very good.

 

BOBFOC: Body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch.

 

Butterface: "She has an amazing body, BUT HER FACE!"

 

Be easy: Please chill the fuck out, dude.

 

Beat/ I would beat that: I would enjoy having sexual relations with that person.

 

Thick: Fat or curvy, often used as a complement.

 

Bite me: Please feel free to have sex and travel.

 

F**ckbuddies: A person that you meet for no-strings intimate relations. Sleepovers not required.

 

Tight: Very close friends.

 

Butt hurt: Stop whining like a little girl.

 

Chillax: Please calm down/let us socialise together in an easygoing manner.

 

Tripping: Sir, you are deluded.

 

Shorty: An attractive female.

 

Dog/Dawg: You are my friend. (As in, "what up, dog?")

 

Dogging: Harassing.

 

DTF? (short for "down to f***): Would you perhaps like to engage in sexual intercourse with me?

 

Ends: Money

 

Feel me: Do you understand the point I am making?

 

Fitty ("That shorty is a fitty!"): The female over there is rather attractive.

 

Fo'schizzle: Certainly, my good man.

 

Grill/"why you be all up in my grill? Face/you are perturbing me, please back off.

 

Hit them up: Either to find out from what parish a fellow originates, or to ask to borrow something.

 

Holla/holla back:Let us have a friendly chat/don't forget to telephone me back.

 

My yard: The accommodation or sometimes, neighbourhood in which a person resides.

 

Let's bounce: It is time that we made our departure.

 

Hear wot, yeah?: Please listen to what I am saying.

 

Sick: Gosh, this really is quite excellent.

 

Duck face: Pursing your lips in a picture to accentuate your cheekbones, looking like a twatwaffle.

 

Twatwaffle: Moron.

 

Batshit: Completely crazy.

 

Having a food baby: Eating so much that you are stuffed full and carrying around a "food baby" in your stomach until it erm, "passes."

 

TL;DR : Too long, didn't read.

Edited November 8, 2013 by Starcoaster

[Athy]

I'll be there directly: See you in a few hours.

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Surely an expression of Jamaican origin?

 

You warmed to your task as you went along - volume 2 due for release soon?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Ronniesonic]

Starry- Thank the lord for ya girlfriend!

 

YOLO............ Ive heard that so many times & thought it was a Rap song.

 

Surely this applies to many of us on here that love boats....... You only live once y'all.

 

See, Im getting the hang of this & can see me becoming very annoying both on here & at home.

 

Safe & later's, this Homie is out of here!

[Jo_]

I'm am so going to be impressive at Christmas ... I shall be fluent in yardage by then. Thanks Starry - and also for the delightful rendering of the translations!!

[Rufford]

Twatwaffle. I love that.

 

That is now my swear word of the week.

[Athy]

YOLO............ Ive heard that so many times & thought it was a Rap song.

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I thought Yolo was a round toffee-filled chocolate until I discovered Smirnoff.

[Starcoaster]

 

I'll be there directly: See you in a few hours.

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Surely an expression of Jamaican origin?

 

 

 

 

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Difficult to say! i picked up most of my bare wurd skillz living in Peckham though, which has a large Jamaican/British Jamaican population, so maybe.

 

Ps, Bare: Clear, obvious, superior.

[Dave_P]

Random thread...

[NB Lola]

Life ended for me when I got a OAP price for the cinema to watch a bond film, I was 43

Edited November 8, 2013 by NB Lola

[Daiboy]

I still can't get over when youngsters step aside when I take the dog for a walk. I'm so used to stepping aside for anyone coming towards me on a narrow pavement. As yet, I've not had anyone giving up a seat on a bus, thank God. As the rest of you (in my age bracket of course) I suppose, I still think and act as I was when 20 ish.

[Wanted]

I took some kids to Leicester square recently to see a film, one was less than impressed and referred to the trip as 'two umbrella dry' and bare peak.

I learnt a long time ago in my career not to try and keep up with it. I just adopt a BBC English voice, reply 'good grief man' and move on.

[keble]

Being towards the top end of my 60s, I was made up last week when not only did I send a selfie to the kids (who'd bought me a new sweater) but when I told them - on Skype - that I was sending it, I had to explain what a selfie was! I then checked with my friends - not one of them knew what I was talking about!! Go me!!!

Now interesting that you used 'made up'. I first heard that a year or so ago from my younger daughter (in her thirties). She thought everyone knew it ...

I'm still puzzled about that one

[Starcoaster]

Made up is definitely a Scouse or Northern thing, it confused me when I was younger and first lived in the North.

[keble]

Thanks, it's spread south (glos), but on second thoughts that might be considered north, the dividing line being a diagonal from here up to somewhere like Lincoln?

[Starcoaster]

Ha ha I don't know, I have moved around too much. I love how when I moved to a new area, I would pick up odd phrases and terms that tickled me, and try my hardest to work them into conversations, when to the locals, they were just the normal language. Also how in new places, people will give you odd looks and occasionally ask what on earth x-y-z you just said means, when it is a common figure of speech in other areas and doesn't even occur to you.

 

Case in point, in one area I lived, "do one" meant "take a dump." In Manchester, it meant "let's go"/"fuck off." Very confusing!

 

Living in America was hilarious for this, more than anywhere else... The "two fingers up" "feck off" sign that we do here, in the USA (at least the parts I was in) means "I would like oral sex..." Which got embarrassingly confusing, because it was one of my go-to gestures for "foxtrot oscar" at that time...