Today's slang - what's popular in your part of the world?
By tishabest
@tishabest (602)
Belgium
September 17, 2006 9:38am CST
I must have been an anthropologist/linguist in my former life because I am so fascinated with language and the way people use it. Please give me some example of slang words in your language (NO BAD WORDS PLEASE) that are popular today? And its origin if you know it. How about full sentences folks!
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19 responses
@kstanley7 (1171)
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25 Sep 06
ermmm I've gotta go down the apples an pears to answer the dog an bone. (cockney derived from the east end of london) translated it means I've gotta do down the stairs to answer the telephone.
@ajaycjoseph (230)
• India
26 Sep 06
for me it is my nat6ive place kerala. i am a native of wayanad dist in kerala. it is most known for its climate
@ikponmwosa (105)
• Japan
25 Sep 06
You said you wre an Anthroplogist/Linguist in your former life??? What about now?
@aoml_dave (18)
• India
20 Sep 06
i also know some words of gujrati.one popualar scentence is "bhanginako todinako bhukkokarenako
@kataztrophy (1836)
• United States
20 Sep 06
"yezzir" is pretty popular where I live now. The problem is that some people just say it at random, and they come off as being not right in the head.
@jesma1 (2)
• Jamaica
24 Sep 06
In Jamaica the accepted language is English but many Jamaicans speak a dialect called Patois (pronounced pat-wa). One very popular slang here is "big-up", it really means "say hello to". Another one is "wha a gwaan" this is patois for "what is going on?", also "whapen" means "what is happening" or "wha yu a seh" means "what are you saying". These are usually used as greetings.
@aoml_dave (18)
• India
20 Sep 06
i live in bhopali.People here speak bhopali.They(not me )
speak "kutraya" meaning dog.
@SunnyDays (1070)
• Bahamas
17 Sep 06
Hey Mon, Everything cool Mon, What's up, Gimme the Tingem (Tingem can be anything !!- you use that when you can't come up with the real description of what you need- It comes in pretty handy at times...LOL)
@Lackingstyle (7509)
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20 Sep 06
Getting some hard dikkem done here! (only can't remember how to say it)
It's more known as Australian 'dink-em' although it originated from East Midlands, England!
The kids round here have some terrible words.
'Minging' for example for something 'bad'.