As a lover of the English language, with it's nuances and a plethora of ways to say the same thing, and a myriad of words and spelling, i feel that slang hasn't really gotten its' proper due. Everyone uses it, even the most educated, and it helps to evolve the language.

Slang is also hard to teach, as it varies greatly from region to region, and country to country.

Had i brushed up on my "Slanglish" before i headed over to the UK, i probably wouldn't have commited a faux pas and said "arse" infront of Mayhem's mom, thinking that arse was less rude than saying ass. LOL!

What are your favorie slang sayings, either from your own region, or from somewhere else that just had you "creased" "busting a gut" "LOL" giggling!

Here are some useful links British Slang British Slang regional translaor Wikpedia's Canadian Slang Canadian Slang, eh! American Slang by cities Austrailian Slang Goodonya, Mate!

oops, i forgot mine... I like and grew up with "Uffda" (pronounced Oof-dah) norweigian, it is multi-purposed and can be used as "oh my goodness" or "wow" i.e. "Uffda! my back hurts!" "Uffda! You worked hard today!"

and this one had me laughing very hard! "Biggie - This is unusual. A biggie is what a child calls his poo! Hence the reason Wendy's Hamburgers has never really taken off in England - who would buy "biggie fries"? Yuck - I'm sure you wouldn't buy poo fries! The other meaning of Biggie is erection. It just gets worse!"

I think Lixy may have something to add here. lmao

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No such thing as Aussie slang....its part of most peoples speech here...so its just the Aussie language *LOL*

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lizzardbits,

Here’s mine. “Fundi” is slang which means “expert” or “authority” in East Africa and West India which I picked it up years ago.

"downy ocean"-Baltimore natives way of saying they are going to Ocean City,MD.

LMAO. Among my friends, a "fundi" is a religious fundamentalist...and not always used in the nicest way.

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Funny, I think the same way about most Southern slang...it's so common to hear it everywhere, it doesn't seem slang-y until some Yankee laughs at the terms...

here's one..."hosepipe"...what some might call a garden hose...

One might hear a Southerner ask you "hook the hosepipe up to the spigot (pronounced spick-it) so I can warsh my truck"...and then he might "wrench (rinse) it off"...

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Would this be the "lix-onary" that i have heard about?

Lixy~~~Come on down! You're the next contestant on.....Slang!

canuck~ means Canadian

click~ means kilometre

newfie~ is Steph and she can tell you all about it

dolt~ is a stupid idiot

kerfuffle~ is making a big issue out of nothing and getting all upset about it.

tickatyboo~ is something that is just great

sick~ is something really cool

shut up~ is used to convey...you have to stop talking cause it cant be true or your making me laugh too much.

frog~ is used as a derogatory term for French

Sniggler~ is someone who drives into the parking spot you were heading for

A rounder~ is a person who continually goes around the parking lot until they find a perfect spot.

Two four~ is a case of beer

Double double~ is used to order coffee

ehhhhhhhhh~ is the word stolen by Fonzie to appear "cool"

cracked up~ means someone made you laugh uproariously

Tim Bit Rider~ is used to describe the people that have nothing better to do than hang around a Tim Horton coffee shop all day doing nothing.

angishore/hangashore - a weak, miserable person
arn - any
ballyrag - to abuse
bannikin - a small tin cup
barrisway - a lagoon at a rivermouth
bedlamer - a one year old seal
chucklehead - a stupid person
chinch - to stow tightly
clout - to hit an opponent hard
clobber - an untidy state of things
doter - an old seal
douse - to give a quick blow
drung - a narrow, rocky lane
drook - a valley with steep wooded slopes
duff - pudding of flour, fat pork and molasses
dulse - a kind a seaweed
dudeen -a pipe
faddle - a bundle of firewood, fardel
flipper - a seal's forepaw
floaters - men who fished from schooners using cod traps rather than jiggers
frape - a rope with blocks to moor a boat
funk - smoke or vapor of evil odour
gandy - a pancake
gulvin - the stomach of a codfish
gowdy - awkward
heft - to weigh in the hand
huffed - vexed
hummock - a small hill
jinker - one who brings bad luck
lashins - plenty
lolly - soft ice beginning to form in harbour
longers - rails for a fence
lops - small breaking seas
mauzy - misty
mush - porridge
narn - none
nish - tender, easily injured
planchen - the floor
prise - a lever
prog - food
puddock - stomach
rawny - very thin, bony
scrawb - to tear with the nails
scut - a dirty, mean person
scruff - the back of the neck
slush - ice broken into particles by surf
slob ice - newly frozen
shule - to move away backwards
smidge - a stain
sloo - to get out of the way
sleeveen - a deceitful person
squabby - soft as jelly
squish - sound of waters exuding from boots
spile - a peg for a hole in the cask
swatch - to shoot seals in pools amid icefloes
switchel - cold tea
teeveen - a patch on a boat
titivate - to adorn exceedingly fine
tole - to entice with bait
truck - payment for fish by merchandise
tuckamore - a low clump of trees
wattle - a small slim fir
yarry - rising early, alert
yaffle - an armful of dried fish

Newfoundland Sayings

Eyes like a caplin goin' offshore - (His eyes were bloodshot!)

I'll be dere da rackley - (I'll be there in a few minutes.)

'ere - (Here...note that some Newfies drop their h's and pick them up in front of vowels!)

Owshegettinonb'ys - (How is she getting on...or how is she doing?)

Idn't dat fulish b'y - (Isn't that foolish...and of course we Newfies say bye at the end of many phrases, instead of the eh associated with Canadians!)

Any mummers 'lowed in? - (Mummers are people dressed up who visit around Christmas...this is the question they usually ask after someone answers the door.)

Giv us a bitta dat luh - (Give us some of that.)

Beatin the pat - (Walking the roads or just hanging around.)

If I 'ad a face da likes o yers, me son, I'd walk back'rds - (Someone would be really insulting your looks here...if they looked like you, they would walk backwards so nobody would see them. Again, note the 'me son' . . . another typical Newfie saying!)

Where you 'longs to? - (Where are you from?)

Oh me nerves, de got me drove! - (My nerves are bad!)

Arse foremost - (Backwards.)

Garnteed, b'y - (Guaranteed - I agree.)

Scoff and a scuff - (Meal followed by a dance.)

You're as slow as cold molasses - (That's pretty slow!)

Goin'? She wudden't goin' now I know - (Moving at great speed.)

Now luh, da arse is gone right out of er - (The economy is facing hard times!)

A Newfie giving advice on picking blueberries: "Don't pick the red ones, they're green." - (green meaning not ripe.)

My fave: "Buddy, you're too green to burn! (You're not very bright)

http://www.offdarock.com/newfieslang.asp

& we have our own dictionary, fer Chrissakes:

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/d8ction.html