Brummie and Black Country Slang words and phrases

Ackerdocks
Aqueduct


Ackers
Money


Adu
How are you?


Addick
Haddock (fish)


Affpast
Half past the hour "the toym
is affpass three"


Ar'l goo tClent
Expression of surprise


Ahr
Yes


Ar bay
I am not


Ar bin
I am


Arf soaked
Stupid


Ahr wow
I won't


Alloy
Friend


Alley
Boy
Excuse of being elsewhere


Air
The wife ..as in "air at um"


Ark
Listen


Arbun edge
"Refers to a bad cup of tea .as in ""tests loik
'Arbun Edge"". "
I.e Tastes like leaves from a Harborne hedge


Arffa
Half as in "arffa bitta"


Aar kid
as in "awa ya
doin aar kid" brother/kin


Anyroadup
anyhow, anyway


Arse
Cream
Frozen confectionery (as in choc ice)


Avon
Light commercial vehicle (as in Ford Transit)


A
not going to have to


Aynit
Is it not ?


Azzo
as though


A bag of
suck
Four ounces of sweeties


Bab
"used as a term for an adult woman as in
""Oroit Bab? "


Babbee
Small child..the youngest


Barmy
Insane


Baygoona
Not going to.


Beeza
BSA motorbikes
made in Small Heath


Bin
Been, as in " Wair ya bin?"


Bint
Slightly derogatory term for a young woman


Bir-nin-em
Birmingham


Bison
Basin. A kitchen utensil..as in "puddin bison"


Blartin
Crying..lots of tears


Blastid
A more polite word to use instead
of "Bloody"


Bloke
A gentleman


Blood Tub
Cinema
where Bloodthirsty Films shown.


Bokkle
Bottle


Boyk
Two-wheeled
vehicle. (bicycle) or a lady of ill repute


Booza
Ale House etc…or one who frequents one


Bosta
Large


Bostin
Terrific, excellent, fantastic etc.


Bosti fittle
Good food.


Brewy Leven
Brew XI. A beer brewed by
Mitchells and Butlers in Cape Hill


Bronical
Chest trouble


Bug
Hutch
The
Local Cinema


Buzz
Bus a form of public transport

Caggy-handed
Left handed


Cake hole
Your mouth


Cannabea
Can of beer


Cannalarga
Can of lager


Canting
Talking


Cartin
Carton


Chimley
Chimney


Code
Cold


Coppit
catch it


Copolt
Take hold of this


Cor
Cannot


Cucka
Oven


Cuddna bin
Couldn't have been


Cuf
Cough


Cut
Canal


Cocka
informal name for
younger male relative


Cowt
Outer garment..as in "'at 'n cowt"


Daynt
I Don't


Donnies
Hands (Wash your
donnies)


Doolally
Barmy, Crackers


Dower
Door, as in "Shut thu dower"


Duck
"Woman (used for both sexes in the East Midlands)
""Oya Duck"""


Ersun
Belongs to a female.


Fake
Cigarette (Got era fake?)


Ferra
For a


Fizzog
Face


Flower
Floor as in " Moind me clin flower"


Foil
Metal rasping tool


Foyer
Flames etc


foyered
to lose ones job as in "the gaffer foyered me"


Freud
Cooked in a pan of oil (as in "freud
sossy-jizz")


Gaffer
Ones Boss


Gardin
The plot of land at the rear of the
house for growin grass, flowers and vegatables


Garridge
Where you keep your car. (or "mowta")


Geaus
Give me


Gerraway
Really?


Gerroff
Get off


Gerron me wick.
Fed up with someone.


Gerrout
You
leave me incredulous


Giya
Give you -
As in, I will gerim to giya a ring. ( I will get him to give you a ring).


Glarnies
Marbles


Gloss
Transparent material used for windows.


Gob
Mouth


Goo
Go


Good Boy
A bargain…or farewell


Gooin
Going


gorra cobb on
in a bad mood


Gunna
Going to


Gunnyarta
going to have to


Guzz
Goes


Guzzunda
A vessel that used during the night
in the days of back to back houses not having an inside toilet. The word
describes where it was kept which was under the bed. "The pot goes
under the bed"

Horse
Pickle
Hospital


Injin
Found under the bonnet (hood) of a car


"Int, Ent, Ain't"
"Isn't (as in "" It int arf code out, ar kid"""


Introy
Passageway between two old houses


Irrint
It isn't


Jawanna
Do you want a.. (or to..) "Jawanna
gew fora pint down the pub"


Kaliye
Sherbert


Kayliyed
Intoxicated


Kekkle
Kettle


Kinnoy
Can I ?


Kipper Tie
Cup
of Tea


Lard 'Ed
Thick, stupid


Larpom
Toilet


L
small little


Loin
Shortest distance between two points


Loik
Similar….or term of
favourability.


Loiter
Smoker's accessory


Lung
Not short


Mardy
a miserable mood, grumpy


Mate
Sold at a butcher's shop…or a friend


Miskins
Dustbins


Misses
Wife..as in "me 'n the misses"


Mizzly
When the weather is cold and wet


Moikrawev
Microwave


Moi
The month before June….or
'belonging to me..'


Mom
Used instead of 'Mum'


Mooch
Look as in
"A mooch around the shops"


Morkins
someone stupid


Mower
Something additional


Mowta
automobile ( as in "Me mowta needs an injin")


Mucker
A good friend that can
always be relied on to lend a hand with any job no matter how dirty. He
will always muck in with you.


Nah
No


Noyse
Nice; as in " Tarrair dunnarf luck noyse
terday"


Oh-ahrr
Yes (kind off a fill
in word when talking stopped or hesitated)


Oice
Cream
Same as "Arse Cream" but even
tastier!!


Oil
I will


Om
I am


On a Loin
Annoyed, angry


Ooroyt
hello (informal
greeting)


Out Door
Off Licence


Quoit
Exactly, entirely


Or roit?
Are you well?....okay?


Orse
Rowed
Thoroughfare..used generally by "Senior
Brummies"


Otchin
method of propulsion
(while sitting) used by babies before they can walk


Owamya
"Owamya Bin Keepin"
Nothing to do with the worlds most wanted man. How are you and have you
been keeping well.


Oya
Hello

Palaver
a vexing situation


Parky
Cold, chilly


Pays
"Peas - as in "" Kinnoy av a cartin 'o mushy pays,
ploise?"


Ploise
Please


Poiklits
Pikelets (West Midlands name for crumpets):


Poise
Made of pastry..as in "stoik 'n keednoy
poise"


Point
Large glass of ale..one eight of a gallon


Poyper
Paper


Rayjoe
Radio, wireless


Reuter
One who writes, an author


Rezza
Edgbaston Reservoir


Rocks
Sweets


Roit Bosta
Something very good


Rowud
Road as in 'Om agoowin darn the
towun alung the orse rowud'.


Rung
Incorrect


Safta
This afternoon


Scrubba
Prostitute


Skooill
School


Sellablige
"To work things out as in "" Oil avva quick sellablige and lit yow know" ow mooch munnay oi've got."""


Sharrabang
Coach


Shudup
"Shut up, Be quiet."


Skelington
Skeleton


Slash
Crude term for to urinate


Stroids
Trousers


Strung
Powerful, not weak


Suff
Outside kitchen
drain


Sukka
Frozen confectionery on a stick.


Summat
Something


S'up
What's up


Ta
Thank You


Take-up
Drinking vessel usually with a saucer.


Tennarf
'I agree' as in "code to die - tennarf"


Ta rah
Goodbye!


Tay
It is not


Tests
Tastes


The'ay
There


The
Knob
Alcester
Lane's End


Trarabit
See you again soon


Tittybabbi
person or child
acting like immaturely, like an infant at the breast


To die
Between yesterday and tomorrow


Toil
Ceramic wall covering


Toughie
Form of confectionery. as in "toughie
appul"


Towun
Town 'Om agoowin darn the towun
alung the orse rowud'.


Toy
Fashion accessory usually worn around the neck


Trarabit
Goodbye and see you again soon.


Trazis
Trousers.


Troin
Form of transport that runs on tracks.


Tuffpaste
Toothpaste


Turts
Hurts


Tussock
irritating cough
(as in "er ay arf gorra tussock onna")


Tuth
Tooth


Tuttie Pegs
Baby teeth

Waggin it
Missing school
for no good reason, playing truant


"warr, warrn't "
"were, weren't"


Wamul
Dog


Wench
Girl


Werk
Work.


Wernit
Was it not


Weskit
Waistcoat


Wick
Seven days


Wikend
Weekend


Winnda
Window


Windas
Windows. Operating
system for computers developed by Moikrasof


Worroh
Hello

really helpfull dude..
wish u gonna hop more..,not only word nor phrase..,but also sme bad word..,
safety way..,if smone mock on us..,least we not ended up full smile...

go...

happie...!!