Resend my activation email : Register : Log in 
BCF: Bike Chat Forums


Strange family words

Reply to topic
Bike Chat Forums Index -> Random Banter
View previous topic : View next topic  
Author Message

The Shaggy D.A.
Super Spammer



Joined: 12 Sep 2008
Karma :

PostPosted: 20:48 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Strange family words Reply with quote

I've just had a random blast from the past thought, and it got me wondering. I'm guessing that people have some words that only are used within your family (I've certainly not heard these anywhere outside mine), so post them up, with their meanings, and maybe how they came to be. Let's see if there's any that we thought were unique, but are actually known by others.

Tat-tats
A walk, or outing. I did read recently that Wilf Lunn had an aunt that used the expression "have a ta-ta to town", so it might be an antiquated northern thing.

Biglots
A poo.

Aughties
See Biglots. The "T" is silent, from the noise you make when attempting to shift a blockage. On the push you get "aaauuuuuggggghhhhhhh" and on the release, an "eeeeeeez" of relief.

Woppy Woppy
Beer. Came from my elder sister as a baby, attempting to repeat the Watney's slogan, "What we want is Watney's". Shortened from "Woppy woppy woppy".

Oif
Coffee.

Oifmilk
White coffee.


How about yours?
____________________
Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

The Artist
Super Spammer



Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Karma :

PostPosted: 20:54 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pusha Remote control
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

ms51ves3
Super Spammer



Joined: 07 Jun 2007
Karma :

PostPosted: 20:58 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

allymoss wrote:
Pusha Remote control


My grandma calls it a zapper Laughing
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Louise
World Chat Champion



Joined: 22 May 2006
Karma :

PostPosted: 21:07 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clean ya wilba - Embarassed
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Ariel Badger
Super Spammer



Joined: 02 Dec 2006
Karma :

PostPosted: 21:14 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Haha... Pigeon poo. My family were pigeon dealers and us kids had to clean the cages of haha.
____________________
Bikers make great organ donors, get 115 on your licence today.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Skudd
Super Spammer



Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Karma :

PostPosted: 21:33 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skudds-- When the dog craps in the garden, we call it Skudd busting. I'm usually the one who gets the pleasure to clean up after the little blighter.

Doofer- any object we cant think of the name of right at that moment. as in where is the doofer? ( as we mime clicking the remote for the tv)

Thingerme- Someone who's name we can't remember.

Thingermebob- an object we can't remember the name of.

Mystery Tour- Getting lost.

Bat Mobile- the car
____________________
Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Pickledswede
Traffic Copper



Joined: 15 Jul 2008
Karma :

PostPosted: 21:38 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

ms51ves3 wrote:
allymoss wrote:
Pusha Remote control


My grandma calls it a zapper Laughing


Whole family calls it a zapper, never known any different, haha Very Happy
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

The Shaggy D.A.
Super Spammer



Joined: 12 Sep 2008
Karma :

PostPosted: 21:47 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reminded me of some more :-

Oofer TV Remote
Doofer Short for Dooferlator. A cigarette one keeps behind one's ear. As in, "It'll do for later".
____________________
Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Flip
Super Spammer



Joined: 28 Feb 2004
Karma :

PostPosted: 21:52 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Shaggy D.A. wrote:
Doofer Short for Dooferlator. A cigarette one keeps behind one's ear. As in, "It'll do for later".


Around here we keep those for Ron. (later on)

Doofer Things Mum can't remember the name of (ie. Where's the doofer?)

Button TV remote.

Dancers Stairs. (I dunno why Laughing )
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

B10Hazard
World Chat Champion



Joined: 29 Jan 2009
Karma :

PostPosted: 22:06 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zapper MicroWave . . I.E Zap it for 2 mins

Go on then When my dad says this i know to role him a fag instantly Cool

Cunty bollocks The dog Laughing

Petal Mums car


And they will get a response off me from the following . . IO . . 2 Claps . . . Pot Noodle . . . .Or just daniel Thumbs Up
____________________
Current bike .. The police stole it
No longer any socks
Let me take you on a trip . . let me show the world in my eyes.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Dragonfly
Super Spammer



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Karma :

PostPosted: 23:01 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

C*nt- remote control
w*nkers- walkers chrisps
Red bullshit-red bull
boyo- kinder bueno
sex box- xbox
shit box- delta box (yamaha) or cat litter
lambert and scoobler- lambert and butler fegs.
Tin can- Toyota twin cam
purple onion- becasue its not red!
____________________
All the breast.
Muzza on Binge:
He's too busy beating the everloving shit out of Lizzie to notice this thread has taken a turn down Drama Avenue and stopped off at the popcorn shop.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

hellkat
Super Spammer



Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Karma :

PostPosted: 23:14 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

We're rather multicultural in our household, a complicated mishmash of Mockney, Italian and Kiwi expressions, gestures and accents.

Mostly, Anita and I tend to add little Italianisations into our conversation randomly, adding -a, -o, "ucciano" or "ooch/ox" to the end of things, which is a very Campanese way of talking.

Occasionally we say Italian things in a Mockney accent, which is how her father talks - having been here nearly 50 years now ("biscotti" and "ricotta" have no t's ... just glottal stops).

"Where's my white t-shirt?"
"It's out in the giardino (on the washing line)."

It's so blatantly anglicised, that even Andy usually recognises what we are saying Laughing
____________________
Not nearly as interesting in real life.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

hellkat
Super Spammer



Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Karma :

PostPosted: 23:27 - 09 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skudd wrote:
Mystery Tour- Getting lost.

Yeah, we use that one, too, or we say we went by "the scenic route".
In NZ we call it a Tiki-Tour (named after a famous NZ travel company).
____________________
Not nearly as interesting in real life.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

The Artist
Super Spammer



Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Karma :

PostPosted: 10:29 - 10 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

dragonfly wrote:

lambert and scoobler- lambert and butler fegs.


Ha! I'm using that one from now on.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Clanger
Stirrer



Joined: 27 May 2004
Karma :

PostPosted: 10:39 - 10 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spoggie / Spoggy

Though I suspect it wasn't just a family word, I'm sure other northerners use it too. Thumbs Up
____________________
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter won't mind - Dr. Seuss
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Howling TerrorOutOfOffice
Super Spammer



Joined: 05 Dec 2008
Karma :

PostPosted: 10:52 - 10 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gib-Gob or Gibber as a replacement for a forgotten word, which can lead to Gib-Gob Gibber in some conversations between me my mum and sister. Rolling Eyes Smile


Pat
I have 3 dogs at home and 1 lives with my daughter.

Wenlock: answers to wenny, wooster, wooster-booster, badger and badge
Tilly: answers to till, till-bob, bobble
Sweep: answers to svep, svepski, svine
Sammy: answers to sammy,sam-yam and kipper

____________________
Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
Singer songwriter, Artist and allround good bloke Listen to Andrew Susan Johnston here
The Harry Turner Project
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website You must be logged in to rate posts

Dragonfly
Super Spammer



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Karma :

PostPosted: 12:17 - 10 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

allymoss wrote:
dragonfly wrote:

lambert and scoobler- lambert and butler fegs.


Ha! I'm using that one from now on.


Which reminds me

Scooberu- suberu


lambert and scoobler is also known as a poverty pack here.

Pool cues long ciggerettes that you could snig and still have a full one left.

I will thnk of more, we say so much crap in my house that its just natural now.
setofa- sofa/setee
____________________
All the breast.
Muzza on Binge:
He's too busy beating the everloving shit out of Lizzie to notice this thread has taken a turn down Drama Avenue and stopped off at the popcorn shop.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

skinny
Nitrous Nuisance



Joined: 16 Jul 2007
Karma :

PostPosted: 15:05 - 10 Apr 2009    Post subject: Re: Strange family words Reply with quote

The Shaggy D.A. wrote:


Tat-tats
A walk, or outing. I did read recently that Wilf Lunn had an aunt that used the expression "have a ta-ta to town", so it might be an antiquated northern thing.


My in-laws have always called walking the dog going for tats. And their whole family have always been from down south.

My and dad always called woodlice Granny pigs I knew no different till asked what the insect the teacher was holding in secondary school. I called it a Granny pig as I had been told by my parents in seconds every one in the class was laughing at me. My parents are so cruel Laughing
____________________
oops I did it again....
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts
Old Thread Alert!

The last post was made 16 years, 298 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful?
  Display posts from previous:   
This page may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that third-party cookies will be set.

Post new topic   Reply to topic    Bike Chat Forums Index -> Random Banter All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum

Read the Terms of Use! - Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group
 

Debug Mode: ON - Server: birks (www) - Page Generation Time: 0.10 Sec - Server Load: 0.8 - MySQL Queries: 13 - Page Size: 103.43 Kb