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Tony Le Mesmer

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
1,380
South Wales
Shit and Abortions!

A particular favourite of my Grandad.
When we used to visit he'd sometimes refer to us as... 'Ferdinand from the Tripe shop'.
Bizarre.
 


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Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
25,512
Worthing
Stop "mithering" was a popular one too, never hear it down south.

My sister always calls me a scriking mard-arse whenever she sees me.
We lost her to the north 40 years ago.
 






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Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
25,512
Worthing
f***-a-duck or f*** me sideways.
 






Nibble

New member
Jan 3, 2007
19,238
My ex's creepy grandfather (family all lived in Bolton) used to slap her rather large sisters thighs and go "Eeee, fetch us a barm, we could get a couple a butties outta them wobblers eh?" My ex always looked horrified but then piss ourselve laughing.
 


Dec 16, 2010
3,613
Over there
I was telling a story at work about an ex colleague getting the sack for setting off the fire alarms by "Genieing up a box of matches"
I was laughed at and told that phrase hasn't been used since 1987

Edit:- incidentally the the ex colleague in question was called Bobak who went on to be in 90's boyband Another Level
 








5mins-from-amex

New member
Sep 1, 2011
1,547
coldean
How about 'Top Banana' never did understand that one.

also 'ropey' 'sketchy' 'spanner' 'div' 'mong' 'fudge packer' 'bandit' 'lop pot' 'gimp' 'mellon' 'mustard' to name but a few, were all part of being a teenager in the 90s!
 




Muzzy

Well-known member
Jan 25, 2011
4,787
Lewes
I'm off to build a bear. In other words I need to sit on the throne.
I don't hear either of these terms anymore.
 
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Tom Bombadil

Well-known member
Jul 14, 2003
6,107
Jibrovia
Back when i was at school the top insult was mo, as in he's a mo, you mo etc. Not sure where that came from. Also we used Jimmy Hill and chinny rub for when accussing someone of talking bollocks. The most un pc insult was to take you arm out of your jumper, touch your shoulder and put the sleeve back on so your elbow poked out of the end, stick your tongue under your bottom lip and while waving your elbow stub at the person to be insulted and yell "Joey, Joey" in the best "retard" voice you could manage. Christ we were horrible little bastards.
 




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