Manchester Vocabulary

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Banged/banged out - to hit someone hard

Dibble- police officer

Draw - cannabis

Jib - a form of action, usually applied to leaving the present vicinity

Knobbed - had sex with

Mard - soft

Mint - rather good

Mithered - bothered

Nosh - blowjob

Nowt - Nothing

Our Kid - traditionally refers to younger sibling or close relative, now applicable to include close companion

Proper - extremely

Sorted - quite good

Chip barm: Deep fried slivers of potato in a particular type of bread roll. If the bread and chips are made and eaten in a postcode beginning with M they tatse 100% better than they do otherwise. No idea why.

Brew: Cup or post of tea.

Cak: Shit/rubbish (As in it was a cak film)

Bog: Toilet

Sharabang: Bus

Lamp: punch/hit

Leathered: drunk

Slap: Makup (As in "I'm off to the bog to put my slap on" - and no. Not me exceot for that unfortunate goth period in the early 80s which we will never speak of again)

Copping off: meeting a nice young lady and getting better aquainted Yer wot?: Pardon/Excuse me/say that again and I'll lamp yopu one

Deck: look

Minger: Somewhat unattractive member of the opposite sex

Bins: glasses (eye)

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