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I learn a lot of funny British words by doing British-style cryptic crosswords (Guardian, Times, Private Eye). One can pick up the idiom pretty quickly. Some good ones are the aforementioned yob (and variants like yobbo), bumf, bonkbuster :blink: , ladette and saddo.

Just recalled frottage, a recent discovery and apparent favorite of Private Eye magazine, which is near the top of my charts...

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Does it have to be English?

Like the Japanese word Chinpunkanpun, meaning gibberish. The language is rich in onomatopoeia.

From Sheffield there's lairy - flashy and selfserving, nesh- always cold, snap - packed lunch, geeor - stop it, lugoyle - ear , chabby - infant, mash- make tea and countless others.

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From Sheffield there's...nesh- always cold...

Interesting. About 20 miles south 'nesh' means scared. A 'nesher' is someone who runs away from a fight.

Right, that is interesting. Nesh most definitely means sensitive to cold in Sheffield.

Cold, as in 'It's cold today' is parky.

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