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vegyjones
5th April 2006, 11:50
Like Boi? Jonny? Mat? Mark? :D

This is invaluable

alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item
amant - Quantity; sum total ("Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend")
assband - Unable to leave the house because of illness, disability etc
awss - A four legged animal, on which money is won, or more likely lost ("That awss ya tipped cost me a fiver t'day")
branna - More brown than on a previous occasion ("Ere, Trace, ya look branna today, ave you been on sunbed?")
cort a panda - A rather large hamburger
dan in the maff - Unhappy ("Wossmatta, Trace, ya look a bit dan in the maff")
eye-eels - Women's shoes
Furrock - The location of Lakeside Shopping Centre
garrij - A building where a car is kept or repaired(Trace: "Oi, Darren, I fink the motah needs ta go in the garrij cos it aint working proper")
Ibeefa - Balaeric holiday island
lafarjik - Lacking in energy ("I feel all lafarjik")
oi oi! - Traditional greeting. Often heard from the doorway of pubs or during banging dance tunes at clubs
paipa - The Sun, The Mirror or The Sport
reband - The period of recovery and emotional turmoil after rejection by a lover ("I couldn't elp it, I wuz on the reband from Craig")
Saffend - Essex coastal resort boasting the longest pleasure pier in the world. The place where the characters from TV's, popular soap opera, Eastenders go on holiday
tan - The city of London, the big smoke
webbats - Querying the location something or someone is. ("Webbats is me dole card Trace? I've gotta sign on in arf hour")
wonnid - 1. Desired, needed. 2. Wanted by the police
zaggerate - To suggest that something is bigger or better than it actually is. ("I told ya a fazzand times already")

bigcumba
5th April 2006, 11:53
Brilliant! :laugh :laugh :laugh

Jonny2621
5th April 2006, 13:09
Ahem, East London boy not Essex thank you......all Dutch to me that stuff :D

sparkyminer
5th April 2006, 13:10
East London boy not Essex
There's a difference?:doh :)

Jonny2621
5th April 2006, 13:25
There is down here mate ! :wink

vegyjones
5th April 2006, 13:31
Not from where I'm standing Essex Boy! :wink :D

Jonny2621
5th April 2006, 13:33
Essex is full of people who used to live in East London, where have all the people who used to live in Essex gone ?

vegyjones
5th April 2006, 13:35
Saying that, My Mum Dad, 3 brothers and sister in law have all just moved out to Horchurch! :yikes:

Traitors! :mad:

I intend to remain a cockney for the rest of my days...

Or at least till I make a few bob! :laugh

sparkyminer
5th April 2006, 13:37
Horchurch! :yikes:


Freudian slip?:D

Jonny2621
5th April 2006, 13:37
Once a cockney, always a cockney :wink

Except in Eastenders where anyone can pretend to be a cockney....

Vic
5th April 2006, 17:45
There's a difference?:doh :)
That's a bit like calling a geordie boy a yorkshireman or viccyversa