What do you mean when you say...?

[Cuddles da Bear]

Hiyo, we're all from different parts of the world and come from varying cultures and we all have our own styles and slangs. Now's the time to expand our vocabulary by learning from each other. If you have a saying or a slang-term that is from your culture, from your country or even one you use yourself, share it with others and let us know what it means. Who knows, maybe the next time you visit a foreign country they'll be speaking your slang.

I'll start...

Here in Barbados:-

If you call someone a 'Johnny' that means they're an idiot.

If you say someone has no 'brought upsy' that means that they are uncouth and have no manners. (If you say this expect to be countered with 'People with brought upsy don't use words like brought upsy')

If you ask someone 'If I plant you, you would grow?' It means 'If I ask you to do me a favour would you do it?'

'Dah fi' lik yuh!' - means It serves you right

'Wuh loss!' - is said in surprise and is akin to Oh my gosh!

That's all I can think of right now. Feel free to share some of your own and I'll try to remember some more and update later.

[White Raven]

Well the only thing I can think of is what I say when I’m frustrated.

I learned it from my mom so it’s kinda old.

I sometimes say “Oh dad burn it.â€

[Mr. SmartyPants]

"Aigooo"

[White Raven]

Oh I thought of another one.

Move over bacon, here comes something meatier.
Translation: Out of my way I’m bigger then you.

[rocklobster]

Here in Cajun country, we have "lagniappe". It means "something extra."

[Sai]

My dad has some interesting umm lingo..
Nitz
Dibble Ditz
Shivel nitz
Dibble scitz
Nibble nitz.....
They all mean the same thing basically. It pretty much means stupid in a nicer way.

[Uriah]

My friends dad would say "Jiminy Cricket" when he was horribly frusterated.. o_o..

[TurkishMonky]

lets see... my mom has a lage vocabulary of nonexistant or words with seond meaning. What can i remember off of the top of my head...
Doofy - stupd in a nice way
Joseph - a slow driver
i know there's a really funny one... but i cant remember it right now....
and then, of course, if you repeat any word more then once, it is the same as putting "Very" or "extremely" in front of it.

I, on the other hand, prefer my engish unadulterated... w4y 2 go, pwn those n00bs.

[Nia-chan]

If you ask someone 'If I plant you, you would grow?' It means 'If I ask you to do me a favour would you do it?'

I find that cute for some reason.

My mom's Jamaican, and she has some "slang"... unfortunately I've become so used to it that I can't think of any off the top of my head..

Acutally "Wuh loss" sounds like something she says, but hers is more like "What stop!" From the way she uses it, I assume it means something like "I don't believe this!" She only says it if she's mad, so I guess if someone cuts you off in traffic then you'd say "What stop!"

[Destroyer2000]

Hm...I use 'baka' occasionally. That's all I can think of. My friend also says something that sounds like an Elite's roar when he is frustrated. Lol.

[mitsuki lover]

Well in the Midwest and parts of the Northwest where Scandinavians have settled you hear Uff Da and even see it on bumperstickers.

[KhakiBlueSocks]

If I'm on the phone with a particuarly dumb customer, I have been known to (frequently) hit the mute button and shout out "YOU DINGBAT!!!" If I forget something, or if I did something otherwise stupid or retarded, I always sigh and say "good grief"...a Charlie Brown moment.

My mom (I love the south!!!) when she's on the phone always has a habit of saying "Well, the thing 'part 'bout it..." which, roughly translated means "Well, it's like this." Then there's my favorite "Honey, hush yo' mouth!" (Self explanatory).

Me and my mom share a term that's universal to the south "Such-and-such a thing", which translates into "Etc...etc...etc..."

[soul alive]

Heh. Oh, the expressions my family uses:

Grandma was slow, but she was old. (You're only X years old, kid, why are you moving slow?)

Slower than molasses in winter. (Darn slow)

Quit piddleyfartin' around. (Stop goofing off)

Got a hitch in your get-along? (Why are you limping?)

Eat your orts. (Eat all the food on your plate, even the tiny little pieces left over)

[White Raven]

Me and my fiancé (Jeremy) where discussing this last night, and we came up with some slang, from here in Pennsylvania.
I grew up in Kansas so PA slang still has me saying “What did you say?â€

[Sai]

Quit piddleyfartin' around. (Stop goofing off)

Wow, we say something extremely similar. We say quit piddilyfutzing around. I guess thats another odd term... futzing. means "messing" i guess..

[Rachel]

Jeat?= Did you eat?
coke= carbonated beverage that isn't Dr Pepper
fixin' to= about to
best= better (ex: I had best go and eat before I starve to death.)

There are more, but I can't think of them right now.

[Icarus]

Personally, I say "Swing" to replace "Cool." The more modifiers ( directions, levels), the better the thing.

[Phil Hartman]

[mitsuki lover]

Oh and another phrase Midwesterners especially use a lot is you betcha!I swear it's even in that book on how to speak Minnesotan,you betcha!

[Neko Niisan]

Scouse (thats Liverpool to you) slang... Where to start...

• La - a rather uncouth refernce to an indiviadual. Often used in such a context of "Ya all right la?
• Minger - Used to describe someone/something undesirable. Its severity is usually expressed through the users tone of voice.
• Maccys - Local name for McDonalds.

There are many wierd and wonderful expresssions in scouse, many of which are of a nature I have desire to express on this forum =/ , so you'll have to forgive for being to forecoming in them...

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

I'm sure we have heaps in Australia, but I can't think of any at the moment.

[Warrior4Christ]

"Not happy Jan!!" - used to express your disappointment in a situation, but not necessarily directed at a person named Jan. It was popularised by the Yellow Pages deadline commercial.
"This is going straight to the pool room!" - said after receiving something good or great or awesome and you want to put it on display. Popularised by the movie The Castle. This saying was more common a few years ago than now.
"Nigel" - a loner; someone has has no friends. (not used as much these days)
There are more, but I can't think of any more now...

Also, a friend of mine likes to abbreve ev (that is, abbreviate everything). But it's really not everything that was abbreviated, only one or two words per sentence at most to make it sound cool. Examples:
appar = apparently
lect-ch or lec-ch = lecture
abbrev = abbreviate
ev = everything, everybody, Evan (context determines meaning)
time tabe = time table
rememb = remember
And sometimes names like: Jonath = Jonathon

I think the general rule is to drop off the last syllable (sometimes the last two). But there are probably exceptions.

[KBMaster]

Twiggle: To repeatedly rotate the left analog stick on a Gamecube controller in order to shake the ReDeads off of Link.

My best friend lives in England and she said one of the words said there that's used differently is "phone"/ Ex.: I'm going to phone a friend of mine. She insists that it doesn't mean to bodily harm someone with a phone, but to call them on the phone. Now me and my sister always threaten to "phone" each other.

[Warrior4Christ]

Umm.... 'phone' does mean the action of calling someone of the phone...

Also, Maccas = McDonalds.

[Raiden no Kishi]

I tend to use "Righteous" as a synonym for "cool." As an aside, I find it funny that "lech" is used for lecture, as I've also heard it used as slang for a LECHerous person. XD

.rai//

[soul alive]

Wally-World = Wal-Mart

Tarzhay = Target
(I was trying to spell that phoenetically, heh. My friends and I pronounce Target with a fake-ish French pronounciation, giving a harsh 'zhh' sound to the 'g' and leaving off the 't.')

Here, we also refer to the interstate as 'I-#' where # = whatever the road number is. (I-25, I-90, etc.)
My roommate from California says that there they call it 'The-#' (The-25).

[Angel37]

[quote="White Raven"]Me and my fiancé (Jeremy) where discussing this last night, and we came up with some slang, from here in Pennsylvania.
I grew up in Kansas so PA slang still has me saying “]

*ROFL* Yes! I'm SO Pennsylvania Dutch and I use those!

[mitsuki lover]

Speaking of Penn Dutch,Smearkase=cottage cheese.

[EireWolf]

My roommate from California says that there they call it 'The-#' (The-25).

Yeah, we do. A friend of mine (not from California) commented on this as well. I never knew it was unusual...

[Azier the Swordsman]

[font=Trebuchet MS][size=134]If I'm on the phone with a particuarly dumb customer, I have been known to (frequently) hit the mute button and shout out "YOU DINGBAT!!!"

I am so tempted to do that at times. Problem is, I'd probably be a klutz and forget to mute the phone.