cushti

see kushti

very cushti

by klidenengro February 13, 2004

dreck

filth, dirt, German word first used by James Joyce in Ulysses

dreck stinks

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

gesamtkunstwerk

‘complete-art-work’. London Review of Books, Vol 24, No. 6, 21st March 2002, page 16 col 3 by Hal Foster, ‘Andy Paperbag’. “And these devices became central to his persona, which is sometimes seen as his ultimate work: Warhol as the spectral centre of a flashy scene, a kind of blank Gesamtkunstwerk–in-person”.

'Mediaeval cathedrals were the Gesamtkunstwerks of their era', recently heard on BBC Radio 4,

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

diddycoy

Originally a Romani term of respect (dadika) for an older person, this has come to mean (in UK English) a Gypsy or traveller who is not of pure blood. The insult is therefore compounded, not only does this person have the negative qualities that prejudice has associated with travellers, but they are also of suspect descent, doubly damned.

they're not even proper gyppos, they're fucking diddikois

by klidenengro September 09, 2004

punch

to hit with the fist. Romany word for 'five'. To give someone a bunch of fives. Not to be confused with the word 'punch' meaning a drink with five ingredients, which is not a Romany word, but a Hindi word. The Hindi for 'five' is 'paanch'.

he punched him in the nackers

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

mush

Romany word for a lad. The modern standard European Romany word is 'mursh'

oi, mush!

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

nackers

testicles. Arabic word came back with the Crusaders, used by Chaucer. Arabic word 'naqqaara' mans the huge drums slung either side of a horse. It originally meant v. big testicles. see pills. Not to be confused with knackered meaning 'exhausted' or 'tired'ultimately from a word meaning to re-cycle horses

do chavs shave their nackers? Does the Pope have a balcony?

by klidenengro January 30, 2004