kit

Clothes, something that is removed when someone gets their kit off. Originally Kittel, a white cotton or linen robe worn by orthodox Jews on certain holy days (also used as a shroud), overall, smock. Yiddish from MHG ultimately from Arabic source, cogn. with ‘cotton’

Helen Mirran is famous for taking her kit off

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

spiel

well rehearsed patter of salesperson or advocate of particular cause (1896), to gamble (1882), to play music (1870) also Spieler meaning a gambling club

don't give me that spiel

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

Lollipop

A sweet that is sucked. The interesting thing about this word is that originally meant a toffee apple. It is a fairground word from the Romany 'loli phaba', meaning red apple.

Telly Savalas sucks lollipops

loli phaba maishinava khal, khal,
yek pash tutir, yek pash mandir, hop, hop, hop. (Romany song)

by klidenengro November 06, 2011

pills

testicles. They usually work in pairs. Romany word 'pele' meaning testicles. see goolies

mince my pills (expression of mild astonishment)

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

gazump

Also gesumph or gesumpf, said to have come into the British property business from the second-hand car trade in the 1970s. originally means to swindle, cheat or steal, now means to outbid (peculiar to the English and Welsh housing market). Ultimately derived from a German word meaning to put into a swamp or, in the modern idiom, to dump in the shit. first recorded in English in 1928

the bastards gazumped me

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

kushti

happiness, in good order. Romany word used by super-chav Jamie Oliver. Kushtipen was once the English Romany word for 'happiness' from a Persian word meaning 'happiness'

everything's kushti

by klidenengro January 30, 2004