stir

prison. romany word 'staripen', an immovable thing or place from which you cannot move, ultimately connecterd to the word 'stasis'

he's doing stir

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

didicoy, didicoi, also didd-

gypsy, pikey, chav etc. Romany word of respect for male of older generation. 'dadika' = father

diddikois welcome!

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

totty

hot woman or women. Romany word 'taati' meaning a woman who is warm.

lot of totty about (nice place)

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

juk

dog. chav or pikey word from the Romany word juklo meaning a dog

the juk don't bite, do 'e?

by klidenengro February 13, 2004

chore

to steal or a thief. Romany word 'te chorel' to steal. see also chor. Used in pockets all over the UK where chavs are descended from Romany Gypsies. (e.g., recently heard in Chatham, Kent)

he's a bleeding chore, he's always choring from shops

by klidenengro February 01, 2004

strasse

Area of specific interest. Heard recently on BBC Radio 5, ‘Right up your Strasse’. Clearly calqued from ‘right up your street’ but with a tone of contempt. Does the rhyme and association with ‘up your arse’ have anything to do with it?

Right up your Strasse

by klidenengro January 30, 2004