Yar

Friend. Urdu from Persian. wide range of meaning and usage from 'someone whom you have just met' to 'beloved'. Commonly heard 'arre yar' which is a term either of contradiction like 'come off it' or of surprise like 'fuck me'.

arre yaar!

by klidenengro February 03, 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

nark

informer, someone who has got their nose into your business. Romany word 'naak' means nose. Not to be confused with the later American word with similar meaning which is an abbreviation for 'Narcotics Agent'

A coppers's nark

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

goolies

testicles. Hindi word 'goli' means a ball or small sphere. see also pills

she kicked him in the pills

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

pal

Romany word for brother. Standard modern European word is 'praal'

he's no pal of mine, I wouldn't piss in his mouth if his teeth were on fire

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

Gypsy

Descendant of the original Indian travellers who arrived in Western Europe after the downfall of the Byzantine empire in the 15th Century. The called themselves the 'Lords of Little Egypt' which contracted to Egyptians, Gyptians and eventually Gypsies or Gyppos. Little Egypt was the name given to the area we now call Turkey.

My mother said
I never should
play with the Gypsies
in the wood

by klidenengro January 30, 2004