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sue.
e ger ter foot of our stairs

Charlyparly
Proper (very) - as in "She is proper ugly"Agate (said) - as in "I'm agate, she's agate, they're agate"

Ruth P
Sugar stealers were any floating seed but mainly thistle seeds and had to be caught before they came into the house (or perhaps before they landed ? Early form of weed eradication - don't let them settle and so they won't establish themselves

smitten
moggy in the westhougton area is a mouse and not a cat.

nigel sykes, salford
hanging meaning horribleskanking meaning very hanging.

Lynne in Thornton
'Licky' We used to call liquid paper this...'Can I borrow ya licky?'

Anna (17)
reet-hi mingin/grim/rank-horrible wagging it - skiving/bunking off

vog
al si thee - i'll see you later

Martyn Farnworth
Yav'furt (You have to..) Tha'mun (You must...)

John D Lord
Tek yer 'ook (Go away) Crate-egg ( Fool) Coal'ole ( Cellar where coal is) Aliker (Vinegar) Tha's wick (1--Cunning)(2--Too hard to catch when running away from "Knock and Run".......knocking on doors and running away) Sledge (Toboggan) Clatter thi' ear'ole ( A good hiding for being naughty) Kaks (Knickers, Britches) Cack'anded (Lefthanded person) Gormless (Dumb, Silly, Stupid person) Flagstones (Footpath made from quarry stone) Clothears (Deaf or not listening)

Miguel
In a Wigan chippie you can ask for a smack, with a babbies'head and pea-wet: in other words, a lump of deep-fried mashed spud, a steak and kidney pud, and the green water of the peas, to keep it moist. By'eck it's reet beautiful...

Ian of Bolton
I remember "chin,scuff,neck!"being used whenever one lost at cards or some other type of activity

Ian
I've seen the term BELM used -in the early eighties this was BELLAMY'S - after Dr David Bellamy , the chin stroking indicating the beard- some times using the term BEARDS. It was used when being told a long taleor a bit of a fib. Don't know why we did it, we just did

bernadette
boolton(nose)

Edith Gibbons
Whitchere You have got your feet wet....

Paula Meredith
Are you 'Joshin'- are you joking?

snoga frog!
Thankyou for letting us look round!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mick from Burnley
Powfagged is a word I remember from my youth. Too long ago to remember when. It means very tired or fed up, eg Powfagged to de-ath.

Carlos Van Doogle
'Plumbbob'is a term I'm hearing quite a lot in the office at the moment: Plumbbob - A person who does not quite measure up, a person who is a complete plambbob is a person that cannot complete the task in hand.

Ben arnold
respect(how do)

Ian Butcher
Tart Liner/Goal Hanger - the lad who always stood next to the opposing goalkeeper in playground matches to try and score the most goals from tap ins.

Natalie
'Well....' anything i.e well sad, well cool, well stupid, well hard.... you get the picture 'He/she is right'un' (something your grandma would say to mean they thought your friend was a bit naughty) Bagsey (Don't quite know how you define this. Is a 'power' word I suppose in a game - if you say it, you get to do what you ask for i.e 'Bagsey not going first' 'Turn around, touch the ground, Bagsey not playing' 'Chuddy' chewing gum

Natalie
Giz' a toke. (let me have a drag on you cigarettte)

Peter Ryder
zits is actually an import (via Billy Connolly?) from the US

karl
minger [bad lookin]

Mark in Blackpool
Jangled - meaning not entirely all there, much like some of the people I work with!

MIKE
POWN - Tired or worn out.

sarah
belm as in "big belm" or you are belming which is you are lying!!

Sarah
scabby = dodgy grog = alcohol chuck = mate (alright chuck) spiff = posh

Roxanne leather
Disin(r u slagin mi off

Alan in Accrington
skallywag =meaning skeleton could eat a dead horse =meaning im starving coil =coal top o' thill tinternet

Claire
Minger (ugly)

Sue
Bibbin - meaning crying (usually girls)

BEN ARRON ROBINOSN
Tomoz (tomorrow)

Claire Byrne
wrecks (it really hurts)

Jayne beaumont
'Keeno' or 'stiff' - teachers pet and all round well behaved pupil, easily identifiable by having top button of shirt fastened.

A Jones
you prune (you silly person)

Steve
Chuftees - getting over excited: 'I cant wait to hang out at the shops after school'' 'Alrite dont get chuftees'

David Jaundrell
These are some slang words used by us kids in Burtonwood in the 60's/70's. It used to be a mining village and I'm sure some words migrated from Yorkshire when miners moved here earlier in the 1900's. 1. Laggy = A conker saved from last year (generally harder than a fresh one). 2. Woggy hen = Water hen 3. Croddy = A jumpable gap across a brook running around a farmers field. "Let's go jumping croddies" or "Let's go crod-hopping". 4. Chawdy = Humiliated person. Tormentors would shout "Chawdy!" whilst rubbing their chin at the same time. 5. Sugar stealer = A floating seed from a dandelion clock after it was blown (often found after landing in the sugerbowl, funnily enough). 6. Bah't = without/nothing. "United won 3 - bah't" (3 - nil). 7. Areet shoo? = "Are you all right my friend"? 8. Wagging it = Playing truant. 9. Brew = Brow of a steep road. 10. Dobbins 'oller = "Dobbins Hollow" or a country lane used occasionally by horse-riders. 11. Pogging = Stealing birds eggs from their nests (Not that we ever did this). 12. Shanks's Pony = On foot/by walking.

Carol
How about ‘peggit’ (peg it- run for your life)

Paul
My nan tells me she used to say "Will y' stump me?" at school (Bolton!), meaning "Would you let me have the core of the apple you're eating when you're finished with it so that I can see what I can eat from around it!"

Michelle from Burnley
oined - pestered/annoyed owt - anything nowt - nothing pen - allotment chuck it - throw it bomb it - run away ta ra - good bye butty - sandwich buttybox - lunchbox bait - packed lunch for work baitbox - lunchbox mi-mo - weavers speak me mam - my mum bumpers - basketball boot (60's/70's) ducking - skiving corporation pop - water chucking it down - raining

Heather from Barnoldswick
Neckin:- Kissing Spooner:- fool/idiot Skanky:- dirty/unclean Wazzock:- A nuisance cewd:- cold ewd :- hold By eck:- Oh Heck Si'thi:- Do you see/understand Frettin:- Worrying Feetin:- Fighting

Dave Tierney
1.Second hand drag. Somebody smoking then blows the smoke into your mouth ! 2.Docker. Idiot. 3.Sapping. The illegal removing of fruit from a tree. 4.Bunking off. Playing truant. 5,Crumblie. Old person. 6.Belm. A lie,the shout of BELM accompanied by an hand movement from the chin,the worse the lie the longer the belm. 7.Crusties. Underpants.

Elizabeth
I was brought up in Leigh, Lancs in the 60s. We used to say 'I afot do'.. .meaning.... 'I have to do it!'

Stephen Mills
lol (laugh out loud) soz (sorry)

Cheryl from Preston
Crackin (good) Legit (Run) Gradley (Good or Great) Tickle Tackle (Gossip or to much talking) Gob (mouth) Gobbing (spitting) Off your Head (Stupid or drunk) "Piffie on a rock bun" meaning exposed, embarassed. For example "I felt like Piffie on a rock bun" which could be modified to "I felt a right piffie!"

David France
A phrase a friend of my mum (from Walkden near Bolton) used, and passed now on to me! "Piffie on a rock bun" meaning exposed, embarassed. For example "I felt like Piffie on a rock bun" which could be modified to "I felt a right piffie!"

Julie from Oswaldtwistle
Wack meaning playing truant from school

Bex
skanky ; disgusting goth ; wearing black clothes mosher ; skate boarder

Kelly McDonald
Twonk

Ray Parker
One of my favourite words I used as a lad in Ashton-u-Lyne in the 40's was POWFAGGED--meaning Jiggered or tired. Another one was Manky for rotten! Two's up-meant-give it to me when you are finished with it, usually a dog end (ciggy). The Draggers union was the outside toilet at school for smokers. Happy days!

Damian
towney, means the lads that hang around the town center thinking that they are really hard

Jim Latchford
From Ashton-Under-Lyne in the late 1940s and 50s... Bints Chop chop Hammi Hammi Imto Shufti Cyc Specky four eyes Cloggin it Mick Scennin Spoggy Jiggered Sozzled Beetle crushers DA (as in haircut)

John Bailey from Burnley
Gobby - talks a lot Choddy - chewing gum A Bommyraid - pinching wood from other bonfire piles Barmy, Barmpot. (Crazy). Clod,(Stupid). Doolallytat, Doolally,(Daft). Spills, (Slivers of Wood To light A Pipe) Fair Legging It,( Running Fast). Doss House, (Shelter For The Homeless). Pestering.(Being A Nuisance). Brothel Creepers, (Crepe-Soled Shoes With A wedged Heel) Used To Feel Like Lead When It Rained. Petty, (Outside Toilet). Midnght Mechanics, (Men Who Emptied The Pans In The Outside Toilets Before The Long Drop /Tipple System). Usually About Midnight. Bog, (Outside Toilet) Sneck,(Part Depressed To Open A Back Gate). Keep Your Snek Out, (Don't Be Inquisitive). Nosey, (Inquisitive). Lippy, (Cheeky) clod hoppers - big feet skint/broke/ tapped out - no money flicks - cinema codswallop - unbelievable cut - canalbank cracker - a good looking girl giggleband - stocking top (after that you were laughing) bobbers - marbles nug - round hollow in the ground for the game of marbles ironies - ball bearing frenchies - roller bearing Giuzit (Give It To Me ) Astha Gorrit Reight? ( Do You Understand ) Thalafter Gerra Newan ( It Needs Replacing ) A Tanner ( Six Pence ) A Bob ( One Shilling ) Half A Dollar (Two Shillings & Six Pence ) A Knicker ( A Pound ) A Quid ( A Pound ) Half A Bar ( Ten Shillings ) Giuzit (Give It To Me ) Astha Gorrit Reight? ( Do You Understand ) Thalafter Gerra Newan ( It Needs Replacing ) A Tanner ( Six Pence ) A Bob ( One Shilling ) Half A Dollar (Two Shillings & Six Pence ) A Knicker ( A Pound ) A Quid ( A Pound ) Half A Bar ( Ten Shillings ) Tint In Tin ( It Isn't In The Tin )

Joanne
from 1977... goz - spit kecks - trousers mickeys - scousers

Hayley Squires
'keeping nicks' meant watching for teachers when u were having a ciggie, so did 'keepin dog'. 'chinny reckon' meant 'yeah right' (even better when said whilst rubbing your chin!)

L. Ingham
Numpty Big girl This avo

Ali
crambed (bad mood) can I have 2's means a puff on your ciggie

Raz and Roz
manky (smelly) scally (criminal) hoggin (doesn't share, ie football passes, food etc) scummy (nasty)

Charlotte and Martin Dodgson
runt mingin goony mint skivvy "what the pump?" chav "i'm paggared"

Richard
My 17 yr old son uses the phrase "knock on" for knock..ING.. on someone's door. Apparently it is quite prevalent!

Jess and Lesley
ur a fidge mingin mint gopper quality buzzin cheese sound as a pound laa chav

Sarah
1. chip me 2. she's wagging it 3. the ike man's here 4. you got any swoggy