Old Slang
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div:
descriptive noun
ie: 'you div'
a div is a person said to be lacking in intelligence
hope it hasn't already been mentioned, the word seemed to disapear from my school ,and i never heard it again
descriptive noun
ie: 'you div'
a div is a person said to be lacking in intelligence
hope it hasn't already been mentioned, the word seemed to disapear from my school ,and i never heard it again
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It's a shortened form of 'plebian', which is over 2000 years old, maybe as old as 2700 years. So yes, it's old
In ancient Rome the plebs, plebeians or (Latin) plebeius were the general body of Roman citizens, distinct from the more privileged class of patricians, there is little racial distinction between either class, even during the time of kings, however the populace during the times of Romulus,Numa Pompilius and Tullus Hostilius were all called patricians, it is during the reign of Ancus Marcius that the plebs came to Rome from diplomatic alliances; secondary citizens. At the time of the foundation of the Republic they were excluded from the Religious Colleges and Magistracies, and the law of twelve tables barred intermarriage (which was lifted by the Lex Canuleia.) however the plebs were enrolled in the gentes and tribes, served in the army, and could become military tribunes.
(footnote from my classical civilizations paper from a year ago)
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Awesome word!
I still say all the quoted above and most people i know do.
All but pleb
I say Barney for trouble.
Other words I use are Froll (which I made up
) - insult that has a very long story to it. And I say killer for something that looks cool or good etc.
I also say prolly now because I always spell probability wrong.
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I called someone that not so long ago, he thought it was brilliant. He likened it to being called a tool only really specific. I call people Spanner as well as Spoon, Donkey and Tube. Oh and Numbnut (reserved for only those most especially dumb people)
I'm sure there are loads of others but I can't think of them at the momentOld age don't ya know
I always go 'you spoooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!'
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Mad fer it
some good ones i thought of last night-
snecker ("he's a right little snecker")
beards ("that was beards ago")
beef -not as in whats ya beef ("what a load of beef") (rubbish)
screeter (2 litres of low quality cider) "gettin a couple of screeter n getting ******"
screet (1 litre of low quality cider) -usually white lightening
snecker ("he's a right little snecker")
beards ("that was beards ago")
beef -not as in whats ya beef ("what a load of beef") (rubbish)
screeter (2 litres of low quality cider) "gettin a couple of screeter n getting ******"
screet (1 litre of low quality cider) -usually white lightening
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I think I'm still stuck in the past somewhere, I still hear most of these.
still use em. awesome words
batty man/boy < not sure if that is old slang. more of an unused "diss" these days
not really slang as such but "rad" for radical. self explanatory.
cant really think of any
lol I would stay those are AFTER my time and not before it. Batty wasn't used before 2000 was it?
For me
quear (sounds like pear but with a "q"), fud, div, spaz, ****, tefal head, minging, minger,
I have about 15 different versions for intimate anatomy but for fear of the forum gestapo (or is it capo?) I won't post them...
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Apparently up north they call a pencil a 'vein'.
