Anyone For A Chupley?

[EcclesCake]

I must live in a bubble as I don't recognise the vast majority of these words, am I the only one?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2571693/Fancy-blish-Its-new-slang-nice-cuppa-New-list-gibberish-words-used-families-country-published.html

[rockyracoon]

I've never heard over any of those apart from YOLO (and that's because it's text speak).

Where do they come from I wonder?

[Rosie29]

Welcome to my bubble, Eccles.

[ummmm]

I haven't heard any of them.

[boxtops]

I've never heard of any of those at all!

In our house, the TV remote is called "the thing" - as in "who's got the thing?"

[sandyRoe]

There's little new under the sun. Stanley Unwin made an entire career out of neologisims.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RRv35Ig2mg

[maggiebee]

Sometimes feel I live in the dark ages. PMSL !!!!

[maggiebee]

The remote in our house is called the "doofer".

[jomifl]

/Linguists say *** is used by all generations to bond with family members/.

How does that work, where can I get some, how much does it cost?

[jomifl]

AB removed the word 'sl@g' from my post. How ***** illiterate, without a definite article preceeding it, it is this stuff.
'a partially vitreous by-product of the process of smelting ore,
How offensive is that?

[EcclesCake]

Well spotted jomifl!

[jomifl]

War about to break out in Europe and this is news? thank god for the Daley Male.

[EcclesCake]

Which is why I posted in Chatterbank, the Daily Wail has no place in News ;-)

I'm still trying to work out if it is being suggested that these are words in common use across the country or if they are examples of words used within families.

[Buenchico]

>>>the Daily Wail has no place in News

Please can we have that displayed in very large letters at the top of the 'News' section, Ed?


>>>I'm still trying to work out if it is being suggested that these are words in common use across the country or if they are examples of words used within families

It seems to be a bit of a mixture, EC. For example, 'amazeballs' did seem to be used by many teenagers across the country last year (but is now considered very passé by most young people, it seems). Similarly terms like 'hubz' and 'grudz' can be found in current sitcoms, so it must be assumed that they're also widely used. However I doubt that there's much of a need for most people to find a special term for dried-up ketchup, so it's likely that the use of 'slabby-gangaroot' is somewhat restricted!

[jomifl]

...and 'dried up ketchup' is one syllable shorter than 'slabby gangaroot' so If I ever need to bring dried up ketchup into a conversation.....

[sandyRoe]

Is 'innit' passé now?

[EcclesCake]

I think you are being very generous Chris when you say it is a mixture.....lI think it is a very muddled piece of 'journalism'!

Sandy, I have yet to use 'innit', I hope it isn't passé..........

[Stephen_G]

My Dad used to use the term Blosh, for a cup of Tea (Assuming that was the spelling he used - I was never that interested in asking). Also Ganzy or Ganzie for a Jumper.

[maggiebee]

In the N.E. of Scotland a jumper is a ganzie.

[pixie373]

Going by my teenagers, those are out of date, now. They change them as soon as an adult understands:-)