English slang specific to your country

We got a lot of people from the UK, Australia, USA, Canada and other countries here - surely there must be some slang that is only spoken in your English-speaking country, or even just in your city.

Here's some Canadian stuff:

Toque (hat/bonnet)
Parkade (multi-storey car park)
Mickey (those flat 300ml liquor bottles)
Donair (from turkish Döner Kebab)
Loonie ($1 coin)
Toonie ($2 coin...)
"Yo, can you trade a toonie for two loonies?"

And finally: Homo Milk (= whole, homogenised milk). Yes, I'm not fucking kidding.

rolf, eh

 

Burner: gun, disposable phone.
Ya'll: A very general purpose contraction ( you all
Trick: A woman of who sells her body.
Ratchet: Ghetto, Homely
Haint: Ghost, specter
Jon: lavatory

 

Nothing, my country doesn't speak English as an official language (except for one City).

 

Not all unique to america.

 

I think a large amount of American slang has diffused into other English-speaking countries, but not so much the other way around.

 

Pretty sure John for toilet is english, not american. considering who invented the flushing toilet.

 

only one I can think of, which I never used but 'true aussies' use it

fair dinkum = serious / are you serious?

we also call our 'trash cans" bins, most american people I speak to don't know what I'm talking about when I say "need to throw something in the bin, brb"

 

bin is UK too

 

Use throne for toilet too?

 

yep

 

No one can understand us Scottish anyway even when we do speak the Queens English.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZmseKHF98

 

I know a few Scots in real life, they swear a lot, the funny way.

 

Like as if you watch Trainspotting?

 

In Scotland we use fuck as a comma

Heres a reference for loads of words native to Glasgow/Scotland, some are maybe used wider in the UK

http://glasgow.gmdesign.org.uk

 

Is that deep fried too?

 

Not sure if this counts since in Germany we don't speak English. But we have adopted quite a lot english words into our language and even created new ones.
For example "handy". Obviously in the english language handy is an adjective decribing something small and useful.

hand·y (hnd)
adj. hand·i·er, hand·i·est
1. Skillful in using one's hands; manually adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous.
2. Readily accessible: found a handy spot for the hammer.
3. Useful; convenient: a handy tool.
4. Easy to use or handle: a handy reference book.

But in Germany "Handy" is used as a noun and it means "mobile phone".

So if you ever visit Germany and find yourself in front of a Handyshop you know now what they sell inside

 

a handy is also something else in the english language . And the word dunny is also used instead of toilet here.

 

Well in australia the slang varies between states a bit.

I would say Bogans (White trash) are the worst because all they speak is slang haha
Here are some translations;

Ey C*NT = Hello Friend

Ey Mate = I don't like you, but I'll have to talk to you any way

Ey Bra = Can be used as a positive or negative greeting

I'll Smash ya!! = I wish to partake in a scuffle with you

Durry = Cigarette

DimBat = Lighthearted way of calling some one stupid

Wanker = A person whom contains to a large ego/arrogant. Can be used as a compliment.

Tosser = See above

Cuss (Pronounced Cuz) = Fellow man

Root = Intercourse

Grog = Alcohol

Centerlink = free money

Roo = Kangaroo

Dropbear = A deadly creature that stalks its victims from great height. When someone yells 'DropBear' you run for your life!



Tukka = Food, dinner

Goon = Box wine

Goon sack = Box wine with out the box

 

Again, quite a lot of those are British words, such as grog, wanker and tosser.

As for the bastardisation of English by other countries, the French are particularly good at it, as they're opposed to using actual English words, but are fine with new nonsensical ones, like parking (car park), shampooing (shampoo), rugbyman (rugby player), camping (campsite), footing (jogging), etc.

I've also lived in Italy and they don't seem to bothered about using English words, so it doesn't happen as much. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is smoking (dinner jacket). Although not English, one of the oddest words is probably fon (hair dryer), which is named after the German for a warm alpine wind named the foehn.

As for where I'm from in England (North East) here are a few choice Geordie words:

bairn - child
mebbies - maybe
wor - our
us - me
we (pronounced with a shorter vowel, instead of "wee") - us
geet - great (adjective used to describe pretty much anything)
canny - pleasant
toon - town, generally meaning Newcastle as in ("gan doon toon" - going into town). Can also refer to Newcastle United supporters, the Toon Army.
hoy - throw
h'way - come on
stottie - awesome flat bread