No regional dialect, being brung up in the home counties, but some Jackspeak (Royal Navy slang):
Oggin : water/sea
goffer (sp?) : wave or soft drink
thin out : leave, disperse, go away
oggie : pasty
grockle : tourist (this and above come from Cornish slang)
dhobie : laundry, to wash
skimmer : warship
boat : submarine (don't ever call a sub a ship, or a skimmer a boat!)
cab : aircraft, esp. helicopter
chogie : chinese dhobie
bat : item of footwear
gash : rubbish
scran : food
switched on to custard : incompetent/useless esp. from Royal Marines
redders : hot (weather)
thredders : annoyed
wafu : aircrew
spunky : seaman officer (obviously!) you can call 'em warfare officers, but they're still spunkies.
Submariner's shower : no wash, justquick deodorant to freshen up
Any other RN/ex-RN add to the list? |