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Old Nov 9th 2011 | 2:58 am
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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Oxters and bufty are new ones on me.
Oxters = Ulster/Scots for your armpits

Bufty (must be a NI thing again) = poof
 
Old Nov 9th 2011 | 4:38 am
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing


Bollocks
Wanker
Arse
Shite
Bloody Nora
Rozzers
Peelers
Crikey
'Catch yourself on'
'You're away in the head'
'Wise Up'
Oxters
'Can't be arsed'
Bog
Pisser
Bevvy
Fags (for cigarettes)Uphill Gardener
Bufty
'Ya big Jessie'
Plonker
Pratt
Pillock
Numpty

I could go on ad infinitum. I use just about all of those in everyday speech here, and I don't care if nobody understands me
So when you say you'd love a fag, I'm sure that goes down well in IL.
 
Old Nov 9th 2011 | 4:40 am
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Originally Posted by dunroving
So when you say you'd love a fag, I'm sure that goes down well in IL.
I don't smoke anymore, I got caught out a few times when I did though ...
 
Old Nov 9th 2011 | 4:40 am
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Originally Posted by dunroving
So when you say you'd love a fag, I'm sure that goes down well in IL.
I only ever said 'I'm going out for a fag' once.
 
Old Nov 9th 2011 | 4:42 am
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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I only ever said 'I'm going out for a fag' once.
I had already briefed my then fiancée about the word, so she wasn't suprised when I told her I needed some fags when we went to the shop.
 
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Stone the crows.
 
Old Nov 12th 2011 | 10:57 am
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Arse over tit - as I nearly was on the ice
 

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