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[GADGE!]

THE WORD FRIKEN IS GERMAN FOR "TO STRIKE" SO PROBABLY DIDNT COME FROM DR. EVIL MORE LIKE HITLER. ANYWAYS HERES A BREIF HISTORY OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED ENGLISH WORD.

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GADGE!

[Dave]

chewbaxter said:

Pointblank - now you have - good grief, is it only me and thee that's been edumacated in the profane here?

Now if we'll be dabbling in this stuff, have you ever heard that:
"tw*t means pregnant fish/goldfish" or is that just made-up cr*p?

N.

If it did ever mean that, it certainly doesn't any more. That's the beauty of language, it's always evolving and changing.

Not sure I'm willing to accept the German explanation of frickin'.
Friken meaning to strike is just a German word and probably unrelated to the use of frickin' in English speaking countries.
It's like trying to find out the first time 'shat' was uttered, (as in "He shat himself") and then saying that the word 'chat' has been in the French language for centuries and actually means cat.

I can't find 'friken' in any german-english dictionary either. I see that 'ficken' means 'f*ck' or 'f*cking though. That's a better connection!
'Flicken' seems to be in the area of striking.

[Chewbaxter]

Nice to see such an 'edumacational' thread here... I love etymology and am well into 'dialect' stuff - that's why I laugh my head off with the shoe shop woman in T.I.E. who refers to her "showder" - a term also in use in Wigan.

Loads of lovely words we use:

kench = abdomen
sprunge = 'to throb', descriptive of pain
thrutch = to strain on the lavvy (medical term - 'the Valsalver Technique')

Loads more such as scrawp, mault, mither, fettle, chorve etc.

I reckon that's why I like Tank Bullock - a feller not scared to 'talk common' like what I does do!



N.

[carolyn]

Has anybody heard of the word "gambowl"? Apparently it is only known in Birmingham and the West Midlands but I just wondered if anybody else had heard of it.

Carolyn x

[billywizz]

carolyn said:

Has anybody heard of the word "gambowl"? Apparently it is only known in Birmingham and the West Midlands but I just wondered if anybody else had heard of it.

Carolyn x

isn't that cockney for 'betting'....?

[carolyn]

billywizz said:

carolyn said:

Has anybody heard of the word "gambowl"? Apparently it is only known in Birmingham and the West Midlands but I just wondered if anybody else had heard of it.

Carolyn x

isn't that cockney for 'betting'....?

No, it's not betting.

[Chewbaxter]

carolyn said:

Has anybody heard of the word "gambowl"? Apparently it is only known in Birmingham and the West Midlands but I just wondered if anybody else had heard of it.

Carolyn x

Not in Wigan or surrounding areas as far as I know Carolyn - what's it mean?

Weird that only 'x' number of miles up the road, you can hear words you don't have in your own place... example - I work in St. Helens but live near Wigan - in St. Helens they use the term 'bortered' to mean 'covered in' - so you could be 'bortered in sh*te' if incontinent, or a dessert could be 'bortered' in custard - I p*ssed my sides at hearing it used, and then I come out with terms such as 'fettle' (meaning to mend/fiddle/interfere/'do/) and they've not a clue what I mean.

Mad stuff!

N.

[Lord Thribb of Hubris OBE]

Anyone interested in midlands dialect should track a copy of "Ey Up Mi Duck!" by Richard Scollins & John Titford. ( ISBN 1-85306-658-3 )

Paul

[sarebear]

isnt it prat that means pregnant goldfish and tw*t that mean c*nt of whatever you want to call it

[Chewbaxter]

Not a clue - been trying to suss this one out for ages.



N.

[GADGE!]

TWAT IS A PREGNANT FISH NOT JUST THE GOLD TYPE.
GADGE!

[pointblank]

the word dude in arabic means the penis of a camel...not a good word to drop into conversation in saudi, also a mate of mine from gainsborough walked into a smoke cabin on a refinery in texas and with no thought said "where can i bum a fag round here" you could have heard a pin drop..oh how we tittered.

[GADGE!]

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FOR ALL YOUR SLANG NEEDS ITS A GOOD ONE, JUST FOR LAUGHS TRY ENTERING YOUR LAST NAME MINE WASNT GREAT.

GADGE!

HERES FIRCKEN ANYWAYS

1. fricken



(adv.)A diluted alternative for the word "fucking" or "fucken". (See "fucking", pg. 68)

1) "Dude, that is fricken awesome!"
2)"My fricken math teacher is the biggest dillhole on the planet."




2. fricken



Used as a more socially acceptable word in place of the word fucking as a way to:
1. Express intensity or
2. Used by some individuals out of habit.

1. "The bus was fricken crowded!"
2. "You should use an aerator. It's this machine that looks like a fricken lawn mower."
tags fucking unbelievably darn damn ridiculously
by Gerry H USA Sep 4, 2006 email it
3. fricken
18 up, 20 down


Chandlers mix of 'fried' and 'chicken' to create a quick and easy mix for 'fried chicken'.

Simple as!

Chandler - 'Does anyone want any fricken?'

[Chewbaxter]

Trouble with urban dictionary - any pr*ck can add anything - I know - I did!

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Great for a laugh... but you can't guarantee the validity of any of it!

N.

[sarebear]

1. Barnes

To do something so worthless and so horribly wrong that you should proboly kill yourself.

I can't believe he just did that, he is so barnes.

tags fag loser bitch tits worthless douche

More potent then the word bitch. Also a worthless human being that will amount to nothing in life. One of the worst things you could ever be called.

Look at that guy, what a barnes.

ahhh the joys of parent hood and being female at least i could always get married and my little girls last name only means homosexual which isnt so bad