ms.jones
18.05.05, 10:29
Make yourelf understood in Essex (including parts of London):
Alma Chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item.
Amant - Quantity; sum total ("Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend")
Assband - Unable to leave the house because of illness, disability etc
Awss - A four legged animal, on which money is won, or more likely lost
("That awss ya tipped cost me a fiver t'day")
Branna - More brown than on a previous occasion ("Ere, Trace, ya look branna
today, ave you been on sunbed?")
Cort a Panda - A rather large hamburger
Dan in the maff - Unhappy ("Wossmatta, Trace, ya look a bit dan in the
maff")
Eye-eels - Women's shoes
Furrock - The location of Lakeside Shopping Centre
Garrij - A building where a car is kept or repaired (Trace: "Oi, Darren, I
fink the motah needs ta go in the garrij cos it aint working proper")
Ibeefa - Balaeric holiday island
Lafarjik - Lacking in energy ("I feel all lafarjik")
Oi Oi! - Traditional greeting.&n! bsp; Often heard from the doorway of pubs
or during banging dance tunes at clubs
Paipa - The Sun, The Mirror or The Sport
Reband - The period of recovery and emotional turmoil after rejection by a
lover ("I couldn't elp it, I wuz on the reband from Craig")
Saffend - Essex coastal resort boasting the longest pleasure pier in the
world. The place where the characters from TV's, popular soap opera,
Eastenders go on holiday
Tan - The city of London, the big smoke
Webbats - Querying the location something or someone is. ("Webbats is me dole
card Trace? I've gotta sign on in arf hour")
Wonnid - 1. Desired, needed. 2. Wanted by the police
Zaggerate - To suggest that something is bigger or better than it
actually is. ("I told ya a fazzand times already")