Teach me london slang

daneford · Post by **daneford** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:15 am

I keep hearing interesting slang on these forums, as well as on Arular by MIA

for example, "riddim", "init" (I think that's slang for "isn't it?" right?), etc.

I'm from Canada you see

Jennifer · Post by **Jennifer** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:04 am

daneford wrote:I keep hearing interesting slang on these forums, as well as on Arular by MIA

for example, "riddim", "init" (I think that's slang for "isn't it?" right?), etc.

I'm from Canada you see

lol if you just stick around for a while you'll get it!

maybe you'll even start using it yourself...

echo wanderer · Post by **echo wanderer** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:40 am

daneford wrote:I
for example, "riddim"

Riddim is actually Jamaican.It's really just a accent ting.For example:ting.

Jennifer · Post by **Jennifer** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:47 am

Echo Wanderer wrote:
daneford wrote:I
for example, "riddim"

Riddim is actually Jamaican.It's really just a accent ting.For example:ting.

big tings!

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:29 am

If you want people to think you're from london say 'gawberloimy' all the time. And call it 'laaaaaaahnnnndaaaaaahhhnnnn'

echo wanderer · Post by **echo wanderer** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:40 am

[quote="Jennifer"][/quote]

^^^
Purty lil' ting!

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:18 am

What are you on about?

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:35 pm

Teach you london slang? may i ask why

this forums bigger than London, and London slang certainly aint cool, so why learn it?

Learn maths

d_three · Post by **d_three** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:54 pm

bagelator · Post by **bagelator** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:44 pm

cockney sonia is a place in london where criminals live

daneford · Post by **daneford** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:40 pm

ok well not necessarily london slang, but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang

so what's a riddim?

Jennifer · Post by **Jennifer** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:48 pm

daneford wrote:ok well not necessarily london slang, but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang

so what's a riddim?

what's it sound like it means?

:edit: p.s. i'm not trying to be rude just curious as to what your guess would be. it's not so hard, maybe you're thinking about it too much

Jennifer · Post by **Jennifer** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:00 pm

Echo Wanderer wrote:
Jennifer wrote:
^^^
Purty lil' ting!

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:49 pm

bagelator wrote:cockney sonia is a place in london where criminals live

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:48 pm

daneford wrote: but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang

Jennifer · Post by **Jennifer** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:54 pm

Thomas wrote:
daneford wrote: but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang

lol

echo wanderer · Post by **echo wanderer** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:52 am

daneford wrote:ok well not necessarily london slang, but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang

so what's a riddim?

Riddim = Rythym=Beat=Dub=Life.

daneford · Post by **daneford** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:56 am

oh man I can't believe I didn't piece that one together. Seems obvious now

cody · Post by **cody** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:14 am

obiwan · Post by **obiwan** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:34 pm

sorry: Showerman, yawn: Gangster
Gully: Ghetto, dangerous,
Peng: Description of good weed, also a favbourable description of anything
Persy: Personal stash of drugs/choice/favourite
Chirps: To chat up the oppposite sex
Jack Jones: Rhyming slang "on my- Jack Jones; own"
Reload: Rewind on the record decks
Shank: Knife
Skank: Bobbing Dance acheived by bending knees

Bora: Knife
Wasteman/gash: Unfavourable/unsavoury person
Mash: Gun, knife?
On road: On the roads, streets,
Brass: No, or little money
Snout: Cigarette
Chip: piece of cigarette
Zoot: Spliff, Joint
Nugget: Pound coin
Score: Twenty pounds
Bens: Ten pounds
Dives, Jacks: Five Pounds
Cuff, gakk, : Cocaine
Beans, Gills: Ecstacy tablets
Bless: Greeting, farewell

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