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Thread #128947   Message #2890818
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Apr-10 - 04:03 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: (ish) the language of the streets
Subject: RE: Folklore: (ish) the language of the streets
David, an interesting list. And it will always be changing; always new ones, some enter folk usage, some will just disappear.

A few are not new, in U. S. or North America at any rate- or have somewhat similar meanings:

jacked
vexed (common word in English). May have gone out of general use for a while but coming back.
liquored
you get me?
gettin on it-going to get to work on the problem, in N. Am.
Getting on top- Taking care of a problem
standard
chiv for knife- shiv, in U. S.
cueball- old term for a bald person, in N. Am.
chill ....; similar group of uses in N. Am., but differ to some degree. Chill, or chill out, means to relax, or back off from a situation.

Some have different meanings, in U. S.:
Rod- a gun
yard- $1000