Its no in depth analysis but here is a first draft of what we have so far for truanting -

(the type numbers are arbitrary)



Type 1 = "Bunking", "Bunking Off", "Plunking", "Plunk the Schuil"

1950's-1960's and 1990's-2000's

Bristol, Dublin, Dundee, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Scotland, USA, West Riding of Yorkshire


Type 2 = "Skiving", "Skiving off", "On the Skive"

1940's-1990' inclusive

Bath, Birmingham, Bliston (Yorkshire), Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, London, Middlesex, Norfolk, Scottish borders


Type 3 = "Wagging", "The wag", "Playing waggy", "Playing wag", "Wagged it", "Wagging it", "Hopping the wag", "Wagging Schuill", "Playing twag", "Twagging", "Twagging off", "Sagging", "Sagging school" "Sag off school"

1940's-1960's, 1980's, 2000's

Australia, Bath, Cheshire, Hull, Lanarkshire, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Northampton, Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire


Type 4 = "Playing Hookey", "Hooked off"

1940's, 1960's, 2010's

USA, Canada


Type 5 = "Poking it"

East coast of Scotland


Type 6 = "Mitching", "Mitch off", "Mooching"

1930's, 1950's-1960's, 1980's

Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, (Ireland), Northern Ireland, Torquay


Type 7 = "Playing the nick"

Durham, North East England


Type 8 = "Dogging"

1950's

Lanarkshire


Type 9 = "Lakin"

South Yorkshire


Type 10 = "Slamming School"

1960's

Bradford (Yorkshire), West Riding of Yorkshire


Type 11 = "Knocking Off"

1960's

Bradford (Yorkshire)


Type 12 = "Taking the Air"

1990's

Bath


Type 13 = Jigging school"

1950's-1960's, 1980's

Australia, Selby


Type 14 = "On the hop", "Hopping the wag" (also see Type 3)

1950's, 1960's

Dublin, London



Type 15 = "On the gur"

1950's

Dublin


Type 16 = On the lam"

1950's

Dublin


Type 17 = "Jouk the schuill"

(Scotland)


Type 18 = "Kip"

(Scotland)


Type 19 = "Skylarking"

Jamaca



(some of these are from me asking the same question of my friends)