Interesting, Sue. In Northumberland, Newcastle in particular where I worked for a good while, "lush" is used for good looking as in "Wor lad's propa lush, like". Or to describe something pleasant as in "Why aye, that pie were lush". Confused this Lancashire lad no end at first as lush, for me, meant someone who liked their booze a bit too much. Same root I guess.

And thanks for the explanation of "slap ", Nick. It never made sense to me before so I substituted it with "sack". I now know better. Mind you, it would also be better if I wasn't always tempted by "I was right, she was tight..." :-)