'Derbysharian', or, as it is called 'The Derbyshire Dialect', has been around for a very long time. It is native to Derbyshire and is likened to Rhyming slang in the fact that it is a variant of English.
A few years ago, I actually started writing a Derbysharian - English Dictionary. It is unfinished, but I will still post it. Being a fellow Derbysharian myself and by writing this, I hoped to help people outside of Derbyshire understand what we are saying. Or, more to the point, what I'm saying.
This is what I have so far:
A
Agate - Busy or on Fire
Ahs - House
Anklebiter - A Scrounger
Anna/Onna - Are not, aren't
Arkin - Listening
Asker - A newt
Awk about - To carry around
Ax/Ex - Ask
Ay up - Hi, Hello, a friendly greeting, as in "Ay up, me duck!" (South Derbyshire), or "Ay up, Surry!" (Mid and North Derbyshire)
B
Badly - Ill, poorly
Bagteel - A Wagtail (Bird)
Balm - Yeast
Banty-legged - Bow-legged
Bargin/Borgin - Boasting
Battlewig - Earwig
Be sed - That's enough, be told
Bill's mothers - A vague direction, over there, as in "It looks a bit black over Bill's mothers".
Bladdered - Drunk
Bladder o lard - Bald
Blart - Bellow
Bobby's Job - An easy task, a sinecure
Bon/Bont - Burn, as in "I've gone and bont meself".
Bonk - An incline, hillside, slope (from 'bank'.)
Bonny - Chubby, healthy
Borrer - Lend, as in "Borrer us yer spade, me duck".
Bostin/Bossin - Bursting, full up
Brawn - Boar
Brig - A bridge
Brimmin - On heat
Bull week - Miner's term for the week before a holiday, when record amounts of coal are produced (and maximum bonuses are earned).
C
Canned Up - Drunk
Chance child - Child born out of wedlock
Clackfart - Telltale
Cleck - Face
Council Pop - Tap water
D
Daddied ower - Tired
Dogshelf - Floor
E
Ere - Here
F
Firk - Scratch
Fossneck - Know-it-all
Fuddle - A small party/Bit of a do
G
Git - Insult (Now friendly) Idiot/Not very nice person
Gleg - Look
H
Hark - To listen/hear. (IE: "Hark at that dog yapping!")
I
Is sen - His self
J
Jitty - Small alleyway.
K
Kecks - Trousers or underwear depending
Keen - Painful
Knackered - Tired
Knockin' stick - Hammer
Knockometer - Hammer
L
M
Manchester screwdriver - Hammer
N
Nesh - Someone who feels the cold easy
Nowt - Nothing
Nuke - To microwave something
O
Ormin - To 'orm' is to 'doss'/hang around getting in the way. (IE: 'Them children be ormin in't oss again.
Oss - House (Also 'os', or 'ahs'.)
Ower - Over
Owt - Anything
P
Pop - Fizzy drink
Q
R
Reet - Right/Alright (IE: "Are you reet?")
Rumman - Can mean a lot of things. It is used as a general term. (IE: [Someone wins a game] "You rumman!" [Someone injures themselves] "You silly rumman.")
S
Scratin'/Scraitin' - Crying
Shonsh - To show off
Slops - Cops/Policemen
Slorm - To lounge around/To smear something
Sloshed - Drunk
Smarmy - Can mean either 'smug', or 'slimy'. (IE: "You smarmy git!")
Smockravel(ed) - Confuse(ed)
Snap tin - Lunchbox
Spidge - Chewing gum/Bubble gum
Spidge - Sparrow
Stodged - Full up
Swilkerin' - To drink tea from a saucer
T
Tabs - Ears
Tatered/Taitered - Tired
Throttle - Strangle
Twave - Microwave
U
V
W
Wabbie - Wasp
Wang - Throw
Wanky - Weak
Werrat - A loud child
Woppit - Wasp
Wobbie - Wasp
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