A page to help you understand the Yorkshire slang we use.
- Ain’t – Am not/ are not
- Bloody-Very
- Bollocks – ‘Something great’
- Butter- Smooth
- Butty- Sandwich
- Bog- Toilet
- Canny – Can’t
- Cheeky- ‘Rude but funny’
- Cheap an’ cheerful- Cheap and good
- Chuffed- Happy
- Does thi- Do I/you
- Ey up- Hello
- Faffing- Messing
- Few quid- A few pounds (£)
- Folk-People
- Gander-look
- Graft-Hard work
- Have ya pants down-Something inconvenient/expensive
- Inside out, back to front- ‘Wearing the same pair of underwear 4 times’
- Jammy- Very lucky
- Jollies/jolly- Holiday
- Knack-‘A clever trick’
- Legged it-Ran away
- Mint-Really good
- Naff all – Nothing
- Now then – Introduction
- Nay- No
- Nowt- Nothing
- Nip out- Go some where for a short period of time
- On’t- On the
- On your tod- Doing it alone
- Oursen-Ourselves
- Owt-Anything
- Pack’in- Break
- Piss money up the wall – Spend money on pointless things
- Piece of piss- Something that very easy
- Proper- Something done very well
- Reyt- Alright
- Scuppered- Something to go wrong
- Scran- Food
- Summat- Something
- Si’thee- Goodbye
- Stuff- Things
- Take the mick/piss- ‘Take a while to do something
- Tinterweb- Internet
- Thi-Me
- Tosser- A foul/ stupid person
- Turn ya pockets out- Spend a lot of money
- Wander- A walk