Have you ever been in conversations with whites and suddenly they say the oddest things?I thought I knew them all but they still come up with surprises. Anyway to help us talk with the natives (lol) I thought it'll be good idea if we could share some of the things they say. Explain them if you can or put up ones you've heard but don't know the meaning of and perhaps some other poster could help you out. Also I just feel like 'having a laugh', why not?

So to start they'll say:



Going to see a man about a dog (when they don't want you to know where they are going)

I'll just rubber stamp it (I think it means repetitive work)

Pig in a poke (when you're sold something what you did not want)

What has that to do with the price of eggs (no relevance to topic)

Billy no mates (loner)





Any more people?

To 'rubber-stamp' something means to approve it with little or no examination or thought - like passing an invoice for payment - there was a time when you would literally rubber-stamp it to signify that it could be paid.

A lot of the phrases come from old customs/habits, or from slang - seems to me every language/culture comes up with its own version. My mind may wander around to some....

"I haven't the foggiest" or "I ain't got the foggiest" when you don't know something.

I remember when I was in school a teacher asked a kid a question and he shrugged his shoulders and said "ain't got the foggiest miss". I dunno why but I burst out laughing.

up the creek without a paddle

He's butters...

Taking the piss..........................

"All fur coat and no knickers.."

self explanatory

.."go back to your own f*kkin country".......lol

not really....lol

I think "Luvely Jubbly" is funny sounding, but it describes it so well.......

The dog's bollocks!

That one always cracks me up

POETS Day on Fridays..

Piss off early its Friday (dont know where poets comes from though)

"Innit"

"Tosser"

"Prat"

"knees up" for a party

"chinwag" for a chat