Beatles Slang

[onolennon]

HERE WE GO!

A bit of all right- someone or something that pleases you

A cuppa - a cup of tea

A nosh up - a very large meal

A spot of kip - a short nap

Back Room Boy - instrumentalist

Band - screwy or round the

Bash - cigarette, good time

Beany - lively

Beatle People - fans

Bedsitter - small apartment

Beggar - a man

Belt Rip - be quiet

Bend - screwy

Bevy - alcholic beverage

Bird - girl

Bit of a giggle - funny

Bob - english shillings

Bobby - policeman

Bonnet - a hood of a car

Caff - a restaurant

Chessed Off - fed up

China - pal

Ciggy - cigarrette

Clanger - goof

Cockle, Welk, Winkle - various types of shellfish

Craw Thumper - a religious person

Crip - one of John's less endeavoring expenses

Crackers - completely insane

Daddy - big boy or leader

Dim - lack of attraction

Dolly - girlfriend

Dons - university

Drag - a bore

Draft - crazy

Dragstuff - anything boring

Drum - house

Fab - great

Fabmost - even greater

Face - big wheel

Flogged - promoted

Fly - smart or clever

Fooney - funny

Fugg - a smokey, beery place

Funky - down to earth

Gaff - a place

Geeing - mobking or teasing

Good Bonkers - good nuts

Great Hip - on the bean

Hooley - party

Hype - whoop it up

Jam Butties - jelly sandwiches

Judy - girlfriend

Kip - SLEEP

Kin In - shut up

Lapping Up Life - living high

Leery - clever

Lug Holes - ears

Living People - a wild crowd

Lumber - burdened

Lav Q - lavatory

Merseybeat - rock and roll

Mod - mad

More Tall Heavy - a Johnism

Nark - stop

Nipped In- crowned around

Nippy - sharp looking

Nit - fool or idiot

Ouncers - 1 pound notes

Play Chemmy - chemin-do-fer, a gambling game

Potty - definitely insane

Ridic - ridiculous

Round of the Guns - big reception

Ruddy - really

Screamie - a Beatle fan

Shurrup - belt up

Skint - broke

Slag - a square female

Slap "N" Tickle - neck

Smashing Terr- terrific

Snout - tobacco

Soft - slightly insane, no good

Soppy - all wet, no good, inferior

Spit - puff a cigarrette

Spot Of Bother - trouble

Spot Of Kip - relaxation

Square - level

Stalls - orchestra seats

Swelling About The Bounce - a tendency to be conceited

Take a Butcher's - look

Tatty - untidy

The Nobs - the elite or nobility

Pool - Liverpool

The Queen - God save the Queen! British National Anthem

Gear - absolutely the greatest

Thick - stupid, dumb

Thingy - you, whatever your name is

To his Great Harold - to his great horror

Year Nesh - you're a cissy

What are the Beatle-ish words you use the most? Do you speak like them?
Share your thoughts here.

[lennonfan]

Lol, I've never come across most of those words before! Great thread topic, onolennon.

Fab and gear...describes the Beatles perfectly.

[givepeaceachance]

May 2, 2008 21:43:52 GMT 1 lennonfan said:

Lol, I've never come across most of those words before! Great thread topic, onolennon.

Don't worry, I haven't come across some of them either and I'm English!

One thing, though - jelly babies and jelly beans are different (jelly babies are softer).

[onolennon]

May 2, 2008 21:54:25 GMT 1 givepeaceachance said:

May 2, 2008 21:43:52 GMT 1 lennonfan said:

Lol, I've never come across most of those words before! Great thread topic, onolennon.

Don't worry, I haven't come across some of them either and I'm English!

One thing, though - jelly babies and jelly beans are different (jelly babies are softer).

Oh, I didn't know that! OK, then, 'jelly babies' are 'out'. Thanks for the warning, luv!

[Mrs. O'Boogie]

I found this two sites and they are very interesting:

www.beatlespennylane.com/Beatle_Slang.htm

louisville.edu/~tavan001/Merseytalk.html

[onolennon]

Thank you so much for posting that, Mrs. O'Boogie! Nice sites!