Do You Know The Lancashire Lingo?
We’re extremely passionate about Lancashire and work hard to make Lancashire a great place to work to encourage our great local talent to find great opportunities right here in the county.
Starting our recruitment journey in 1990 and having our head office in Blackburn, you could say we’ve heard it all before. So if you’re relocating to Lancashire or just testing yer knowledge we hope you enjoy our reet good Lancashire bible!
Have a gander at our Lancashire sayings…
1. Saying / word: Barm
Meaning: Bread roll
2. Saying / word: Put wood in th’ole
Meaning: Shut the door
3. Saying / word: Corporation pop
Meaning: Water
4. Saying / word: It’s cracking flags
Meaning: it is so hot outside that stone pavings are breaking
5. Saying / word: Use yer loaf
Meaning: Use your brain
6. Saying / word: I’ve not got out fort do
Meaning: I don’t have anything to do
7. Saying / word: A’v cum b’out any money
Meaning: I haven’t got any cash on me today
8. Saying / word: Stop skriking
Meaning: Stop crying
9. Saying / word: Mitherin’
Meaning: Annoying/pestering
10. Saying / word: Wot you sayin’?
Meaning: What’s up? or What are you up to?
11. Saying / word: Proper reet good
Meaning: That is very good
12. Saying / word: Give us a nicker
Meaning: Please may I have a pound
13. Saying / word: A doll and a drum and a kick up a bum
Meaning: That is what you get for being cheeky
14. Saying / word: What ya on wi lad
Meaning: What have you been up to?
15. Saying / word: How’s yer sen?
Meaning: How are you?
16. Saying / word: Stop pace egging about
Meaning: Stop messing around
17. Saying / word: Kecks
Meaning: Trousers
18. Saying / word: I’m spitting feathers here
Meaning: I am thirsty (can also be very angry!)
19. Saying / word: Nice one
Meaning: Thank you
20. Saying / word: Beltin’
Meaning: Great
21. Saying / word: He’s not as green as he’s cabbage-looking
Meaning: He’s not as stupid as he looks
22. Saying / word: Scran
Meaning: Food
23. Saying / word: Our kid
Meaning: My brother/sister
24. Saying / word: Manchester caviar
Meaning: Mushy peas
25. Saying / word: Wind ya neck in
Meaning: Calm down/keep your nose out of my business
26. Saying / word: Shut ya gob
Meaning: Be quiet
27. Saying / word: Put big light on
Meaning: Turn on the main light
28. Saying / word: Ta rah
Meaning: Goodbye
29. Saying / word: Your hair is full of lugs
Meaning: Your hair is all knotty
30. Saying / word: Chuffed
Meaning: Pleased
31. Saying / word: Willie heckers like
Meaning: No he won’t
32. Saying / word: Ow’do
Meaning: How are you?
33. Saying / word: ‘angin
Meaning: Horrible
34. Saying / word: Don’t be nesh
Meaning: Do not be soft
35. Saying / word: Mingin’
Meaning: Not nice
36. Saying / word: That’s bobbins
Meaning: That is useless
37. Saying / word: I were agate and he were agate
Meaning: I said and he said
38. Saying / word: Muffin
Meaning: Bread roll
39. Saying / word: I could eat a horse between two bread vans
Meaning: I am very hungry
40. Saying/ word: Clobber
Meaning: Item of clothing or hitting someone hard
41. Saying / word: Do I heckers like
Meaning: No, I definitely don’t
42. Saying / word: Nippin’ shop
Meaning: Going to the shop
43. Saying / word: Up the wooden hill
Meaning: Up the stairs
44. Saying / word: I’ll av a meat an tata cake
Meaning: I’ll have a meat and potato pie
45. Saying / word: A shilling mix
Meaning: A shillings worth of chips and peas in a bowl
46. Saying / word: Al’reet?
Meaning: Are you ok?
47. Saying / word: What a load of twod
Meaning: What a load of rubbish
48. Saying / word: Sweating cobs as in ‘I’m sweating cobs ‘ere’
Meaning: I am sweating a lot
49. Saying / word: Brassic
Meaning: Broke
50. Saying / word: Oh aye yeah
Meaning: Oh yes (realisation)
51. Saying / word: Barmcake
Meaning: Bread roll
52. Saying / word: Like piffy on a rock bun
Meaning: Used for someone hanging around with no purpose
53. Saying / word: Sound as a pound
Meaning: Great, doing good
54. Saying / word: I’m starvin’ Marvin.
Meaning: Hungry
55. Saying / word: Jibbing
Meaning: Not to pay on the bus or train/unwilling to do something
56. Saying / word: Yer great barmpot
Meaning: You are being rather silly
57. Saying / word: ee, I’ll go t’foot of our stairs
Meaning: Expression of surprise
58. Saying / word: Yer doin me shed in
Meaning: You are driving me mad
59. Saying / word: He’s not behind the door is he?
Meaning: He’s not daft is he?
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