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Nottinghamshire words
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Nottinghamshire words are English language words or dialect that have become common in usage over the years and are applicable to only the county of Nottinghamshire. Here are some examples... Bobbo - Horse Bobbaahs - Naughty/Don't Touch (Usually said to children) Batchy - Round the bend Beer-off - Off license Cob - Bread roll Causey - Pavement Ditched - Dirty Fettle - To clean through thoroughly or fix guzgog - Gooseberry "Ayup mi'duck" - Hello Jitty - A narrow passageway between buildings Knobby Greens - Brussel Sprouts Kroggeh / Croggy / Crog - To give someone a lift on a bicycle, "Giz a kroggeh / Giz a crog" Manky - Daft, silly; (more usually) dirty Mardy - Grumpy or miserable Nesh - Cold, particularly a person who is prone to feeling cold whilst others around them do not Not it - "not" replaces the word "won't" (as in .."that'll do, not it?") Pods - Baby booties Pobbys (or) Pobs - Bread and milk, cereal Puthering - Relating to heavy rain (as in .."it's puthering down") Rammel - A collection of items (perhaps saved in case they become useful) Scranny - To have a tantrum Scrating - Crying Slinging it - See puthering Snap - Lunch/food Snidered/Snided/Snied - Covered or infested (DH Lawrence used the word 'Snied' in a description of an infestation of mice in Sons and Lovers). Swag - Gulp of drink - variation on 'swig' Teggehs (or) Tegs - Teeth, "Av ya cleaned ya Teggehs?" Tabs - Ears Tuffy (or) Tuffee Small Chocolate, Boiled Sweet, or Toffee Twitchell - A narrow passageway between buildings Wappy - Acting in a silly or obscure way or clinically insane See Also
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