F112 archived entries

abbreviation for Football Association

damaged, and therefore cheap, apples.

the stereotypical waitress in her underclass aura, one more item in the give and take about waitresses.

a fielder at cricket

fielding at rounders

when applied to a woman, it is the equivalent of "baggage" or "piece of works." It can be uttered teasingly or with contempt.

spiceballs, meatballs, savoury ducks

fair share of work

a cupcake

child's bike

cakes made out of cardboard for weddings during the Second World War

cotton candy

christmas tree lights and such

bananas

a popular mixture of beer and stout, served in pubs

kicking an opposing player in the testicles

a narrow, close-clipped moustache

a dentist

teeth, especially false teeth

nonsense

the term originally referred to tinned mutton and was a gruesome allusion to an eight-year old girl by that name who was murdered and dismembered in 1867. For the later history of these works, see "Sweet Fanny Adams.'

a reluctant husband or lover(since Christmas comes but once a year)

No definition was supplied in the archived entry.

phrase used to refer to a Catholic priest whose name is not known.

children's game

a generic reference to a Catholic priest whose name the speaker does not happen to know

favorites

item worn because it carries the colors of a certain team

to be in a very jovial mood

a girl who distributes her favours with splendid impartiality kecks: pants. It is often said of the marginalized here that they are "reckless, feckless, and keckless."

constipated

husband. Me feller: my husband.

No definition was supplied in the archived entry.

beer drunk at home, i.e., by the fire guard.

left-over oddments of the textile industry, often used for making cheap dresses.

a few rounds of drink

a cash payoff. To be "on the fiddle" is to be on the take.

a racing pigeon which stays around the cornfields, making its way back at leisure

Good Health, my friend, and drink up.

children's game which involves guessing the names of stars

underworld (and in the minority areas) name for law enforcement.

another word for a punch in the nose

digital foreplay. Cf. The Beatles' "Penny Lane."

Finnan haddock, which is smoked haddock from the eastern coast of Scotland..

No definition was supplied in the archived entry.

anything not specifically named

first person over the house threshhold at the beginning of the New Year. One tradition is that at midnight the head of the family goes outside and knocks and brings in the New Year. The first footer should have dark hair and may be carrying a piece of coal and a sweet or a piece of bread. The images stood for heat, food, and love. Then the first footer would kiss every member of the household, sleeping or awake.

the ferryboat Royal Iris

a punch

good looking, as in a "fit bird" (girl) or a "fit lad." It can apply to a man or a woman.

No definition was supplied in the archived entry.

a girl's games played with five cubes of stone

a Jew. Also: dickey-die-doo.

five pounds

paving stones On a hot day, the sun is said to be cracking the flags

a fight or argument

a hostile message, send e-mail

to trick or swindle someone

empty talk.

the ears

a wallop to a child from a parent or adult, for being too cheeky or inquisitive

the Lytton movie theater

to give in contempt the equivalent of a one digit salute

Eccles cake. The reference to flies comes from the currant filling.

a five pound note

childrens' game which involves throwing a ball against the wall with the cry "flinchers for all" or "flinchers for x." No one is allowed to move, or "flinch" from that point on until they are shied at (until the ball is thrown at them).

bed

to promote or peddle and sell. Often, "flog" carries the suggestion of selling illegally.

to sell illegally

straining one's testicles, so that a much desired goal can be achieved?

the ground

section of the ship where female members of the crew live.

a supposedly more dignified word for "fart."

Hawaiian sailors living in Liverpool, also referred to as the brown-skinned men of Frederick Street, called that because of their flat faces. A fluke is a flounder-like fish, related to plaice. The word is still common in Dublin. I note that Pat O'Mara associates the term with Hawaiians in his Autobiography of a Liverpool Slummy , but that in his Irish Slummy in America he identifies them as Phillipinos.

to hit them in the mouth

introducing a narcotic drug by withdrawing blood, mixing it with the drug and re-injecting.

a short visit or trip, and a very enjoyable one. A flutter can also mean a gamble. In lancashire, it can mean a spree or an exciting event.

adjective used to describe someone who is very knowing, tricky., unpredictable.

derisory name for Eccles cakes

a ladies's man

a plastic football, as differentiated from the more expensive leather ones

a prostitute

vagina

see Alley-Band.This is a synonym of squegee band, which was an improvised ship's band, but landlubbers formed this type of band, too, and some Liverpudlians think of them as the forerunners of drum majorettes. In Lancashire, a "foo-gaud" meant a plaything.

football(i.e., soccer)

foot patrolman

very quickly "away for slates up the cooey" : away fast up the lane

exclamation thought to be a substitute for a much less acceptable word, but which the first syllable suggests.

for a great deal of time

a prostitute

work done by employees for cash on the employer's clock.

fagots and dumplings

hands

previous convictions

a comparatively posh neighborhood, where the upwardly mobile often are often hoping to live.

the peak of success, namely a ride in a four-horse (moke) carriage after a heavy meal. 'an a full belt can also mean "at top speed."

chastising blow to a troublesome child. Another phrase for this is " a tick ear."

comical reference to one's mother-in-law

The phrase originally referred to the three campaign medals awarded for service in World War I, then became the name for a well known chain of shoe shops, and then a savage kick at an opponent.

Liverpool version of hopscotch

a masculine lesbian Spiegl writes that Frisby Dyke was an old Liverpool Draper's, Outfitter's and Haberdasher's shop from about 1850(now defunct). Like Dicky Sam, Frisby Dyke became a generic name for a Scouser. the name emerged as a character in the popular radio program of the 40s, ITMA, but "Dyke" as used now connotes sexual preference and is thought to be insensitive.

a window cleaner's ladder, the sides narrowing at the top

to carry a drunken man face downwards, arms twisted up behind his back, home or to the police station.

tapioca pudding

a fruit checker Source LS3

picking fruit to earn extra money

a quickly made dish or meal prepared by frying, often of cold cooked food

a drinking spree

insulting reference to male homosexuality. It is heard in Liverpool and throughout Britain and the States

make-up

lump or cube sugar, usually displayed in a high-class container such as a clean glass ash-tray filched from a pub. In this context, upper class refers to a house with grapes when no one is ill and ash trays without advertisements on them.

not as financially well fixed as she or he pretends to be. There is also the suggestion of promiscuity, despite pretensions to the contrary.