The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang from the South Canton

[Logrin Parr]

The Unofficial Gynkeesh - Slang From the South Canton

Feel free ((and encouraged)) to adopt these or add your own, because sometimes a Gynk just needs to sound like a Gynk


Junkyard - A Gynkeesh Settlement of any kind.

"Welcome to the junkyard berk!"


Rag Picker - A beggar or vagrant

"Go somewhere else if yer' lookin' for handouts rag picker!"


Weed Eater - A sibinac addict

"Blow yer' smoke somewhere else weed eater!"


Cutter - A term of endearment, suggests a certain amount of daring or resourcefulness.

"See you around cutter."


Berk - A fool

"You're a right berk if you think we're just gonna let you walk out of here!"


Spiv - Anyone who gets by mainly on cunning, wit or guile

"That ruttin' spiv knew I was desperate for coal, so he charged me double!"


Bone-Box - Mouth

"Sssh! Quit rattlin' yer bone-box!"


Law Dog - Any member of the city guard or town watch

"I told that law dog what he could do with his fine!"


Barmy - Crazy, mad, insane

"That monk's as barmy as a hatter."


Bar That - Almost a polite way to say shut up--often a warning.

"Bar that, I'm in no mood for your guff."


Cept' and Cides' - A combination of except and besides--though usually only used in place of the latter.

"I don't have a copper to lend till next month cutter, cept' and cides' you still owe me half a silver."


Afeared - Afraid

"I ain't afeared a' nothin'!"


Peery - suspicious, on one's guard

"Ol' Ranic always get a bit peery round the law."


Ruttin' - A common prefix used to express everything from eagerness to displeasure.

"Well of all the ruttin' luck, my sword broke!"
"Show some respect berk, that's the ruttin' king!"
"Abso-ruttin'-lutely! I would love some ruttin' pie!"


Pike It - an all purpose phrase

"Pike that talk!"
"Take a short stick an' pike it law dog!"
"Pike this!"
etc


Wiggly pokers - Fingers, especially when not being kept to oneself.

"Oi! Keep yer' wiggly pokers off a' my stuff!"


Scragged - arrested or caught

"Rowan went an' got herself scragged again."


Out-of-touch - Dead

"Sam? He's been out-of-touch since he slipped an' broke his neck."


Peel - To swindle, con or trick

"You bought that at Eliza's? You got peeled!"

[Qeewee]

I like this. As far as no one goes as far as writing stuff IG like "yo" instead of a proper greeting, or "cya" instead of a proper farewell, like people might do as themselves online or in real life, but don't reallly suit the environment we have in game imo.

[Logrin Parr]

"Yo'" is perfectly appropriate, being 15th century middle-english...

[Qeewee]

"Yo'" is perfectly appropriate, being 15th century middle-english...

Well seeing I don't argue with people not capable of understanding simple things, I'll put what I mean nicely through a picture.



And there is no point replying to this, I am not going to reply to this topic any more.

[rakust dorenstkzul]

Qeewee - A know it all

"Yer heads too far up yer backside, ya Qeewee"

[Logrin Parr]

that burn was so slick it lit a candle!

[Estralis Seborian]

Please don't waste the time of a moderator and delete any inappropriate posts yourself.

[Esmerelda]

"The interjection yo was first used in Middle English, specifically in the 15th century.[3] In addition to yo, it was also sometimes written io.[4] It is often used as an affirmation, or to get the attention of another person."

Copied from here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo

Why argue? Let Wikipedia do the work.

[Velisai]

I could never really make myself forget that that is Sigil slang.

[Anon of D'Athen]

I can confirm the existence of the term 'io' as an Ancient Latin word that essential means 'rejoice' or 'joyous occasion'. For example, "Io Satunalia". Or, "Joyous Day of Saturn".

However, I suspect most modern uses ig of 'yo' are simply the modern slang used as a greeting, and I fully disapprove of that use.

But I love the list you compiled, Logrin.

Edit: My source stems from several classes in Latin, primarily involving the book "Ecce Romani" by Addison-Wesley and Longman.

[Esmerelda]

However, I suspect most modern uses ig of 'yo' are simply the modern slang used as a greeting, and I fully disapprove of that use.

Not overly fond of it myself, just pointing out that it was not an irrelevant opinion, but a fact. Back on topic though. It is a pretty awesome list, might even try a few myself.

[Flux]

I find it interesting that half of those words sound like something an uneducated moron would say and the other half sound like something a really middle class Englishman would say.

[S'rrt]

I find it interesting that half of those words sound like something an uneducated moron would say and the other half sound like something a really middle class Englishman would say.

Knowing the character who probably inspired this topic, that's incredibly accurate and funny.

[rakust dorenstkzul]

I find it interesting that half of those words sound like something an uneducated moron would say and the other half sound like something a really middle class Englishman would say.

That would imply that they're different things.

[Flux]

I find it interesting that half of those words sound like something an uneducated moron would say and the other half sound like something a really middle class Englishman would say.

That would imply that they're different things.

Boom.

[harrybro]

thanks for this post...