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Greetings all,

 

I am compiling a glossary of slang terms used by Southampton fans on this very forum for my degree and I was wondering if you guys could help me out?

 

Basically, any slang that you have heard or use or can think of if you could post it (with a short definition if you think it requires one!) that would be most helpful.

 

It does not necessarily have to be slang that is specifically used by Southampton fans alone, it can be anything at all, but if that is the case then even better!

 

Thanks guys.

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"Lazy student wanchor, do your own bloody course work" .... is a common one. ;)

 

Seriously what course are you doing that this could be of any use? :rolleyes:

 

Yes I thought there might be a few comments such as these! I have trawled through this forum for hours (don't worry!) this is just to see if anybody has any I've missed.

 

I'm studying English and this is part of a module focusing on slang. Seeing as we were allowed to choose our own subject area, I thought football slang, or more specifically Southampton slang, was an interesting one to look at.

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You may as well start with "mush", though as an outsider I always thought it was a London thing as a kid.

 

Squinnying/squinny for a whiny complain.

Chud for chewing gum.

 

I may recall some others as time passes.

 

Though I'll try and keep them to innernets forums stuff.

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A local saying that everyone says is "if it's pies you want, it's pies you'll get". Some scientists are investigating a possible link to that oft-posed question, "who ate all the pies?". Plested have apparently denied any responsibility in the case of the missing pies, claiming that pies don't hurt people; people do. They also remarked that if it's pies you want, you'll get them at Plesteds.

 

"If it's pies you want, it's pies you'll get". Everyone says it. Bonafide Southamptonshire saying.

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A local saying that everyone says is "if it's pies you want, it's pies you'll get". Some scientists are investigating a possible link to that oft-posed question, "who ate all the pies?". Plested have apparently denied any responsibility in the case of the missing pies, claiming that pies don't hurt people; people do. They also remarked that if it's pies you want, you'll get them at Plesteds.

 

"If it's pies you want, it's pies you'll get". Everyone says it. Bonafide Southamptonshire saying.

That's more of a Hampshire saying to be fair.
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Doris - a lady.

 

Shatner's bassoon - the affectionate name given to a run in with a bouncer in New York, New York (a club in town) in the 90s.

 

Blort - angry.

 

- "Why isn't [x] in the team?"

 

- "He was in town last night. Got Shatner's Bassoon for groping some Doris and fell down the steps at New York's.

 

- " Flippin 'eck. Chris Nichol's going to Blort all over him.

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If you grew up in Shirley Warren I'd imagine you know a host of colourful Sotonian words?

 

You'd think, but I've completely forgotten it all now. I'll have a think tomorrow, dinlo started to bring it all back! I do still say 'you alright love' and 'make us a cuppa tea, love' after we used to take the mick out of an annoying neighbour who always said it to his wife all the time. But I'm sure there are way better examples than that...

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"Jonno quick" for someone who's fast. I use it all the time now.

 

This is an oddly specific question by the way. Not just slang, but football slang. And not just football slang, but Southampton based football slang. And not just Southampton based football slang, but Southampton based football slang used on an internet forum.

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"Jonno quick" for someone who's fast. I use it all the time now.

 

This is an oddly specific question by the way. Not just slang, but football slang. And not just football slang, but Southampton based football slang. And not just Southampton based football slang, but Southampton based football slang used on an internet forum.

 

It's going to make for a bedging dissertation, and no mistake. I can't wait to kloft the final version. He's gushing the porthole with this one and that's for sure. Straxcellent.

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"Jonno quick" for someone who's fast. I use it all the time now.

 

This is an oddly specific question by the way. Not just slang, but football slang. And not just football slang, but Southampton based football slang. And not just Southampton based football slang, but Southampton based football slang used on an internet forum.

 

But apart from that how does it meet the OP's criteria ;)

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"Howard’s Arse" means "prison".

 

"One nil at half time" means "food".

 

"Woggy coconuts" means "air breaks".

 

"Gazza" is a "gas coin", used as currency for cigarettes.

 

"Plank sanction" is a one-for-one fag exchange.

 

"Sue my chin" means give us a fag, I’ll give you two next week.

 

"Buff my pylon" – give us a fag, you owe me two, so I’m letting you off the other one.

 

"Don’t buff my pylon" – switch over the telly.

 

And lastly, very important this one:

 

"Portillo" means "Look out behind you".

 

Learn the language, better communication.

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"Loaded for pony" - this is a little archaic in the sense that people forget where it comes from, but the meaning is "drunk, hungry and prepared to do something about it".

 

The phrase pre-dates late-night kebab emporiums. Drunken Sotonians would head for the New Forest wielding two slices of bread looking for a late night pony sandwich. Getting trampled to death by a pony was the number one cause of death amongst drunken hungry people in the 1920s.

 

You were not allowed to eat ponies during the war years (rationing), and the introduction of the donner kebab in the 1950s killed the practice, but the saying still remains in common use.

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"Jonno quick" for someone who's fast. I use it all the time now.

 

This is an oddly specific question by the way. Not just slang, but football slang. And not just football slang, but Southampton based football slang. And not just Southampton based football slang, but Southampton based football slang used on an internet forum.

 

All I can think of is the over use of exclamation marks with some mis-typing!!!!!!!!1111oneone

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"Loaded for pony" - this is a little archaic in the sense that people forget where it comes from, but the meaning is "drunk, hungry and prepared to do something about it".

 

The phrase pre-dates late-night kebab emporiums. Drunken Sotonians would head for the New Forest wielding two slices of bread looking for a late night pony sandwich. Getting trampled to death by a pony was the number one cause of death amongst drunken hungry people in the 1920s.

 

You were not allowed to eat ponies during the war years (rationing), and the introduction of the donner kebab in the 1950s killed the practice, but the saying still remains in common use.

 

That's a great phrase and story. I've not come across it before. Reminds me of a chapter from The Ragged Trousered Philathropists. Have you read it? Phenomenal book. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragged-Trousered_Philanthropists

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Also bear in mind that nationally used words can have a different local meaning.

 

e.g. Northerner

 

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Am not having that. No way that I am a northern, ill educated, irrational disklike of intelligence, benefit claiming, dressed like the 80s have not finished, pie eating, ale swilling, whippet racing fan, washing in the street, chips with gravy, alcoholic, oasis & stone roses wannabie, with a complete lack of tolerance ;)

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"Lazy student wanchor, do your own bloody course work" .... is a common one. ;)

 

Seriously what course are you doing that this could be of any use? :rolleyes:

 

I thought that, wtf are they teaching in overpriced british unis these days, sounds like the sort of bolloaks I knocked up in the bike sheds when gracing Taunton's second form.

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Am not having that. No way that I am a northern, ill educated, irrational disklike of intelligence, benefit claiming, dressed like the 80s have not finished, pie eating, ale swilling, whippet racing fan, washing in the street, chips with gravy, alcoholic, oasis & stone roses wannabie, with a complete lack of tolerance ;)

 

Button it, mate. We know where you keep your lard.

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Greetings all,

 

I am compiling a glossary of slang terms used by Southampton fans on this very forum for my degree and I was wondering if you guys could help me out?

 

Basically, any slang that you have heard or use or can think of if you could post it (with a short definition if you think it requires one!) that would be most helpful.

 

It does not necessarily have to be slang that is specifically used by Southampton fans alone, it can be anything at all, but if that is the case then even better!

 

Thanks guys.

 

 

Here's one for you "tête de teub", look it up, oft used when certain languedoc dwellers start giving their advice.

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Mongboard is the only slang word that will last the test of time - hell, people will be disappearing down academic wormholes, devoting entire PhDs to the term. Can imagine it now - "A philosophical, sociolinguistic interpretation of the mongboard: A critical reappraisal of John Stuart Mill's marketplace of ideas".

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I am hoping that the divide line goes through Winchester :) The scale is just a little off for me to tell.

 

That's the intent. My southern brethren would not thank me if I excluded The Wall. It's an important feature for keeping the wildlings out, and you're right, Winchester is a key location.

 

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Also bear in mind that nationally used words can have a different local meaning.

 

e.g. Northerner

 

sotonianmap.png

 

 

My son's view is that you draw a line west to east, from the Mersey estuary to the mouth of the Humber, and that is the line that demarks The North from The South.

 

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As for Southampton slang, is 'Skate' slang or a proper noun ?

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HCDAJFU

 

...is just about the only one on here that fits the criteria outlined by SC below....

 

"Jonno quick" for someone who's fast. I use it all the time now.

 

This is an oddly specific question by the way. Not just slang, but football slang. And not just football slang, but Southampton based football slang. And not just Southampton based football slang, but Southampton based football slang used on an internet forum.

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Also bear in mind that nationally used words can have a different local meaning.

 

e.g. Northerner

 

sotonianmap.png

 

Haha that made me smile. When I was a kid (pre M3 days) on the A34 just north of Winchester there was a massive road sign that just said. "A34 The North" and my dad would say we were just about to leave the glorious south of England so I always thought that's where the north of England started. So this map is pretty accurate!

 

(also always remember the huge sign next to the railway line near basingstoke on the way back to Soton that proudly boasted "You are now entering Strongs Country". (note for the younger generation - Strongs was a half decent beer (IE better than Brickwoods!) before it was bought by shytebreads

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