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ν Riddlespeak
This is an amalgamation of various different slangs from Britain, Ireland, Whales and Scotland, I tried to keep out most contemporary slang. Nonetheless, a large percentage of these words have been made up by me, particularly places, professions, and most of the verbs, and yes, it is designed to be very confusing.
Loud, roudy, and nearly impossible to decipher, you do not want to get caught up in an argument with somebody fluent in Riddlish.
COMMON PHRASEν Riddlespeak
This is an amalgamation of various different slangs from Britain, Ireland, Whales and Scotland, I tried to keep out most contemporary slang. Nonetheless, a large percentage of these words have been made up by me, particularly places, professions, and most of the verbs, and yes, it is designed to be very confusing.
Loud, roudy, and nearly impossible to decipher, you do not want to get caught up in an argument with somebody fluent in Riddlish.
Story?, Aye, Craic?(Crack), Rite, Cut?, Boy? - Various greetings
Fit? Craic? Shwmae?(Alternatively syt mae, sut mae, siwmae, sumae), Reet? - How are you?
Catch, Easy - Bye
‘n’, ‘a - A/An, And (Is‘a dainty fluff, tha’wan. Pins ‘n’ needles.)
‘d’, ‘t’, tha’ - The (T’is ‘d’ ruttin’ boozer, innit?’), this/that (T’is/Tha’s, this is/that is)
Yous - You (Yous‘n absolute belter, aye.)
Way, Aye - Yes
Donnt (Pronounced daunt) - Don't/Do not
Nix, Neg, Nae(Knee) - No
Bad - Sorry (Aye, bad.)
Ups, cheers - Thanks
Grand/Class - Okay, great.
Label - Name.
Shit the bed - Crap, oh no.
Chattin' pretty - Speaking common.
Socks!/Socks up! - Careful, watch out, pay attention
Cushty(Koosh-tee), Shiny, Lime, Fierce, Belter - Good, Great, Fine
Rings, Full-House - Working a job, Busy (Socks up!)
Watched, Ace - Having friends, being in a group, Working together, Not alone.
Very Fancy - Nothing worth the trouble to steal around here.
Letter, Whisper - Blackmail, Secrets,
The Fine, Snort, Yak, Coalstuff - Alcohol. (Snort = Whiskey, Yak = Rum, The Fine = Ale, Coalstuff = Beer)
Murder, Tilt, Tight - Difficult (Fauckin’ nixer was quare murder)
Innit, Nah?, Aye? - Agree, ‘isn’t it’
Paggered, Bowked - Damaged/Hurt
Bags, Scuffed, Bookey - Something done messily
Picks - Anything/Something, Whatever
Roll - Random
Gur, Jaded - Tired, away from something
Sap, Puss - Sad/Looking sad or disappointed (Puss-face, Sapskull)
Acushla(Ah-koosh-lah) - Affectionate term (Dear, honey, love)
Quork(Like a bird), Rabbling - Annoying
Thick - Annoyed, Stupid
On the long finger, Wilted - Postponed, Stopped short
Whopper, Grand - Large, great
Lickety-cut, Lickety-hick, Lickety-split, Chop, Rapid - Fast, quick, done quick
Pure, Quare(koo-arr), Absolute, Bare - Used to accentuate a word, whether positive or negative (Pure Gobshite, bare fancy that bird)
Fancy, Dote, Tight, Flah - To like, to find appealing/cute
Hotspot, Hyuk(like a prospector, hyuk hyuk), Loaded - Place with potential loot
Fair Play - Good job/well done/fair enough
Yoke - Something forgotten, nevermind
“I will, yeah”, “Sure Thing” - A nice way of saying you wont do something (This is very purposefully said without any Riddlish accent.)
Scarlet - Embarrassing/Embarrassed
Cop on - Conventionally smart, common sense, can be ‘nice job’ (Absolute cop on, lad.)
Ruction - Ruckus, tantrum (‘eruption’)
Bowkin, pigsick, minging(Harsh G, not a j), Ruttin'/Rutter - Sickening/nauseating
Canny, Bookey, Warped (Not Worp, Waarp) - Suspect, unusual, weird
Dinnae(Din-knee) - Don’t know (‘dunno’)
Gowpin(Gal-pin) - Hurting/Sickly
How? - Why?
Like? - How?
Who? - What?, Please repeat
Pish, Punny, Nelly - Bullshit, rubbish, stuff
Pan, Smash - Break/disfigure
Rabble, Jing - Dance/Move
Jouz, Jouzing - Rain/Raining
Clart - Cold
Guarm (Goo-arm) - Hot/warm
Oul’(Ool), Enshent - Old (Oul’pa, Oul’ane for grandmother/grandfather)
Munch - Food, Bite
Gorram, Gobshite - An all-purpose curse. ("Tha’ gorram eejit mugged m'doss!")
Church Work, Nixer - Any lengthy job that is slow to finish or is otherwise drudgery
Fauck, Crease, Minger - General insults
Quingled, Fucked - Married
Jammy - Lucky
Wick - Unusual, rare
Tweety - Sweet
Scarper, Hit - Leave/Escape
Pissing - Funny
Immram - Voyage, Odyssey, Journey
Hush - Quiet, Silent (Yous'a'bit hush.)
Spanded - Smart/intelligent
Busted - Dumb/stupid
Rings - Sounds (Rings like pish)
Boojee/Boojie, Pretty (as in pretentious), Arty - Fancy, high-society
Pike/Pikey - Shoddy, disheveled
Hup!, Guarn!, Hoy! - Cheer, exclamation.
Catch - Potential loot, something valuable obtained (shite's a pure catch.)
Pouer - Poor
Fuming, Pissed - Angry, Enraged, Rage
Mag - Path, Plain, Way
DIRECTIONS Forward - East
Right - South
Left - North
Behind - West
NUMBERS
Nix, Nill - None/0
Wan - 1
Twa/Deuce - 2
Trips - 3
Fower - 4
Fiver/Full - 5
Sax - 6
Luck/Lucky, Draw - 7
Echt/O - 8
Niner - 9
Tenner/Double Handed - 10
Double ‘n’ Wan - 11
Double ‘n’ Twa - 12
(Double ___s = multiple of 11)
Double Double - 20 (Double Doubles = 22)
Double Trip - 30 (Double Trips = 33)
Double Fower - 40
Double Fiver - 50
Double Sax - 60
Double Luck - 70
Double O - 80
Double Niner - 90
Bunch - 100
Grand - 1000
The big/bigs, Yard - 1000000
COLOURS
Scarlet - Red/Flushed
Zure (Pronounced with a soft ‘J’, jure) - Blue
Grass - Green/Natural
Wazz - Yellow/Gold
Rose - Pink
Lavv - Purple
Renj - Orange
Coal - Black/Dark
Sheen - White/bright
BODY PARTS
Aed (eed), Swede, Nut - Head
Snogger - Face
Packer - Chest
Funs, Babies, Pairs - Female chest
Graspers/Kissers - Hands
Pointers, Bender - Fingers, Thumb
Bearers(Female), Belt(Unisex) - Waist/Hips
Spinners - Legs
Cloppers - Feet
Clingers - Toes
Peepers, Starers - Eyes
Knives - Ears
Locks - Hair
Batty, Jeer, Clunge - Bottom, Nethers
Tong, Licker - Tongue
CLOTHING
Rags - General clothing
Topper - Hat/Headwar
Velum - Mask/Facewear
Watchers - Glasses
Bake - Makeup
Steps/Steppers - Shoes
Dinner - Skimpy clothing
Holies - Fancy attire
Poker - Pocket
PROFESSIONS
Myller/Culchie - Farmer/Herder/Shepherd
Chippy - Carpenter/Woodworker
Sticker - Builder/Architect
Smitty - Blacksmith/metalworker
Boozey - Pub tender
Sniffer - Law workers/Soldier/Guard
Chopper - Butcher
Sweder - Mayor/Leader
Whizzer - Doctor
Freeboot - Pirate/Mercenary
Booky - Librarian
ITEMS
Kiss/Kisser - Knife, shank, sharp object
Scoop/Scooper - Spoon
Jab/Jabber - Fork
Krook - Staff/Wooden pole
Cut/Cutter - Book/Parchment
Serve/Server - Plate/Bowl
Snog - Large blade
Whack - Pommel/blunt weapon
Bog - Toilet
Downer - Cup/Glass
Map - Table/Flat surface
Clanks - Armour
OTHER Rafter - Boat
Drink - Water/body of water
Diemin/Catch - Any gem
Doss, Bar, Brass - Coin/Money
Hyuk - Coin
Arm - Weapon
Brew - Tea
Mell - Honey, Delight
VERBS Kiss(ing)/Kissed - To stab
Smooch(ing)/Smooched - To kiss
Pagger(ing)/Paggered - To beat/attack
Scrap(ping)/Scrapped - To fight
Is/Were - To be (I is/I were)
Sniff(ing)/Snuff - To investigate/look for
Cop(ping)/Copped - To buy/obtain/take/pay
Ghost(ing)/Ghosted - To die
Catch(ing)/Catched - To see something
Scarper(ing)/Scarpered - To leave/escape
Down(ing)/Downed - To drink
Yok(e)(ing)/Yoked - To forget
Bend(ing)/Bended - To give/acquiesce
Giz(zing)/Gaz - To give
Peg(ging)/Pegged - To throw
Lob(bing)/Lobbed - To throw
Hoy(ing)/Hoyed - To throw (Lad hoyed it at us!)
Chuck(ing)/Chucked - To throw
Loop(ing)/Looped - To know/understand
Shag(ging)/Shagged - To birds & the bees
Slag(ging)/Slag - To insult (I slagged ‘im off)
Talk(ing)/Talked - To say
Scratch(ing)/Scratched - To rest/lay/sleep
Dress(ing)/Dressed - To wear (I’m dressing this hat.)
Bottl(e)(ing)/Bottled - To lose/fail
Class(ing)/Classed - To win/succeed/beat
Pish(ing)/Pished - To joke
Fink(ing)/Funk - To think
Front(ing)/Fronted - To lie (as in lying to somebody)
Fancy(ing)/Fancied - To like
Cush(ing)/Cushed - To love
Sizzl(e)(ing)/Sizzled - To burn
Smash(ing)/Smashed - To punch/break/attack
Acquir(e)(ing)/Acquired - To steal/rob
Mug(ging)/Mugged - To steal/rob (Two different ways to say it depending on tone. 'He mugged me!' compared to 'I might just acquire this here pouch of doss.')
Quit(ting)/Quitted - To stop
Bowk(ing)/Bowked - To throw up
Wazz(ing)/Wazzed - To urinate
Piss(ing)/Pissed - To laugh
Munch(ing)/Munched - To bite/eat
PEOPLE Peter, Peet - A Human, Someone who is boring
Pa/Fav/Favver - Father
Ane(Ein)/Ma/Mavver - Mother
Scruff - Person with a beard
Bud, Cush, Boss - Friend, Close Friend, Buddy
Lad, Boy/ Kid - Male/He
Bird, Blade, Lass - Female/She
Mot, Sock - Girlfriend/Wife, Pretty girl
Boy - Boyfriend/Husband
Acush - Sibling
Dose - Someone that is ill (Tha’ wan’s’a pure bad dose)
Knife, a Daint, Batty - an Elf (Dainty can be used to refer to an elf with another word, ‘Dainty Fluff’ is an elf prostitute, for instance.)
Dog Biter, -let, Mutt - A Halfling, large rat, small child, or short person (Peetlet, Flufflet)
Rug, Muff, Trife - A caparii, Very hairy or smelly person.
Hooks, Squawker - Makani, Person with a missing hand
Sideshow, Beagle, Mooley, Eejit(Similar to idiot) - An Earthspawn, and sometimes a jester, fool, or other entertainer
Flash, Jingler, Ming’n(Harsh G, like gun), Batty- Sissy
Cloud Watcher, Dreamer - Divine magic user, Blessed, Religious person.
Highwind, Pretty, Arty, Holy Joe - Overzealous religious person, Exalts, Ignis Monotheists
Stillboy, Langer - Arcane Magic user, usually Cogimens, Scholar, Student
Deep pockets, Locked - Thief, Burglar, Working alone
Clip, Hayme, Chiseler - Cut purse, Novice thief, Pickpocket
Capp, Boyo, Don - A trusted lieutenant, henchman, Good friend.
Cow/Cattle, Culchie, Mucker - An Easy Marks or a farmers
Bleeder, Nixer, Banjax, Wally - Someone willing to give freely to “the needy”, A fool, easily tricked or misled
Pad, Ossie, Quick'n - person who is quick, Lightly armored, Courier, Running.
Watch(lad/lass/title) - Solider/Guard
Clank, Big’n, Buck, Lout - Person who is slow, Heavily armored,
Hushman, Cause - A hired killer, generally one kept on semi-permanent retainer
Shove, Churl - Slave, servant, bar tender, Indentured Servant, Can also refer to Hired mussel
Easy Lad, Bent/Bender - A male prostitute
Laced Mutton, Slag, Rusty - A prostitute (gender neutral)
Quickwife, Fluff, Dog’s Dinner, Floosie, Floozy, Strumpet - A female prostitute
Flapper, Clampet - A person targeted by a criminal to be the victim of a crime, or a person that visits a prostitute
Soggy, Langer(Harsh G) - A drunk
Grin, Puss, Sleeveen - A Conman or Con, Liar/Lie. “Sounds like a fuckin Grin”
Chancer - Risky person
Wall Jocky, Holy Joe, Stuck, Cheek - Person who puts up, or tears down posters, Town criers, Anyone who thinks there more important than they are
Grog-Blossom, Butterface, Fake Bake - A facial pimple, Unsavory or Ugly person, Someone who is only sexy after a few drinks
Leaky, Slabber, Squealer - Someone who can’t keep a secret
Rat, Louse, Snake, Cad, Rodent, Vermin - Scoundrel, liar, deceiver
Pigmeat, Ghost - A dead body, or someone who is about to become dead
Rathole, Grummel - The mouth (especially a mouth that belongs to someone who is saying unwelcome things)
Lumber, Doyle - A unwelcome person, Hostage, Kidnapping.
ANIMALS
Flapper, Hook - Bird/winged creature (Sizzlin' flapper = phoenix)
Crokk - Frog/Toad
Trife, Muff (Mouf) - Sheep/Goat
Gam, Mudder - Pig
Milker, Dough, Meat - Cow
Stinger - Scorpion
Chickie - Chicken
Mutt, Goon - Dog
Kit, Puss - Cat
Stinger - Scorpion
PLACES The Pit, Scratch, Schtoor(Shh-Tour)- Slum.
Earth Bath, Hole, Prep - An unmarked grave
The Weeds, Kip - Hiding place, Out of Town, Far away
The Stones - Graveyard
‘Mai(My), Scratcher, Zee - Home, Bed
Gaff, Scheme - House
Snug, Kip - Private room, closet
Boozer - Pub/Inn
Cyrice, Chuch - Church/Cathedral/Holy place
Smiddy/Smitty - Smithy/Blacksmith, can also be used to call the person
Chippy - Carpenter (Place and person)
Millen, Culch - Mill/Farm, countryside
Battery, Watch - Barracks/Group
Mixer - Kitchen
Shanty - Town/Village
Den - Cellar/Backroom
Bog, Jeer - Toilet/Sewer/Canal/Swamp
Drink - Bog/Canal/River/Lake/Ocean
Booky - Library/Librarian
Nirvana, Nanóg- Heaven, Afterlife, Promised Land
(Specific places. And people from those places) Downs - Sangria, Sylannen
Flicks - Fuvur
Stamps - Anhald/Lavoye
Chirps - Mockingbay
Walls - Hawklight
Posters - Kanes
Banjaxes - Eldpointers
Pales - Lutia, Linlea, Astrum, Lavalands area (Also used for Moors)
Nirvana, Nanóg - Heaven, Afterlife, Promised Land
Día, Favvers, Mavvers, Prophits, Dé - Gods, Divines
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