How to communicate in Portsmouth City, South of England. 🇬🇧
Part 2
Gettin lairy – What someone is doing if they are being overly sarcastic or losing their cool.
In a cop/cop on someone – To be annoyed with someone.
Knackered – Exhausted, tired, can also mean ‘broken’ if applied to an object.
Mush – (Pronounced as moosh). Another Romany Gypsy word originally meaning man, but now used for a mate.
Mush Bird – A rather masculine woman!
Mullered – Once again a word borrowed from the Romany that can either mean intoxicated or that someone has been beaten up really badly.
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