Merthyr Imp 729 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 To say 'Calm down.' Dad would often say 'Steady the buffs.' I once asked him what this meant and he just laughed. Was it rude or did he just not know? Had he been in the army? I don't know all the details, but it's an army expression - the Buffs being a particular regiment I think. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 The Buffs are the East Kent Regiment and "Steady the Buffs" is apparently their motto Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 pummad A fummad is some kind molecule according to Google, but as far as stink goes I've never heard it. Come to think of it, carnie, mam probably did say 'orming', not 'slorming. I've heard of this, my mam and dad both used it but I reckon the spelling is wrong, I reckon is should slauming and I think it may be an Indian word. Like avatar, bungalow, bangle, juggernaut, jungle, thug and verandah etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 #1952/#1953 Oh thank you for this. An army expression, eh? Wonder where Dad picked this up from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 3rd Regiment of Foot, The Royal East Kent Regiment, know as Howards Buffs, from their commanders name at the time and the buff leather jackets they wore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Did your Dad serve with them, perhaps, or may have come from a friend/relation who did Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Dad didn`t serve in the army. Perhaps he had a friend who did. Just shows you should ask your parents things while they`re still with you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Dad always used to say to me "Don't be infantile ". I didn't mind but I was 21 at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 My wife and I lay in bed today talking about this, that and everything. I got up to go for a pee and she asked me where I was going. "I'm going for a Jimmy Riddle" I replied. I don't recall ever using that expression before but my wife said that her mother had said it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Also known as a Gypsies Kiss Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Or a slash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesleyred1865 137 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 "you know what thought did" but I still don't know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I got up to go for a pee and she asked me where I was going. "I'm going for a Jimmy Riddle" I replied. I don't recall ever using that expression before but my wife said that her mother had said it. Rhyming slang of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 "you know what thought did" but I still don't know Killed the cat? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 When naughty as child my grandmother used to say I was a " little so and so" still no idea what she meant. From the north east so it maybe just a Geordie saying, any ideas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 When naughty as child my grandmother used to say I was a " little so and so" still no idea what she meant. From the north east so it maybe just a Geordie saying, any ideas. I think it's just instead of using a swear word! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 On thinking about her she never used to swear if she did anything where others would swear she would say " bally thing" thank you imp for bringing back memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 In the late 1800s there was a popular "comic" song called Jimmy Riddle .....Jimmy Riddle who played the fiddle ! This may be where the rhyming slang came from . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 In the late 1800s there was a popular "comic" song called Jimmy Riddle .....Jimmy Riddle who played the fiddle ! This may be where the rhyming slang came from . There's another word it rhymes with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barrettkeller 79 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Anyone heard their parents use odd words for insects? My father was from Norfolk ( a 'Bevin Boy' posted to Nottinghamshire pits) and used to refer to ladybirds as 'Bishy-barney-bees'. For years I though that it was just a daft alliterative name but later learned that it may have related to Norwich's Bishop Barnabas whose ecclesiastical cloak was embroidered with dak motifs on red background and seemed to resemble a ladybird. Not so daft after all, then. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 On thinking about her she never used to swear if she did anything where others would swear she would say " bally thing" thank you imp for bringing back memories. That's interesting. A possible North-East of England/East coast Scotland sharing of words - as I've seen many times. My Scottish father would refer to me as a 'bally nuisance' if I was misbehaving when I was a bairn. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Re insects , many local Cornish call woodlice a "gramasow" . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Re #1962 Annesley, according to my Mum, he followed a muck cart and thought it was a wedding. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 'Haud yer wheesht'. Be quiet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 "You useless article " . That was another of dads favourites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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