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Sorely missed Victorian slang:
8. Gigglemug (always smiling)
7. Bitch the pot (pour the tea)
6. Got the morbs (temporary sadness)
5. Tight as a boiled owl (drunk)
4. Poked up (embarrassed)
3. Sauce-box (the mouth)
2. Cupid’s kettle drums (breasts)
1. Not up to dick (unwell)
8. Gigglemug (always smiling)
7. Bitch the pot (pour the tea)
6. Got the morbs (temporary sadness)
5. Tight as a boiled owl (drunk)
4. Poked up (embarrassed)
3. Sauce-box (the mouth)
2. Cupid’s kettle drums (breasts)
1. Not up to dick (unwell)
Victorian slang with Gen Z definitions:
8. Afternoonified (fleek)
7. Chuckaboo (BFF/fam)
6. Off your chump (cray-cray)
5. Dash my wig (OMG)
4. Mutton shunter (po-po)
3. Skilamalink (sus)
2. Nanty-narking (crine/dead)
1. Shoot into the brown (taking the L)
8. Afternoonified (fleek)
7. Chuckaboo (BFF/fam)
6. Off your chump (cray-cray)
5. Dash my wig (OMG)
4. Mutton shunter (po-po)
3. Skilamalink (sus)
2. Nanty-narking (crine/dead)
1. Shoot into the brown (taking the L)
That last list with normal definitions:
8. Afternoonified (smart)
7. Chuckaboo (close friend)
6. Off your chump (unhinged)
5. Dash my wig (surprised)
4. Mutton shunter (police)
3. Skilamalink (suspicious)
2. Nanty-narking (having a good time)
1. Shoot into the brown (to fail)
8. Afternoonified (smart)
7. Chuckaboo (close friend)
6. Off your chump (unhinged)
5. Dash my wig (surprised)
4. Mutton shunter (police)
3. Skilamalink (suspicious)
2. Nanty-narking (having a good time)
1. Shoot into the brown (to fail)
More Victorian slang:
8. Scandal water (tea)
7. Gob stick (silver table spoon)
6. Dying duck in a thunderstorm (unattractive)
5. Rain napper (umbrella)
4. Parish pick-axe (prominent nose)
3. Sluice your gobs (drink heartily)
2. Orf chump (not hungry)
1. Irish apricots (potatoes)
8. Scandal water (tea)
7. Gob stick (silver table spoon)
6. Dying duck in a thunderstorm (unattractive)
5. Rain napper (umbrella)
4. Parish pick-axe (prominent nose)
3. Sluice your gobs (drink heartily)
2. Orf chump (not hungry)
1. Irish apricots (potatoes)
Old slang that's still curiously relevant:
8. Romoners (fortune tellers)
7. Gammoners (swindlers)
6. Rum gaggers (cheats)
5. Killing the canary (avoiding work)
4. Mog (a lie)
3. Muff (a silly man)
2. Flashing his gab (to brag)
1. Bacon-faced blunderbuss (full-faced ignoramus)
8. Romoners (fortune tellers)
7. Gammoners (swindlers)
6. Rum gaggers (cheats)
5. Killing the canary (avoiding work)
4. Mog (a lie)
3. Muff (a silly man)
2. Flashing his gab (to brag)
1. Bacon-faced blunderbuss (full-faced ignoramus)
Some more classics for you:
8. Inexpressibles (breeches)
7. Gropusses (pockets)
6. Daddles (hands)
5. Hop merchant (good dancer)
4. That dab’s in quod (that ruffian’s in prison)
3. Heavers (breasts again)
2. Darken the daylights (close your eyes)
1. Nob thatcher (hat maker)
8. Inexpressibles (breeches)
7. Gropusses (pockets)
6. Daddles (hands)
5. Hop merchant (good dancer)
4. That dab’s in quod (that ruffian’s in prison)
3. Heavers (breasts again)
2. Darken the daylights (close your eyes)
1. Nob thatcher (hat maker)
The muff wouldn’t keep his daddles off my heavers so I called the mutton shunters and now that dab’s in quod! No mog. Bitch some more scandal water my chuckaboo and I’ll tell you all about it.
Last one (maybe):
8. Lotties and totties (ladies on the town)
7. Pantry-politics (servants’ gossip)
6. Tickle your innards (have a drink)
5. Up the pole (drunk)
4. Whooperups (noisy singers)
3. Mafficking (rowdy)
2. Clicks in the gob (punch in the mouth)
1. Batty-fang (beat up)
8. Lotties and totties (ladies on the town)
7. Pantry-politics (servants’ gossip)
6. Tickle your innards (have a drink)
5. Up the pole (drunk)
4. Whooperups (noisy singers)
3. Mafficking (rowdy)
2. Clicks in the gob (punch in the mouth)
1. Batty-fang (beat up)
