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Our Kid - An endearing term used by the locals of manchester to refer to friends and family who they consider close and worthy of such an honorable title e.g. “Alright our kid how’s it goin?”
Clocked/Clock - To spot something and inform your fellow northern compadres that you have seen said thing, e.g. “Oi mate I Clocked you nabbing that Pint”
Dibble - An endearing term used to refer to the law enforcement up North,
E.g “Fucking ‘ell mate them dibble just got Steve”
Fod - To refer to someone forehead more often than not to comment on the size of said forehead. E.g “Oi mate that guy’s got a wopper of a fod”
Innit - More often than not used to end a sentence and to confirm others around you have understood everything that you have said, often responded to with a reassuring nod
E.g. “Ye that films banging innit” (This is where you nod)
Kip - A term used when one is about to leave the social situation in order to rest or sleep
E.g “Right Our Kid im off for a kip”
Muggins - To refer to ones self or another who seems to be doing all the work for someone else or in a house old e.g. “Look at old Muggins over here doing the brews again”
fettle/fettled - To fix or repair something that has been broken or to simply have a good fiddle with it e.g. “I had a fettle at the washing machine to get it working”
Ginnel - The northern Mancunian term for an alley or a small passage which connects two roads
E.g. “Should take short cut down the Ginnel over there”
Mither - To ask someone for something repeated to the point of annoyance
E.g. “Stop Mithering me you tosser”
By using these terms in your day to day discussions can help you to fit in with your fellow Northern Brethren and communicate with ease and understand the sophisticated local dialect.
