Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)

Mate, friend e.g. "Alright la?", "Got a spare fag la?". Another possibility sent in was that Liverpudlians used it cos they could never be arsed pronouncing words correctly and it actually means 'lad' (boy).

This was submitted via Singapore (apparently), and another posibility suggested is that "lah" could be a diminutive of "love" or 'lad' (see above).

To beat, hit, strike repeatedly.

"Oh my god you're so Ladgefull" - Emabarasing, more so than when your mum gets her hankie out, spits on it and wipes your face in front of all your mates. Also may be shortend to Ladge "Thats soooo Ladge", From Cumbria - I think well It was used in MY playground, yes MINE as in I was the ruler of all the walls!.

(ed: contribution quoted verbatim.... No-one argues with the ruler!)

Used to describe something quite unfashionable. i.e. 'Those shoes are ladgin!' and 'he's really ladgin'. Ginger people were often referred to as Ladginners. Got quite trendy in usage - so much so that when the contributor was in the the first year, the fifth years opened a tuck shop called Ladgin Chow. No idea where the term came from, but it has a faint 'chinese' air about it.

(ed: Anyone got any ideas?)

Question shouted when seeking a partner to play marbles.

Flashy and trivial, showing off.

To hit, e.g. "He lamped me a treat after I slagged off his bint!!".

Penis. Used mostly as insult, e.g. "You fucking langer!".

Very drunk.

Delicious. Used as "My steak was really larapin!".

Description of a grossly overweight person.

Run urgently, (usu) away (ed: sounds like Telly Tubby stuff!). Usually, this cry was heard in the midst of dubious activity, (often from a lookout) in the event of being caught. The term, I'm told, derived from the rather curious epidemic of Urban Aggressive Street Manoeuvring, which began around 1994-5? The idea was that, if lacking a skateboard, punters could use their feet to negotiate tricky obstacles (ramps, poles, benches, etc) in a stylish way. When attempting railslides in this way, it was common knowledge that rubbing a little pig fat on the appropriate rail would make the trick much faster, and more impressive overall. So, for a speedy getaway.... lard the rails!

Effeminate or homosexual person.

Out raging, a wild night out drinking and chasing totty. e.g. "on the lash".

Substitute for goodbye. Alternative to 'see ya'.

To vomit. Often the barfing of the 'morning-after-a-night's-out-drinking. Similar to the "multi-cultural yawn".

A guy's about to lay a line on a woman, he doesn't need you refreshing his peanuts.

(ed: no idea what this is about but couldn't stop laughing - what *is* it??)

When using a computer game called "Gauntlet" the word was used to describe "plentiful" or "a plentiful supply of", it fell into general useage in Watford in the playground in 1984-5. Sentence would run along the lines of "Leafy, potions, treasures and keys".

Urinating.

Bad, unfavourable; e.g. "You are SO leeg!".