Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)

Usually used to refer to blonde females who are stereotypically presumed to be dimwitted and little slow on the uptake. A classic example of an airhead is the part Goldie Hawn played on 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh In' during the 1960's.

(ed: as usual we added it all in - but said we'd appreciate feedback on this one... like *is* it 'slang?)

Ray says his Chinese(Taiwanese) friend tells him this is a slang expression of shock or surprise, whem something is unexpected. Any advance on that?

The spelling is questionable as the word isn't usually written down. Pronounced "aal-arse", it descibes a contemptible individual, particularly one who refuses to co-operate, e.g "'Ee was bein' an al'arse." Probably a contraction of "old arse".

Similar to 'allee, allee' and ie used to do exactly the same thing, i.e. bring players out of hiding during 'hide and seek' for a truce, but generally shouted out by either the person doing the seeking cos they had had enough or after the first one had been caught. The captain referred to being the person doing the seeking.

Describes someone who claims to be able to carry out tasks and duties but does not have the necessary sckills and abilities to perform to a satisfactory standard. For example. "Johnny said he was going to beat rhe shit out of Will after the game but it turns out he's all mouth and trousers - Will gave him the finest kicking of hiso life!".

To go 'all the way' is to perform/allow sexual intercourse.

Female with no apparent breasts. i.e. a flat chested female. Used as "She is soooo allie!" A girl in the contributors class has no ass, no boobs,and is a bragging, nagging bitch, so they called her flat, then we made an equation:
allie=flat
flat=allie

It was pointed out to me that 'allie' refers to Allie McBeal (i.e. the television character with the similar physical dimensions). Obvious when it's pointed out. :)

Used when saying goodbye (ed: I had NO idea what it meant when adding it, but it sounded nice. Since then we've had lots of comment!)

The first contributor wrote thusly: It would appear that this word for good-bye is a slang for the German 'auf wiedersehen'. Phonetically, it sounds like 'al vee der zane. Hence, 'alvida'.(ed: wasn't right of course, and then we had more comments??)

On the other hand, Sameer (and Anil) wrote, "Alvida is a pure Urdu word which means goodbye. As mentioned on your page it may have some similarity with the german word but that would probably because of the fact that German and Hindi have same origin (Sanskrit) and Urdu is derived from Persian, Hindi and one more language. (ed: so there ya go Bumpuppy (who whinged about one of the previous definitions being in here!!) You live and learn!

Yet another comment, this time from Pradeep: "Alvida is a commonly used word in India and it literally means goodbye. It is used in literature quite a lot and is becoming less frequently used word in day to day interaction."

Homosexual, similar to 'bum chum' but with a 'latin' feel.

Homosexual.

A fart

Homosexual.

Placing ones face into the butt cheeks of another and orally stimulating the anus with the tongue.

Descriptor for something thought to be 'not right' or 'bad'. Used like "Oh damn thats anal"

Brothers, sisters or any other small kids that keep you from getting out with your mates.

Money (held in pocket).

This is what it was called in David Baddiel's school, as described in The Mary Whitehouse Experience, but the practice is pretty much universal. The Andy French factor is a factor of 10 by which, when you are telling of your sexual encounters, you can multiply the number of said encounters. You can also exaggerate the nature of your encounters. e.g. If your sexual history consists of one dry kiss (don't laugh, everyone's history was that once, if you go back far enough), the Andy French factor allows you to claim you have had 10 encounters, at least one of those involving sex. If you remember your 0-times table from school, you will note that if you haven't done anything, the Andy French factor means you have to admit to it, as 0 times 10 is 0