Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)

Pronounced "jinny". A non-homosexual male who seems to display personality characteristics normally associated with a female. For example he acts 'womanly' or 'wimpy' and/or whines/complains a lot.

To skip class or stay away from school

(1) a gyspsy

(2) Poorly dressed, trashy kid. (also making reference to someone who smells.)

Slightly milder form of porno mags.

Semen. Contraction of 'orgasm'.

Boy's underpants.

Nervous, jumpy, 'hyper'. From jittery.

(1) An excessively stupid or unpleasant person.

(2) term of abuse misinterpreted at West Lodge Middle School, Pinner, Middlesex in late- '70s, where rumour circulated that it was the proper scientific term for "a pregnant camel". Hence common playground dialogue: "You git!". "Fuck off, I am not a pregnant camel"

(ed: strangely enough I grew up under the impression a 'git' was the child of an Irish prostitute. We 'learn' such odd stuff when we are kids!)

A corrupted line from the hymn "Gladly my cross I'd bear" - which caused much hilarity amongst schoolkids whenever it was announced in Assembly.

Glazed or vacant expression, having the appearance of stupidity. Widely used around Scotland.

Shite. The 'ar' is as in 'car'.

"Special Needs" kid, a spacker. (orig. local "special" school in Wallsend, called The Glebe).

Gleg was the Notts and Lincs verb for "look" as in "Let's have a gleg". It's obviously related to Old Norse gleggr, clear sighted, corresponding to Old English gleaw, clever; and Middle English "gleg of the eye", sharp-eyed.

A wedgie'.

Surfie word with several meanings including: dangerous, rough, out of control, huge, good, bad or ugly.

Weak beer or cider. There are rumours some bartenders dilute the beer etc when serving underage kids as they can't complain too loudly and have to keep coming back. Bastards still charge full price though!!

No idea how this term originated, but it means going around with no underdaks.

Refers to a boy giving anal sex to either a male or female. It is mostly used to dismiss someone sacastically. Often used in the form of "Ah go to Barnsley you frigging idiot!"

Description of a girl whose pants were so tight that you could see the fanny flaps (c.f. camel toe) through said pants, one of us would alert the others by saying "Goats's in the garden, eating the grass." This eventually became shortened to "Goat's in the garden."

The Gob pit was the area of the playground that it was unwise to lose a ball down. At the Crypt School in Gloucestershire, it was a basement storage area that was gated off from the playground, it had a staircase running down it. If you were responsible for losing a ball down the Gob Pit it was your job to retrive it. As soon as a ball went down a shout would go out "Gob Pit" you would be lucky to get less than 50 people spitting at you as you collected the ball. Ultimately certain individuals who were able to create the largest "greenies" at a moments notice would be ushered to the front of the gobbing crowd to administer the most revolting of "flobs".