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=Speaking Scum= | =Speaking Scum= | ||
− | Part of getting into character for this game is | + | Part of getting into character for this game is learning to speak proper English, like. Its part of the roleplaying experience! |
British players and GMs likely won't need this handy lexicon, as its the language of a Friday night on the town. Americans will likely know a lot of the words here, as British teenagers learn most of what they know from American TV anyway. | British players and GMs likely won't need this handy lexicon, as its the language of a Friday night on the town. Americans will likely know a lot of the words here, as British teenagers learn most of what they know from American TV anyway. | ||
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=Words That Scum Use= | =Words That Scum Use= | ||
− | '''Boozing''' - Going out to drink alcohol. | + | '''Boozing''' - Going out to drink alcohol. |
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'''GTI''' - Any fast small car, regardless of whether its actually a Golf GTI or not. | '''GTI''' - Any fast small car, regardless of whether its actually a Golf GTI or not. | ||
− | + | '''Mate''' - Halfway between an acquaintance and a friend, normally of the same gender as yourself. Usage ''"You're a mate, mate." "We're mates, ain't we?" "Me and my mates going boozing."'' | |
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− | '''Mate''' - Halfway between an acquaintance and a friend, normally of the same gender as yourself. Usage | ||
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'''Pisshead''' - Someone who drinks a lot of alcohol. Amongst Scum, this is a mark of respect rather than a derogatory term. | '''Pisshead''' - Someone who drinks a lot of alcohol. Amongst Scum, this is a mark of respect rather than a derogatory term. | ||
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'''Preggers''' - Pregnant. Also "knocked up", "up the duff", "bun in the oven", "preggo", "PG", "in the pudding club", and many more. You know how Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow, because snow is such a common thing for them? Well, for Scum there are hundreds of words for pregnancy... | '''Preggers''' - Pregnant. Also "knocked up", "up the duff", "bun in the oven", "preggo", "PG", "in the pudding club", and many more. You know how Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow, because snow is such a common thing for them? Well, for Scum there are hundreds of words for pregnancy... | ||
− | + | '''Shaggable''' - Sexually attractive. | |
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− | '''Shaggable''' - Sexually attractive | ||
'''Rozzer''' - Policeman. "The rozzers" = police generally. Also known as "the filth", "the pigs", "them Nazis" and heralded by "I smell bacon". | '''Rozzer''' - Policeman. "The rozzers" = police generally. Also known as "the filth", "the pigs", "them Nazis" and heralded by "I smell bacon". | ||
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'''Well''' - "Very". For example, well shaggable = very shaggable, well hard = very hard, well difficult = very difficult. | '''Well''' - "Very". For example, well shaggable = very shaggable, well hard = very hard, well difficult = very difficult. | ||
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=Words That Are Used ''at'' Scum= | =Words That Are Used ''at'' Scum= | ||
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'''Bad Children''' - What foreign shopkeepers like Mr. Patel call the Scum. Usage: ''"You are very bad children, you will be leaving my shop now."'' | '''Bad Children''' - What foreign shopkeepers like Mr. Patel call the Scum. Usage: ''"You are very bad children, you will be leaving my shop now."'' | ||
− | '''Chav''' - What "normal kids" call the protagonists of this game, usually with laughter and contempt. Usually its people under the age of 25 who'll use the word "chav". | + | '''Chav''' - What "normal kids" call the protagonists of this game, usually with laughter and contempt. Usually its people under the age of 25 who'll use the word "chav". |
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'''Scum''' - What "right thinking decent people" call the protagonists of this game, usually with a spitting snarl. Usually its people over the age of 25 who will use this term. | '''Scum''' - What "right thinking decent people" call the protagonists of this game, usually with a spitting snarl. Usually its people over the age of 25 who will use this term. |