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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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'''Boozing''' - Going out to drink alcohol. Also "going on the piss", "getting pissed", "getting bladdered". | '''Boozing''' - Going out to drink alcohol. Also "going on the piss", "getting pissed", "getting bladdered". | ||
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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. | ||
− | '''Innit''' - "Is it not?" Normally appended on the end of a sentence, more as punctuation than as an actual question. Usage: ''"We're going down the pub, innit | + | '''Innit''' - "Is it not?" Normally appended on the end of a sentence, more as punctuation than as an actual question. Usage: ''"We're going down the pub, innit?"'' |
'''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."'' | '''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."'' | ||
− | + | '''On the Rag''' - Menstruating. Also sometimes euphemistically (though more old fashionedly) referred to as ''"Liverpool playing at Home"'', in reference to the old red football shirt of the Liverpool team. Usage: ''"She's on the rag mate, I'm not shagging that."'' | |
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− | '''On the Rag''' - Menstruating. Also sometimes euphemistically (though more old fashionedly) referred to as ''"Liverpool playing at Home"'', in reference to the red football shirt of the Liverpool team. Usage: ''"She's on the rag mate, I'm not shagging that."'' | ||
'''Pissed''' - Drunk. Getting pissed, for example, is getting drunk - a major goal of any night out for the Scum. Note that the American usage of pissed (angry) is replaced with "pissed off", but this means annoyed rather than enraged. Conversely "going for a piss" is urinating. | '''Pissed''' - Drunk. Getting pissed, for example, is getting drunk - a major goal of any night out for the Scum. Note that the American usage of pissed (angry) is replaced with "pissed off", but this means annoyed rather than enraged. Conversely "going for a piss" is urinating. | ||
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'''Pub''' - Public house, a place where alcohol is sold and can be consumed on the premises. Not quirky quaint olde english places, as America might associate with the word, but rather buildings with crumbling plaster, a permanent smell of urine and no food served apart from bags of scratchings. Usage: ''"Going down the pub. Coming?"'' | '''Pub''' - Public house, a place where alcohol is sold and can be consumed on the premises. Not quirky quaint olde english places, as America might associate with the word, but rather buildings with crumbling plaster, a permanent smell of urine and no food served apart from bags of scratchings. Usage: ''"Going down the pub. Coming?"'' | ||
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'''Scratchings''' - Deep fried pork skin, sold in little packets. A main food staple for Scum. | '''Scratchings''' - Deep fried pork skin, sold in little packets. A main food staple for Scum. | ||
− | '''Shag''' - To have sex with. Not said in a camp Austin Powers accent, but still the question ''"wanna shag?"'' is perfectly acceptable Scum parlance | + | '''Shag''' - To have sex with. Not said in a camp Austin Powers accent, but still the question ''"wanna shag?"'' is perfectly acceptable Scum parlance. |
− | '''Shaggable''' - Sexually attractive | + | '''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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=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". A number of more local euphemisms may exist as well, like ''"ratboys"'' and ''"weasels"''. | '''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". A number of more local euphemisms may exist as well, like ''"ratboys"'' and ''"weasels"''. | ||
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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. |