Housey Slang.....
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I had completely forgotten about quiz and ego until I read it here, but does anyone remember DC? Someone would say "quiz?" then someone would reply "ego!" and if they didn't want it they would say DC and the person who quizzed the item would have to take it back. Was it DC or dici (latin or not?) and what did it mean, I can only think it stands for decline, but if it is latin and there is an expert out there, please enlighten me.
Also.. how about 'blam' which was said to someone after they'd probably already been embarrassed enough. It then went on to 'Blam your spam' which was probably worse due to the extra helping of embarrassement and then a large thwack on your forehead! oh what fun! cant believe i've forgotten about some of these infamous words!
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Oh you juniors wer so funny with your little words!meera wrote:Also.. how about 'blam' which was said to someone after they'd probably already been embarrassed enough. It then went on to 'Blam your spam' which was probably worse due to the extra helping of embarrassement and then a large thwack on your forehead! oh what fun! cant believe i've forgotten about some of these infamous words!
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Simon Kerruish wrote:I might be able to help here. I was in Maine B from '68-'71 and then in Middleton A from '71 until I got thrown out in '74. (I now live in Virginia and work in New York for what it's worth). The housemaster in Mid A was called Ron Lorimer and he was an absolute a..hole. His nickname was ZUP after he entered a classroom one day with his fly undone and had to do it up quickly and not very surreptitiously. Hence the sort of onomatopoeic nickname - possibly confused later with Zob?paddy wrote:marty wrote:the "master" to whom you refer was EJ Wolstenholme,
No - that's not the Zob I was thinking of - I think I remember Wolstenholme, and he was a lot more cuddly. This Zob was rather authoritarian, a housemaster, and quite feared - hmmm - can't get the name though.
O'Meara's nickname at the time was Dolly for no reason anyone could shed any light on. Kiff was indeed tea and flab was butter, or marg anyway. Bockers were indeed catering staff or groundsmen, one was called 'Dick the Knocker', again the reasons if there ever were any escape me. Tom Keeley was a very popular guy, mainly because he gave sh-t to everyone without exception. Finally, sorry to hear Tom Jeffers has retired - he was a really good guy and I remember the day he started. I never thought Shipton would ever go, he'd been around since God was a boy.
Hope this is of interest.
Simon
My era was 1962 - 1969. O'Meara was called "botty" since he was so young and baby faced then. Although he denies it now. Kiff bowls were large bowls from which you drank you Kiff. They looked like large sugar bowls and would certainly hold a large volume of tea.
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What are you implying my good man?Hendrik wrote:an' you'd know all about it, wouldn't ya, eh?Great Plum wrote:Oh you juniors wer so funny with your little words!
care to enlighten us on some of yer Maine A slang, Mr Plum?
I don't know if Maine A had a regional dialect... but maybe my memory has got a bit fuzzy...
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I remember saying 'Cussing Madella' or something like that? Somehow it was a piss-take on the art teacher guy Mr Della I think his name was or something like that anyway. Apparently when he was a pupil he jumped out of a second floor window in one of the houses and broke his leg - idiot! I think the saying came about cos he used to get pissed when people messed about in art.
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