klidenengro's definitions

stir

prison. romany word 'staripen', an immovable thing or place from which you cannot move, ultimately connecterd to the word 'stasis'

he's doing stir

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

nark

informer, someone who has got their nose into your business. Romany word 'naak' means nose. Not to be confused with the later American word with similar meaning which is an abbreviation for 'Narcotics Agent'

A coppers's nark

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

spiel

well rehearsed patter of salesperson or advocate of particular cause (1896), to gamble (1882), to play music (1870) also Spieler meaning a gambling club

don't give me that spiel

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

cosh

n. lump of wood, used to hit people. v. to hit with a lump of wood. Standard European Romany word 'kaasht' meaning a piece of wood.

she's got him under the cosh, poor sod

by klidenengro January 30, 2004

Lollipop

A sweet that is sucked. The interesting thing about this word is that originally meant a toffee apple. It is a fairground word from the Romany 'loli phaba', meaning red apple.

Telly Savalas sucks lollipops

loli phaba maishinava khal, khal,
yek pash tutir, yek pash mandir, hop, hop, hop. (Romany song)

by klidenengro November 6, 2011

spiv

an ancient chav trying to make you buy something either that you don't want or something that is in short supply. Associated with showy dressing habits, shiny suits and inappropriate hats, etc. Romany word from the word 'spuvel' to push

he dresses like a spiv

by klidenengro February 13, 2004

gazump

Also gesumph or gesumpf, said to have come into the British property business from the second-hand car trade in the 1970s. originally means to swindle, cheat or steal, now means to outbid (peculiar to the English and Welsh housing market). Ultimately derived from a German word meaning to put into a swamp or, in the modern idiom, to dump in the shit. first recorded in English in 1928

the bastards gazumped me

by klidenengro January 30, 2004