The Susie Dent Lexicon

I never imagined there would be an English word for it.

That smell is dear to me that I can almost smell it when hear the word.

BTW, in Bangla there’s actually phrase rather than a single word for it: Soda Matir Gondho

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Nerds.

To cozen…

To cheat, trick, deceive…

Rhymes with dozen.

Topical.

Suck it Cheaty.

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aka pronounced cousin? Hmmm

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Denouement

The tying up of loose ends, the end game in a plot, the realisation of the end.

Beautiful word, much much underused.

The denouement of the City debacle pleased Liverpool supporters.

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Jigger - Brummies use Entry commonly or Gully.

Cob - is a bread roll

Ta-Ra - is also similarly used.

We also use ‘Mom’ instead of Mum, ‘Island’ instead of Round about and ‘Gambole’ instead of forward roll.

A more recent one is to use the Cities dialing code 0121, in a saying. 0 1 2 1 do one :man_facepalming:t3:.

I do find the local slang quite interesting, I remember working in Stoke and being called ‘Duck’ by a shop keeper. It still makes me chuckle thinking about it because I don’t think I have ever pulled a more confused face in all my life.

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