Lincolnshire School Words

Anyone who attended school near Lincoln will remember several words that are no longer used in adult society. Croggy anyone? And remember when you thought 'skill' was a good thing to show at football? Hah! it's actually a rare African bum disease and shame on anyone who agreed that they had it. Here follows a list that I can remember. So, if you go into a school now - you should be OK!

Ø Adamite - person associated with 'cool kid' Adam Wilkins. Names included Emmingham, Connell and Jackson
Ø African/American bunnyhop - A bike jump where one of the wheels lands first. African was back wheel first, american front wheel. Or was it the other way around?
Ø Backy - a lift on the back of your BMX
Ø Bealer - someone prone to crying. My brother Pete fitted into this category until he toughened up in year 8
Ø Bezzer, bezzed - Bezzer is a fat person, bezzed means to run fast. Strangely not related
Ø Chinned - to be punched in the face
Ø Chinny Reckon - Whilst stroking your chin, this expresses a suspicion that someone is telling tall tales.
Ø Chuddy - chewing gum
Ø Cob - throw
Ø Crag, crack - a game played against the side of RPS gym
Ø Croggy - a lift on someones handlebars - now outlawed by the nanny state
Ø Cropped - tripped up
Ø Decked - see chinned
Ø Dinner Bid - dinner lady, the sort who used to cart off people who had been smacked and could no longer walk
Ø Div - someone who's a bit thick
Ø Donkies - again, a long time. Mr Nelson has been giving me grief for Donkies Years
Ø Eggy Bernard - A smelly fart, named after Richard Burns - aka Bernard
Ø Endo - an easy BMX trick, where you slam on the front brake and your back wheel goes upwards - its like a reversed wheelie
Ø Eshed, Peshed - go really fast
Ø Fennies - kids from the lower areas of Lincolnshire - also know as fen monkeys
Ø Flobbed - to propel phlegm through the air
Ø Gillies - The beautiful and exclusive suburb of St Giles
Ø Gisberts - Drink
Ø Gleg - to look at
Ø Gos – to phlegm on someone’s head, particularly during a viscious playground scrap
Ø Grufter Grinder (see rooter hooter and rufter grufter)
Ø gyppo - a gypsie style child
Ø Hair Doc - indicates that subject needs to visit the 'hair doctor' i.e. point at Derry, laugh and sneer "hair doc!"
Ø Half-masts (J McPhail) - Very short trousers ending mid-calf, often prompting the taunt "who's died in your family."
Ø jars - cans
Ø Kerby - Genius game still played in Hykeham. Get a ball and stand with a mate either side of a road (the busier the better). Chuck it across and if it hits the edge of the curb and bounces back you get a point and a chance to try for a bonus point from the middle. Points were lost if you got run over
Ø Mardy - in a strop for some reason
Ø Munter - Ugly bird
Ø Nepis - Penis spelt different - a great way of insulting someone in front of Mr Pearson the art teacher without him knowing what was actually going on
Ø Nobber - a fool
Ø Nob-head - as above
Ø On-Klong - a 3rd years ankles in ridiculous platform shoes
Ø Ooking – really big!
Ø Peggies - BMX stunt pegs
Ø Peg-it - run away
Ø Pillage - A bit like the Eton wall game, but only played at 101 Dore Avenue
Ø Pleb - a game played on the triple slabbed concrete path to Asda. Whoever lost was a 'pleb'
Ø Preggers maldoon - a young lady with child
Ø Razzed - Go fast
Ø Roaring – to cry
Ø Rooter Hooter
Ø Rufter-grufter - all classifications of Derry's wind problems - which varied accoring to pitch, duration and wetness.
Ø Rush and Spider Keeper - means you don't have to stay in goal
Ø Sarnie/Sanger - sandwich. Often squashed flat, filled with crisps and consumed around 10.15 in the morning to give yourself a full run at footy during lunch hour
Ø Satched - to be completely soaking on a rainy day. Wearing a coat was gay
Ø Scally/schooly - a young (rough looking) girl/boy
Ø scoops - drinks
Ø Scran - Food
Ø Scutter - trampy, smelly person
Ø Skill - rare form of African bum disease, amazingly rife in the North Kesteven region
Ø Skiv, Skivvy - (J McPhail again) someone, or something really poor. To the point of destitution. Think Derek Brayfield
Ø Soz’ - a lazy way of saying sorry. Mr Hopkins - "where is your homework boy". Hicko - "Soz boss"
Ø Square - someone who could add up and everything by the age of 13 years old. Will Morgan used to call me a square which is ironic, as he now works as a management consultant for Accenture.
Ø Stinger - noun. game played with a tennis ball where the object is to pelt the ball as hard as you can at your mate, if you hit him, he then gets the chance to pelt it back, repeat until someone loses an eye (thanks for the memory Shep)
Ø Swede - head, particularly one that is enormous and round (think Gareth Bryant or Adrian Chamberlain)
Ø Uggers maldoon - a young lady who's fallen out of the ugly tree
Ø wang - To throw
Ø Wecky Scrubber - a lady of ill repute, low morals and loose virtue. From Westwick Drive
Ø Weg Head - an idiot
Ø Wembo - wembley football. Basically 20 lads all bear down on the poor sod who was nominated in goal
Ø Yonks – a long time