
E: "Ecstasy," an illicit amphetamine-based drug often openly on sale,
especially at raves
Source: LS4
E-bloody-nuff: more than enough
Source: LS2
Ear-basher: someone who talks too much
Source: LS2
Eartha Kitt (rhyming): faeces
The rhyming component should be obvious
Source: LS3
Earwigger: an eavesdropper
Source: Shaw II
earwigging (Somewun wuz earwiggin: someone was eavesdropping).
Source: LS1
easy peasy: something "cinchy" or not difficult
Source: SL
Easy six(dockers): Sunday work.
Source: LS1
Echo koshers: newsboys
Source: TMD
Eck-eck, ere's...Beware, here comes.. In Lancashire "eck" derived from
"heck" it was an evasive oath.
Source: LS1
Eden, dressed for(obsolete): naked
Source: A
Ee ay addio: victory chant at a football(soccer) game; it comes ultimately
from the chant of a playground game, "The Farmer's in His Den."
Source: Shaw GS
Effing and blinding: swearing continuously, using the "ef" word and
the intensifying "blind."
Source: LTB
Egg-bound: constipated. In Lancashire, this was thought to be the state
of being constipated from eating too many eggs.
Source: LS2
Egg-shell blond: bald
Source: LS2
Eggy: agitated.
Source: LS1
Elastic Bands(rhyming): hands
Source: LS3
Elephant driver: insulting reference to a sub-continent Indian or a
Pakistani or a wider range of Far Easterners
Source: SL
elly-mouf: football goal in North Lancashire. The name for it echoes
the Hell Mouth of traditional morality plays
Source: GLD
emmy oggie, a: an empty house
Source: LS1
Endless belt: a prostitute. Cf. "belt" in the sense of to have sex with
someone. However, "belter" is a term of approval, when used sexually.
Sources: LS2, Moloney
ennog: back alley. Some take ennog to mean side alley, however.
Sources: PM, SL
Entery, or olla: back alley, passageway.
Source: LS1
Entrance Fee( De entrance fee: the price of a half-a-pint of beer). Spiegl
notes that this is the minimum sum of money required to gain entrance to
a public house, in the hope that further drinks will be bought by others.
Source: LS1
Entwistle tart or Entwistle tottie: girl who emphasizes her long legs
by wearing extremely high heels and a very short skirt. Entwistle was a
high-rise public housing unit. Entwistle Heights(rhyming): tights
Sources: Moloney, LS4
Erby. De erby. The mineral water shop.
Source: LS1
Erny: an undertaker. Spiegl notes the word-play here on "urny."
Source: LS2
Everton, a cup of (rhyming): coffee
The rhyme is with Everton Toffee
Source: LS3
Evo, the: the Everton Palace movie theatre
Source: SL
excess: short for "drunk" in police messages
Source: LS4
Eyes:" Is eyes is like pee-holes in snow": he has small, deep-set eyes.
Source: LS1
eyties: a reference to Italians. Some find the term offensive.
Source: SL