
Gaff: flat, house. Gafless: homeless
Source: LS3
gaffer: high-ranking or important person. In the past gaffer has referred
to: boss, foreman, overseer, or even the father of a family.
Sources: LS2, SL,ODS
gairm: an illness, disease
Source: LS2
gaiters(obsolete): people able to afford fine footwear, and who expect
those who cannot to defer to them
Source: IHBY
Gammy-anded. A left-handed person(although the usual term for that is
"cack-handed.") Gammy can also refer to a clumsy right hander..
Source: LS1, GS, Moloney
ganger: the foreman
Source: JML
Ganja: Black English word for marijuana or grass
Source: LS4, BUABS
Gannets: originally referred to a sea bird, then to a greedy seaman,
because the bird was known for its voracious habits. Hearty eaters, often
children, may be referred to as "gannet-gobs."
Source: SL
Gansey.. I wanna gansey fer de la: I want a jersey for the boy. Spiegl
suggests that this usage reflects a "jocular confusion" of the Channel
Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, ending up "gansey." But "gansey"
is common in Ireland. Cf. Frank McCourt's recording of Angela's Ashes.
Source: LS1
ganzee, to have a: to take a look
Source: JML
Garlic pusher: an Italian. Responses to this particular slur range from
enraged to indifferent.
Source: SL
Gate: a bicycle. Twin gate: a tandem bicycle
Source: LS2
gawmless(Lancashire): idiotic, stupid, slow, dull. Cf. Liverpool " gormless."
In Lancashire, "to gawm" means to take notice or to understand. Hence
a "gawmless" person is an idiot.
Source: GLD
Gawpin. Ee was gawpin wid eyes like atpegs (hatpegs). He looked surprised.
In Lancashire "to gawp" means to stare vacantly with open mouth.
Source: LS1
Gazumped: extremely weary. It can also mean getting the raw end of a
business agreement, for instance a jump in the price of a house after
a lower price has been agreed upon.
Source: LS3
GBH: grievous bodily harm
Source: LS4
Gear, de gear: Excellent; suitable; satisfactory. Cf. French de rigeur.
Shaw has suggested that the term may be connected with shipping and the
stowing of gear in engine storerooms and forepeaks, and that the term may
have originated in India.
Source: LS1, Shaw II
Gear: cannabis
Source: LS4
Gee gees: horse racing track
Source: LS3
Gegs, ther: very good, excellent, splendid; mangled form of "ther gear,"
which means the same thing.
Source: LS2
General Balzup: mythical authoritarian held responsible for any disorganization,
defeat, or failure.
Source: LS2
gerk-butty: a slice of plain, uncoated bread, perhaps a common jail
fare once.
Source: LS2
Gerl. Me gerl. My wife.
Source: LS1
Gerraway!: An expression of wonder or disbelief
Source: LS2
Gerund grinder: schoolteacher
Source: LS2
get a belt off someone, to: to criticize or find fault with someone
Source: ATHIA
get done to: to be beaten up in a fight
Source: LS2
Get der bullet, to: to get fired, sacked
Source: LS3
get shot of someone, to: to fire them, release them from duty, to dismiss
Source: SI
getting the legs of someone(in soccer): outracing them in a play
Source: GTH
Getting down someone's ear-o(ear-hole): feeding someone a particular
point of view
Source: LTB
Getting the verbals: drawing a great deal of negative feedback for something
one has said or done.
Source: SL
Getting off at Edge Hill: coitus interruptus. Spiegl notes that Edge
Hill is the next to the last station before Lime Street, the terminus of
the London-Liverpool line.
Source: LS1
Gezzunder: a chamber pot, which "goes under" someplace
Source: SL
Gid: a check for money
Source: LS4
giggle, to look a bit of a: to look ridiculous
Source: JML
gill, a: half a pint of bitter beer
Source: LS1
Gimme some( or gizzer)...I should like to buy...
Source: LS1
gin and oranges, it's all: this is saying that it's matter of indifference,
or it's "all the same to me."
Source: SI
gink(obsolete): a bad person
Source: A
gip(as in "giving me gip"): physical pain or discomfort. Also see "gyp."
Source: SL
gip-butty: bread dipped in gippo or gravy
Source: LS2
Gippo: gravy
Source: LS2
Giro: money, or income
Source:LS4
Gisalite. Could you oblige me with a match, please?
Source: LS1
Gissome...Please serve us with...
Source: LS1
Git: character,person, sometimes derogatory
Source: ANS
give cheek to: to be insolent or uncooperative with one's superiors;
children were continually warned not to do this
Source: SL
give over: stop it
Source: LS2
give us a squirt, wack: pass the vinegar (in chippies or fish and chip
shops)
Source: LS2
Give someone his coffee: to get the better of a brawl with someone,
to give a come-uppance to someone.
Source: SHAW II
Give us some. Bring me a large portion.
Source: LS1
Glad and sorry: hire-purchase or installment buying. Cf. the "never-never."
Source: Shaw II
Glam: rip off or demolish, as in" to glam the face off someone."
Similar usages: to cop the face off someone, to rack the face off someone
Source: LTB
Glam: glamour, glamorous
Source: SL
glammed up: dressed and made up to the nines.
Source: SL
Glannies: glass marbles
Source: LS2
glassing: wounding with a purposely smashed drinking-glass--often in
a pub--in the face or neck.
Source: LS4
glory hole: generally, the below decks area of a ship, in some instances
the privy.
Glory hole can also mean any room or cupboard in a house where oddments
are stored.
Sources: DS, SL
Gnashers: false teeth
Source: LS2
Gnats' piss(or gnat's pee): Cider, near beer, weak tea, or any drink
considered to be lacking in strength.
Source: LS2, ODMS
go 'ard astern, to: to give up the argument; to admit defeat and beat
a hasty retreat
Source: LS2
Go crook: to accuse someone of wrong-doing
Source: SL
Go-along, a: a chastising blow to a troublesome child
Source: Shaw II
go on the stand, to: Before unionization and the Labour Exchange, dock
workers (actually ship repairmen) would take their tools with them and
gather in one area, hoping to be picked for work.
Source: NYM
Goat, to act the: to be on the fritz, or mechanically dysfunctional
For instance, a computer might be "acting the goat," or something else
might be "acting the giddy goat." Acting the goat can also mean to
play the fool.
Source: SL
Gob: the mouth. Shaw says that the word of Irish origin.
In Lancashire gob can mean a lump of anything, a large piece of meat,
a mouthful. etc.
Source: LS1, LS3, GLD, ML
gob-ache: toothache
Source: SL
Gob-organ: a mouth organ or harmonica
Source: LS2, MMWB
gob-wad: plug of chewing tobacco
Source: LS2
Gobber: a swallower of incriminating evidence
Source: LS4
gobbing: talking incessantly
Source: SL
gobbling: oral Sex from a prostitute
Source: SI
Gobshite: bantering remark, the implication being that the person referred
to is "full of shit."
The term is often used endearingly
Source: DVSL, ANS
Gobsmacked: surprised
Source: LS4
God stiffen it: an exasperated curse on something
Source: Shaw ML
God-forbids(rhyming): kids
Source: Shaw II
gods, the: the highest seats in a theatre, the place of mythical nosebleeds
Source: SL
Godzone: a contraction of "God's Own Country," another name for Australia
Source: SL
Gogs or goggles, or specky-gogs: spectacles
Snout-gogs: pince-nez
Source:LS2, Moloney
goggle box: television
Source: SL
Goin' Bismarck: Liverpudlian for going beserk. A variation on this is
"goin beresk."
Source: LS4
going over the top: in soccer, making a move intended to hurt an opposing
player while one pretends to be playing the ball
Source: GTH
Gold nugget: a profitable spell of Saturday work(dockers), which would
no doubt involve "ovies," or overtime pay.
Source: LS1, Moloney
golly: a children's game
Source: DBAPOI
Golly: a wad of phlegm
Source: LS2
golly-wacker: a spitter
Source: PM
gom, to(obsolete): to report someone to the police. The person in on
a job who was keeping watch would call "Gom" when when there was danger.
Source: A
Gom: a fool
Source: SHAW II
gom(obsolete): policeman
Source: UF
Gong: a chamber-pot. Bong ther gong: to accidentally kick the chamber-pot.
A gong is also a medal.
Source: LS2
goobie: a booger, a nose picking
Source: SL
Good Ship Neverbudge, the: mythical ship manned by the various
dry land sailors in navy uniforms, for instance the Netherfield Road contingent.
Source: TMD
Good Thing: a promiscuous woman
Source: LS3
Good-oh: a term of enthusiastic approval
Source: LS2
Goolies: testicles
Sources: LS2, LS3
Goosed: tired out, exhausted; also, spoiled or messed up.
Source: LS2
Goosgog: gooseberries(the fruit), no longer popular. The usual Lancashire
word is "goosegob."
Sources: DS.
goosing, to be: to be having sex
Source: SL
Gordon Bennett!(usually Cockney): exclamation to indicate amazement
Source: SL
Gormless: stupid, as in "totally gormless." Cf. the Lancashire
word "gawmless."
Source: SL
Gorped at: stared at
Source: SHAW II
Gosh custard: an exclamation
Source: SL
Goss-eyed(or gozzy-eyed): partially sighted, dazed and visually disoriented
Source: Partridge
got rabies: said of a foul-tempered, quarrelsome person
Source: LS2
got the luck of soft Joe: very lucky indeed
Source: LS2
got ther gob-shakes: said of a persistent talker, especially a nagging
woman
Source: LS2
got piles like seaweed: said of a restless, fidgety person
Source: LS2
Got the needle, got the spike, got the (h)ump, gorra cob on: annoyed
Source: LS3
gotchies: underpants
Source: SL
goz, a: a look at something
Source: SL
Gozzie: a contraceptive. Brand name: "Gossamer."
Source: LS2
gozzified: confused, disoriented, usually from drink
Source: SL
Grace Kelly (rhyming):telly, television
Source: LS3
Graft: a job, work, labor. It can also refer to tedious or tiring work
Sources: LS2, LS3, ALS, DS
grafting, to be: to be employed. It can also mean to be out stealing,
however, as well as kiting, or checkbook-bankcard fraud.
Source: LS3, SL, LS4
grand, a: one thousand pounds
Source: LS1
granny gore: a scold, a crotchety old person
Source: DBAPOI
graspers: hands
Source: SL
Grass, to : to give information to the police
Source: LS4
Grasser: a police informant; a stool pigeon
Source: LS2
Graving dock: in earlier history, a ship's keel was shaped or graved
out of a tree.
Source: SL
Green Goddess: name for the Liverpool city trams or streetcars. These
days ,the phrase refers to fire engines.
Source: SL, SCHUR
Greenfly: aphis or plant louse
Source: OED
Gregory Peck(rhyming): the neck
Source: LS3
Grid: drink
Source: LS3
grid fishing: a hand-eye coordination task for the young. It involved
using a string and a hook or something sticky to retrieve coins, currency,
and other liftable treasures which someone had let fall through a grating.
Source: MM
Griff: News, information. Duff-griff is false information.
Source: LS2
Griffin. Let's give de fellers de griffin. Let us warn our colleagues.
Source: LS1
Grind: sexual intercourse
Source: LS2
grizzle: to complain, also to resist or to be rebellious
Source: LS2, NYM
groceries, going for one's: going home to eat
Source: LS3
Groin: ring
Source:LS3
Grotty: grotesque, ugly
Source: LS2
grouse job, a: an excellent job
Source; SL, DS
Growler: lunch tin. Growler can also refer to a back bog, or privy,i.e.,
an outside toilet.
In underworld parlance, a "growler" is a nonce or sexual offender,
usually a child-abuser, segregated for his own safety in prison.
Cf. Lancashire verb "to grawl: which means to molest a young lady
Source: LS4, ML, SL
Grug screw: sexual intercourse during the dinner hour. Cf. on this list
"doing a matinee."
Source: SL
gump stew(obsolete): chicken broth
Source: A
Gun: among drug users, a hypodermic syringe
Source: LS4
Guy, to do a: perform a vanishing act
Source: Shaw III
gyp: pain caused by a physical condition
Source: SL
gypsy's tartan: the name for the red mottling legs could get from being
too close to a fireplace
Source: SL