'My other half'

thehappybutterfly

jackieb wrote: »

Here, a bam is just a daft person - a fool.

See, this is why there's no wrong or right. :cool:

And bam to me is a show off. A bampot on the other hand is an idiot.

jackieb

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

And bam to me is a show off. A bampot on the other hand is an idiot.

Here it's just a bam or sometimes a 'feel bam'.

thehappybutterfly

jackieb wrote: »

Never heard of twining before. And a gadgie is just a man who you don't know - it's not really derogatory.

Right, I'll need to think about twining. I've googled it and I'm only getting tea. Clearly I've misheard her :cool: She says it means whinging?

csh_2

Jakeys here too, usually means an alkie or a junkie type. Generally a person you don't want to associate with or a Glaswegian lol just in keeping with the east/west divide

thehappybutterfly

jackieb wrote: »

Never heard of twining before. And a gadgie is just a man who you don't know - it's not really derogatory.

And my hubby (ha!) would be mortified if he chapped on someone's door and they shouted 'Dad, there's some gadgie at the door!" He'd be looking down at himself wondering if he was looking particularly scruffy

jackieb

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

Right, I'll need to think about twining. I've googled it and I'm only getting tea. Clearly I've misheard her :cool: She says it means whinging?

Could it be whining? But that's pretty universal, not local to one area.

krlyr

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Oh so true!
I'm a whole person in a loving relationship with another whole person!

I also can't stand "crimbo", "DS", "DD" and other variations of such nature. do you really refer to your kids/husbands etc. as "dear" at all times??

But it's internet lingo. I don't say "L-O-L" when I find something funny "offline", I laugh. I don't turn my head sideways to stick my head out, but I type :-P on my PC. I only call my OH "OH" online and I'm sure many people only use DS, DD, etc. on forums and so on too, not literally calling them "dear" all the time.

thehappybutterfly

jackieb wrote: »

Could it be whining? But that's pretty universal, not local to one area.

Definitely not whining. I'll ask her.

thehappybutterfly

krlyr wrote: »

But it's internet lingo. I don't say "L-O-L" when I find something funny "offline", I laugh. I don't turn my head sideways to stick my head out, but I type :-P on my PC. I only call my OH "OH" online and I'm sure many people only use DS, DD, etc. on forums and so on too, not literally calling them "dear" all the time.

I used to think LOL meant lots of love! I think that's a better version...

persa

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

Right, I'll need to think about twining. I've googled it and I'm only getting tea. Clearly I've misheard her :cool: She says it means whinging?

I've heard that expression before - I think the person who used it was from Northumbria.