![]() ![]() Link – V – To meet up with friends or hang out. “He was so wavey at the party last night.” Wavey – Adj – To be drunk or high on drugs. “You are so dench now that you have been down the gym.” “Man, that party was lit!”ĭench – Adj – Someone who has bulked themselves up successfully. Lit – Adj – Something that is exciting or big bash. “I think he’s a Northerner.”īlower – N – The phone. Northerner – N – Anyone who lives outside the M25 ring road that surrounds London. “What? Does he think he’s some kind of roadman?” Probably the person to ask for direction. Roadman – N – That intimidating, slightly sketchy looking character who knows the neighborhood better than anyone. ![]() “Oh looks like the mandem are hanging out a the skate park again.” Mandem – N – A group of acquaintances that aren’t as cool as they think, slightly ropey. Like the person serving you chicken at the local chippie. “There’s a rail strike again this weekend it’s so peak”.īossman – N – Used to refer to a shopowner or someone working in the service industry. Peak – Adj – One would think this would be an adjective to describe something grand, it actually means the exact opposite. “She is so Peng.” “Or that food was the Pengest munch.” Popularised on the streets of London in the ethnic neighborhoods. Peng – N – Excellent, very good, attractive. And the meaning may completely change by tomorrow morning! Some of them may still have you scratching your head. Here are a few new words that have made their way into the current London Urban vernacular. It’s all very fascinating and confusing to visitors as well! There are new words all the time, old words are brought back into fasion, some words now mean the opposite of what they used to mean. It changes the most on the streets of London as the various ethnicities that have settled in London co-mingle their native languages with English. ![]()
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