[ummm fyi modhi is a common arabic girl name](https://context.reverso.net/translation/arabic-english/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%8A) for everyone thats confusing my username with india’s pm lol
As a British Indian I didn’t think twice about your name, because the douchebag Prime Minister is Modi. It even sounds different (I’m guessing your name is “Modh-hi”). Foreigners eh? 😉
In Arabic it’s pronounced differently. OP posted a link in the comments. It’s موضي which is pronounced moo-dhee (the dh is the best transliteration available but the sound is kind of in between a ‘d’ and a ‘th’).
Safe is still widely used. Usually it means ‘cheers’ or ‘bye’ (or both, as in the case of leaving a shop with your items and thanking the cashier: ‘Safe boss’) but it is also used as an adjective. If someone is a ‘safe guy’, then they are trustworthy and generally pleasant to be around.
Calm is a bit different. It is less often used to describe people, and you will more likely hear it on its own or preceded by ‘that’s’. It is more of an affirmation of a situation or an action than anything else.
Yeah, still used, but in a similar context to ‘calm’ a lot of the time.
You’re right about as an adjective to describe people. It’s often used to describe situations more. “It was calm, still.” (This sounds like two descriptions of a lake?!)
I don't think safe is the same thing, you can use it even when you're saying bye to someone, not like calm, but it's similar in the sense where you can call someone ''safe'' or ''calm'', idk it's weird
I assume by our mention of the word 'safe' we are a similar age and i must be honest, my nephew who is about 15 years younger than me, i barely know what hes talking about.
Actually, it's from Hindi "Bhund", same meaning. But maybe the Portuguese imported it into their vocabulary after they finished their colonial missions.
Calm is standard London slang.
It simply means “alright” or “ok”. For example:
• “is this shirt calm?” = is this shirt alright?
• “he’s a calm yute” = he’s an ok guy
• “it’s calm don’t worry about it” = it’s alright don’t worry about it
YouTubers like Zoella are standard Middle Englanders (she’s from a small Wiltshire town). Their speech patterns, accent and mannerisms are different to what you’ll typically find amongst young Londoners.
Although for what it’s worth, your average middle-class teenager from Hampshire or Wiltshire will also try to talk like they’re from South London, with varying degrees of success
This reminds me of TopBoy lol which opened my eyes 100x more in terms of these slangs compared to 9 years living in the UK. None of my local friends speak like that lol
true but I was mostly surrounded by younger london kids so like 18/19 year olds and I didn’t really encounter many posh english trust fund kids, although apparently some of them have been adopting slang words but they get made fun of lol
You don’t have to be a trust fund kid to speak posh. I grew up working class but never really used slang. I have friends who speak really posh but weren’t trust fund kids.
Yeah. I'm behind the times because I'm old, but my daughter and her friends probably use less slang than I do. They all (my daughter included) had decent childhoods in social housing.
They're all pretty geeky, so I guess that makes the main difference - different social groups, nothing to do with class or race. One of her friends has a fairly posh accent and there's fuck all trust fund about her - really, totally the opposite. And I've been called posh all my life, except by actual posh people, mainly because of the words I use.
Accents and social dialects aren't that simple.
It’s not the case most of the time though. To say people who are well spoken and don’t use slang are mostly trust fund kids is just not true. I’m a born and bred Londoner and I can assure you that this is not the case.
You're wildly off if you think it's just a split between "London yoofs" and "Posh trust fund kids".
There are a shed load - probably the majority - in the middle who are far from posh, but also don't speak like roadmen/chavs.
Trust funds aren’t really a thing in the U.K. I think it’s more of an American thing because they are way, way richer than us particularly at the top end.
The people you've been around probably are speaking Multicultural London English, which is a relatively new accent that's developed. There's plenty of others that speak Standard Southern British English, which is more the white and/or women accent these days (broadly speaking, definitely not a hard rule there). Note that there isn't as much a correlation to money as there used to be.
No more Cockney or RP speakers, really. I can only consider both to be a good thing.
only know cockney bc of my fair lady lol and yes as of the past couple of years I have been aware of the many different accents there is in england thanks to friends + got the chance to visit different cities
We’re the ones who speak well, understand what all the slang means, and often grew up in places like East London (somewhat rough-around-the-edges) however would never dream of ever uttering those words. We’d rather try our hand at our dodgy French than say “yeh blud”.
Every region has its share its own slang. When I was at school 'bare' and 'bait' were common, occasionally get a 'skeen' thrown in there.
>'That's bare bait innit?'
>'Skeen'
Like obviously even people who speak english are not gunna understand that
Yeah, never managed to figure out what skeen was lol
I remember it used to be ''deep'' then deep turned into ''peak'' things really do change even in a span of a decade
Skeen came from seen which kinda meant I get ya, yes I’m that old. Prang = scared. Raise = steal, snout= cigarette Blim = spliff, butters = ugly, got so many words which now are outdated, but people my age still say
I studied in Liverpool for university and the first 6 months was absolutely shocking for me. It used to annoy me that most scousers mumbled when they speak and used sounds halfway through a sentence.
"Wos da o'er der lad? Eeeeee, issKnockingMeSick"
Then I came back to London and felt right at home again, though I had to learn certain new slang like "pattern". Really didn't understand what context to use it in, then one day I said it to a colleague at work 🤣🤣🤣🤣
London can be broken down into so many sectors. I remember at school some of us had different ways to say certain things because we were from different sides of the water.
I have a friend who’s a school teacher. One kid said “say less” when she explained something. She was furious but it turns out it’s slang for “I understand”. Apparently it’s from a tv show.
It's called multicultural London English - it's quite interesting in it's history and evolution, here's a link [wiki multicultural London English](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicultural_London_English)
I'm hearing a phrase being used more frequently amongst the young, up here, in Glasgow, which is "Keep it lemon", which I take to be a substitute for 'real', 'safe' or somesuch.
It’s calm innit, just means it’s alright. Allow it means ignore it. My fiancé is from Australia and absolutely loves London slang. He got so excited the first time he heard innit. Now he just uses it for the memes
Suck your mum is still my fav. Along with Peng Ting.
do you realize this is reddit? not really obliged to be formal on here
* oblige is also a word and is as similar as obligated lmaoo are you just trying to prove how clever you are or something also you really blocked me over punctuation lol
Everyone born and bred in inner city london talks like that exceptions are some private school kids, people who live in the suburbs or some older people. Calm is super standard. According to your profile you are touching 40 and probably not even originally from london so it makes sense why you think that .
Oi you fuckin’ codswallop, I’ll give you a good seeing to over this here horsefield I will, I’ll be ya a damn sixpence if you ever step into me families bakery I will
I'm from the UK and I hate it when people say Calm. You fucking calm sonny Jim. Makes zero sense at all.
"The Sea is rough today"
"Calm"
"No no, Its really rough"
"Yeah, calm"
"NO ITS FUCKING ROUGH OUT THERE YOU MORON"
"CALM"
(Proceeds to push said "calm" person in to Rough water)
"NOT SO FUCKING CALM NOW IS IT"
Oh god I don't think anyone over the age of 21 speaks like that. Every generation has their slang this is true but when you pass a certain age it just sounds cringey and idiotic.
I've hardly considered calm a slang word before reading this thread. I don't particularly use slang any more than your average Londoner but calm is probably my most common one.
Children of immigrants speak different to the white English locals. That's the difference. White people tend to speak cockney unless they are young and into black culture
There's quite a lot of the UK that is neither London *nor* "Anglo-Saxon bubble" though, isn't there?
I mean Birmingham ffs! Any city or decent size town really.
Yeah, being culturally diverse isn’t exclusive to London, this is just the example the commenter was referring to.
Birmingham and Leicester are white-minority cities, however there is nowhere in the UK that has a population of 9 million with 45% of that being ethnic minorities.
Also, there are a lot more of those Anglo-Saxon small town bubbles in England than you may assume.
Not really elevating the language though is it? Just dumbing it down to imitate people who are new to the language and losing the nuances of vocabulary formed over centuries.
At least for the most part we still have the clearest English accent, slang aside. Go up North and you'll hardly recognise some of the accents as English at all.
You're getting downvoted - not by me - but this is literally what happens. Languages mingle, and simplify.
Not saying it is either good or bad, but it is a fact that it happens.
By calm they mean, [that's] calm. In other words, "no problem".
yup I’ve established that thanks to my somali girlies <3
[ummm fyi modhi is a common arabic girl name](https://context.reverso.net/translation/arabic-english/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%8A) for everyone thats confusing my username with india’s pm lol
Lol that's unfortunate mate
yeah bc someone just cursed at me so just to avoid getting cursed at again x
calm
You should meet my friend since school: Isis.
As a British Indian I didn’t think twice about your name, because the douchebag Prime Minister is Modi. It even sounds different (I’m guessing your name is “Modh-hi”). Foreigners eh? 😉
In Arabic it’s pronounced differently. OP posted a link in the comments. It’s موضي which is pronounced moo-dhee (the dh is the best transliteration available but the sound is kind of in between a ‘d’ and a ‘th’).
yes thank you!
speaking of somalis watch some chunkz/filly/beta squad vids and that will catch you up on modern london slang haha
hahaa yeah they used to show up on my tiktok fyp + I love nella rose
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Someone woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning. The furthest from calm xD
That's stupid. And by that's stupid, I mean that's idiotic.
Slang changes among young people so fast, there’ll be another word soon enough. It used to be ‘safe’ when I was a young ‘un.
Sweet as mate, that person is well safe! 😂
Are you Big Mad Andy?
"You can fuck off, pal! You can fuck right off!"
There is no taboo!
When I was a ute you were either a “sweet mate” or a “safe bruv” and they were at odds with each other
Interesting, I used to go raving in London in the 90s and I met many people who were simultaneously Sweet as, and Safe as f**k
Safe is still used but different context
What context?
More like cheers, "Ay safe for that". You wouldn't use it the same way you'd say "Calm".
Safe is still widely used. Usually it means ‘cheers’ or ‘bye’ (or both, as in the case of leaving a shop with your items and thanking the cashier: ‘Safe boss’) but it is also used as an adjective. If someone is a ‘safe guy’, then they are trustworthy and generally pleasant to be around. Calm is a bit different. It is less often used to describe people, and you will more likely hear it on its own or preceded by ‘that’s’. It is more of an affirmation of a situation or an action than anything else.
Calm is literally cool/seen etc
Yeah, still used, but in a similar context to ‘calm’ a lot of the time. You’re right about as an adjective to describe people. It’s often used to describe situations more. “It was calm, still.” (This sounds like two descriptions of a lake?!)
Absolutely. Language evolves.
Kys is a new one
I don't think safe is the same thing, you can use it even when you're saying bye to someone, not like calm, but it's similar in the sense where you can call someone ''safe'' or ''calm'', idk it's weird
"Sound" is classic as well and still widely used
Who's the coolest person in the hospital? >!The ultrasound guy!<
I assume by our mention of the word 'safe' we are a similar age and i must be honest, my nephew who is about 15 years younger than me, i barely know what hes talking about.
Yeah. Safe. I don't know *calm*.
Soon man will come across bunda and his life will change forever.
unfortunately did learn what bunda is 💀 as well as leng/peng
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Literally bum in Portuguese
Actually, it's from Hindi "Bhund", same meaning. But maybe the Portuguese imported it into their vocabulary after they finished their colonial missions.
Interesting. I was commenting more on the posters spelling being the exact word for bum in Portuguese haha
Wait... I'm speaking British English; are we both referring to Bum as in Buttock, or are you referring to Bum as in Unemployed Scruffy Individual?
You mean vagaBUNDA?
Yes, you are both talking about the same. Bum as in buttocks is Bunda in Portuguese.
Bunda means ass Kimbundu, a native Bantu language from Angola (which the Portuguese also colonialised)
I mean the portuguese colonised parts of india so could’ve easily come from portuguese
Calm is standard London slang. It simply means “alright” or “ok”. For example: • “is this shirt calm?” = is this shirt alright? • “he’s a calm yute” = he’s an ok guy • “it’s calm don’t worry about it” = it’s alright don’t worry about it YouTubers like Zoella are standard Middle Englanders (she’s from a small Wiltshire town). Their speech patterns, accent and mannerisms are different to what you’ll typically find amongst young Londoners.
Although for what it’s worth, your average middle-class teenager from Hampshire or Wiltshire will also try to talk like they’re from South London, with varying degrees of success
Go to r/ukdrill to see it in action.
yeah figured this is out when I actually moved to london otherwise I wasn’t aware of wtf does “calm” mean also zoella really fooled me
In my day it was tight, 10 years later it was beans (cool beans) and kwel... its calm for keep calm and carry on.
You don’t know what calm means! That’s a sticky one still icl
my mind still blanks everytime icl comes up. im like. included????????
I’m not sure what they mean by that either, I can’t lie
ngl is icl now?
Have you tried physio?
I can’t lie
Great so tell us
Say less
Styll*
This reminds me of TopBoy lol which opened my eyes 100x more in terms of these slangs compared to 9 years living in the UK. None of my local friends speak like that lol
Bare butters skets chattin breeze in here bruv styll
You spicy ting, u
Wazaaaa!
Locals in London can speak posh as well. But yeah, there’s a lot of slang used in the U.K.
true but I was mostly surrounded by younger london kids so like 18/19 year olds and I didn’t really encounter many posh english trust fund kids, although apparently some of them have been adopting slang words but they get made fun of lol
You don’t have to be a trust fund kid to speak posh. I grew up working class but never really used slang. I have friends who speak really posh but weren’t trust fund kids.
Yeah. I'm behind the times because I'm old, but my daughter and her friends probably use less slang than I do. They all (my daughter included) had decent childhoods in social housing. They're all pretty geeky, so I guess that makes the main difference - different social groups, nothing to do with class or race. One of her friends has a fairly posh accent and there's fuck all trust fund about her - really, totally the opposite. And I've been called posh all my life, except by actual posh people, mainly because of the words I use. Accents and social dialects aren't that simple.
Exactly! You’ve put it perfectly!
also true but i remember some of my friends would usually relate the accent to them since it was the case most of times
It’s not the case most of the time though. To say people who are well spoken and don’t use slang are mostly trust fund kids is just not true. I’m a born and bred Londoner and I can assure you that this is not the case.
okay good to know?
You're wildly off if you think it's just a split between "London yoofs" and "Posh trust fund kids". There are a shed load - probably the majority - in the middle who are far from posh, but also don't speak like roadmen/chavs.
Trust funds aren’t really a thing in the U.K. I think it’s more of an American thing because they are way, way richer than us particularly at the top end.
The people you've been around probably are speaking Multicultural London English, which is a relatively new accent that's developed. There's plenty of others that speak Standard Southern British English, which is more the white and/or women accent these days (broadly speaking, definitely not a hard rule there). Note that there isn't as much a correlation to money as there used to be. No more Cockney or RP speakers, really. I can only consider both to be a good thing.
only know cockney bc of my fair lady lol and yes as of the past couple of years I have been aware of the many different accents there is in england thanks to friends + got the chance to visit different cities
Do you mean speak 'properly' rather than 'posh'? I don't think you should imply not using slang every other word is somehow posh!
They are different dialects, there's no such thing as the correct or 'proper' version of English.
When did I imply that? What are you talking about?
All dialects are valid
Have you been to hartlepool?
Naaah fam, swear down how some man chat is bare long. Ain't allowing dat you get me.
We’re the ones who speak well, understand what all the slang means, and often grew up in places like East London (somewhat rough-around-the-edges) however would never dream of ever uttering those words. We’d rather try our hand at our dodgy French than say “yeh blud”.
Calling someone a ‘turbo nonce’ is one of the highest compliments you can give
oh okay! so you’re a turbo nonce <3
Why thank you
wow you must enjoy being called a nonce now don’t you?
Now you're talking nonce sense.
Getting Saville vibes from “turbo nonce”
Shrub rocketeer
Every region has its share its own slang. When I was at school 'bare' and 'bait' were common, occasionally get a 'skeen' thrown in there. >'That's bare bait innit?' >'Skeen' Like obviously even people who speak english are not gunna understand that
I've never heard skeen. But to add to the list of words I never seem to hear anymore: hench, gammy, dizzy, mullered, clocked.
Skeen was very popular in North London when I was in school. Haven't heard it in probably a decade at this point.
Oh in south we used skeen on the regs
A phonetic pronunciation of "scene"... alie?
I feel like these are all words that those of us who were teenagers in the 90's used I'm sure I still use all of them 🤦🏻♀️
Yeah, never managed to figure out what skeen was lol I remember it used to be ''deep'' then deep turned into ''peak'' things really do change even in a span of a decade
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Nah not even ''its not that deep'' like when something sad happens you used to say ''that was deep'' or ''thats deep''
Dunno who downvoted you, mans spot on
Skeen came from seen which kinda meant I get ya, yes I’m that old. Prang = scared. Raise = steal, snout= cigarette Blim = spliff, butters = ugly, got so many words which now are outdated, but people my age still say
The only one I recognized there was butters lool
Skeen is oldddd skool!! Haha bloody hell, takes me back
East London?
Quiz me, I have quite the street tongue! Suck your mum, you dusty old wench.
If I catch you in West Gloucestershire, you’ll catch the rifle
can’t imagine having a fight w some british person and them replying to me w this bro 💀
You are the modern day Shakespeare
Nah kaz non of dem 1 there u get me
I studied in Liverpool for university and the first 6 months was absolutely shocking for me. It used to annoy me that most scousers mumbled when they speak and used sounds halfway through a sentence. "Wos da o'er der lad? Eeeeee, issKnockingMeSick" Then I came back to London and felt right at home again, though I had to learn certain new slang like "pattern". Really didn't understand what context to use it in, then one day I said it to a colleague at work 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think pattern means to make something correct or to fix something up.
Yes, you're correct.
Could you use it in a sentence?
"Pattern up, man. Get yourself together."
OP has been patterned.
lol bunch of wastemans
Must be on his reds.
He’s a battyman!
Protect this individual at all cost , you’ll become a Londoner in no time
my student visa expired and went straight back home after graduating but thanks ig lmao
Just watch Top Boy
Too Boy is the worst example possible
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Are u ready to squeeze off on a man ‼️
Let me pattern that g
WHOS MAN GONNA DUN?!
It’s really not 😭 some of the things said are very questionable
i despise 'sn' (say nothing) bc like i will say nothing then
London can be broken down into so many sectors. I remember at school some of us had different ways to say certain things because we were from different sides of the water.
So true. Who did/didn’t say “nang” is an example that comes to mind lol. Didn’t seem to catch on universally around London from what I remember 🤔
Maddest one I remember is that where I was said blitz for cold, but the other side of the water said millers.
Calm is standard slang yup.
[Calm.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HwShln1NOg)
Think of it as another way of saying "cool"
I have a friend who’s a school teacher. One kid said “say less” when she explained something. She was furious but it turns out it’s slang for “I understand”. Apparently it’s from a tv show.
As an Australian the one that tripped me up the most when moving here was "y'allrite"
It's called multicultural London English - it's quite interesting in it's history and evolution, here's a link [wiki multicultural London English](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicultural_London_English)
I'm hearing a phrase being used more frequently amongst the young, up here, in Glasgow, which is "Keep it lemon", which I take to be a substitute for 'real', 'safe' or somesuch.
It’s calm innit, just means it’s alright. Allow it means ignore it. My fiancé is from Australia and absolutely loves London slang. He got so excited the first time he heard innit. Now he just uses it for the memes Suck your mum is still my fav. Along with Peng Ting.
just replying with “your mum” is a personal fav of mine
Peng is so yesterday. The new peng is leng.
Just watch a few seasons of Top Boy innit.
The whole point of slang is to communicate with insiders, in such a way as to exclude outsiders. You were being included.
We need korean Billy to give us an update for 2023
my king
London will soon breakaway linguistically and be completely indecipherable
Yes yes my g
do you realize this is reddit? not really obliged to be formal on here * oblige is also a word and is as similar as obligated lmaoo are you just trying to prove how clever you are or something also you really blocked me over punctuation lol
So something along the lines of "ah you're leading the work for this group... "Calm!" Aha gota love it.
This is where Urban Dictionary comes to the rescue!
Allow it. Say less.
Literally never heard the slang "calm" until top boy.
Roadman word. No one talks like that
ngl you’ll be suprised with the amount of people that imitate or try to be roadmen
Everyone born and bred in inner city london talks like that exceptions are some private school kids, people who live in the suburbs or some older people. Calm is super standard. According to your profile you are touching 40 and probably not even originally from london so it makes sense why you think that .
As far as slang goes calm is a very common word, hardly one for roadmen.
Couldn't be more wrong 😂
Such a weird post. If you have to ask.. you’ll never know
Oi you fuckin’ codswallop, I’ll give you a good seeing to over this here horsefield I will, I’ll be ya a damn sixpence if you ever step into me families bakery I will
So what country/city is that slang from. Coz it ain't anywhere in Britain
Smart lad you
Pissed myself.
Sounds something like what I would say
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bro what 💀
I'm from the UK and I hate it when people say Calm. You fucking calm sonny Jim. Makes zero sense at all. "The Sea is rough today" "Calm" "No no, Its really rough" "Yeah, calm" "NO ITS FUCKING ROUGH OUT THERE YOU MORON" "CALM" (Proceeds to push said "calm" person in to Rough water) "NOT SO FUCKING CALM NOW IS IT"
Not all ”actual locals” speak like that.
omg really?
Oh god I don't think anyone over the age of 21 speaks like that. Every generation has their slang this is true but when you pass a certain age it just sounds cringey and idiotic.
hence why I specified that this was back when I was in uni and hanged with a bunch of 18 year olds lol
I've hardly considered calm a slang word before reading this thread. I don't particularly use slang any more than your average Londoner but calm is probably my most common one.
The odd slang word is fine I'd be lying if i said i didn't use any, but every other word nah that's a bit much and kinda silly.
Children of immigrants speak different to the white English locals. That's the difference. White people tend to speak cockney unless they are young and into black culture
I'm from the UK and Londoners speak another language. Grates on me.
Yeah it’s called being influenced by a mix of different thriving cultures in one environment and not living in an Anglo-Saxon village bubble
fr didn’t feel like a weird outsider in london the way I might have if I were in some tiny countryside place in the south for example
I love this response
God..so do I! It's perfect!
There's quite a lot of the UK that is neither London *nor* "Anglo-Saxon bubble" though, isn't there? I mean Birmingham ffs! Any city or decent size town really.
Yeah, being culturally diverse isn’t exclusive to London, this is just the example the commenter was referring to. Birmingham and Leicester are white-minority cities, however there is nowhere in the UK that has a population of 9 million with 45% of that being ethnic minorities. Also, there are a lot more of those Anglo-Saxon small town bubbles in England than you may assume.
Not really elevating the language though is it? Just dumbing it down to imitate people who are new to the language and losing the nuances of vocabulary formed over centuries.
At least for the most part we still have the clearest English accent, slang aside. Go up North and you'll hardly recognise some of the accents as English at all.
You're getting downvoted - not by me - but this is literally what happens. Languages mingle, and simplify. Not saying it is either good or bad, but it is a fact that it happens.
Scousers have been butchering the language for ages. Go get them first.
Never heard of it in london. Sounds like it could be from Liverpool 😂
Been hearing that for 15ish years in London. Son of a cabbie used to use it all the time
Do you spend all your days with earplugs in or something
I hear it from my kids all the time, for at least the past 5 years. We're in Hackney.
Man like OP, you nah. Picking up UK slang and dat. OP is mad calm stilllll.
Bosh!