What would childhood be without toys, sweets, mates and ... well, kidspeak! The way we spoke as kids was as essential as a Johnny Seven or a Sherbert dab.
Here's some of the infant and juvenile lingo I can remember at the mo:
Ambliance - mispronounced ambulance
Draclia - mispronounced dracula
Nosh - food
Scran - food
Grub - food
Spuggy - chewing gum
Box - TV
Fogeys - adults
Keks - trousers
Chipes - chips
Crips - crisps
Pushiron - bike
Cally - money
Bunking off - staying off skoo
Skoo - school
Toffs - sweets
Nifty - great
Ace - great
Brill - great
Kushdi - great
Chavvers - lads
Bird - girlfriend
Div - silly person
Twerp - silly person
Prannock - silly person
Get - nasty person
Brickin it - scared
Belm - lying
Sack - bed
What kidspeak do you recall readers?
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