Colloquialisms & Slang

[Moon bunny]

Various concerning boats etc

Etymologists have an acronym, CANOE, Campaign to Ascribe a Nautical Origin to Everything.

 

[FishFright]

Shanksy's Pony , or just Shanky's used to mean walking when you you had no alternative. I've no idea Shanky was .

If there is any fans of the Chicago House era did you ever wonder who Jack was?

Spoiler: NSFW

It wasn't a person but referred to jacking off

 

[Oldhippy]

My dad used to like any car, Mini's mainly that 'Stuck to the road like sh*t to a blanket' meaning they handled very well.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Pocket Billiards

A game involving two balls and cue accessed via one or more pockets. Portable version, usually played solo, though special friends can sometimes join in.

 

[DaveReading]

Shanksy's Pony , or just Shanky's used to mean walking when you you had no alternative. I've no idea Shanky was .

Whoever he/she was, his/her name was Shanks - hence Shanks' pony or (more usually) Shanks's pony.

I suspect you are getting confused with Banksy and his steed.

 

[mistyoptic]

Hobson’s choice, or “take it or leave it”

 

[neil_merseyside]

This thread is codswallop

 

[mistyoptic]

This thread is codswallop

Well! I’ll go to t’foot of our stairs!

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Shanksy's Pony , or just Shanky's used to mean walking when you you had no alternative. I've no idea Shanky was .

If there is any fans of the Chicago House era did you ever wonder who Jack was?

Spoiler: NSFW

It wasn't a person but referred to jacking off

 

[oldwheels]

Shanksy's Pony , or just Shanky's used to mean walking when you you had no alternative. I've no idea Shanky was .

If there is any fans of the Chicago House era did you ever wonder who Jack was?

Spoiler: NSFW

It wasn't a person but referred to jacking off

Shanks are legs so I imagine using your own shanks gives the origin.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Push bike

Refers to that very bicycle you are pedalling.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Steal my thunder

The idiom comes from the dramatist John Dennis (1658-1734), who created an innovative thunder machine for his 1709 play Appius and Virginia. The play was a flop, and quickly withdrawn. A performance of that old stalwart, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, was put on and the theatre company used Dennis’s thunder techniques without his permission.

Hence to steal someone’s thunder

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Strange that, to “have a monk on“ is frequently heard round the Wakefield area, there’s also some words on that link that’s are said in Yorkshire, also West & South Yorkshire your packed lunch for work is your snap, whereas in County Durham/Tyneside it’s your bait.

I use have a monk on and I'm even further east.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Shanksy's Pony , or just Shanky's used to mean walking when you you had no alternative. I've no idea Shanky was .

If there is any fans of the Chicago House era did you ever wonder who Jack was?

Spoiler: NSFW

It wasn't a person but referred to jacking off

It’s Shanks’ Pony not Shanky’s!

The phrase Shanks‘ pony, or mare, etc, means one’s own legs as a means of conveyance.

Shanks is a term for the legs

 

[FishFright]

It’s Shanks’ Pony not Shanky’s!

The phrase Shanks‘ pony, or mare, etc, means one’s own legs as a means of conveyance.

Shanks is a term for the legs

It's Shanksy’s where I grew up although it's not used at all by anyone under forty there nowadays.