Brummie slang as spoken by us brummies. An A - Z guide of words and sayings as spoken by Brummies. The dictionary contains some words that their use may or may not have originated in Birmingham or even used today as many have gone out of fashion amongst the youth of today. The Brummie accent is often confused with the Black Country accent.
| Slang | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Caggy-handed | Left handed |
| Cake hole | Your mouth |
| Cannabea | Can of beer |
| Cannalarga | Can of lager |
| Canting | Talking |
| Cartin | Carton |
| Cassill Brummich | Castle Bromwich |
| Chemzloy Wud | Chelmsley Wood |
| Chimley | Chimney |
| Cocka | informal name for younger male relative |
| Code | Cold |
| Copolt | Take hold of this |
| Coppit | catch it |
| Cor | Cannot |
| Cot Ridge | Cotteridge |
| Cowt | Outer garment..as in "'at 'n cowt" |
| Coze -Eel | Coleshill |
| Cucka | Oven |
| Cuddna bin | Couldn't have been |
| Cuf | Cough |
| Cut | Canal |
| Cuventroy | Coventry |
| Daynt | I Don't |
| Digbuff | Digbeth |
| Donnies | Hands (Wash your donnies) |
| Doolally | Barmy, Crackers |
| Dower | Door, as in "Shut thu dower" |
| Duck | "Woman (used for both sexes in the East Midlands) ""Oya Duck""" |
| Dudloy | Dudley |
| Erdintun | Erdington |
| Ersun | Belongs to a female. |
| Fake | Cigarette (Got era fake?) |
| Ferra | For a |
| Fizzog | Face |
| Flower | Floor as in " Moind me clin flower" |
| Foil | Metal rasping tool |
| Foive Wez | Five Ways |
| Foyer | Flames etc |
| foyered | to lose ones job as in "the gaffer foyered me" |
| Freud | Cooked in a pan of oil (as in "freud sossy-jizz") |
| Gaffer | Ones Boss |
| Gardin | The plot of land at the rear of the house for growin grass, flowers and vegatables |
| Garridge | Where you keep your car. (or "mowta") |
| Garritts Groin | Garretts Green |
| Geaus | Give me |
| Gerraway | Really? |
| Gerroff | Get off |
| Gerron me wick. | Fed up with someone. |
| Gerrout | You leave me incredulous |
| Giya | Give you - As in, I will gerim to giya a ring. ( I will get him to give you a ring). |
| Glarnies | Marbles |
| Gloss | Transparent material used for windows. |
| Gob | Mouth |
| Goo | Go |
| Good Boy | A bargain…or farewell |
| Gooin | Going |
| gorra cobb on | in a bad mood |
| Grett Bar | Great Barr |
| Gunna | Going to |
| Gunnyarta | going to have to |
| Guzz | Goes |
| Guzzunda | A vessel that used during the night in the days of back to back houses not having an inside toilet. The word describes where it was kept which was under the bed. "The pot goes under the bed" |
