How to communicate in Portsmouth City, South of England. 🇬🇧

Part 2

Gettin lairy – What someone is doing if they are being overly sarcastic or losing their cool.

In a cop/cop on someone – To be annoyed with someone.

Knackered – Exhausted, tired, can also mean ‘broken’ if applied to an object.

Mush – (Pronounced as moosh). Another Romany Gypsy word originally meaning man, but now used for a mate.

Mush Bird – A rather masculine woman!

Mullered – Once again a word borrowed from the Romany that can either mean intoxicated or that someone has been beaten up really badly.