noun General Slang

drive

· noun · welsh

South Wales address for any bus or taxi driver — 'Cheers, drive!'

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Definitions

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What you call the person behind the wheel of a bus or taxi in South Wales (and across the Severn into the West Country). Not their name, not 'mate', not 'boss' — just 'drive'. Saying 'Cheers, drive!' as you hop off the bus is basically civic duty from Swansea to Cardiff and up into the Valleys.

“Cheers, drive — have a good one.”
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drive In A Sentence

Cheers, drive — have a good one.

Origin & Usage

Clipping of 'driver'. Endemic to South Wales and the wider West-Country/Severn dialect zone.

Variants driv
Tags #welsh#wales#transport#british#wenglish

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