Tag

#childhood

9 words tagged “childhood”

shoot-da-chute
noun

A playground slide.

#nola#dialect#childhood#south
gambol
noun

A forward roll — Brummie kids don't do somersaults, they do gambols.

#brummie#birmingham#british#dialect
huck-a-bucks
noun

Homemade frozen Kool-Aid in a Dixie cup — NOLA summer staple.

#nola#dialect#south#food
flyin' horses
noun phrase

A merry-go-round, specifically the antique one in City Park.

#nola#dialect#south#childhood
tip top
noun

A frozen sugary ice-pop in a long plastic tube.

#welsh#wales#food#childhood
ackee 1-2-3
noun

Birmingham's brutal hide-and-seek variant — find the safe zone before 'it' shouts your name.

#brummie#birmingham#games#childhood
scrumpin
verb

Nicking apples (or any fruit) straight off someone else's tree.

#brummie#birmingham#childhood#british
a backy
noun

A lift on the back of someone's bike.

#welsh#wales#british#childhood
backie
noun

A lift on the back of someone's bike.

#scottish#scotland#transport#british