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Ten words and phrases you’ll only understand if you’re from Manchester

If you’re a proper Mancunian, you should know some of these…

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Have you ever said that you’re just nippin’ out for some scran? Or been fumin’ at someone? Maybe you need to get hold of ‘our kid’ to tell them that the footy was bobbins.

Check out these 10 words and phrases that you’ll only understand if you’re from Manchester and see how many of them you use, or just know.

Don’t forget to flatten your vowels and miss off your Gs!

1) Mint

Pronounced: Min-uh’

Adjective meaning: Excellent/great/ very good

Example: “That film was well mint!”

2) Sorted

Pronounced: Sor-id

Meaning: All done/Thanks

Example: “Yeah it’s sorted, that/Nice one mate, sorted.”

3) Mingin’

Pronounced: Ming-in’

Adjective meaning: Disgusting

Example: “Your dinner looks well mingin’!”

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4) Angin’

Pronounced: An-gin’

Adjective meaning: hungover/ugly/disgusting

Example: “Mate, I drank so much beer I was angin’ the next day/When the lights came on, he was actually angin’.”

5) Mad fer it

Pronounced: Mad -fer -it

Meaning: When someone likes something a lot/when someone enjoys having a good time

Example: “He’s been out every night this week ’cause he’s mad fer it!”

6) Scran

Pronounced: Scr-an

Noun meaning: Food

Example: “Let’s go get some scran, I’m starving.”

7) Buzzin’

Pronounced: Buzz -in’

Adjective meaning: Excited/ecstatic

Example: “I can’t wait to go to that gig, I’m buzzin’!/She’s absolutely buzzin’ with her new hair.”

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8) Our kid

Pronounced: Arrr-ki-duh

Meaning: Sibling

Example: “I went to the footy match with our kid.”

9) Snide

Pronounced: sni-duh

Adjective meaning: Mean/underhanded

Example: “Eee ‘r, give our kid a piece of your chocolate, don’t be snide.”

10) Bobbins

Pronounced: Bob-bins

Meaning: Rubbish

Example: “Don’t bother going to see that new show, it’s bobbins!”

Because there are just way too many proper Mancunian words and phrases to choose from, we’ve added some more here to add to your Manc vocabulary: ‘Proper’ — very/legit, ‘sound’ — good/okay, ‘cob on’ — in a bad mood/annoyed, town — the city centre, ‘mooch’ — a walk, ‘mission’ — a very long walk, ‘manky’ — dirty, and ‘leg it’  run.

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