Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)

To tell people what they want to hear to get them off your back, for the moment. To not be truthful. Commonly used by teenagers as a means of stopping their parents nagging them. Also used by politicans.

(ed: well ok. I have no idea whatsoever what this is about and I need help - though I suspect so does the person who send the words in. If you know what they are, then you are either very clever, or as bad as the original contributor - either way please leet me know and I'll update the definitions)

Entered verbatim:

No silly, you have litnoids, lefthanded litnoids,a qwatalitz, quatanoid & a halfnoid. This is driving me nuts... I sure hope you can help. I have searched noids till I'm blue! Qwatalitz??? ... quatanoid... halfnoid?????????

Used as intensifier, e.g. you could say "Little ex!" meaning "Wow that's excellent!"

Usually heard in the form of "I'm gonna beat the livin' daylights outta ya!!". It was derived from the expression "liver and lights" at a time when the word for lungs was "lights".

The liver is the heaviest (most dense) part of the body. The lungs are the lightest (least dense) part of the body. (ed: this place is very educational)

overzealous

Also means rich... no idea why tho!

Someone who is large, either tall, fat, or both. Someone very clumsy, often falling over, or breaking things. Also referred to as a "lumberer". Used as "Whoa, check out that great loafer!"

Call when teacher was coming, e.g. Keep lobs, stand lookout while others engage in fighting/burglary/sabotage etc.

Chucked.

CB slang for sheriffs and local police.

Describes someone very drunk. Used as "He's locked" from "locked out of his head", "locked out of me tree".

(ed: entered verbatim): "He went mental and Logued at Mr Jones", A lad called Phillip Logue was repremanded by our PE teacher once and was asked to wait in the PE office (which was obviously considered a hotbed of gay activity) for a bollocking. To which he responded "Why sir, are you going to do me up the arse?".

The most interesting thing was the pissed-off way he said it, as if this was going to be his 1,000th anal intrusion by a PE teacher. From thence forth, any forthright reposte beyond normal bravery was known as a Logue.

Laxy person. Someone who wanders around aimlessly.

Acronym for 'lots of laughs' used as an exclamation, usually typed, and usually in a computer chat/email/instant-message venue. Can mean "lots of laughs", or "laughing out loud". Either way the meaning is that you find the interaction humorous.

There are many 'standard' acronyms on the internet and a quick search using the Google search engine will turn up pages of them.

Someone who has no friends, or sits alone in class/buses etc.

Originally from Scots but also in Geordie. Possibly derived from 'loanin' which might have had to do with an old system for loaning plots of land, or perhaps "a sheltered place where cows were gathered for milking".

I think we need some further input on this before we can be definitive..

To the contributor it meant a shortcut that was usually grassy and covered in dog poo, often an old railway line or grassy lane that you'd maybe use as a shortcut to get to school.

(1) someone apparantly insane or prone to performing oddly on occasions. Assumed of old to be one affected by the phases of the moon = luna = lunatic = loonie!

(2) Canadian one-dollar coin, originated from the loon on the one side of it.

Trousers.

Crazy. When used to describe person, often accompanied by twirling a finger pointed to the temple of the user in a looping motion, and (if necessary) pushing the tongue down between the bottom teeth and the chin.