Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)

Generally means there could be nothing bigger than, more than, etc. 'big time', 'majorly', 'to the maximum capacity'.

Good, fun, cool, usually used to describe social get-togethers e.g. "His party was off the chain!"

interesting, surprising

Phrase used for those tripping on magic mushrooms. Those who were "off-their-face" could be easily spotted by others who partook in similar drug taking through some strange unspoken awareness. Alternately they could be spotted by anyone when they fall backwards off their chair in Biology Class and get taken to hospital to have their stomach pumped e.g. Gareth at Sandbach Skool, thereafter known to friends as "Mushy".

Straight forward abbreviation of 'off license', or 'bottle shop as they’re called in Australia.

Somethng nasty but ficticious that boys caught off girls by kissing or touching them...similar to "the lurgie".

This is more of a chant than a word. When there was a playground fight, the audience would gather round in a circle chanting 'oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...' until there was a breakthrough in the fight or it was broken up. I have no idea why we did it I know others have told me that 'fight-fight-fight' is more traditional., It may be a Scottish thing.

(ed: entered verbatim)

Member of the 'lower classes' of the UK - especially anyone not English - e.g. one who tends to pronounce an 'i' sound as 'oi'.

Mother, wife, defacto partner, or even 'boyfriend' if you're in prison.

Outdated, obselete. Used as "The Atari 2600 is really old school."

Contraction of a contraction of 'homosexual'. Contributor explains it as follows: "By the time I was at school (started primary in 86) 'hom' was out of use and had been bastardised to 'om'(I'm fairly sure that 'hom' must be its origin, but its a cross with 'orrr') and was used when another person had done something really bad/said a rude word or whatever and was an expression of shock - "ooooooommmmmm, I'm telling!". The 'I'm telling' was rarely absent from the phrase.

(ed: this seems remarkably similar in form to another entry 'Ah'mer! I'm Telling off you' - I wonder if they're the same thing?) Then a new generation of the word was born in roughly 1990/1. My stepsister and brother were playing with the kids of a family friend, one of whom was called Thomas. Thomas did something wrong and my stepsister came out with 'Ohmas Thomas, I'm telling'. they started using 'omas' at school and now its common in schools across Bolton, usually pronounced 'om-erz',".

To be out very late at night. Usually indicates a night of drunken debauchery - or at claims of drunken debauchery.

It means on your own. Used to take the mick out of someone who hasn't got any mates i.e "Ha ha! On your jack!".

An urgent physical call requiring immediate defection.

Say it quickly and you'll understand this cryptic question to which one either replied "7" and got a kicking, or "No, I don't one-off-eight cos you're soft."

The witty retort to this latter response was "Ha! You can't even count to 7!" before running away at speed. One- off-eight = wanna-fight, see?

Masturbating quickly. Used as in "His mother caught him in the bath having one off the wrist"

Insult used towards a girl.

Direct lifting from the German Uber. Used to mean very, really or big, i.e. "Ooober dork." meaning 'super dork', or "Oober freaky." meaning 'super freaky'.

Cigarette Probably from "tube" (reversed) an old term for a cigarette common in southern England.