Black Country Slang & Black Country Dialect.
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Weege
-Wedge
Black Country pronunciation of 'wedge'.
Wick
-Week / Alive / Lively / Quick (as in 'the quick and the dead')
Black Country pronunciation of 'week', or meaning alive/lively.
Owt
-Out
A Black Country term used in place of out in the English dialect
Pus
-Purse
The back country word for purse.
Swole
-Swollen
Black Country pronunciation of 'swollen'.
Chuffed
-Pleased
A Black Country slang term for an the word Pleased.
Yed
-Head
A Black Country slang term for the word head.
Fakes
-Cigarettes
Black Country slang for cigarettes.
Oot
-Out
Black Country pronunciation of 'out'.
Maunch
-To chew or munch noisily
Black Country term for chewing or munching noisily.