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Christina
'Faies' (fires)
My parents used this word to describe the central heating in the house or the heat…
Toff
Polishmanos. Policeman.
Dustbieris. Dustman.
Fishatiko. Fish n chip shop.
Hoteli. Hotel.…
Panayiota Nicola
Dressin-ga for dressing gown
limbero- ants
Do Boio - the cellar
fishadiko- fish and chip shop
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Λαζαρώ
Being born and raised in the uk, not london but manchester, i was good friends with georgiou s moth…
Chrisy L
My parents loved going to “travaska square” (trafalgar square)
My mum lived in “Tarpak Lay” (Tur…
Yodi
My mums favourite British dish is ...
Sheffes-pai
Shepherds Pie
Sodoulla Georgiou
Coumpania- company
Mangerena - female managere
Choccolades - chocolates
Gayfren - girlfriend
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Andrew Mouzouri
Polishmano - Policeman - my auntie (from Captain Tow) used to say it a lot - with a soft P, almost …
Mr Way and Panteli S. (via Twitter)
When I was a kid it was stedde, but since I married, my girls have Yiayia’s. Also, I used to sleep …
Themis
Hartono to kitsoui
Literally putting new wallpaper in the kitchen
Can be understood to mean that …
Maria Panayiodou
Busairis = bus conductor my mum and friends used this word in the 70’s
Taxigis = taxi driver
Anastasia
My Yiayia and Bapoo use the Gringlish word ‘hoteli’ for ‘hotel’ rather than the standard Greek word…
Iacovos Neophytou
Που εν η κόρη σου;
Μα εν ηξέρω. Is suppose to είσιεν ν´αρτει σήμερα.
More code-switching, t…
Iacovos Neophytou
Έλα να σ´ακκάσω - Elephant and Castle
Source: My dad. He tells of an old lady who described th…
Iacovos Neophytou
Πρόσεχε, εν πολλά κκράφτησσα τούτη.
- Be careful, she is very crafty / deceitful / untrustworth…
SpartanStathi
Unbisteftable - blend of unbelievable and 'abistefto'
Blondissa - blonde woman
Chigoui - as in 't…
Kat
Bitchissa (Bitch)
Gerraravitz (Get out of it)
Sulla na bitchi (son of a bitch)
Polishmanos (poli…
Andreas Pavlou
Baso- λεωφορείο
Fishatiko- fish and chips shop
Boksi- κουτί
Ινδιάνος--indian
Televijon- τηλεόρα…
Polis L. (via twitter)
My grandma used to like going to the "marketa".
Oh, and my friend came up with "ξεκλάτσιαρε" to …
Pav Mastihi
Οι αηρισς / the Irish (this is interesting because presumably my parents generation didn't know any…
Nikos X. (via twitter)
Negatch
Nεκατσώ is a unique Cypriot phrase. I don’t think any other language provides an equivalen…
Christala
Humborger - Hamburger
Fisch ships - fish and chips
Fisadigo - fish and chip shop
Tost - or to…
Christala
Pyro'wex - Pyrex
As children my sisiter and I would laugh each time our mum use this word ’fefto …
Constantinos
Apse ta fota tou pashou - Switch on the passage lights.
My mum would always send me to turn the…
Sofia Koutlaki
This is a sample from US immigrants from my native island of Kassos, Dodecanese. Its dialect origin…
Natasa
My grandma is Cypriot and she grew up in London and when she cleans she would always tell me to go …
Angeliggi
Pieiji - pie man (pie-i-ji)
Moukshak -milkshake
Scarob - scourer courtesy of my dad
Fabrigs - f…
Marina Lambrou
Polishmano for policeman!
It looks and sounds so odd but it’s essentially police+man+o.
It s…
Dora Michaelides
BAMBI BEDS is the Greek word for Bunk Beds (as used by my dad)
MAKRELS (as used by Greek friend …
George Georgiou
Fishadiko - Fish and Chip shop.
Pi-as - The man who delivers Pies to said Fish amd Chip shop.
Bay…
CHRISTINA GEORGIOU
Possoffy =Post Office
skioupissa = stupid girl, as in 'bladdy skioupissa bou esai banayia mou'…
Pav Panayioti Mastihi
Οι πιτλοι/ the Beatles ( the band, not the insects)
Ο ποηφρε/ boyfriend
Η κεηφρε/ the girlfr…
Terry Jacovides
Fuckinglikia
This has always been one of my favourites, referring to an altercation where it's …
Simon savva
Bank, banga
Grill , grilla
Market, marketa
Slugs, slags (my personal favourite!)
Hysterecto…