Contributions

Iacovos Neophytou

Έλα να σ´ακκάσω - Elephant and Castle

Source: My dad. He tells of an old lady who described th…

SpartanStathi

Unbisteftable - blend of unbelievable and 'abistefto'
Blondissa - blonde woman
Chigoui - as in 't…

Andreas Pavlou

Baso- λεωφορείο
Fishatiko- fish and chips shop
Boksi- κουτί
Ινδιάνος--indian
Televijon- τηλεόρα…

Christina C. (via twitter)

It's got to be #fishburypark..didn't realise until I was an adult that this was in fact #FinsburyPa…

Tina K. (via twitter)

My Yiayia used to use ‘jusdasay’ (just the same) and ‘abetchoo’ (I bet you) in her Greek sentences.…

Gabriel (via twitter)

το κέττλο - kettle
μικκημάους - any form of cartoon
το ντάσπι - bin
η κούκκα - stove

Also,…

Sophia (via twitter)

Η γιαγιά μου λέει ότι πρέπει να 'cancellari' το ραντεβού της!

Yiayia at ATM/cash point: "Θέλω να…

Pav Mastihi

FIFTY SHADES OF GOUBEBIAS: AN ALBUM BY HALLOUMUNATI

What wonderful names for band and an album. …

Pav Mastihi

Οι αηρισς / the Irish (this is interesting because presumably my parents generation didn't know any…

Pav Mastihi

Yεεrology

The Yεεrologist

The name of a travelling van selling authentic Greek gyro in market…

Yiayia Katia

Koutsakotiri = mantalaki
Fizani is a glass jar full of sweets and they use the word FIZANI for the…

Andri P (via twitter)

'mpilozourka' = temperatures below zero

The word was mentioned to my sister when she first took …

Christala

Pyro'wex - Pyrex
As children my sisiter and I would laugh each time our mum use this word ’fefto …

Panais

A few words from the property world
Σεβεγιος (seveyios) derives from surveyor
Βακα (vaka) means v…

Natasa

My grandma is Cypriot and she grew up in London and when she cleans she would always tell me to go …

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 …

CHRISTINA GEORGIOU

Possoffy =Post Office

skioupissa = stupid girl, as in 'bladdy skioupissa bou esai banayia mou'…

Sophoulikans

1) Fanos = extractor fan. Deriving from the word Fan
2) Ketlos = kettle.
3) Chekki = Cheque
4) B…

Pav panayioti mastihi

GORY

Gory roughly translates as hey you or hey girl used when women address each other.

Tech…

Adonis Florides

A few words from the vocabulary used by Cypriots soldiers in the British army during WW2 as I remem…

Savvas Paphitis

Mickimouse: the word used by yiayia for literally EVERY cartoon tv show (whether it’s Disney or no…

Panicos

Παστεππιν (pasteppin) comes from bus stop

Μοππος (ρ. Μοππαρω) comes from the word mop (mopping …

Tom

Εξπηριώτητα (experiotita) - experience

A greekification of the word “experience” that I had to w…

Pav Panayioti Mastihi

Μαππος/ mop
Χουβα/ vaccume cleaner
Μιτρα/ meter (as in gas or Electric meter. Possibly not used n…

Pav Panayioti Mastihi

Two hysterically funny examples involving my sister.

In the 60s we grew up in Captain tow. My p…