Full list of 29 Nottingham phrases you might not have heard before

Think you're well-versed in Nottingham lingo? You might be surprised. We've compiled a list of 29 phrases that are quintessential to the Nottingham dialect.

Before you can truly call yourself a Nottinghamian, these are the terms you need to familiarise yourself with.

Here they are:

Back-end weather - autumnal weather

Blather-yeded - silly person

Blortin' - crying

Bobbos - horses

Bobbar - please don't touch

Charlie's dead - warning to let someone know their underskirt is showing

Corsey - pavement

Dog shelf - floor

Eyya gorrowt - have you got anything

Fossneck - know-it-all

Gizzagoo - it is my turn now

Guzgogs - gooseberries

Kaylied - to be very inebriated

Kekkle - bottle

Colly nobs - brussel sprouts

Mazzi-watter - said of weak beer: it's like mazzi-watter;

Nebbeh - nosy

Owdya orsuzz - please be patient

Piggle - to pick at a scab or spot

Put wood in t'ole - close the door

Shot cottins - close the curtains

Snap - lunch

Stabbo - Stapleford

Sucker- Ice Lolly

Sweatin cobs - it is very warm

Tabs - ears

Worra yer on wi? - what are you doing?

Silin' dahn - very heavy rain

This fascinating insight into Nottingham's unique dialect comes from a handy pocket book by university linguist Professor Natalie Braber. Despite being half-Dutch, half-Scottish and having lived in Amsterdam, Glasgow, St Andrew's, Berlin and Manchester, she now calls Nottingham Trent University her home.

A researcher has been captivated by Nottinghamshire's local dialect, uncovering a surprising lack of academic study on the subject. "One of the first things I did in Nottingham was going into a cob shop, just to see what they sold there, because 'cob' used like that, was a word I had never come across before," she revealed.

Delving into children's games, life at home, and work in mines, farms, and factories, her curiosity led to discoveries like 'fossneck', a term for a know-it-all, and 'gartman', denoting someone who tends cows. Her findings, including the name ‘Idle Jacks’ for loose skin around the fingernails, feature in a book that combines academic rigour with engaging storytelling, enriched by locals' anecdotes.

On her methodology, she notes: "Some material in this book has been gained from 'tab 'anging'," and observes that speech varies widely across the county: "a miner from Mansfield will speak differently from a factory worker in Nottingham or a farmer in Newark."

Literary references abound, such as quotes from D. H. Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe’s famed novel set in Nottingham, starring Arthur Seaton uttering distinctively Nottingham slang to his nephew: "The tuffeys waint mek ye any lighter."