Tim Turnbull: Poems Glossary

Tim Turnbull: Poems Glossary

Bard

The "nickname" given to William Shakespeare

Blackguard

A person who behaves in an underhanded and dishonest way

Kip

Sleep

Picturesque

Exceptionally beautiful

Nowt

"Nothing," colloquial term from the north of England

Rolly

Roll-up cigarette, which a person would roll themselves with tobacco and rolling papers

Stooge

The "straight man" to a comic or comedian

Yer Guid Sel

"Your good self" said with a heavy and traditional Scottish accent

Quip

Joke or smart comment

Ecstasy

Very popular recreational drug of the Nineties

Estate

Housing project, usually in a poor urban area

Daily Express

A popular daily newspaper in England read by the masses, not by the educational elite

Louts

Uncouth young men; troublemakers

Calvins

Calvin Klein jeans

Motorway

British version of a multi-lane highway connecting south to north

Gaudy

Bright and overly colorful, not tasteful

Pumped

Energetically excited

Gruel

Thin and watery colorless soup-like meal given to the poor

Stainmore

A stop on the London underground train system

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