What Is Pea Wet Wigan?

As for pea-wet – this is the sort-of discharge that comes off of mushy peas, which, as you’ll see above, in Wigan, they use as a condiment.

What’s pea wet?

Pea wet is, as the name suggests, the juice from the peas (which doesn’t work if the peas are too mushy). Sometimes you would have a wet mixture with scratchings (scraps of batter) or, if you were saving money, chips and pea wet was always an option – especially as the pea wet was free.

What does mushy peas mean in British?

mushy peas in British English
(ˈmʌʃɪ piːz ) plural noun. British. dried peas that have been soaked, boiled and mashed – often eaten with fish and chips.

What does peas mean in British slang?

Among the most pervasive are bruv, mate, bare, fam, gwop or peas (money), and chirpsin’, linkin’ and lipsin’ – flirting, dating and kissing respectively.

Why do they call it a pea?

In AngloSaxon the word became pise or pisu; later, in English it was “pease.” So many people thought pease was plural that they persisted in dropping the “s” sound, thus making the word “pea.” The Latin name resembles the older Greek pisos, or pison.

What is jelly called in British English?

Jam
Jam (UK) / Jelly (US)
In the UK, Jam is something made of preserved fruit and sugar that you spread on your toast for breakfast. In America, this is called Jelly.

What does Jelly mean in the UK?

JELLY means “Jealous.” This is just one way of shortening the word “jealous.” (Others include JELLY, JELLO and JEL). In the UK, the TV show The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) was responsible for popularizing JELLY (and its many other variations).

What does beans mean in British slang?

(UK, slang, usually in the negative) Money. I haven’t got a bean.

How do you say beautiful in British slang?

Bonnie. Used in Scotland, this word means “pretty” or “beautiful”, and is normally used in reference to a woman. Some think it has its origins in the French word bon, meaning “good”.

What is a Roadman UK slang?

UK slang. someone, usually a young man, who spends a lot of time on the streets and may use or sell drugs, or cause trouble: He thinks he’s some kind of roadman.

What’s a Tory in British slang?

Current usage. Tory has become shorthand for a member of the Conservative Party or for the party in general in Canada and the UK, and can be used interchangeably with the word Conservative.

What does pea soup in slang mean?

a very thick fog
pea soup noun [U] (FOG)
US old-fashioned informal. (UK pea-souper) a very thick fog. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

What is pea and pee?

The word pea is derived from the Latin word pisum, which means pea. Pee is an informal term that means urine or to urinate.

What is a pea shooter slang?

(slang) Any small or ineffective gun.

What do the British call potato chips?

If you want a bag of what Americans call ‘chips’ in the UK, just ask for crisps.

What do they call glue in England?

AMERICAN ENGLISH – BRITISH ENGLISH

What do Americans call pants?

Trousers

What UK people call things?

12 Things British People Call Each Other

• Tosh.
• Tog / Todger / Tonka.
• Plonker.
• Heathen.
• Treacle.
• Biffo, Pongo, Spotty etc.
• Tosser.
• Darlin’/ Darling / Sweetie.

What is lorry in American English?

The truth is, a lorry in American English is a truck. The British lorry is almost the same as the American truck, and the two words have morphed into synonyms of each other.

What does it mean to call someone a donut in the UK?

E.g. You Donut. An individual whom is extremely stupid. Lacks intelligence and common sense. An idiot. A mild insult often used in the work places of southern England.

What does calling a girl a bean mean?

It’s a mean word that is not nice to call people. It originates from Mexican people eating a lot of beans in their diet, like “bean-eater.” If someone called you this, they are a racist jerk. I’ve also heard the word “bean” meaning a part of a woman’s genitalia.