plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net to El Chisme@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agoSeppos are so cookedhexbear.netimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1imageSeppos are so cookedhexbear.netplinky [he/him]@hexbear.net to El Chisme@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoIs it cockney? I thought it was an Australian thing, we call them seppos sometimes too.
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoAustralia has its own form of cockney rhyming slang and derivative terms. The only one I know other than seppo though is “have a squiz.” (Have a look, since Squizzy Taylor was a famous crook)
minus-squareJustSo [she/her, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 days agoA lot of Australian slang has roots in cockney rhyming slang. edit: but yes seppo is an aussie thing, I don’t think I’ve seen english people use it ever.
Is it cockney? I thought it was an Australian thing, we call them seppos sometimes too.
Australia has its own form of cockney rhyming slang and derivative terms. The only one I know other than seppo though is “have a squiz.” (Have a look, since Squizzy Taylor was a famous crook)
A lot of Australian slang has roots in cockney rhyming slang.
edit: but yes seppo is an aussie thing, I don’t think I’ve seen english people use it ever.