alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item.
amant - Quantity; sum total ("Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend").
awss - A four legged animal, on which money is won, or more likely lost ("That awss ya tipped cost me a fiver t'day").
branna - More brown than on a previous occasion ("Ere, Trace, ya look branna today, ave you been on a sunbed?").
bruvva - Male relative sharing same parents ("Me bruvva's back in court on Tuesday").
cort a panda - Large hamburger.
dan in the maff- Unhappy ("Wossmatta, Trace, ya look a bit dan in the maff").
eye-eels - Women's shoes affording significant elevation to the wearer.
Furrock - The location of Lakeside Shopping Centre.
garrij - A building where a car is kept or repaired (Trace: "Oi, Darren, I fink the motah needs ta go in the garrij cos it aint working proper, innit").
Ibeefa - Balaeric holiday island.
innit - Modifier, usually at end of sentence, to check or clarify that statement is accurate or understood (see "garrij" above - "it ain't working proper, innit").
lafarjik- Lacking in energy ("I feel all lafarjik").
oi oi! - Traditional greeting. Often heard from the doorway of pubs or during banging dance tunes at clubs.
owssband - Unable to leave the house because of illness, disability etc.
paipa - The Sun, The Mirror or The Sport.
reband- The period of recovery and emotional turmoil after rejection by a loved one ("I couldn't elp it, I wuz on the reband from Craig").
Saffend - Essex coastal resort boasting the longest pleasure pier in the world. The place where the characters from TV's, popular soap opera, Eastenders go on holiday.
shu' up - Direct request for quiet ("shu' up, I'm tryiner watch Eastenders").
tan - The city of London, the big smoke.
war' er - transparent colourless liquid; molecular structure characterised by two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom; vital to all lifeforms.
webbats - Querying the location of something or someone. ("Webbats is me dole card Trace? I've gotta sign on in arf hour").
wonnid - 1. Desired, needed. 2. Wanted by the police.
zaggerate - To imply that something is bigger or better than it actually is.
("I told ya a fazzand times already"). "
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