| Word/Phrase | Meaning |
| Air-dow/aah-dow/aah-do? | How do you do? |
| A'm bostin' | I can't wait (usually to go to the toilet) |
| Anall | As well |
| Are yuh arkin? | Are you listening? |
| Arrers | Darts as in the game of darts |
| As black as Dick's 'at band | Very black in colour |
| Battin' | Moving very fast |
| Be said! | That's enough and that's final |
| Blackbod | Blackbird |
| Blortin' | Shouting out or crying |
| Bod cack | Bird droppings |
| Bogger | Local version of 'bugger' can be used as an affectionate term of abuse as in "yuh silly bogger". |
| Bogger this | I've had enough an example is: "bogger this fer a game o' sowjers" |
| Bonny | A well built healthy looking person - usually describing a baby |
| Boz-eyed | Cross eyed |
| Bread 'n bung 'ole | Bread and cheese |
| Causey | Pavement, from Middle English "cauce" |
| Charlie's dead | Used when the underskirt is showing beneath the hem of a woman's dress |
| Chelp | To answer back or to cheek someone |
| Chunter | To mumble or complain under the breath |
| Dab in | Hurry up or get a move on. Once used to mean "cheerio" |
| Dob 'im one on | Hit him! |
| Doolally | Mad or crazy comes from Deolalie a town near Bombay in India where exhausted troops had to spend months before being shipped home |
| Dunkin' | To dip biscuits in a hot drink, usually tea |
| Eh'd a-like te com a cropper | He nearly found himself in trouble |
| Eh's gorra munk on | He's in a bad mood |
| Eh's threy shaits (sheets) te t'wind | A crazy lunatic |
| Ey up mi duck | Hello my dear |
| Fortnit | Fortnight |
| Frit | Frightened |
| Frozz | Frozen |
| Gennel/jennel | Steps between coal houses into the back yard |
| Gerrumin | It's your turn to pay for the beer |
| Gleg | To take a look. Once used in parts of Derbyshire to describe a person with a slight squint |
| Int winder bottom | On the window sill |
| Is it woth ote? | Is it worth anything? |
| It's gerrin black ower Bill's motha's | Black rain clouds are building up |
| It's muck 'r nettles | It's six of one and half a dozen of the other - it makes no difference |
| Jiggered | Tired or exhausted |
| Jitty | A small lane or alleyway. Other examples are: gennel, twitchel and woppy-nick |
| Lairy | Usually used to describe a bad car driver |
| Let dog sey t 'rabbit | Make room, let me see |
| Lug | A knot in the hair, from the Scandinavian word "lugg" meaning a head of hair |
| Lug 'oles | A slang word for ears |
| Mam | Mother |
| Mardy | Being childish, easily upset. Possibly comes from a spoilt or "marred" child |
| Mash | To make a cup of tea as in "'ave yuh mashed?" |
| Maziwat | A weak cup of tea |
| Mester | Mister or gentleman. The female version is "missis" |
| Mizzle | A very fine drizzly rain |
| Mytherin' | To worry about or harass as in "don't myther me" |
| Nesh | Used to describe someone who feels the cold easily |
| Nobby grains/greens | Brussels sprouts |
| Ockud/awkud | Awkward |
| Oss-muck | Horse manure |
| Owd yer sweat | Take it easy and calm down |
| Pen-toed | Pigeon-toed |
| Put wood int th' ole | Close the door (in South Derbyshire this would often be followed by "dusta com fra oppenwoodgate?" |
| Rammel | Rubbish as in worthless (in North Staffs the word refers to a mongrel dog) |
| Scranny | Going frantic through external pressures |
| Slormed | To sprawl out or lie across something |
| Snap | Originally this was a packed lunch carried by coal miners (in a snap tin) nowadays it means food in general |
| Snyded | Crowded, packed with people |
| Summat's up | Something is wrong |
| Tabs/tab-oles | Another term for ears as in "wer yuh tabs flappin'" |
| Tat-ar | An ordeal, having a bad time |
| Taz | A short jouney as in "taz off down shops" |
| The dog shelf | The floor |
| Trawpse | A long journey, a traipse |
| Yo'll copit | You will get into trouble |