Great Googly Moogly! Shiver me Gibbets! I'll be a monkey's uncle!
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Well, cover me with eggs and flour and bake me for forty minutes!
(OK, that's Blackadder. It's a good one, though.)
And now for an excursion into colonial slang (warning, may contain dense code and slurs upon certain groups; they're not my words, though):
Some two by fours and number eight fencing wire and she'll be right, mate. Tramp through the bush to the bach, throw a snarler on the barbie, and look out for the mozzies. Pav? Cheers! Steady on, Bruce, God bless the Queen, even though she's a bloody Pom. Get in behind, dog, get the herd up the valley.
Bugger.
Roughly translated:
Using whatever's to hand, we can fix this thing. Walk through rough, forested terrain to a summer country house (with limited amenities), fry some sausages on the barbecue, but beware the bite of the mosquito. Thank you for the pavlova (a kind of dessert). Calm down (or keep your cool, depending on context), Bruce, God bless the Queen (hey, some things don't need translating), although she's English ('bloody' added to convey a sense of superiority over said English). <Commands issued to a sheep dog.> (Hey, dogs are smart.)
Expression of mild dissatisfaction.
Well, that's New Zealand language taken to ridiculous extremes for you. Hope it inspires some kind of obtuse slang... I remember watching beer ads featuring the guy that played Iolaus on Hercules; now those were fun, mostly because the accent was so different.
Parting thought (another favourite, especially when yelled at the top of your lungs):
By the black hairy balls of the Dark God!
(OK, that's Blackadder. It's a good one, though.)
And now for an excursion into colonial slang (warning, may contain dense code and slurs upon certain groups; they're not my words, though):
Some two by fours and number eight fencing wire and she'll be right, mate. Tramp through the bush to the bach, throw a snarler on the barbie, and look out for the mozzies. Pav? Cheers! Steady on, Bruce, God bless the Queen, even though she's a bloody Pom. Get in behind, dog, get the herd up the valley.
Bugger.
Roughly translated:
Using whatever's to hand, we can fix this thing. Walk through rough, forested terrain to a summer country house (with limited amenities), fry some sausages on the barbecue, but beware the bite of the mosquito. Thank you for the pavlova (a kind of dessert). Calm down (or keep your cool, depending on context), Bruce, God bless the Queen (hey, some things don't need translating), although she's English ('bloody' added to convey a sense of superiority over said English). <Commands issued to a sheep dog.> (Hey, dogs are smart.)
Expression of mild dissatisfaction.
Well, that's New Zealand language taken to ridiculous extremes for you. Hope it inspires some kind of obtuse slang... I remember watching beer ads featuring the guy that played Iolaus on Hercules; now those were fun, mostly because the accent was so different.
Parting thought (another favourite, especially when yelled at the top of your lungs):
By the black hairy balls of the Dark God!
Psionicist
Explorer
Jimminy Crickets! 
"Dollars to doughnuts."
Usually used as the beginning of a sentense. Used if you're sure somethings going to happen; a sure bet.
"Dollars to doughnuts the sun will set in the west."
Or:
"Dollars to doughnuts Regdar hits on Mialee after only one ale."
If you have neither dollars nor doughnuts in your campaign world, improvise!
"Silver to shingles."
"Gold to grapes."
"Copper to corn."
Usually used as the beginning of a sentense. Used if you're sure somethings going to happen; a sure bet.
"Dollars to doughnuts the sun will set in the west."
Or:
"Dollars to doughnuts Regdar hits on Mialee after only one ale."
If you have neither dollars nor doughnuts in your campaign world, improvise!
"Silver to shingles."
"Gold to grapes."
"Copper to corn."
Greybar
No Trouble at All
To get some good sounding slang for my world I spent some time on Google looking at links to slang dictionaries. In particular Sinhala Slang (Indian) and Cockney Rhyming Slang (UK) were fun.
Here are some examples -
Air: "Look kid, I said no already, now air!". From "I'd rather see air where you're standing". Taken from Sinhala Slang (Indian)
Black or black-blue: "You'd better not be on the streets in the black!". "Black Blue = Curfew". Gorkana rhyming slang, same idea as Cockney.
Clay: "Look clay, I'm not going to tell you again." Stupid. "Brain of Clay". Taken from Sinhala Slang (Indian)
C*ck's Egg (slang): "Aren't you the C*ck's egg?". Outsider, ignorant of custom, or rude.
Grow Scales: "Marcus turned you into the guard? Well, I always told you he'd grow scales". To betray, to be deceitful. From reference to the lizardmen, traditional enemies of the local human nation-states.
John
(Edited to remove reference to male roosters that made Eric's Grandma unhappy)
Here are some examples -
Air: "Look kid, I said no already, now air!". From "I'd rather see air where you're standing". Taken from Sinhala Slang (Indian)
Black or black-blue: "You'd better not be on the streets in the black!". "Black Blue = Curfew". Gorkana rhyming slang, same idea as Cockney.
Clay: "Look clay, I'm not going to tell you again." Stupid. "Brain of Clay". Taken from Sinhala Slang (Indian)
C*ck's Egg (slang): "Aren't you the C*ck's egg?". Outsider, ignorant of custom, or rude.
Grow Scales: "Marcus turned you into the guard? Well, I always told you he'd grow scales". To betray, to be deceitful. From reference to the lizardmen, traditional enemies of the local human nation-states.
John
(Edited to remove reference to male roosters that made Eric's Grandma unhappy)
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mythago
Hero
Deities' names are always popular. These can be reverent ("By Pelor's rays!") or not ("It's colder than Ehlonna's tits at a midwinter ritual!").
Slang related to bodily functions is always popular, but I will give no examples, in deference to Eric's gramma.
Players might also find that perfectly innocent phrases or words in one region don't translate in other regions. In a freehold where hiring prostitutes got the offender's hands dyed red as public shaming, "caught him red-handed" might have a meaning different than the usual.
Slang related to bodily functions is always popular, but I will give no examples, in deference to Eric's gramma.
Players might also find that perfectly innocent phrases or words in one region don't translate in other regions. In a freehold where hiring prostitutes got the offender's hands dyed red as public shaming, "caught him red-handed" might have a meaning different than the usual.
IMC I like to use
By The Nine! as general exclamation of surpise. KNow I don't even know who the Nine are
another version of this By the nine who sit above in Judgement
Also used is Saints and Profits
Hellsteeth
Hellfire
Damn
and of course good old fashioned (in my PG13 games) Sh**, FU**, PI**, and various other familiar scatlogicals
By The Nine! as general exclamation of surpise. KNow I don't even know who the Nine are
another version of this By the nine who sit above in Judgement
Also used is Saints and Profits
Hellsteeth
Hellfire
Damn
and of course good old fashioned (in my PG13 games) Sh**, FU**, PI**, and various other familiar scatlogicals
