# Anyone familiar with Manchester slang?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-manchester-slang/478246>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 22, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-manchester-slang/478246 "2008-12-22T00:54:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-manchester-slang/478246/21 "2008-12-24T09:54:40Z")

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Thought of some slang: ‘top’ is good, but ‘on top’ is bad, means chaos, trouble etc. As in ‘ooh man, it’s all gone a bit on top now’. Similarly ‘shady’ or ‘moody’ mean a bit dodgy.

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-manchester-slang/478246/22 "2008-12-25T22:31:11Z")

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I don’t know if [this](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-173368688044958751) is the sort of aspect of Manc culture you are interested in, but I know the lads involved from 4.34 to 9.00, so if you need any intimate details **beckwall** , I might be able to help you out. 🙂

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