# Slang in English, Hebrew, and other languages: floppy/flabby flesh hanging from your upper arm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 29, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722 "2016-06-29T17:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722/21 "2016-07-02T14:44:51Z")
They play Bingo in UK: never thought one way or another about it; if pressed, would have said they don’t. Ignorance fought. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722/22 "2016-07-02T14:49:08Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Floppy arm skin? Oh you mean hi helens. That’s genius. ---
**Author:** ![lilihob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@lilihob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilihob)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722/23 "2016-07-02T14:58:39Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > They play Bingo in UK: never thought one way or another about it; if pressed, would have said they don’t. Ignorance fought. Bingo is dated, but was popular in the U.K., we had bingo halls, Gala bingo. As more and more people do their gambling on the internet, it’s dying out. When I was young, every borough had a Gala bingo, and a lot of the working class mums met up at the bingo as a “girl’s nite out!” Disappearing now… And get off my lawn:( ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722/24 "2016-07-02T15:01:36Z")
I still don’t get “hi Helens.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722/25 "2016-07-02T15:15:09Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Arm wattles. That’s what I’ve heard often. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722/26 "2016-07-02T17:48:41Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > I still don’t get “hi Helens.” Old fashioned name. Think of a woman of an age for which Helen would be common, waving to a friend. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722/27 "2016-07-02T18:00:09Z")
Ah…got it. Thanks. Revisit this thread in a few years, we’ll see what they’re called then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-in-english-hebrew-and-other-languages-floppy-flabby-flesh-hanging-from-your-upper-arm/758722.md?page=1)