Securitate

Romanian secret police force (1948-1989). History's most brutal secret police. Notorious for their role in the oppressive regime, spying and engaging the people in spying on each other, torture, extrajudicial arrest and imprisonments. Brutally killed Indiscriminately.

* "he's reporting to the Securitate."
* "She tried to defect but the Securitate were waiting at the border."
* "The Securitate gave them 10 hour long x-rays."

Stera

Sterilised milk. {Abbreviation}
Homogenised milk that is heat treated
Has extended self life and popular before refrigerators were commonplace. Preferred for making yoghurt with most sold today in central England.

* "A pint of strera please, milky."
* "I like the creamy taste of stera more than pasteurised milk."
* "I've had that milk in the pantry for weeks. It's alright though because it's stera."

Out house

Toilet, privy, latrine, lavatory, "the bog"
An outside toilet (usually in the yard/garden of a house) {UK}
Only a few remain, a brick building about 4ft x 2ft with an earth latrine or a ceramic toilet. Squares of newspaper hanged on a piece of string, for wiping.

Remembered as cold, inconvenient or shared with neighbours.

* "Did you leave that candle in the out house?"
* "The out house is full of spiders"
* "Ooh! Look at you with your fancy out house."
* "Our Joan was trapped in the out house all night long."

Grey pays

Maple peas (sometimes yellow split peas).

Key ingredient in hearty, traditional dish from the Black Country (large industrial region in central England).
The dried pulses, bacon, water, seasoning, onion (optional), cooked slowly and served with faggots.
Popular street food and in pubs, especially with football goers.

Pronounced "gray pays" due to the strong and recognisable accent of the region.

* "let's get us gray pays half time, son."

* "That's proper black country grub, that is. Gray pays and bacon. That takes me back, our kid."

* "Our mam does the best grey pays."

Scop eye

Dilated pupil(s) caused by exposure to particles of scopolamine, usually affecting chemists and lab technicians and caused by the mishandling of the chemical

* "I accidentally tore the bag and got a cloud of the stuff in my face. My colleague looked at me and told me I had Scop eye "

h'ware

How are {abbreviation} UK colloquial

H'war

How're
pronounced "hwar"

* H'ware ya? {greeting}
* H'ware the hell you doing?
* H'ware the crotch goblins anyway?
* If I go, h'ware you gonna feel?

Lard arse

Fat/overweight/obese person.
{British slang-derogatory}
"Fatty"

A person with a large posterior.

* "Look at the size of that lard arse!"
* "If you don't stop scoffing cake, you'll be a right lard arse."
* You wouldn't have recognised me. I was a proper lard arse back then."