lambeth walk

To walk very fast to avoid being mugged, as in Lambeth, S London.

...Doing the Lambeth walk...OI!

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metrocab

The other approved model of London "Black cab", constructed of GRP in Tamworth. Favoured by some taxi drivers due to price. Boxy design (looks like a cross between an old volvo and a bus) means nowhere near as famous as the London Taxi. See also plastic pig.

Im not hailing that metrocab

road

Long strip of tarmac or concrete, used for motoring. Regularly sabotaged by new labour.

The roads are hell today

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spaghetti junction

Junction 6 of the M6 in north Birmingham. Intersection of the M6, A38(M), A38, and A5127. Most complex junction in UK. Notorious for jams, busiest section of road in Europe.

"Theres a 20 mile tailback from spaghetti..."

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brum

Birmingham, or noise car makes

"Im on the train to Brum"

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sewer rat

1: Rat that lives in a sewer.
2: One who enjoys anal sex, especially a male homosexual.

See: marmite miner, fudge packer, uphill gardener, etc.

"Time to trap, this place is full of sewer rats"

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london box

Inner London motorway system planned in the 1970s but never built (hence the horrendous jams today). Term can be used for any worthwhile government project that never materialises, such as the often touted "Birmingham underground" system.

The government will never build an underground system in Birmingham. It will be just like the London Box. Maybe there was a deal in the 1960s that Birmingham will get reasonable roads and London will get reasonable trains.