Contributions

Tina K. (via twitter)

My Yiayia used to use ‘jusdasay’ (just the same) and ‘abetchoo’ (I bet you) in her Greek sentences.…

Gabriel (via twitter)

το κέττλο - kettle
μικκημάους - any form of cartoon
το ντάσπι - bin
η κούκκα - stove

Also,…

Polis L. (via twitter)

My grandma used to like going to the "marketa".

Oh, and my friend came up with "ξεκλάτσιαρε" to …

Pav Mastihi

Οι αηρισς / the Irish (this is interesting because presumably my parents generation didn't know any…

Yiayia Katia

Koutsakotiri = mantalaki
Fizani is a glass jar full of sweets and they use the word FIZANI for the…

Christala

Humborger - Hamburger
Fisch ships - fish and chips
Fisadigo - fish and chip shop
Tost - or to…

Christala

Pyro'wex - Pyrex
As children my sisiter and I would laugh each time our mum use this word ’fefto …

Natasa

My grandma is Cypriot and she grew up in London and when she cleans she would always tell me to go …

Dora Michaelides

BAMBI BEDS is the Greek word for Bunk Beds (as used by my dad)

MAKRELS (as used by Greek friend …

CHRISTINA GEORGIOU

Possoffy =Post Office

skioupissa = stupid girl, as in 'bladdy skioupissa bou esai banayia mou'…

Pav Panayioti Mastihi

Οι πιτλοι/ the Beatles ( the band, not the insects)

Ο ποηφρε/ boyfriend

Η κεηφρε/ the girlfr…

Pav panayioti mastihi

GORY

Gory roughly translates as hey you or hey girl used when women address each other.

Tech…

Adonis Florides

A few words from the vocabulary used by Cypriots soldiers in the British army during WW2 as I remem…

Savvas Paphitis

Mickimouse: the word used by yiayia for literally EVERY cartoon tv show (whether it’s Disney or no…

Adonis Florides

Vocabulary used in the clothing industry during the 1970/80s

i mashina = machinist (female)
i m…

Yianna Hajiantonis

In the early days we used to have Scotties (another brand name like Kleenex) tissues.
We used to …

Despena Vasiliou

Stop’ed - car brake - use to hear this a lot s a child, in fact mum still uses it, to stop is stop …

Panicos

Παστεππιν (pasteppin) comes from bus stop

Μοππος (ρ. Μοππαρω) comes from the word mop (mopping …

Pav Panayioti Mastihi

Μαππος/ mop
Χουβα/ vaccume cleaner
Μιτρα/ meter (as in gas or Electric meter. Possibly not used n…

Pedro Demetriou

Bango

This has always been used by my family when referring to the breakfast table.

E.g. Na …

chaz

My Yiayia always used to call Chicken = Chickoui

Checkin-Translated as a bill at a restaurant or…

Rico

Daw beellee .........the bill
Chakares tous ....did you check
Een bookarismeni......are the boo…

Pav Panayioti Mastihi

Two hysterically funny examples involving my sister.

In the 60s we grew up in Captain tow. My p…