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Birmingham and the West Midlands are famous for a number of words and phrases that have originated in the region – here are 11, which you might hear while you’re travelling in and around our great towns and cities:
Bab
A common term of affection for ‘love’ or ‘dear’ from the word ‘babby’ – the West Midlands variation of baby
Batch
In Coventry, this is a small round loaf. In Birmingham, they’re known as cobs, in other parts of the country, they’re described as rolls.
Blarting
Crying
Bostin’
Great or excellent. The word ‘bost’ comes from ‘broken’, so ‘bostin’ translates as ‘smashing’.
Cob
A bread roll
Gambol
Forward roll or somersault
Going round the Wrekin
This is a West Midlands phrase to describe taking a long time to get to the point. The Wrekin is a hill in Shropshire.
It’s black over Bill’s mother’s
This phrase refers to a stormy-looking sky. Bill refers to Warwickshire’s famous son William Shakespeare, while his mother is Mary Arden of Stratford-upon-Avon
Mom
Also know as 'Mum' or 'Mother'
Pop
Fizzy soft drink
Ta-ra a bit
A Brummie way of saying goodbye
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