00s using the backronym 'Council-Housed and Violent': actually comes from the Romany for child, 'chavi'. cheers a sign of appreciation or acknowledgement, or a drinking toast. cheesed off fed up, disgusted or angry. chinky, chink, or chinky chonky 1. Chinese takeaway, usually considered offensive 2. Chinese person (derogatory) chinwag A friendly conversation. chippy 1. A carpenter; chip shop 2. A prostitute or promiscuous young woman. chuff The buttocks or anus. chuffed to be very pleased about something. clever dick, clever clogs Someone who is annoyingly or ostentatiously clever. clock 1. The face. 2. To spot, notice. 3. To hit as in "clock round the earhole". cock 1. Penis. 2. Nonsense. 3. A friend or fellow. cock-up as a noun or verb, blunder, mess up or botch. codswallop Nonsense. collywobbles An upset stomach or acute feeling of nervousness. conk The head or the nose. To strike the head or nose. cop 1. A policeman (short for copper). 2. An arrest or to be caught out, as in 'It's a fair cop'. 3. Used with a negative to mean of little value, as in 'That's not much cop'. 4. To get, as in for example, to 'cop off with', 'cop a feel' or 'cop a load of that'. copper A policeman. cor blimey An exclamation of surprise. Originally from "God blind me". See also "blimey". corker Someone or something outstanding. corking Outstanding, excellent. cottage A public lavatory. cottaging Homosexual activity in a public lavatory. crack 1. A gibe. 2. Someone who excels at something. 3. Fun or a good time. From the Irish 'craic'. cracker Something or someone of notable ability or quality. crackers Insane. D darbies Handcuffs. debag To remove someone's trousers by force. dekko Look. From the Hindi, dekho. dick 1. Fellow. 2. Penis. dicks Headlice or nits. "Here comes the dick nurse" "You mean Nitty Nora, the head explorer" dip a pickpocket. div idiot (prison slang) From "The Divisional room" where extra reading was taught in the northern comprehensive schools during the 1970s and 1980s. do one's nut Become enraged. doddle Something simple or easy to accomplish. dodgy 1. Something risky, difficult or dangerous. A 'dodgy deal' for example. 2. Of low quality. "Spurs' dodgy defence had thrown away a 2–0 lead" dog 1. A rough or unattractive woman. 2. A fellow. dog's bollocks 1. Anything obvious ("Sticks out like the dog's bollocks"). 2. Something especially good or first