There are some phrases that you may have heard all the time when growing up and others that are still uttered today but the one thing they have in common is that they are very Welsh indeed.
While Wales is known around the world as the land of song, these sayings make us a nation with some tidy phrases too. Here we round up some of our favourite sayings - from those that are straight out of our childhood to others that you may still use almost every day. So stop chopsing for a minute and take a look at out list...
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New daps, have they been christened yet?
The ritual of your friends stamping on your new trainers, that every school child in Wales went through.
How's it going, butt?
The ritualistic greeting and asking your friend how things are with them.
Tidy darts/ Tidy, mun
Meaning things are good, innit. Well done. Just like something Sir Tom Jones might tell contestants on BBC's The Voice.
If they were chocolate, they'd lick themselves
You know the type of person this relates to - those who love themselves so much that they would no doubt lick themselves as if they were sweet as chocolate.
It's nobbling out
BRRRR, it's so cold out there. Ok, maybe not right now but it certainly was when this picture was taken back in 1982.
Meet you under the Echo
The Echo Centenary Clock on Queen Street, Cardiff, was a focal point and you would say to your friends "Meet you under the Echo" before a shopping session back in the day.
I'm not being funny, right
The Welsh universal quote as you prepare yourself to say something that could be seen as offensive or confrontational. This is something that Nessa might say quite a lot on BBC's Gavin & Stacey.
Where you to?
Well it's easier - or just as easy - as saying "Where are you?"
I'll be there now in a minute
Confirmation that I am on my way to see you, but could arrive soon or at any point within the next few hours.
I'm not gonna lie to you
It works both ways, it could go either way, in that the next statement might be true or might not be - that's the chance you take.
Stop chopsing, y ou chopsy mare
This is asking someone to be quiet or to shut up but in a more friendly way than shouting "quiet"!
I am tamping
Fuming, worked up, angry - about to blow a fuse. Yep, absolutely tamping so don't mess with me.
I got absolutely hanging last night
Pass us the Aspirin and please stop chopsing for I am suffering a tad. Yes last night I was drunk as a skunk - you can swap hanging for bladdered as well.
Pack it in, you sledge
Not to be confused with one of these things you dig out on a snowy day. Instead it means stop it now, you fool.
That is absolutely buzzing/minging
That is horrible, disgusting. There are no other words for it.
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