A guide to Scaffolders Speak

:)Big Nasty! .......21 jockeys whips..... clips singles Ginger B@s~aR*d............ any old rusty Tube!!! Vera Lynn......... pin....as ..... spigot ...also Lester piggott my favorite Elsie Tanners ........ sorry lads been around a bit too long
 
S.A.S: Saturday and Sunday gangs.

S.A.S: Stand and Stare, scaffs with all the gear and no Idea.

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Suzy Wong: Long
 
Barney - as in Rubble slang for double

Pigs ears - singles

Sticky willies - crap fittings that won't move

S**t the bed - turn up early for work
 
Devski said:
Barney - as in Rubble slang for double

Pigs ears - singles

Sticky willies - crap fittings that won't move

S**t the bed - turn up early for work
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Sticky Willies are the old tinny pressed doubles.


Bag of nails = **** Job
 
Bag of knitting = poor job round here.
 
fek all rang wid that marra = nothing rong with that mate
and if there is was fek all to do wid me marra = i was second fixer ahahah
 
Tie double=double with room at the shoulder to tie to steel.
Whaleback=single with a humped face.
Squareface=single with a flatface.
And best of all,a wangeroo,no not an aussie uppercut,but an unsupported 21ft used as a single buttress tube on which one of you would swing to get some "wang" on it:laugh::laugh:
 
It would look ok if you were riding by on a horse !
 
Just a few we use.DEMIC.bad fitting/scaffolder/laborer.BILLY BASEPLATE, a scaffolder who spends all day on the ground.BILLY BULLSHI-,scaffolder prone to exaggerating his abilities in scaffolding and or sexual exploits.HOLLYWOOD SCAFF,scaffolder who never gets dirty no matter what the job.TOPPER DODGER,scaffolder who avoids toppers at all costs.BITCH,young laborer. WOODLICE,joiners.S-IT SPREADERS,brickies.PLASTIC SCAFFS,alloy tower erectors.YELLOW JELLY,kwikstage.
 
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