Cabbie Slang.

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
  • Did you know London Cab Drivers have a unique language they use that is related to their industry and the city they work in. In this episode I'll introduce you to some of these intriguing words and phrases and explain the meaning behind them. Big thank you to Tim from Ealing rank and Dave from the Iron Lung for their knowledge on the subject.
    #cabbieslang #londontaxi #hackneycarraige #londoncabs #blackcabs

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  • @TomtheTaxiDriver
    @TomtheTaxiDriver 2 роки тому +2

    Great video Mark! Be Lucky!

  • @terencedoherty3645
    @terencedoherty3645 2 роки тому +1

    Grew up around Kensington. Remember cabbie slang refer to PG Tips - Palace Gardens Terrace & BMW - Belgrave Mews West. Terry

  • @rogerwilde1773
    @rogerwilde1773 Рік тому

    Well presented mark very interesting and great to meet you in bangkok

  • @ianstewart119
    @ianstewart119 3 місяці тому

    "Where too guv?" Waterloo, station? Well its a bit late for the battle....oh me sides

  • @stevenb2366
    @stevenb2366 2 роки тому +4

    These hurry up job's nearly always result in getting stuck at every set of traffic lights and roadworks, punters that say nothing more often get to their destination quicker

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  2 роки тому +2

      Agreed! Your spot on

    • @umm8879
      @umm8879 Рік тому +1

      True 😆

  • @cathythomas250
    @cathythomas250 2 роки тому

    Apparently Islington High Street used to be such a rough area late at night that cabbies used to switch off their lights going through it. Wish I'd known that while walking back to Spitalfields after a leaving do some 30 years ago!

  • @davidkeats3940
    @davidkeats3940 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Mark. I thought Kipper Season was so called as things in hospitality and other events went flat in January and February..great channel.

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching David! I didn’t know that one, it will certainly go in the book. 🙏🏻😊

    • @davidkeats3940
      @davidkeats3940 2 роки тому

      @@Marktaxi Thanks Mark. My Dad told me that one: he was in the wine trade! Looking forward to the next video. David

  • @patricialea4024
    @patricialea4024 Рік тому

    Ah-bilkers. As a PH driver in Cheshire, I've only had a couple, thankfully. I shall be wishing my fellow cabbies 'be lucky' from now on 😁
    I'll be the lical lads don't know about kipper season haha. (It's not been too bad this year, unusually) 👍

  • @rugosetexture2716
    @rugosetexture2716 2 роки тому

    This is a hoot, thanks very much! :o)

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching and also employing the much unused word ‘Hoot’ I love that expression!

  • @keithwilkins1437
    @keithwilkins1437 2 роки тому +1

    I always thought that the dead zoo was the House of Lords !

  • @barneykennett9282
    @barneykennett9282 2 роки тому

    Nice...👍.

  • @Danny_Dennis
    @Danny_Dennis 2 місяці тому

    I’ve heard another theory on the term ‘Butterboy’; in that it refers to older, more experienced cabbie putting a younger - newly passed out driver in his place by saying : “what do you know, you’re nothing but a boy”. ‘But-a-boy’.

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  Місяць тому +1

      I’ve also heard that one! Thanks for watching

  • @cjmillsnun
    @cjmillsnun Рік тому +1

    Bilking in police slang means making off from a filling station without paying for fuel.

  • @johnorchin8567
    @johnorchin8567 Рік тому

    Hi Mark, I always enjoy your videos. I think it is very unfair to ask a cabbie to get you there quickly, especially nowadays with all the 20 mph speed restrictions.
    No driver wants to risk a fine and points on his licence.

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  Рік тому

      I’m don’t think there is a cabbie that hasn’t been caught speeding in London over the past year! Thanks for watching

  • @tonyfarrugia4751
    @tonyfarrugia4751 Рік тому +1

    Don't forget the Zeiger who knows what that is.Wheres the scent bottle.What station has the Stage door.whats a Cole Porter anyone know.

  • @PheysTravelTime
    @PheysTravelTime 2 роки тому +1

    I’ve been to that dead zoo. A fine one it is too.

  • @BrockMak
    @BrockMak Рік тому +1

    7:23 Yeah, but he started his pro career in Arse-nal.

  • @tonyfarrugia4751
    @tonyfarrugia4751 Рік тому

    The opposite of the kipper season is the Salmon season

  • @tonyfarrugia4751
    @tonyfarrugia4751 Рік тому

    If you do a Cole Porter what have you done.

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  Рік тому

      I’d love to know! Am thinking of doing another cabbie slang so send a few over 👍

  • @amiralikhan061
    @amiralikhan061 Рік тому

    I hate hurry up ones literally hate these jobs.

  • @corenmaryweijers1895
    @corenmaryweijers1895 Рік тому

    Hey Mark, I missed one.. but maybe you didn't plan to put all of them.. but isn't "apples" another one too?

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  Рік тому

      Apples? As in apples and pears?

    • @corenmaryweijers1895
      @corenmaryweijers1895 Рік тому

      @@Marktaxi ehm, I've seen an couple of times in some vids the remarks "apples on ......", But now that I write this down, it comes to me that I better had done that the first time.. 🤣

  • @keithwilkins1437
    @keithwilkins1437 2 роки тому

    I thought kipper season was because everyone was a kip.

  • @dannowestiedanflarty6990
    @dannowestiedanflarty6990 Рік тому

    Thank god for the iron lung the regency don't have a toilet

  • @rex86uk
    @rex86uk Рік тому

    Just become a PH driver and few days ago had a passenger picked up at 13:55 and she had to be there for 14:00 and the route was 15 mins long… started the usual mumbling, turn off music, how long etc.

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  Рік тому

      Yep hurry up jobs are a pain! I tell them now that they will be late after all it was them that didn’t manage their time properly

    • @paulfitzpatrick6566
      @paulfitzpatrick6566 Рік тому

      London ex-Uber driver of 7 years. Packed it in late October ‘22. Got this frequently. Always women with their head up their ass. Used to drive them to the nearest Tube station & boot them out. Dip5hits that can’t manage their time.

  • @umm8879
    @umm8879 Рік тому

    Wondering what minicab(ph) drivers are called?🤔😬

  • @johnhehir508
    @johnhehir508 Рік тому

    What happened to musher . Still I think leather arse .relates to the skin on you body not the seat😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Loki1815
    @Loki1815 Рік тому

    Bilking and On Point aren't specifically Cabby words or phrases.
    I noticed you never mentioned not going south of the river, which you lot hated!

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ZBSjNRI04lE/v-deo.html
      Mentioned here, thanks for watching!

  • @middxmale9692
    @middxmale9692 2 роки тому

    I thought 'Butter Boy' meant , 'Oh he's But a Boy' ( a Newbie / Inexperianced ) Are you sure your explanation is Gospel ?

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  2 роки тому

      This one I literally had 5 or 6 different interpretations from london cabbies! Had one today saying it was because butter-boys stole the butter from the bread of the older drivers, thanks for watching and your feedback is great! M

    • @CaboloNero
      @CaboloNero Рік тому +1

      You are right

  • @michaelslipman8853
    @michaelslipman8853 2 роки тому

    Kipper season was called kipper because it stinks

  • @sunroad7228
    @sunroad7228 Рік тому

    No one comes here for music, any music - so why the noise added?
    less is more...
    One hopes Mark removes all the music and re-upload all of his videos - music-free.

    • @Marktaxi
      @Marktaxi  Рік тому

      I won’t be able to re-upload but thanks for watching anyway 🙏🏻

  • @johnhehir508
    @johnhehir508 Рік тому

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung
    Many old cab drivers of my dad generation experience the polio outbreaks ,cabby drowl humour