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Origins of 'bugs', Duffs, My Lordz....

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Was looking at another site and found this link to old and new slang for paraffin heads and others who like diesels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_railfan_jargon

Perhaps the Pacer should be known as a bog rather than a bug, unless the term bug refers to the presence of fellow travellers (insects).
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Great stuff!

Have to say there's more than a few I've never heard uttered. Daddy Ying? Father Shed? Surely no one lets such words spill from their lips!
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LOL at "Coffin Nails" :lol:
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this site also provides some information about 'modern' slang or jargon, my lords...

http://www.dreadful.org.uk/start.htm
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