Brummie slang gets underrated but it's absolute gold. The accent might divide opinion, but the expressions are proper bostin. Birmingham invented its own way of speaking and couldn't care less what anyone thinks.
Bostin
Brilliant, fantastic, amazing. The Brummie word for something that's absolutely top-notch. If a Brummie says it's bostin, it's the real deal.
Grinds my gears
Really annoys me, gets under my skin. When something grinds your gears, it's that specific irritation that just won't go away, like a pebble in your shoe but for your brain.
Buggy
A pushchair or stroller. In Birmingham, you push a buggy, not a pram. It's one of those regional words that sounds completely normal until someone from elsewhere gives you a look.
Cob
A bread roll. The great British bread debate, is it a roll, a bap, a barm, a cob? In Birmingham, it's a cob, and they'll fight you about it. Every region has their hill to die on.
Batty
Crazy, mad, completely off the wall. If someone's gone batty, they're acting absolutely mental. The Brummie way of saying someone's lost the plot entirely.
Chin wag
A good long chat, a proper catch-up conversation. When you have a chin wag, you're settling in for a natter that could last anywhere from twenty minutes to three hours.