What is a Pippy Show ?

[davebrmm]

pippy show means not up to standard in bottom rooad talk

[Pauline Bell]

it means showing yourself up, either in what you are wearing or the crowd you want to knock about with etc.,

[greenlandman]

My family used it, and I still do, to mean an event which is a mess/not up to scratch/a disappointment/ridiculous or pretentious. It's a pity these old local phrases are falling out of use, they add such interest and humour to conversation.

I used the word "tranklements" the other day and my companion had never heard of it - bits and pieces (in my case, all the stuff in my handbag). Rammel (rubbish/trash) is another word which used to be often heard but is rare now.

 

I was reading a free newspaper in boston this weekend and there was a advert to remove builders brick rammel first time I have heard this for years.

[Carmen.]

I used the word ''fuddle'' to my neighbour. She didn't know what one was.

''Let's have a fuddle,''

It means a copious amount of something rather nice to eat.

''Let's have two choc ices instead of one'' a fuddle.

Two pieces of cake instead of one piece. etc.

[natjack]

In our house a fuddle was a meal like potluck, instead of a 'proper meal'. Or a get together where people brought various bits and pieces along for the eats.

 

So if we were camping in the garden, one would bring crisps, someone else pop or sweets, fruit and stuff, my granny would say that it looked like we were having a proper fuddle. Memories!

[JamisonM]

never heard of it. although Pippys was a legendary Sheffield rock shirt and leather jacket retailer which was in the centre for many years. I think they had a shop in Liverpool too.

I used to work at Hayman’s Bridal Shop on the Moor. Pippy’s was behind it on Cross Burgess Street. “Pippy” was Mrs Hayman’s son, Phillip. (Pippy the Hippie) Made a bomb out of Afghan coats, joss-sticks and other “smoking accessories” if you know what I mean. He was a real character and despite his rather hippie like appearance, a hard nosed businessman.