Slang: 'Jammy' and 'Clink' - my DCs didn't understand...

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Is it me? Am I just old? I called one DC a jammy so and so for getting Glasto tickets and laughed at another because they were in the Clink (it's a youth / student / Interail hostel).

None of them knew what I meant... .

In case of doubt:
jammy = lucky / clever without much effort
clink = prison

I'm old too & understood immediately.

I just ran them both past my 21 year old & he didnt get either of them.

Ha ha I remember these words! Let's have a revival!

My two woukld know 'jammy' as DS2 is a jammy type.

I said something was 'a swizz' and they didn't understand that.

19, 21 and 23 year olds know sweet FA

I'm 28 and knew what you meant.

I’m trying unsuccessfully to bring back Jimmy Reckon. My children are ignoramuses

I knew both but I am on the wrong side of 35 by a long way. Also, are these Scottish terms?

Ah, love Jimmy reckon. Actually we used to say Chinny Reckon (stress on the 'on').

Tried to teach it to a 21yo on a school trip once but he really couldn't get it 😁😁

Have heard of clink, not so sure about jammy. Is it a regional thing? South East/London here.

(Am 23)

I'm 26 and know them, I'm from north east London. Clink is old fashioned to me but not jammy.

Not regional AFAIK .... reassuring that some youn'uns on here know them. Though I have no idea about Jimmy reckon... but having googled it I suspect I'm too old for that one!

It's chinny reckon here, or just chinny.

I know all of these. I love asking my kids if they want the knob end (from a fresh loaf). They think I've just made it up

I knew them immediately. I'm old and Northern English.

Northern here. We used to say "Jammy devil!" if someone was really lucky.

We use jammy all the time so I'd expect my DCs to know that one (they are teens, we are 50s). I know clink as prison but only from there being a Clink museum in London, I've never really heard it in general use.

It was either chinny reckon or Jimmy Hill here.

The clink is a medieval prison in London which then became slang for prisons in general so not a northern/Scottish slang. No idea the origins of jammy but maybe just from the idea that jam was a treat or good thing to have? I'm 42 and knew them both. Slang is quite fascinating really!

My kids had no idea what square meant!
Off to google jimmy reckon...

We say chinny reckon or just stroke your chin as if fondling a beard to indicate disbelief

My kids (17 and 21) were horrified to hear how we used to phone our friends - arrange a time to be at a certain phone box, take plenty of 2p coins, and hope there wasn't a queue.

Jammy sod.

I was the opposite - I used all the old slang, and knew nothing about the new. I only watched old TV shows, like Thunderbirds (I was a teenager in the 90s). I'd say things like "for Pete's sake".

The only time I've heard "jammy" meaning lucky is in Monty Python's Life of Brian. "You lucky, jammy bastards!" To me, "jammies" are pyjamas.

I don't know where 'jammy' and 'square' come from - we need Susie Dent!

Not sure this is slang but it drives me mad and it's new. DD comes down in the morning and says 'Wassup?' Apparently this is just 'hello' and my usual response of 'nothing's up' is inappropriate .

Clink is very old - Wiki says:
The Clink was a prison in Southwark, England, which operated from the 12th century until 1780. The prison served the Liberty of the Clink, a local manor area owned by the Bishop of Winchester rather than by the reigning monarch. As the Liberty owner, the Bishop kept all revenues from the Clink Liberty, and could put people in prison for failing to make their payments. As the Bishop, he could also imprison heretics. The Clink prison was situated next to the Bishop's London-area residence of Winchester Palace. The Clink was possibly the oldest men's prison and probably the oldest women's prison in England.

I got bullied at school for being a 'square'.

I do know square. At least, I think I do.