Is calling someone a Garyboy, G boy etc regional or nationwide?

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And very 90’s/00’s thing to say?

Would you know what ‘going for a Gary round the town in my car’ was?!

Never heard of it
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Never heard of it .

Never heard any of those terms although I can imagine what they refer to

No I don't know it either? What does it mean?

Where I come from ‘a garry’ is a synonym for ‘look’, so you’d say ‘Give me a garry at that newspaper if you’ve finished with it’.

To quote Mowgli in The Jungle book.

Gee, Baloo. I don’t even know what you’re talking about.

I’m from Suffolk and this what ‘townies’ were called but not in a derogatory way. As in it was a bit of a pisstake so my first boyfriend would say ‘let’s go for a G around town’ and we’d drive v fast with music blaring not going anywhere .

The Gary’s would go to the pub that played house music after 11pm.

It was Barry where I come from

No way Betty! Really?!

(Love your Dads submarine BTW)

(Love your Dads submarine BTW)

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Never heard of ‘Gary’, OP!

Yep Barry Boys. They usually wore Kappa tracksuits and trainers, perhaps a baseball cap. Drove souped up cars with loud music. It was the ultimate insult when I was a teenager for some reason.

Blimey. It must be very specific to Suffolk!

Ta re the submarine. It is rather special

I'm on the Norfolk/Suffolk border and have heard the natives use that expression! I'm originally from the north west and never heard it up there.

I knew you were from Suffolk.
Yes, it’s a Suffolk things.

Am I the only person who has no idea what this thread is about?

We called them Kevs in my day. Doing the town circuit in a souped up Nova or a Kev Cav (vauxhall cavalier!) And a music system that cost more than the car! Never heard the term Garyboy.

Haha!!

Now I know it’s just a Suffolk thing can I ask if there anywhere else you’d call something/someone Rum?

Where are you from Betty?

It's either a Suffolk thing or you, me and Pancake all went to the same school

I've heard of Kevs and Traceys, but I'm from a city so I probably was the townie.

I lived in Suffolk for a good few years and have never heard of it.

Um sorry Cherrypavlova but you might have been a bit too posh to be down with the lingo circa 2000

'rum' as in a bit naughty/weird is national I think, I certainly heard it up north too. In my home town 'townies' was used to refer to the mainstream trendy kids who hung out in the town centre (at the time it was perms, white stilettos and snow washed denim while sitting outside McDonalds)

Maybe cassini V famous singer alumni?