Roadmen

[SeedyBaguette]

Is this an expression used round your way? If so, where are you? Am in Edinburgh and no but friends in Gtr Manc, yes (much to the hilarity of the DCs)

They used to be called louts, yobs and oiks round here. Or possibly guttersnipes.

Still are, if it's me describing them

Not sure if it still is but it was a thing when my DC were at secondary - 5 years ago. It meant - as far as this old person understands it - a white MC kid playing it like a cool black guy. Sorry if I've said anything wrong there. I'm a bit out of touch.

What are Roadmen? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4552922-what-are-roadmen

They're what I would have called chav back in the day but now there's a subtle distinction between a chav and a roadman from what I can understand .

As in "road men's lamp" or "road men's tent". I thought this thread was going to be about what happened to those?

It means you are on your way, or out and about. Or 'working'.

Roadmen is where the 'man's not hot' thing came from because they never remove their coats. Because they have hoods and contain their product (crack), most probably.

Roadmen pretend to be all druggie. And yet we had a guy selling drugs for a while a few doors down and the kids that would rock up to buy it (and hang around waiting on my drive 😡) were all quite posh studenty types who apologised nicely when I went out and asked them to move along there's a dear. No roadmen in sight

Yes by teen .. Derbyshire

Yes SE.

But mainly wanna be roadmen. Hands down their pants using different accents.. 🤔.

It's quite embarrassing really.

Not heard this in Liverpool. I have an 18yo but he's probably just outgrown a lot of slang. I would say a roadman was a chap who fixed the tarmac and operated the stop/go signs

Now seems to be used to describe white teen boys who dress like the original roadmen but the nearest to drugs they have got is smuggling their Mams vape down the park to have a go.

This is how it’s used here, in the midlands. It’s a derogatory term or insult - pretty sure the boys themselves don’t describe themselves as road men.

To be ‘on road’ is someone who sells drugs. A roadman is a drug dealer. The meaning has changed a lot over the years and is now bizarrely used my white middle class kids to describe anyone wearing a tracksuit

South East London

Teenage son mentioned seeing some Roadmen down an alley, between some shops and probably dealing .
I thought he meant Men who worked on the road, like to repair them and the like before he mentioned seeing one . 😆

Yes. Sheffield.

Yes. London

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