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Piffy on a rock bun

93 replies

Ineedanewjobsoon · 03/02/2024 18:53

Does anyone else use this idiom regularly, or just me?

usually shortened to ‘Like Piffy’ as in. “ I’m stood here like Piffy whilst you lot faff around”
I baffled a few colleagues at work the first time I used it and my DH had never heard it either.

DH uses the phrase ‘Like Wanna Lockharte’ in a similar context. (No idea if any of that is spelt correctly)
We were both born in Lancashire for context.

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BrandNewBicep · 03/02/2024 19:29

I use it fairly regularly, also Lancashire.

SlipperySlope99 · 03/02/2024 19:34

Lancashire and yes I’m often stood like piffy on a rock bun

Molly0 · 03/02/2024 20:02

My mother used to say 'like Venus on a rock bun.' Also from the north, though not Lancashire.

newnam · 03/02/2024 20:04

Yes, also from Lancashire

Em3978 · 03/02/2024 20:15

Mum did, from Stockport!

reelcat · 03/02/2024 20:21

No idea what any of you are on about! I am from Northumberland

JayAlfredPrufrock · 03/02/2024 20:22

I say stood here like Piffy but not the rock bun

Gatekeeper · 03/02/2024 20:26

S.w Durham

'Like bliddy Piffy on a rock cake'

BCBird · 03/02/2024 20:28

Midlands gal here, never heard of it😆

Habbibu · 03/02/2024 20:29

Liverpool and never heard of it!

newroundhere · 03/02/2024 20:30

My mum says it - she's from Chester but with family from Yorkshire

SnakesAndArrows · 03/02/2024 21:11

Piffy on a rock. No bun or cake. South Manchester.

AhBiscuits · 03/02/2024 21:17

What?
Never heard either in my life.

AhBiscuits · 03/02/2024 21:18

WTF is Piffy?

BruceAndNosh · 03/02/2024 21:21

Yep. I'm Irish but picked the phrase up in Manchester. No one in Belfast understands it!

Winberry · 03/02/2024 21:21

Yes! Piffy on a Rock Bun or sat there like Piffy. Manchester. Still no idea who Piffy is.

theduchessofspork · 03/02/2024 21:23

No but I might adopt the Venus version

Haven’t had a rock bun for years

minimoojo · 03/02/2024 21:23

Yes! Both stood here like piffy, and piffy on a rock bun! Mum used it when I was growing up in Cheshire, she's from Oldham. Love it and I still use it!

SOxon · 03/02/2024 21:25

Habbibu · 03/02/2024 20:29

Liverpool and never heard of it!

the Liverpool version is (was) standing here like one of Lewis’s

Elfie23 · 03/02/2024 21:27

Can anyone explain this for a southerner? Absolutely no idea what this means 😂😂

Portakalkedi · 03/02/2024 21:28

When I was a kid in Lancashire my mum used to say 'waiting like Piffy' but never heard of the rock bun bit!

Aydel · 03/02/2024 21:32

I use this! My Mum said it all the time. North London here!

squirrelnutkins1 · 03/02/2024 21:34

BCBird · 03/02/2024 20:28

Midlands gal here, never heard of it😆

Same 😂
What does it mean!?

Keepingittogetherstepbystep · 03/02/2024 21:35

Lancashire here but never heard of Piffy

QueenBitch666 · 03/02/2024 21:36

Manchester here. Use it frequently Grin