...to make a UK map of slang for bunking off lessons...

[WalkDontWalk]

This is a spin-off from another thread....

Skipping lessons or entire days of school was 'bunking off' where I grew up - which was Sarf London.

There's an Arctic Monkeys song in which Alex mentions 'she wagged English and Science', which I checked with a friend from Sheffield, and it means what I thought it meant.

I think you could make a map of the UK by plotting regional slang for skipping lessons.

Knocking off
wagging
a duck & a dive (skive)
Newcastle/gateshead 😆

It does now too in Glasgow. I suspect this came from 'dodging' as bridge becomes brig. Where as the other is from 'taking the dog out'.

Also mitching in S Wales.

Wagging school - North West (Bolton)

Dobbing in north of Ireland

Mitching in South Devon

Wagging - South Yorkshire

yes 😂😂

used to dog PE regularly

Bunking off in Norfolk - mid 1990’s

Have I missed it or did nobody else go "on the mung" in South Wales?
We had mitching too but OTM was much more common.

Mitch/mitching in my part of County Down

Dogging it/bunking off East Northants

Same!

North of Scotland 60 years ago. Skipping, skiving.

Trowing (rhyme with ploughing) was a word older people might use.

Also mid 90s in Norwich, but we definitely called it skiving!

Bunking. Very Sarf London.
Bunking also means not paying on public transport- as in "I bunked the tram to Mitcham" Not really a thing now I guess since kids don't pay!

Cappin' off in S Derbys (gen X)

Ha. I'm Co Antrim and we called it mitching or beaking/ beaking off in the 90s.

I'll have to ask the kids what they call it now.

Mitching - NI

Same! In Antrim

Nicking off- Lancashire

South Africa

Charfing.

And if you had a pretend-ill day off, then your diagnosis would be Charfalitis.

I had a case of Charfalitis from work today actually. (I'm self employed so I can)

Skiving. SW England.

On the hop (North London) Hop pronounce 'op !

Mitching off or on the mitch Cardiff area