Parlez-Vous TOWIE?
By Steve Coats
The stars of The Only Way Is Essex have such a language of their own, you might need subtitles to follow them. Until now!
With our handy guide, you too can speak TOWIE as “reem” as Harry, Amy and Kirk and make everyone “jel!”
Word: JEL
Meaning: Envious
Use in a Sentence: Look at your amazing orange tan, I’m jel.
For advanced TOWIE speakers, use the phrase “well-jel” to indicate that you are particularly jealous.
Word: YOUS (pronounced yoos)
Meaning: You (plural)
Use in a Sentence: Are yoos going to the Sugar Hut tonight?
Word: REEM (pronounced with as many e’s as possible)
Meaning: Sexy
Use in a Sentence: Aren’t my hair extensions reem?
Word: BINNED
Meaning: Ditched by a boyfriend or girlfriend
Use in a Sentence: He didn’t have a convertible so he was binned.
Word: VAJAZZLE
Meaning: To decorate your vajajay with tiny crystals
Use in a Sentence: She’s proper glam – she vajazzles and everything
Word: HUNDREDPERCENT (pronounced Hun-Jed Pah-sent)
Meaning: Definitely, No Doubt about It
Use in a Sentence: Do you think this nude pink lip gloss suits me? Hundredpercent!
Word: OHSHATUUUUP! (pronounced as if going over a bump in the road)
Meaning: Be quiet, you joker.
Use in a Sentence: You’ve got a degree in chemistry? Ohshatuuuup!
Word: Major (pronounced mayja)
Meaning: Important, Critical
Use in a Sentence: The Tanning Salon is closed. The situation is getting major.
Word: SORT
Meaning: An attractive person
Use in a Sentence: The girl I met at Faces Nightclub, she was a right sort.
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