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I was wondering if anyone was aware of the word "sidey". I've heard a couple of people use it and I also have come across it online but have never found it in any dictionary.
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how's it used? what's the context? can I find another way to ask the same question?  welcome to the board!
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sidey (pl. sidies) - of course! These are what you get just before you have to visit the hairdresser; what might best be described as 'pseudo sideburns'. It's a chiefly British usage, AFAIK.
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LOL! (laugh out loud)  thanks for the reminder; it's time to get my hair cut!
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Thanks for the welcome etaoin! I've heard the word being used in the same context as the word seedy. Oh and I might add that I have come across this only in India. Initially I thought it might have been a mispronunciation but a lot people seem to use it in written form as well in India. I did a search on the word in a search engine and came across a few instances.
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what might best be described as 'pseudo sideburns'. It's a chiefly British usage, AFAIK.New one to me, me old son. Though indubitably useful.
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> New one to me
I learnt that meaning up in Scouse country so I guess most Southern pansies arn't too familiar with it [g]
I have no clue as to how or why sidey might have come to mean 'seedy' though I'm afraid, cuteprog.
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I learnt that meaning up in Scouse countryYeah, well - us Southern pansies would never have sideys would we? Occasional designer stubble, perhaps. I'd be interested to know if this is a general Northern term. Rhuby, Jo?
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There is the rather old fashioned slang term side, meaning getting above yourself. Could this sidey refer to a sort of shabby genteel claim to an undeserved social prominence?
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There is the rather old fashioned slang term side, meaning getting above yourself.
There is? Would you mind using it in a sentence, please, so I can understand?
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