Unique Synonyms - Uncommon names for common words

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I'm sure everyone's come across 'slang' terms used in place of common words or concepts that are unique, whether it be from geographical, generational, or genetic differences. I'm interested in some of the more original ones, that aren't widely well-known or commonly used.

Examples: clicker in reference to a television remote(been a long time since remotes have actually made a clicking sound)

Blinker in reference to a turn signal for a car.

Or the obligatory racist/stereotype insults; I've always been partial to jigaboo for black people and jive turkey for generally untrustworthy, unreliable people.

The way I've been made aware these synonyms aren't as common as I thought is having said them to people and they literally have no idea what I'm referring to.
 
None of these are unique. You talk to too many morons.
 
Haller can also mean valley.

There are a lot of southern words like this.
Buggy - Grocery cart
Boomer - red squirrel
Goober - Peanut
Curlups - Sit ups
Rurnt - ruined/broken
Just to name a few

It's similar in New England and the Midwest but media worship is slowly killing regional differences because more and more folks are being fed Western US accents by TV, Movies, etc. The regional accent person is usually shown as backwards, dumb, or at least unflattering. This isn't always the case but it is prevalent unless is groidspeak, then it's glorified and encouraged.
 
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Howard's arse = prison
one-nil at half time = food
woggy coconuts = air bricks
Gazza = a 'gas coin', used as currency for cigarettes
plank sanction = one-for-one cigarette exchange
sue my chin = give me a cigarette, I'll give you two next week
buff my pylon = give me a cigarette, you owe me two, so I'm letting you off the other one
don't buff my pylon = change the TV channel
Portillo = look out behind you
 
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