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What does that expression mean?


"We had a CHIN WAG and settled things"?

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A "chinwag", a chat, a discussion (usually friendly). Your chin "wags" while you're talking, you see. Not quite like a tail wagging, or a finger...more up and down than side to side.

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A 'chin wag' is rhyming slang for nag. Nag meaning having a talk, it has nothing to do with your chin 'wagging' while talking.

No, I mentioned the bisque!

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A chin wag is not cockney rhyming slang at all, and it doesn't mean nag. It means to chat or have a conversation.





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