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Originally Posted by garinda
After searching slang dictionaries on the web, l've finally accepted that Mick is a derogatory term for an Irish man, and soft just means simple. But why is it so localised, and why does it means extravagance? l'm still hoping he was an Accy dandy.
Other good localish words found in the slang dictionary were-
crammed [grumpy,]
mard [feeling miserable.]
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I always thought that 'mard' meant soft, as in a wimp. eg. "Don't be so damn mard, what ya cryin' for?
Another one my mother used to come out with was: "You're as soft as my pocket." meaning mard as I described above.
Some more:
If you were doing something and making a bad job of it my father would say; "You shape like John Smith" or "You're not fit to wrap toffee up at Tommy Hodsons"