If you’re extra, you’re taking something too far, for example by being dramatic and over-the-top. When the two got into a heated argument a few weeks ago, Marcel was accused of being extra. Who gives you extra? Marcel, if Olivia is to be believed. If you’re throwing shade, you’re basically casting your disdain over another person.Įxample sentence: ‘Did you see her throw shade at me at the bar?’ To throw shade (verb) is to make a public show of contempt for someone or something, often in a subtle or non-verbal way.Īs early as the 1520s, shade was used as a way to describe casting a shadow over. Voted one of the Collins Dictionary top 10 words of 2016, throwing shade is something very different. You might think with all that sun and passion flying about the villa, the islanders might appreciate some time out in the shade.
Salty as a way of describing anger or irritation comes from US slang, first attested in 1938 and often used in reference to sailors.Īll that ocean air, it does funny things to a person.Įxample sentence: ‘Sam got salty about Chris cracking on with Olivia’ Our pioneers of language aren’t the first to use this word in this context. If you’re salty (adjective) in the villa, usually you’re bitter or angry towards another islander. Too much salt can be bad for you, in your food and your attitude.
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On Love Island, to crack on is to begin a romantic relationship with someone, ideally with the end goal of coupling up.Įxample sentence: ‘Mike wants to crack on with Jess’ The word mug in its modern form was added to the Collins Dictionary in around the 1970s and derives from the 1855 ‘muggins’, used to describe a fool or a simpleton.Įxample sentence: ‘Amber mugged off Harley for Kem’Īlways ahead of trends, Collins Dictionary defines crack on (verb) as the act of continuing to do something, usually with more effort than before or as quickly as possible.
Normally it’ll leave you feeling angry or confrontational, which is probably the cause of most arguments in the villa. To be mugged off in Mallorca is to be treated disrespectfully or deceived by another islander. If you’re being muggy (adjective) or getting mugged off (verb), it’s a little like being pied off except less embarrassing. No, not the kind of muggy that sends your hair into meltdown and leaves you feeling sticky. Sweet, right?Įxample sentence: ‘Dom was proper grafting with Jess on her birthday’ If you’re grafting, you’re working hard to get the romantic attention of your crush – putting in the work to lay the foundations of love. To graft (verb) on the island is pretty true to its roots – no pun intended. Graft as an official definition is the act of putting in, like grafting a plant shoot, originating in the late 15th century. In much rainier England, graft is used informally to describe working hard. If you’re from the north, you’re no stranger to hard graft. How things change.Įxample sentence: ‘Montana got pied off by Dom’ Traditionally, pied is an adjective used to describe the contrast colours of a magpie’s plumage. This definition of this word seems to be totally unique to the villa, with the original definition dating back to the 14th century. If you’re been ignored by a love interest or dumped by your bae, you’ve been pied. To ‘get pied’ (verb) on Love Island is to be rejected by someone, which arguably can be just as humiliating as a pie to the face. When you think of someone getting pied, you might think of a clown getting a custard cream to the face. The word melt originates from the Greek ‘meldein’, meaning to liquefy or dissolve.Įxample sentence: ‘Kem is an absolute melt’ On Love Island if someone describes you as a melt, it’s usually because they think you’re being over-the-top or pathetic. Melt in the villa is commonly used as a noun (melty, if you need an adjective) and is defined as someone acting soppy toward their crush. Whilst the islanders are enjoying temperatures of up to 30 degrees, their liberal use of the word melt isn’t referring to the heat. The question is, do you know your melt from your shade? We’ve put together a quick guide to the most popular Love Island words and phrases to get you up-to-speed.
This year’s show has welcomed a wide range of islanders from Essex, Manchester and as far north as Dumfries, bringing a plethora of dialects to the villa. With over a million viewers tuning in six nights a week and more than 183 million tweets about the show, Love Island lingo is working its way into the nation’s lexicon.
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