New Word-Peely-Wally
Peely-W
ally (p’lee wollee)
Meaning: Mid-19th century origin. The phrase heard mostly in the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England. Used a lot by Jamaicans. The expression may be an elaboration of “pale”, sickly, or feeling ill.
Example: I can’t have sex cause I am feeling a bit peely-wally. No, that still doesn’t mean that I could just lie there while you do your business. I ain’t no toilet!
Possums, don’t tell anyone, but do you know for many years I thought this word meant “penis”. I use to hear my mother use it all the time. She would tell my Aunt over the telephone, “I got peely-wally last night. And I got it real good. I hope I don’t get peely wally for a looong time!”
So, it was to my surprise when yesterday my sister Charro told me how she felt peely-wally after she got up. I looked around and thought to myself, “where is she hiding the guy cause I don’t see any peely-wally around!” How foolish was I to realize that there was no man AND no peely-wally! All this time peely-wally meant that you were not feeling well.
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