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heavy salad

What does heavy salad mean?

A way of acknowledging bad news without offering a fix. Someone tells you their nan's in hospital, their bird's left them, they've lost their job — 'heavy salad, lad'. It's verbal sympathy with a Scouse twist, no platitudes attached.

"Me Judy's just binned me off. — Heavy salad, that, la."

Frequently asked questions

What does heavy salad mean?
In Scouse slang, heavy salad means grim news or a rough situation.
How do you use heavy salad in a sentence?
He lost his job and his car in the same week — proper heavy salad, that.
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