Brush up on your Love Island lingo
How's your Islandese? A little rough around the edges? For all those in need of a lesson in Love Island lingo, we bring you the ultimate Islander phrasebook, filled with the many nouns, verbs and curious adjectives one might expect to hear during a stay on Love Island.
The words, perplexing. The origins, mind-boggling. The outcome, painstaking confusion. Coming to a school curriculum near you soon...
VerbOrigin: The Love Island villaThe act of switching partners in the pursuit of (a) true love, (b) £50,000, or (c) forming allegiances against fellow Islanders whose mere presence threatens your chances at either (a) or (b).“Since the last recoupling, have you grown to like him at all?”“No, I’m gonna pie him off and recouple with someone else.”
Noun/Verb/Adjective/EverythingOrigin: Old NorseCan be used in any context, with a fully interchangeable meaning. Where most humans breathe, an Islander might say ‘like’.“Like, I still like him, but like, I like someone else. And now I’m like coupled with this other guy I think I, like, like."
NounOrigin: inside every strong female. Well, almost every strong female.Traditionally, girl code refers to the set of rules females must abide by that ensures they look out for one another, even in the pursuit of menfolk. However, Islanders can have their own definition of the term, fully interchangeable and only applicable when they feel like it.“You broke the girl code, treacle. Now I’m gonna break it by yanking out your extensions.”
VerbOrigin: UnknownNo actual pie-based foodstuffs required during this process.“Who pied who?”“I pied her.”“No you never, I was pieing you before the date even began!”
VerbOrigin: Presumably EssexOften happens prior to or in succession with ‘pied’.“I’ve been mugged off. She said she’d pick me. Proper mugged off.”
VerbOrigin: UnknownThe art of developing a romantic relationship once a pair have coupled up. However, cracking on is by no means a guarantee of success, and mugging off and/or pieing are still very much a possibility“I’ve pied him now. Time to crack on with someone else.”