Words that I don't use

Here's a list of words that I just heard in a radio show. (EDIT: I have heard them before, and most of the expressions are quite old, but I just happened to hear an interview where they were used.)  I understand all of them, but I don't think that I would ever use them in my normal speech. I'm a 39 years old woman who has lived in Jyväskylä for the past 20 years, and before that I lived in Seinäjoki, so I don't really speak like the twenty-something young adults from Helsinki. (It's totally OK if someone else does! :)) Do you know what these words mean?

1. duuni
2. digata
3. faija
4. fiilis
5. hima
6. jengi
7. leveli
8. mutsi
9. rela
10. spessu

Here are the explanations and translations:

1. duuni = työ - a work
2. digata = kannustaa, tykätä jostain - to dig
3. faija = isä - dad
4. fiilis = tunnelma - a feeling
5. hima = koti - a home
6. jengi = ihmiset - the gang, the people
7. leveli = taso - a level
8. mutsi = äiti - mom
9. rela = rento - relaxed
10. spessu = erikoinen, erityinen - special

If I have no clue what people are saying, I check the words from Urbaani sanakirja. If you are interested in the slang that many people use in Helsinki, you might like Stadin slangi ry page. If you like to listen to podcasts, theses are the ones that I like:

• Tuija Pehkonen by Tuija Pehkonen 
• Noin viikon radio by Jukka Lindström 
• Radio Sodoma by Antti Holma

Yle Puhe on paras radiokanava!

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