Spud (film) whom he nicknames "The Mermaid." When Spud returns to the school, he sees a flyer for the school play "Oliver Twist". Spud decides to audition so he can fit in. He ends up landing the lead role of Oliver. During practice, Spud meets Amanda, a girl from the nearby school St. Catherine's, and immediately falls for her. But he soon realises that she has a boyfriend already, and he cannot form a relationship with her without cheating on Debbie, whom he still loves. He seeks the advice of his roommate Gecko, who tells Spud to pretend he loves another girl
Back slang Back slang Back slang is an English coded language in which the written word is spoken phonemically backwards. Back slang is thought to have originated in Victorian England, being used mainly by market sellers, such as butchers and greengrocers, to have private conversations behind their customers' backs and pass off lower quality goods to less observant customers. The first published reference to it was in 1851, in Henry Mayhew's "London Labour and the London Poor". Some back slang has entered standard English. For example, the term "yob" was originally back slang for "boy". Back slang is not only restricted to