A twang is a local dialect or slang. It is also a band that are currently enjoying an ejaculatory phase of their career. See what I did there – ‘ejaculatory’. That was my own little bit of twang that I just made up.

Inventing words is fun. You can take two adjectives like ‘crying’ and ‘wanking’ and hey presto you have ‘cranking’. Alternatively you can just think of a thing, for example a penis that is fatter than it is long, and let a word spring into your head like ‘choad’!

Shakespeare was good at it. He made up as many as 1700 new words. Among the gems that can be directly attributed to him are – ‘drugged’, ‘caked’ ‘eyeball’ and ‘swagger’. Word!!!

We spoke to Martin Saunders (or Saunders to his mates) about slang, made up words and space.

Hello Saunders from The Twang. I’m sure you know that ‘twang’ is another word for ‘slang’. Please can you teach us some proper Birmingham slang?
I just use my own. It changes daily – whoever I’m knocking about with. If I’m in Wolverhampton I speak like yammer.

A yammer?
Yeah

How do yammer’s speak?
“A it. It’s really hot a it.”

Please translate that for us.
It means ‘isn’t it.’ It’s like saying: “It’s really hot isn’t it.”

I see. Any other examples?
Well, we have some of our own slang.

In the band?
Yeah. For example your ‘Reggie’ is your mate.

Please can you invent a word that describes that feeling when you come out on stage to thousands of screaming fans?

Hmmm… Fantastical.

Explain your invented word.
Magical and fantastic at the same time.

When did last feel fantastical?
We played a gig in Holland. We was pretty cack though. Lately we’ve been playing a few festivals. It’s been quite tiring. So in fact the last time I felt fantastical was when I got home.

Please give us a word to describe that feeling you get at six in the morning when you’re really tired but also wide awake.
Fockled

Explain your invented word.
Pickled and fucked

When did you last feel fockled recently?
In Holland the other day. It was a heavy one. We were playing in the Hague. It was on a beach. We got there at five and weren’t playing until nine. So by the time we got on stage we was a bit drunk.

Do you find it helps or hinders your performance when you’re drunk on stage?
There’s a line. If you’re just over that line it can be horrific.

Please can you invent a word that accurately describes your music?
Twangtasmogircal

Explain your invented word.
I think it explains itself.

Our theme is space – so am going to ask you some space related questions. Do you believe in astrology?
Course I believe in it. Our drummer is well into it. He has a telescope in his back garden. But I don’t know if he actually uses that for astrology or just looking at girls through windows. No, actually I’m not really that into it. It’s fucking bollocks.

Is Bush’s Star Wars missile defence system necessary for US protection or a gross waste of money that could spark off another Russian-American arms race?
I don’t know man. For one he’s a cock isn’t he? There are two ways of looking at it. It’s a waste of money but if things did kick off… You can get a bit deep. I don’t like getting political. Don’t know about things like that. I don’t really bother with them.

Okay. Was Russia’s recent planting of their flag underneath the North Pole a harmless PR stunt or shameless attempt to make a land grab for the arctic and the valuable natural resources that are hidden there?
Finders keepers. Fair play to them. They did it first.