Common Geordie Slang

A Aad: Old Aad Wife Aakward: Awkward Aall: All Agyen: Again Ahint: Behind Alang: Along Ald: Alreet: Alright Amang: Among: I - Axe: Aye: Yes B Baccy: Tobacco Bairn: A child Bait: Food taken to work Bank: A hill Barney: Barnard Castle Beck: Beor: Beer Beuk: A book Bishop: Bishop Auckland Blaa: Blow Blaa Oot: Heavy drinking session Black and White: A Newcastle United football club supporter Blaydon Races: National Anthem of Tyneside Boggle: A ghost or spectre. Bonny: Beautiful: Broon: Brown C Caa': Call Cam: Came Canny: A Versatile word. Canny old soul - a nice old person. Canny good Canny hard - very good or very tough. Canny job - a good job. Chare: A narrow alley in Newcastle Chorch: Church Claes: Clothes - Anglo-Saxon Clag: Stick Clarts: Dirt or mud Clarty: Dirty Clivvor: Clever Cloot: Coo: A cow Craa: Crow Crack: Croggy: To give a passenger a ride on the crossbar or back of a bicylce Croon: Crown Cuddy: A small horse or St. Cuthbert Cushat: A pigeon D Da: Dad - father Darlo: Darlington Dede: Dead Dee: Do Deed: Dead Deil: The devil Divvent: Do not - ie Divvent dee that Dodd: A fox Dog: Doon: Down Droon: Drown Dunsh: Thump E Eee: Eye F Faa: To Fettle: Good condition Force: Waterfall Fower: Four G Gaumless: Stupid or useless Gadgie: An old man Gallusses: Braces Gan: Go from the Anglo Saxon word for go. Gannin: Going Ganzie: A jumper/sweater Gill: A ravine Give: Given Giveower: Give over Gowk: A fool Granda: Grandfather H Haad: Hold Hadaway: Get away Haipeth: Half Penny Hanky: Handkerchief Haugh: Pronounced Hoff or Harf - a meadow land: Hinny: Honey - a term of endearment. Hoos: House Hope: A side valley in the dales of Northumberland and Durham for example Hedleyhope. Hoppings: A fair. The Toon Moor Hoppings are held in Newcastle. Howay: Come on - Howay or H'way the Lads is chanted at football matches. Hoy: Throw Hunkers: Sitting on haunches Hyem: Home, a word of Scandinavian origin I I Says: I Said Ivvor: Ever J Jarra: Jarrow Joon: June. K Keek: To peep Keel: A boat. Ket: A sweet or something that is nice Kidda: A term of endearment. Knaa: Know L Laa: Low or hill Lads: Blokes H'way the Lads hear at Newcastle and Sunderland football grounds. Laik: To play Lang: Long - Anglo Saxon word. Larn: Learn: Lass: A woman or young girl: Law: A hill Leazes: Pasture land belonging to a town Ling: Heather Linn: Waterfall in Weardale or Northumberland Lonnen: A lane Lop: A flea Lough: Lakes in Northumberland are called Loughs pronounced Loff M Ma: Mother Mac': Make Mac' N' Tac: A native of County Durham or Sunderland see Mackem Mackem: A native of Sunderland. 'We mackem, ye tackem' Mags: Magpies - a Sunderland football club supporters' term for a Newcastle United fan. Magpies: Nickname for Newcastle United Football Club. Mair: More Man: Frequently used at the end of a sentence Divvent dee that man, howay man - even when talking to a woman. Marra: A friend or workmate particularly in the collieries Mazer: An eccentric Mebbees: May be or Perhaps Midden: Dung heap Missus: The Missus - the wife N Nah: No Neenth: Ninth. Nee: No - as in Nee good luck but not as a word on its own. Neet: Night. Neuk: Nook Nigh: Near No Place: A village in County Durham Nyem: Name O Oot: Out Ower: Over P Pet: A term of endearment. Peth: A road up a hill Pitmatic: The dialect of County Durham as once spoken by coal miners. Pity Me: A village in County Durham Ploat: To pluck feathers Poliss: Policeman R Raa: Row Red and White: A Sunderland football club supporter Reet: Right S Sackless: Stupid or hopeless Sand Shoes: Gym Shoes Sang: A song Sark: A shirt Segger: A nickname for the town of Sacriston Sel': Self Shoot: Shout Singing Hinnie: A kind of cake Slake: Mud flat Snaa: Snow Sneck: The latch on a door Sooth: South Sparra: A sparrow, see also spuggy Spelk: A splinter Spuggy: A sparrow Staithes: A pier for loading coal onto ships Stane: Stone Stob: A stump or post Stottie: A kind of flat cake-like bread Strang: Strong T Tab: A cigarette Tak': Take Tatie: Potato Te': To Telt: Told Teem: Pour Thowt: Thought. Toon: Town Toon Army: Newcastle United football fans Tret: Treated Tyeuk: Took Tyke: A Yorkshireman U Up: Us: Me V Vennel: A narrow ally in Durham W Wag: Playing the wag is playing truant Wark: Work Wes: Was Wey: As in Wey-Aye See Why-Aye Whe ?: Who ? Whisht !: Be quiet Why-Aye: Why of course - Why-Aye man. Wi' : With Wife: A woman, whether married or not. Wife was used in this sense by the Anglo-Saxons Wiv: With Wor: Wor Lass means our missus, when a chap is referring to his wife. Wor is the Anglo-Saxon word oor meaning Our the w has crept into speech naturally. Worm: A dragon Wot Cheor: Hello - a greeting Wrang: Incorrect Wynd: A narrow street in Yarm Y Ye: You or your. Yem: Home Yen: One Yersel': Yourself