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Usage: "This queue's got us propa radgie. Usage: anytime you want to agree with someone without resorting to a boring "yes". Non Geordie translation: generic proclamation of positivity or agreement Important note: howay must also be followed by man, which explains the popular but somewhat confusing phrase "howay, man, woman, man!"

Usage: "Howay man! We gannin' doon the Toon to beat the queues?" Non Geordie translation: generic proclamation of exhortation or encouragement, can be both positive and negative

LAZY SYNONYM HOW TO

How to get ChronicleLive's top stories sent straight to your inbox with our newsletters.Geordie put-downs: The wittiest North East ways to put you in your place.Usage: "Haddaway, man, there's nee way that gadgie is signing for the Toon."Īngela Archbold suggests the usage of "haddaway and loss yasel", meaning you are talking rubbish. Non Geordie translation: generic proclamation of negativity or disbelief (Also "haddaway, man" and the coarser "haddaway and sh*te" made popular by Oz, Jimmy Nail's character in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet)

Usage: "That gadgie's gannin' proper radgie, like." Geordie saying: haddaway Usage: "See that gadgie at the front of the geet walla queue?"įact fans: This word was possibly derived from the Romani "gadje" meaning non-Roma or "gorgio" meaning fellow. Non Geordie translation: adult male human What's your favourite Geordie phrase? Let us know in the comments section below. Other words meaning same thing: muckle, howfing (as in "howfing geet") Usage: "There's a geet walla queue at Asda, gan to Morrisons instead, marra (see 13)". Non Geordie translation: very, very large

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Toon - Newcastle city centre and Newcastle United FC Read more: The newest ChronicleLive ultimate Geordie heritage quiz - try our 20 questionsīefore we start the list, a general key for pronouns, verbs and adverbs which are used in some of the examples but aren't good enough to make the list itself: Have we missed any? Let us know in the comments at the bottom.

LAZY SYNONYM TV

Our popular sayings, words and phrases have been immortalised on TV programmes from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet in the 1980s to Hebburn now, and we asked readers to share their favourites. The North East is well known and loved for the Geordie language and dialect which is sometimes indecipherable to Southern types.