What was your word for geeky/uncool growing up?

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Was just about to add to the 'describe your childhood in 3 words' and realised one of the words I would have put probably wouldn't be recognised by lots of people.

Ladgin - no idea of proper spelling. Meant uncool/geeky/embarrassing. I was extremely ladgin growing up - holidays spent going to castles in Wales or on steam trains (thanks Dad) instead of all inclusive in Benidorm like everyone else at school. Happy days .

We were in North Yorkshire, 1980s/90s. What word did you have for this, whereabouts and when? Just wondering how far the ladgin-ness spread?!

I'm 38 and wish there were more opportunities to say ladgin in my day to day life.

Square, nerdy or frumpy!

Aaaand now I'm getting adverts for a Jamie Oliver wok. Thanks, Tefal.

I’m from the late 70s/early 80s and I can’t quite think of the word we had for this, but it was more of less just “clever.” It was before all the American films that gave us our cultural references.

An uncool boy was referred to as "a Colin" at my school (90s, Midlands). No idea why.

Cacker!

Sad. Southwest England, 1990s.

I prefer Ladgin. I'd never heard it before this thread.

Molly and boff

Boff. I had to really think to remember

Can’t believe only 2 mentions of stiff - clearly a NW thing!

Late 80’s early 90’s in the Channel Islands it was jivey or biff.

Spod - 70s Lancashire

Sad

Dimebar for the thick following a confectionary advert. Armadillos!

Spod.
London in the 80s.

We had cuffy in West Yorkshire, early 80s. It tended to mean a tramp or someone scruffy.
I cant remember anything specific for "geeks", my dad used to call them squares ( he used to say he was one).
Sadly, the most common insults were things like spakker, spaz, variations on that word.

Another one was tight, this was mainly reserved for girls who wouldn't go as far as her boyfriend may like.
You could get called tight though just for being a bit geeky/no boyfriend.

Mid 90s E London

Boff
Boff-job
Bod
Spod
Saddo
Sad arse
Sad act
Norman no friends (Norm for short)
Larry Loner

Keener - SW England

Spod to describe the weird geeky people who didn’t spend ages pretending to be hard. I was probably a bit spoddy.

We just used to say sad, some people said lame or tragic, but not my group of friends.

I'm 38 and from North Yorkshire too but never heard of ladgin!
I guess we would have used sad/square etc

Bodder, West Midlands.

It's a big county, Lemontwist!

“What a Brian .”

I know I was at college when that phrase was everywhere so early 1970s.
But as a school girl it would be a swot .

Gobshite-Ireland

Loserrr