Regional words that you thought everyone used.

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A friend mentioned her winterdyke to me recently and was amazed that I had no idea what it was. It seems that it's what I'd call a clothes horse or airer. I'm from Glasgow and she's from Ayrshire. She said that she thought everyone called it that.

Are there any words that you use and assumed that everyone knew but it turns out that they don't?

Nesh is when you are sensitive to the cold. What ya need ya coat fo ya rate nesh you.

I'm from the north east and had a boyfriend from the south who thought it was hilarious when I said 'got wrong' as in 'I thought I was going to get wrong off my boss for being late' I'm curious to know how many, if any other regions use this.

Also 'hoy' which means throw. But can also be used as such:

'It's hoyying it down' - 'it's raining really heavily'
'I'm going out on the hoy tonight!' - 'I'm going out to get drunk tonight!'

Love that one

We use nesh too - it means you feel the cold.

Yes, sucker is an ice lolly.

Does anyone else have a twitchell?

Chebs = breasts
Larry = someone who is lonely / on their own
Claggy = muddy

All 3 of those terms confused non locals in the last few weeks. (rural south west)

Backalong. As in, I went there backalong but not recently, or I knew her backalong, not seen her for ages. Great word.

This is a reverse, but nesh.

When I moved from the south to the north many moons ago I’d never heard of nesh, but now I do know nesh I am amazed that the whole English speaking world doesn’t use it.

It’s a great word.

People where we live use " A ken" or just "ken" for "I know". I thought this was a whole of Scotland thing until I got to about 18.

Scrike(?) arse too (someone who is whinging).

According to an older friend of mine (not sure how old but she had children in the sixties) island was what roundabouts used to be called.

mardy bum
play the drum
tell your mother the cat's cum um

What do you call the little path between properties from one road to another? I grew up calling it a jitty but now live in vennel country.

@Knittedfairies if your tabs are laughing you've had something really fizzy that's fizzing up in your ears

@slippersandgin claggy is used in the NE too, it could mean muddy but also means sticky.

Thank you all for the Nesh explanation. There are so many fascinating words here that I've never heard.

@ImNotShpanishImEgyptshun

Gambol for a forward role. Island instead of roundabout. "All round the Wrekin" for going the long way round.

Would you go to the outdoor?

That's a regional word as far as I know.

According to an older friend of mine (not sure how old but she had children in the sixties) island was what roundabouts used to be called.

Still islands in the Midlands.

Is a twitchell a jitty?

DH is English and looked at me funny the first time I used the word 'scram' to mean scratch or 'give you a row' to mean a telling off.

@ImNotShpanishImEgyptshun of course a forward roll is a tumbletoss!

@EnglishGirlApproximately the only thing worse than having a mard on is having a cob on.

Flitting.

Nesh is used in Yorkshire. It means weak or feeble.

Local words in Yorkshire:

Snicket or ginnel = alleyway
Spice = sweets (or used to be. Probably means drugs now)
while = until - "he isn't back while lunchtime"
Breadcake = bread roll

Local word in Northumberland:
Bait = packed lunch

I love learning about local dialect and idioms.

Being in a gurn. Thunderplump, and I learned the other day that outwith is only used in Scotland!

@PuppyMonkey cob on is probably my favourite local saying.

Love mardy, marry bum and got the mard on. Might start using them again!

A forward roll is a roly poly, surely?!

Mardy bum even

Barm cake. I said i had got some barm cakes in uni and nobody knew what I was on about. The others were from all over the country. I am north west.