Have you ever used a word or phrase that you thought everyone knew but they didn't?

[CaramelJones]

Prompted by a discussion with a friend. When we first met she kept saying mardy and I had no idea what she meant.

Has anyone experienced similar with a regional word or a term that only your family use? It's making me wonder which regional words I might be using without thinking of it.

Nesh. My ex thought I was insulting him.
bread cake too.

Where I am from to 'bray' someone is to beat them up and to 'chow' at someone is to tell them off, I had no idea thst these words were not universal until I left the area! And...anyone who knows these words will know exactly where I am from.

It's not really a compliment though is it?

Nesh. My ex thought I was insulting him.

I just looked up nesh. It sounds like a bit of an insult but it isn't?

Ginnel

Just means feel the cold, sort of neutral.

@Queenelsarules hull?

Yampy.

Lying doggo.

I thought it was self-explanatory, but I frequently get blank looks or the answer to a different question if I ask what age somebody is eg 'So what age is little Theo?', rather than 'how old is he?.

Mither. I use it loads and often get questioned as to what I'm on about.

Daps (plimsolls, gym shoes). Daps is south west and South Wales, but no one knows what it means where I live now oop norf.

I didn't think nesh was an insult, it might be used in a light hearted teasing way, but equally I use it about myself. Learnt it from a Lancastrian friend though, not a word from my part of the country.

My mum said chow and she was from Hull.

Also ‘yon side’.
Clag
A right clat.
Mithering

@mmrsjimhopper correct, you too?

Someone said to me "what do they call you" rather than "what's your name" I found that really odd. Older very "local" person.

🤣 hull?

A scrage.

It's a Bristolian word for a graze or scrape.

Personally, I think of nesh as a mild insult. Basically a wuss in regards to the cold.

Ha, funnily enough I told DH to 'stop mithering' the other day and he didn't know what I meant.

I was going to say mardy, mithering and nesh.

My dad from Hull says yon side.
My whole family says mizzle for misty rain; I had no idea it wasn't universal until I was an adult.

Twitten

Owt and nowt. So useful when texting!

'Over laid' Like slept in too late.
And 'decked it' for fell over. Maybe this is generational rather than regional as my husband who is born and bred same area as me had no idea when I said it last week. He's 8 years older though.

A friend once laughed at me and said it was terribly quaint because I said a can of ‘pop.’ I thought everybody called it pop.