Which part of the UK uses the phrase “Have a cob on?”

[Greenbeanmcgee]

And does it mean angry?

TIA

I thought it was Liverpool. I'm sure I heard it in Brookside first

Yes heard it often growing up in West Lancs. Meaning mardy

Thanks everyone. It’s new to me so your responses have been very helpful. Mardy was unfamiliar to me until relatively recently too. I wonder if there’s a crossover between where the two terms are used?

A colleague used to use it; she was from Wigan. So Lancashire?

Oh I definitely thought it mean ‘to have an erection’ 😂 but I think I’m confused with ‘have a chub on’ and the phallic appearance of a corn cob…

We used it in B'ham

I’ve obviously been saying it wrong all these years! I always say ‘has a right gob on’ 😂

Thought that’s got a lob on 😂😂

Im London b&b now Herts/Essex and its not an expression I’m familiar with.

Ohhh yeah maybe that’s it too. I’ve definitely heard chub too though.

HA! All those moody people who I actually thought had erections 😂 must never have noticed the phrase in relation to a woman!

i always thought midlands 🤔

Yy to Lancashire and greater Manchester using it to mean looking annoyed.

West Midlands. Same meaning as everywhere else

Yep South Wales for me - means you're having a bloody big strop!

Lived in Devon all my life and I've never once heard anyone use the phrase.

South Wales for me too. Means you’re having a big sulk, tantrum-adjacent.

Liverpool. Yes- grumpy and moody

Also Derbyshire.

Midlands - bring a grump (I’m in my 30s)

That is also a phrase - but it means a loud mouth.

Black Country here. Means someone’s being stroppy/sulky.

Got a right cob on. London.

Ever met a cob? It's the name for a male swan - they get well garrity if you disturb them when they've got cygnets. It's also a name for particularly sturdy (and spectacularly arsey when finally provoked beyond the point of no return) horses.

Mardy is more whingy and miserable

Yes I do, I grew up moving around the country so not sure where I picked it up from. DH and DS’s both think I’m funny when I say it , we’re all now in the South.

Aaah, makes sense but I’ve been using it in the wrong context!

Derby