| A bad-un (A bad person) * A brew (A cup of tea) * A bugger (A bad person - but was previously used for a person that practised sodomy) * Afters (Drinking in a pub after the legal closing time, or dessert at the end of a meal - "What's fer afters?") * A fuddle (A confused mess) * Agen (Again) * A-jar (A pint of beer, and not to be confused with, "A jar of jam") * All-us (Always) * Any road (any way) * Awd/Ord (old) * Aye (Yes; it is pronounced the same as the letter "I" in the alphabet) * Ay-up! (A surprised, but warm, greeting. The "Ay" is pronounced like the first letter of the alphabet. Can mean many other things according to subtle intonations, ie: Bloody hell) * Bab (Faeces, or the act of excretion - also known as "Baba"; a word used by children. Can also be used to describe something that is useless or bad) * Back-passage (Anus/colon) * Babbie (Baby. The middle 'b' is emphasised) * Back-end (Autumn (back-end of the year). Also the back of a car, or an anus/colon.) * Backword (to cancel an arrangement) * Badly (Someone who is not well) * Bairn (Child - although this is also used in the North-East of England - see external links) * Barmcake (A round flat bread-roll or bun) * Barmpot (A silly person) * Barmy (silly, daft, unreasonable) * Barn (bound as in bound somewhere) * Barn-te'r (Bound/sure to do something) * Beef (Cry) * Beefing (Crying) * Be-fuddled (Confused) * Benny (A tantrum i.e. to throw a benny/throw a tantrum) Last of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine * Bevvy (Beer) * Bewer (A Good Looking Girl) * Bins (Glasses) * Bint (Offensive Term for a Young woman) * Black Dag (Black Pudding) * Bletherin' (Talking a lot, but saying nothing) * Blumin' eck (A exclamation of surprise, usually in a negative context.) * Boits (Boots) * Boo (verb to cry) * Brass (Money) * Brat (Apron) * Bray (Beat up) * Breadcake (A flat bread-roll, or bun) * Brig (Bridge) * Broddle (Verb: to poke around, to pick out or to make holes) * Brussen (Someone who thinks of themselves as being something special, excessively proud. Can also mean someone who's a bit of a rough character) * Buggered (Tired) * By 'eck! (An exclamation of astonishment; equivalent to, "I'm shocked") * Cack (Terrible - and also a word for faeces asin cacked mi keks) * Call/callin (To talk, gossip - rhymes with pal) * Cack-handed (Useless with tools, or left-handed) * Champion (Really good - as in, "It were reet champion") * Chabbies (Noun - Small children. Mainly confined to the South Yorkshire region) * Charver (Chav) * Cheb (To lob or to throw "Cheb us mi flat cap") * Chosty/Choisty (Big, massive, huge etc. see 'Chusty') * Chuckie (chicken; eggs are often referred to as 'chuckie eggs') * Chuck it darn (to rain heavy) * Chuddy (Chewing gum) * Chuffed (Very proud and happy) * Chuffin' eck! (Surprised, or shocked) * Chuffin' ell! (politer way of saying 'fucking hell') * Chunter/chuntering (Complaining quietly to oneself) * Chusty (Big, massive, huge etc. i.e. "Look a t'chusty get twonk!" - Look at the huge great idiot!) * Clod-opper (A person who is slow in learning or footwear 'clod-hoppers') * Cloth ears (Someone who does not listen or someone who hasn't heard something that has been said) * Coil-oil (Coal-hole - the cellar where coal is stored) * Co-ed/Code/cowd/cord/cawd (Cold - "By 'eck its cowd art theear" - It's cold out there) * Cumf'ts (Said like 'comfort'; 'cumf't day, cumf't weekend' (i.e. come for the day, come for the weekend). A derogatory term for people from West Yorkshire given to them by people from East Yorkshire, particularly around Bridlington) * Deard (Dead - rhymes with beard) * Deck (verb to knock somebody to the ground) * Dee-Dars (noun - refering to those of South Yorkshire esp. Sheffield, who pronounce Thee and Tha as Dee and Da) * Dollop (Lump of something) * Doss (Either an idiot - especially 'thick doss';also means 'skive'; to relax when one shouldn't be or an opportunity to do so.) * Dougie (stupid) * Doylum (Idiot. Pronounced D-oi-lum) * Dozy Twonk (A silly, sleepy idiot - see also 'Twonk') * Duck (Term of address used at the end of sentence, as in, "Thanks, duck" and said to men and women alike as a friendly term - mostly in Derbyshire) * Duddy/dodie (A baby's dummy) * 'e (he) * 'e by gum! (Instant shock. If somebody else is present they may reply 'can ya belly touch ya bum') * 'e-ya! (Hold on a minute) * Fellow (A term of address for a male - similar to 'mate') * Fer (For) * Ferkin (An amount of beer. Often used in the phrase, "A fish and a ferkin", meaning a fish and chip supper and a pint of beer) * Flags (Short for flagstones - Concrete paving slabs) * Flophouse (A cheap place where the drunk, or homeless, would sleep) * Folk (People - "Look at all them folk over there") * Gaffer (The boss) * Gawp (to stare at someone with an open mouth) North Yorkshire Moors North Yorkshire Moors * Ginnel or gennel (alleyway between houses, often covered) * Gang (Verb: to go) * Gate (Street, road) * Gebbs (Spectacles, glasses) * Gret/Gert/Get (Great as in great big) * Gigs (Glasses) * Ginner (Prounced with a 'j' sound, somebody with red hair) * Gip (Unwell, or to retch) * Gloit (Nerd or idiot) * Gob (Mouth - as in, "shut thee/tha gob" - stop talking) * Gobby (Someone who voices their opinion a lot) * Goggle box (television) * Goodies (Sweets - usually hard-boiled sweets) * Gorm (Sense; eg - gormless = senseless. But also - notice; eg 'he never gormed me') * Gradely (as in, "It were reet gradely", meaning it was really good) * Groggy (to feel under the weather/or hung over) * Growler (Pork pie) * Gruds or Grots (Underpants) * Jitty (alleyway between houses) * Keks or Kegs(Trousers or underpants) * Kelter (Junk/clutter) * Knackers (Testicles) * Knocking shop (brothel) * Krog or 'Kroggie (A ride on the back of somebody's bicycle) * Lug/lugoil (Ear - earhole) * Lake/laik/Leck/Larkin (Verb: to play, and also "a laker" time off work for no good reason: "Is 'e laiking agin?") * Lass (young woman or girl) * Learn (=to teach, as in "That'll learn yer" - that will teach you a lesson) * Lop/loppy (Flea/or knits when you are itching a lot),dirty/unclean * Love/Luv (Used at the end of sentence, as in, "Thanks, love" and said to men and women alike as a friendly term) * Mack-off (Big, massive etc. Sometimes pronounced "Whack-off") * Maungy (Sullen, moody. Pronounced "Morn-jee". Possibly deriving from 'mangy' meaning to suffer from the mange) * Mardy (Moody/Miserable/Petty, taking your football home if you can't be the captain) * Ma'sell/Mi'sell or Ma'sen/Mi'sen (Myself) * Mi (my) (Example: "These are mi (my) keys.") * Middin (A mess in a room) * Mind (Remember, think, move, take care) * Minge (Vagina) * Muggins (A person who will accept anything) * Mytherin' (Worrying about something without reason/to bother or pester someone) * Nacker (a slug) * Nankle/Nankling (Fiddling with something, sometimes with an aim to fixing it) * Na then' (Informal greeting) * Nay (no) * Neev or Nieve (Fist) * Nesh (soft or effeminate; feel the cold easily) * Netty (Toilet) * Nipper (A young boy) * Noggin (Head) * Nowt (Nothing) * Now then' (Informal greeting) A Yorkshire pub A Yorkshire pub * Offcumdens (Offcomers/outsiders) * Ole/Oil (hole) * Os (Horse) * 'Osen (Stockings) * Our lass (wife, girlfriend - 'old lass' = mother) * Our kid (Brother or sibling) * Our youth (Brother or sibling) * Ovver/Ova/Of'er (Over; as in over there, said like hover without the 'h') * Owd (Old) * 'Ow do? (How do you do) * 'Ow ist? (How are you? literally How is tha?) * Owt (Anything) * Oxter (Armpit) * Piddlin' (Something trivial/or lite to medium rain) * Pillock (An idiot, or someone who knows what he is doing is harmful) * Pit (A mine - often referred to as, "Darn (down) t'pit") * Poorly (Ill - unwell) * "Pot" (A tea mug - as in pottery. Also another word for a cast) * Radge (A tantrum or an offensive term meaning to make someone mentally disabled e.g. 'to radge someone up') * Radgey (Bad tempered) * Real (Good or outstanding) * Rigg or Rygg (Ridge/back, espcially of hill) * Right/reyt/reet (Very/really - as in, "It's right/reyt/reet good") * Roarin roorin' (crying loudly) * Rotter (A Not so good lookin Person) * Scallywag or scally (A young person who resents and disobeys authority) * Scrawny (Very thin) * Scree-tin (Crying in a loud way) * Sen (Self) * Shite (A more emphatic version of 'shit') * Siling (to rain heavily) * Sith-ee/ahl sithee (Listen / Goodbye, literally I will see you (again/soon)) * Sith-ee/suth-ee (See here, pay attention) * Skeg (verb - to look) * Skerrick (small amount) * Skit (A mocking response to anothers misfortune commonly restricted to children. Can be used on its own or in the form "skit on you" and is often accompanied by pointing at the object of derision) * Smart (very good; cool often 'well smart') * Snap (Packed Lunch / other snack) * Snicket (Uncovered footpath or alleyway between houses) * Snotty (A person who thinks they are better than the rest) * Snotty-nosed (A person with their "nose up in the air" who is arrogant) * Sod-all (Nothing) * Souse (gravy) * Spanner (Idiot) * Spawny/Sporny (Lucky) * Spice (Sweets - usually "hard-boiled" sweets, liquorice or sherbert) * Splig (Spider) * Spogs (Sweets) * Starved (cold or hungry) * Steg See Minger * Stots See Knackers * Summat' (Something) * Sup (verb - to drink) * Tallyman (A debt collector) * t' (the, accompanied by an apostrophe, e.g. "Has tha seen-t'new Pope? Eye's of a killer, 'e 'as") * Ta (Thankyou) * Taffled (Tangled as in "it's all taffled up") * Taws/tors (Marbles) * Ta' ra (Goodbye) * Tea/te-ah cake (a bread roll, sometimes with raisins in) * Teggies (Superstore chain Tescos) * Tets (Short for Tetley's beer. eg, "A pint of Tets, please love") * Them (these/those) [example: "I like them trousers."] * Tha/Thou/thee (You) * Tha-sen/thisen/yoursen (Yourself) * Ticked-off (Angry, or disturbed about something/someone) * T'old lass (An old woman) * T'old lad (An old man) * T'old kid (An old man) * T'owd lass (An old woman) * T'owd lad (An old man) * Towd (Told) * Tripe (Something/an idea that is not good) * Tup (A male sheep, ram / verb referring to two sheep fornicating) * Twonk (Idiot) * Tyke (a yorkshireman; originally a very rude term for men from the East Riding) * Us (Ours, or me - We should put us (=our) names on us (=our) property") * Vit-ner-ee (Vet - Veterinarian) * Waahm (Warm, the first part spoken like a baby's cry; 'Wah') * Wazzock/Wazak (Fool) * Were (was) [example: "I were (=was) wearing't red coat, but he were (=was) wearing't green one".] * Wezzie (A derogatory term for people from West Yorkshire given to them by people from East Yorkshire) * While (until) [example: "I'll stay while eight" - I will stay until eight o'clock] * Wi/Wi-owt (With/without) * Win (=to beat; to win somebody at tennis means to beat them) * Wooden overcoat (A [[coffin}}) * Wor (Were) * Yan/Yon (One) * Yon (That) * Yonder (Over There/Horizon) * Young-un (A son, as in, "Look for' young-un") * Yow (Ewe; an adult female sheep) * Yu'sell or Yu'sen (Yourself) |
| Phrases * A bit-a'snap (A snack) * Ah-cud eet a'scabby-donkey tween tu Bre't-Vans (I'm very hungry: I could eat a diseased donkey between two Bread Vans as a sandwich) * Appen (Perhaps) * Appens as meb'be (It might happen) * A puddin' in' t'oven (Pregnant) * A rate gud so-art (A good sort of person) * Ah-reet kid (Are you alright? A friendly greeting) * Allus at't last push up (Always at the last moment) * As daft as a brush (A stupid/silly person) * As sick as a Cleethorpes donkey (Feeling bad that something has not turned out well) * A'streak a-yellow reet darn 'is back (A coward) * Bac-ards at coming for-ards (not daft i.e hes not bac-ards at coming for-ards) * Bahn (Going - "ah'm bahn to t' co-op) * Bang-it' (Hit it, but also used to say, "Bang it there"; meaning to put it somewhere, but not very carefully) * Boun (Ready) * Box in't corner (Television) * Brass-necked (Very confident) * By ecky-thump (An exclamation of surprise) * Dun't make a' a-perth a-diff-rence (It doesn't change it even by one half-penny; a-perth = half penny worth) * Eee an't got-a-clue (He has no idea) * Eeeh-bah-gum (An exclamation of astonishment; equivalent to "That's amazing". Though rarely used anymore, it has become something of a stereo-typical Yorkshireism) * Eee wor 'ard on (He was fast asleep) * 'Er bladder's too near 'er-eyes (Her bladder is too near her eyes = she cries too easily) * Eyes are bigger than your belly (The portion of food you chose is too much for you to eat) * Fair to middel-in (Situation is normal, but not good) * Flaid (Afraid of) * Get thee-sen off (Leave now, or you will be late) * Get thee-sen on (Go away) * Gi' or (Give up/stop it) * Gi' it some pasty (Hit it - work harder) * Gi' it some Toby Malone (Hit it - work harder) * Gi'z'od (Give us hold - give it here) * Goin' dahn't nick (Ill/bad and maybe not going to get better) * Got-it back-uds (Got it backwards - the wrong way round - misunderstood the point) * Go't face-on (In a bad mood; their face shows that they are in a bad mood. Also, to have one's make-up on) * Have five minutes (A short nap) * I don't give two monkeys/I don't gi a chuff (I don't care) * If tha' dances wi' devil, thal' ge't pricked wi'-is 'orns (If you dance with the devil you'll get pricked by his horns; you will suffer if you do evil things) * If tha' does owt fer nowt then tha does it for thee sen (If you do something for nothing then you do it for yourself.) * In a fix (Someone has a serious problem) * I'll go t'foot of our stairs! (Very surprised but not shocked) * I'll go t'bottom of our street! (Very surprised but not shocked) * I'll slap thee-daft (I will slap you until you are senseless) * I'll tell thee summat fer-nowt (I'll tell you something for nothing; it's good advice and it will cost nothing) * Is tha barn darn tarn tha neet (are you going to town tonight) * It-caps owt (It beats everything) * It's a rum-do (A bad - and possibly illegal - situation) * It's class, that is (It's of a high quality) * It's not worth a ligh't (It's not worth anything at all) * It's way out-a my league (It's too expensive - I can't afford it) * I want raised ont' darn train (i was not raised on the down train/im not stupid) * I've niver seen the like (I have never seen anything like it) * I've seen better-legs on a-table (A woman who has ugly/thin legs) * It'll do thee the world a'good (It will make you better) A village in the Yorkshire Dales A village in the Yorkshire Dales * I wouldn't a-reckoned it (I wouldn't have believed it) * It's nut jannock (It's not fair) * It's nowt but spit an' glue (It was not very well-made) * It's nowt like (It's not aynthing like the thing that you mean) * It's on t'other foot now (The situation has completely changed) * Laughed me socks off (Something was extremely funny) * Laff? Ah-nearly bot' a-round (It was so funny I almost bought a round of drinks) * Let's be havin' ya (C'mon, let's go) * Let' sleepin' dogs-lie (Don't talk about it) * Livin' tally/ower't brush (Not married but living together as man and wife) * Meki'g'backuds (Put it into reverse gear) * Nah then young'en (hello to someone younger than myself) * Nay-er cast-a-clout, 'till May is art (Do not cast away any clothing before May is over) * Nobbut a mention (Not enough to be talked about; not worth mentioning) * Not worth tuppence (An object that has no value; tuppence = two pennies) * Off 'is ed (Off his head; crazy; drunk) * One a't lads (A good friend) * Off f a slurp (going to the pub for a drink) * On't sly (On the sly; doing something secretively) * Ows ta doin (How are you doing) * Owt for nowt (something for nothing) * Pig in a poke (A confusing mess) * Popp't-in fer a pint (Went into a pub for a short time, but usually meaning more than one pint) * Put't wood in-t'oil (Put the wood in the hole; shut the door) * See-a-man abart-a-dog (See a man about a dog = I have to go to the toilet) * Send it t'writing iron (print it out - from a computer) * Soni fit f'knackers yard (in bad working order) * She's got a pod-on (She's angry) * 'T in't in t'tin (It isn't in the tin) * Tek' rod out-yer-arse (Advice to someone who is being arrogant and overly stiff) * Tek-a-good likeness (Very photogenic) * Tha's nowt so-queer as folk (People can be strange) * Tha noz (thou knowest; you know) * Throw a benny (To throw a tantrum) * Took a likng to-it (I liked it, after a time) * Two-pennorth (Two pence; an opinion) * Up the golden rockers (The stairs - go to bed) * Up yours! (I would gladly put something painful in your colon) * Wants t' go t' knackers yard (it only fit for the scrap yard/or a dog on its last legs) * What' tha think'tha doin', tha freetn'd mi ter deeath (Why are you doing that, you really scared me!) * Waybit (A short distance) * Wazak (fool) * Wet me whistle (Have a drink; usually beer) * Where tha's muck the's money/brass (Where there is dirt, there is money) * Where's thee/tha/ta bin? (Where have you been?) * Worked me knackers off (Worked my testicles off - worked very hard) * Would thee/tha credi't it? (Would you believe it?) * Yu' could ride bear-arsed t'brat-fud on that (A knife or chisel is blunt (you can use any town name) |
Food & drink* Cheese-n-egg (Grated cheese with an egg on top, and a few drops of milk - on a metal plate - that is grilled until the cheese has melted and slightly browned)* Christmas cake (This is eaten with a slice of cheese) * Parkin (A type of cake normally eaten on bonfire night) * Pop (A carbonated/fizzy drink) * Tripe (The stomach lining of a cow, which was a favoured dish in Yorkshire, because of its cheapness) * Yok-sha ot' pot (Yorkshire Hotpot: Lamb, carrots, onions & potatoes) * Yok-sha puddin' (Yorkshire Pudding; batter-based that has nothing to do with sweet puddings) |
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