any one up on the geordie lingo
well chapsIn the north east of england cigarettes are calledfags any one know the reason why and the origin of the wordsecondlythe word skinflink is assocoted with a person wo keeps hold of his...
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Fags as ciggies has been discussed several times but the best discussion on Wordorigins I've found from November of 2002 wanders so badly (and I made an ass of myself by not reading Dave's list before...
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Skinflink sounds like an alteration (whether humorous or not I couldn't say) of skinflint. Just WAGging here but I think the metaphor is of someone so tight as to scrape the skin off a piece of flint....
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Very good guess, faldage.OED1 says, "one who would skin a flint to save something."
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I was looking at a website of Essex girl jokes and see that they often contain references to London Girls and Geordiegirls. The London girl is usually portrayed as prudish, andthe Geordie girl seems...
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a geordie is from n/e England around Newcastle - upon - tyne. I believe i read somewhere that 'Geordie' refers to a miners helmet and while the rest of Englands coal miners were using a new model - in...
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OTOH, Peadar may not be entirely wrong. The OED2 cites an 1881 miner's glossary that says "Geordie, the miners' term for [George] Stephenson's safety-lamp. "
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Eliza's link show "ETYMOLOGY: Scots, diminutive of George. "So...Does the 60s song "Georgie Girl" refer to a Newcastle Girl?If not, what is the reference? What is the distinctive character attributed...
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Geordies are great! Very friendly with a (to people from Elsewhere) completely unintelligible accent. Geordie girls gan an the toon on a Satda neet - watch out for pints of lager and handbags at dawn....
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most kids anywhere called george get geordie at school and with a lot it sticks into adult- hoodthe film in the sixties that i recall was called Gregories Girl a scot's made film, location Glasgow. i...
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forgot to add in my last post--sorry can't edit-- Geordies as ElizaD has said speak a language the strangers do not know and drink a beer called Newcastle brown ale-- a mind blower!!!
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for the origin, try:encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Geordie orenglishculture.allinfoabout.com/features/nicknames.html
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