adjective General Slang

clammin

· adjective · geordie

Geordie for starving — properly hungry, not just peckish.

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Very hungry — the kind of hungry where you'd eat the leg off the table. From the older northern English clem, meaning to be pinched with hunger. Geordies drop the g and stretch it out: clammin'.

“When's tea? I'm absolutely clammin'.”
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clammin In A Sentence

When's tea? I'm absolutely clammin'.

Origin & Usage

From clem, an old northern/Midlands English verb meaning to starve or be pinched with cold or hunger, attested from the 16th century.

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What does clammin mean in Geordie?

In Geordie slang, clammin means properly starving — genuinely hungry, not just a bit peckish.

How do you use clammin in a sentence?

"When's tea ready? I'm absolutely clammin."

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