#northeast

Doric for a townie — said by country folk about city-dwellers, usually with a side-eye.

A person from Sunderland — and the rival tribe to the Geordies.

Geordie shorthand for Jarrow, the Tyneside town famous for the 1936 march.

Someone from South Shields, on the south bank of the Tyne mouth.

Geordie for a boiled sweet — confectionery, not ammunition.

Geordie for starving — properly hungry, not just peckish.

Darlington — the County Durham town, shortened the way locals actually say it.

A griddled Northumbrian currant cake that hisses on the pan — hence the singing.

To hit, beat, or thump someone — Geordie for giving them a hiding.

To scrounge, beg, or blag — usually for tabs, lifts or a pint.