It's fair to say that people from Northern Ireland have...how should we put it?...a way with words.
Whether it's insults, terms of endearment, or just seemingly random phrases that sound good on the tongue ("sure you know yourself"), we certainly have a unique way of speaking.
Here's a list 17 words and phrases that you always come across when speaking to people in Belfast. It's cracking, so it is:
1. Yer ma
A slur on the woman dearest to you.
2. Scundered
Embarrassed or mortified. “I was scundered when I told her I loved her but she just wanted to be friends."
3. Gutties/Guddies
A pair of trainers.
4. Millie
A class slur. Originated from women working in Linen Mills.
5. Smick
Like Millie, but for a young lad. Usually wearing tracksuit bottoms in town.
6. Geg
A laugh.
7. Peeler
A police officer.
8. Stickin' out
Very good indeed.
9. Themmuns
If you're 'ussuns', then they're 'themmuns'. You know the drill.
10. Wind yer neck in
Get off your high horse.
11. Melter
Someone annoying. “Whoever wrote this piece is a melter.”
12. Here's me wha?
What are you on about?
13. Beezer
Brilliant.
14. Belter
Something that’s beezer.
15. Go ahead
Go forth and fulfil your dreams. Eg, “Go ahead, big lad.”
16. Big lad
A big man. Or a small man. Basically just any man.
17. Dead on
“Meet outside Castlecourt at 3? Aye, dead on.”
