DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

[Stanley]

I got the same etymology for hands down David. I doubt if many think about the origin as we do. Mick, 'middins' refers to the midden, or ash hole which was the third of the offices covered by those stone slab roofs. Same word used for the muck heap on a farm and by some for the bucket closet but more usually for the ash hole.

[MickBrett]

Maungy or mawngy. Don't really know how you'd spell it.

To sulk or be sulking.

"stop being so mawngy"

[Tripps]

That's a new one for me. Nearest I can get to is 'manky' (not clean)

[Stanley]

Sounds familiar but nearest I have is mangy, to suffer from mange, a skin disease. Usually of dogs.

[Cathy]

You’re correct Mick - Maungy
West Yorkshire dialect (especially of a child)
Sulky, bad-tempered or peevish.
Variant of Mangy - in extended sense: restless, dissatisfied.

[Wendyf]

That's a familiar word to me, but then I'm originally from Bradford too.

[MickBrett]

How about "yer wanner me arse"

[Stanley]

Not one I've ever used but I have heard it. There are lots of 'worse than' phrases when you think about it.....
My mother's was 'worse than dirt down' and father's (he was an Aussie) was 'worse than the flies'.

[Stanley]

A presenter on BBC speaking of the attack on the White House in Washington said that there was a suspicion that Donald Trump had 'fermented' the assault.

[Tripps]

The word 'process' seems to be used a lot more than usual these days.

Just heard Adele (speaking to Oprah) use it unnecessarily, four times in one sentence.

[Stanley]

I've noticed the same thing with 'journey' David. Even a retail experience is a 'customer journey'.
Come to think the same could be said of 'curate'.

[Stanley]

The local name for a straw 'boater' hat was a 'straw cady'.
See THIS Wiki article about the boater and there is a list of the many different names it was given.

[Stanley]

They have invented a new word while I wasn't looking, or rather a different category of item. The selling of unwanted gifts or passing them on is known as the re-gifting market.

[Tizer]

I heard a reference yesterday to a CEO's `compensation' package. That used to be a favourite word but I haven't heard it for a while. (The reference might have been in an article on the £60M `earned' by the bosses of our privatised water companies while they've been pouring sewage into our rivers during the last 5 years.)

[Stanley]

Nobody ever paid me anything more than my wage. How did we get to the point where senior executives have to be paid by roundabout means like 'compensation', 'Bonuses' or stock options. Is it to avoid tax?

[Tizer]

Probably partly that but also to muddy the waters - they can state a much lower figure for their `salary' by shifting benefits out of salary and into other areas like shares, assets etc.

[Stanley]

I've always been suspicious on the subject of 'remuneration committees' and the possibility of the 'old boys network' influencing their deliberations. A bit like marking your own homework. Or am I a cynical old fart?

[MickBrett]

Or am I a cynical old fart?

No Stanley, you're a Bobby Dazzler

[Stanley]

I don't think so Mick! My dazzling days are over. I was curious and looked 'bobby dazzler' up.
"The English word bobby-dazzler was originally a North East “Geordie” English dialect term for a person who is considered (with affection) remarkable, excellent or one who shows smart dress sense or maybe “flashy”."

[plaques]

Bobby-Dazzler, A bit of epistemology in there Stanley.

[Tripps]

I was mildly surprised when googling, to discover that I had to go down several pages before finding a connection to David Dickinson Bobby Dazzler He seems to be almost single handedly keeping it going these days. Seems it can be correctly applied to an object as well as a person.

The data all seems a bit vague to me - lots of references copying each other - which is a surprise.

PS - Looking down the other end of the telescope I find it in this quite scholarly list of Geordie words. Geordie Dictionary I'm still not quite convinced that it is purely N.E. in origin.

In fact they say - "Bobby Dazla: Bonny attractive person: “Reet Bobby Dazla”, though the phrase is not unique to the North East."

Still - it's been fun looking.

[Stanley]

I did a furtle for 'sleary' but can find no mention.....

[Cathy]

Thought of the word Punce the other day. Looked it up to get a proper description, but there are far too many. I never use the word but relate it to someone rude or idiotic.
I just heard the word Spunce (on a British police show) . I’ve never heard it before and nothing comes up on an internet search.

[Wendyf]

I've not heard either word Cathy.

[Cathy]

Might be Ponce, but definitely Spunce.