gadgie
(Scotland, Geordie, Mackem, Teesside) A man.
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(Scotland, Geordie, Mackem, Teesside) A man.
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(Scotland, especially, Dundee, pejorative) A person who is poorly educated and engages in hooliganism, petty criminality or loutish behaviour. This usage sometimes carries the connotation of youth.
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- radgie gadgie81%
Geordie slang from the north-east of England for a bad-tempered, aggressive, or volatile man — particularly an older bloke who's quick to fly off the handle. 'Radgie' means angry or mad, while 'gadgie' is a Geordie/Scots Romany word for a man. Put them together and you've got a vivid portrait of someone best avoided on a night out or at the school gates. The phrase has a wonderfully specific regional texture that you simply can't replicate in standard English.
- radgie gadgie79%
(Geordie, pejorative) A bad-tempered old man.
- radgie66%
(Geordie, Scottish, Yorkshire, Cumbrian) Violent or crazy.
- Geordie65%
Someone from Tyneside.