Geordie slang for the Tyne and Wear Metro, the light rail system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, and surrounding areas.
Geordie slang for the Tyne and Wear Metro, the light rail system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, and surrounding areas. Locals use Metty as a natural shortening in the same way Londoners say 'the Tube.' If you're from Newcastle or Sunderland, catching the Metty is just how you get around — it's embedded in the regional vocabulary and signals local identity.
She texted him to say she'd hop on the Metty after work and meet him at Central Station by half six.
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(Geordie, slang) The Tyne and Wear Metro.
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