Sand Dancer
A Geordie nickname for someone from South Shields, the town at the mouth of the Tyne on the south bank.
Definitions
A Geordie nickname for someone from South Shields, the town at the mouth of the Tyne on the south bank. The origin is traditionally explained by the sandy beaches of South Shields, giving rise to the image of locals dancing on the sand. Used with local pride or gentle inter-town rivalry in the northeast of England.
His dad was a Sand Dancer through and through, never missed a home game at South Shields.
Comments
(Geordie) Someone from South Shields.
Comments
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "Sand Dancer".
🗺️About Regional & Other slang
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "Sand Dancer" (S)
Browse all slang words starting with S.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- codhead61%
(Geordie, humorous) A person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.
- Geordie60%
Someone from Tyneside.
- chodder58%
A Geordie (Tyneside English) slang term for a fat person. The word is informal and derogatory in the sense that it singles out body size, though like much Geordie dialect it carries a bluntness that may be more matter-of-fact than hostile depending on context. Limited to Tyneside English usage.
- thor57%
Thor in Geordie dialect — the distinctive accent and vernacular of Newcastle and Tyneside in northeast England — functions as a multi-purpose word filling the roles of 'they're', 'there', and 'their' depending on context. It's one of those words that perfectly demonstrates how Geordie compresses and remixes standard English into something distinctly its own. If you're watching Geordie Shore or chatting with someone from Newcastle, you'll hear thor flying around in all three meanings without missing a beat.