What does smick mean Belfast?
noun. informal, derogatory Northern Irish. A young lower-class person typified by brash and loutish behaviour. ‘there was a smick staring straight at me’ ‘Denizens of Belfast choose between smick and spide as their insults of choice.
What does Milly mean in Belfast?
Noun. millie (plural millies) (informal, Northern Ireland, dated, 19th century, derogatory or endearing) A mill worker, usually a young working-class woman working in the factories of Ireland’s linen industry. (informal, derogatory or endearing) A harshly-spoken working-class woman, often unemployed.
What does AWK mean Northern Ireland?
Pronounced: Aw-kuh. Meaning: Oh. Awk is used more as a filler word in Northern Ireland, and can be used in any given situation both positively and negatively depending on context. Example: Sinead: Awk, okay.
What is a GEG Belfast?
1Northern Irish informal A person who is lively or entertaining company. ‘your woman’s a geg’
Is smick a bad word?
Noun. (Northern Ireland, slang, derogatory) A chav; a spide.
What is a smick person?
: to ogle and smile amorously —used with at or after.
What is smick?
smick (plural smicks) (Northern Ireland, slang, derogatory) A chav; a spide.
What is a Guttie?
1. an urchin or delinquent. 2. a low-class person. Collins English Dictionary.
Why do Northern Irish sound Scottish?
Large numbers of settlers came from southwest Scotland and thus spoke a Scots dialect, while the remaining settlers came predominantly from the north and Midlands of England.
What is a GEEG?
1 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked. 2 : an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity computer geek. 3 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake.