11 more Geordie words you’ll only understand if you’ve lived in Newcastle

Geordie is its own language which can be baffling to people not from Newcastle.

Apparently Geordies are difficult to understand to those unfortunate people not born in the North East.

We have a lot of words which aren’t used outside of the region, but that makes them all the more special.

Geordie is incredibly expressive, with loads of descriptive words to emote and exaggerate how we’re feeling and what we’re doing.

Here are just 11 more of them. Of course, there’s many more.

Let us know your favourite Geordie word.

5. Lang

Lang means 'long' in the Geordie language. Photo: Jane Coltman

Bairn means child. One of Newcastle's most famous sayings is 'shy bairns get nowt.' | NL Photo: Newcastle Libraries

Geet means 'very' or 'great.' | National World Photo: National World

'Radge' means mad or angry. | National World