SCUNDEREDSTUDIO

A wee dictionary

A small dictionary of Northern Irish words: what they mean, how they're said, and how they're used. The studio is named after one of them.

1. scundered /ˈskʌn.dəd/ adjective Mortified, embarrassed, affronted. The feeling of catching yourself in a moment you'd rather not be in. Full entry →
2. affronted /əˈfrɒn.tɪd/ adjective Embarrassed, mortified, often on somebody else's behalf. The Northern Irish sense, a step away from the standard English insulted. Full entry →
3. banjaxed /ˈbæn.dʒækst/ adjective Broken, wrecked or ruined; of a person, exhausted. The washing machine is banjaxed, and so are you. Full entry →
4. beamer /ˈbiː.mər/ noun A reddened face caused by embarrassment. Used with take: to take a beamer. Full entry →
5. beezer /ˈbiː.zər/ adjective Excellent, brilliant. Said of anything that turned out well: a beezer of a day, a beezer of a goal. Full entry →
6. eejit /ˈiː.dʒɪt/ noun A fool, an idiot, usually said with more affection than malice. Full entry →
7. geg /ɡɛɡ/ noun A laugh; a joke; a person or situation that delivers one. Full entry →
8. melter /ˈmɛl.tər/ noun A person who does your head in. Nearly always a pure melter. Full entry →
9. mortified /ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪd/ adjective Deeply embarrassed; humiliated. Standard English, run at full Northern Irish intensity: pure mortified. Full entry →
10. redner /ˈrɛd.nər/ noun A bright red face brought on by embarrassment; the Belfast word for it. Used with take: to take a redner. Full entry →
11. scunnered /ˈskʌn.ərd/ adjective Fed up; sick of something; disgusted. The Scots cousin of scundered, tilted towards weariness rather than embarrassment. Full entry →
12. situation /ˌsɪ.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/ noun Any event whatsoever, from a queue to a crisis. In Northern Ireland nothing simply happens; there is a situation, and frequently a whole situation. Full entry →
13. wick /wɪk/ adjective Rubbish, useless, disappointing. The standing one-word review for anything that fell flat. Full entry →