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redner
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A bright red face brought on by embarrassment; the Belfast word for it. Used with take: to take a redner.
Belfast's own word for the blush. If scundered is the feeling, the redner is the broadcast: the same face the rest of Northern Ireland and Scotland calls a beamer.
Redner in a sentence
Like beamer, redner takes the verb take, and it is nearly always a pure redner.
My song came on and somebody said "here we go".
Got a round of applause for tripping in the canteen.
The barber showed me the back of my head and I said lovely twice.
Common questions
What does redner mean?
A redner is a bright red face brought on by embarrassment. It is Belfast slang, used with take: you take a redner.
Is it redner or beamer?
The same face. Redner is the Belfast word; beamer is heard more widely across Northern Ireland and Scotland.
How do you use redner in a sentence?
With the verb take: "I took a pure redner when my song came on".
What is the difference between redner and scundered?
Scundered is the feeling of being mortified; the redner is what your face does about it.
Redners on demand
Mortified
The dignity-shredding party game.
Mortified is a party game where every scenario is about someone in the room. Redners all round at the reveal. One person buys, the whole room plays.
Sorting a games night? The games night guide has a game for every room.
See also
- beamer /ˈbiː.mər/ noun The same red face, in the wider Northern Irish and Scottish form.
- scundered /ˈskʌn.dəd/ adjective Mortified, embarrassed, affronted. The feeling behind the redner.
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