Some of them we might still be using today with our friends and co-workers. The more we like them, the more we call them horrible names. The North East boasts some colourful slang, and Sunderland folk have a huge number of playful insults to pick from. Here’s our run-down of the 15 insults you’ll know if you’re a mackem – though hopefully you haven’t been on the receiving end of more than about six of them. Do you know some that aren’t here? We probably can’t use them ...
5. Look at that sackless nacker
Sackless is another way of saying gormless. It describes someone who's not up the task - no matter what the task may be! Photo: JPIMedia/Pixabay
6. Hadaway and ... well, you know ...
'Hadaway' basically means the same as 'get away' - an expression of disbelief. It's meant a little more harshly though, especially when combined with a followup suggestion we won't be using here on a family website. Photo: JPIMedia/Pixabay
7. Watch out, here comes the meff brigade
An unattractive and possibly unclean and unhygienic person - a meff is the minger's minger. Photo: JPIMedia/Pixabay
8. That's rank, that is
Rank is the even worse version of minging. Milk that's gone slightly off might be minging, but milk that has curdled is rank. Photo: JPIMedia/Pixabay