radge
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Dialectal variant of rage.
Adjective[edit]
radge (comparative more radge, superlative most radge)
- (Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Birmingham) Violent or crazy.
- 2016 July 16, Joanna Morris, quoting Phil Stephenson, “Tinder date lands Darlington man in Turkey amid military coup”, in The Northern Echo[1], Darlington, UK:
- We met for the first time at the airport and ended up in Turkey – I’ve done a lot of radged things in my time but nothing like this.
- That fight last night was radge
- (Geordie, Gosforth) amazing or stupendous.
- Them burgers in the Brandling Villa are pure radge
Noun[edit]
radge (plural radges)
- (Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire) A fit of rage.
- He hoyed a propa radge when a telt him.
- He threw a real tantrum when I told him.
- (derogatory, Scotland) An angry or violent person.
- 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Bang to Rites”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 220:
- Thir's a desperate, pleading edge tae her voice. What a fuckin radge.
Verb[edit]
radge (third-person singular simple present radges, present participle radgin, simple past and past participle radged)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
radge (plural radges)
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