17 Things Only Welsh People Say

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    Jamie Jones
    by Jamie Jones

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    1. "Twp"

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    What it means: Not very clever.

    How it's used: "He's twp in the head, that one is."

    2. "Tamping"

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    What it means: Angry

    How it's used: "You should have seen this man at the gym, he was seriously tamping."

    3. "Tidy"

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    What it means: Something, someone or a situation that's good.

    How it's used: "Did you catch the game on the weekend? It was a proper tidy result."

    4. "Cwtch"

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    What it means: Hug

    How it's used: "Give me a cwtch."

    5. "Dai [nickname]"

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    What it means: Used to differentiate between all the people named Dai.

    How it's used: "Wait, are you talking about Dai Post or Dai Death?"

    6. "Ych a fi!"

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    What it means: Disgust.

    How it's used: "Ych a fi, someone's left all their rubbish on the table."

    7. "Hanging"

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    What it means: Feeling terrible – usually after a night of drinking.

    How it's used: "What a night, I'm absolutely hanging this morning though."

    8. "Butt"

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    What it means: Mate.

    How it's used: "Alright butt, how's your family keeping?"

    9. "Cwtch dan star."

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    What it means: Cupboard under the stairs.

    How it's used: "Go fetch some carrier bags, they're in the cwtch dan star."

    10. "Boyo"

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    What it means: Male friend.

    How it's used: "All right, boyo?"

    11. "Buzzing"

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    What it means: Unpleasant.

    How it's used: "Oh, mate, when was the last time you cleaned your car? It's buzzing back here."

    12. "Chopsy"

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    What it means: Argumentative.

    How it's used: "He's a chopsy boy, that one."

    13. "Mun"

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    What it means: Randomly used in a sentence for emphasis.

    How it's used: "Come on, mun, let's at least have another pint."

    14. "There's lovely."

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    What it means: Used in place of 'That's nice.'

    How it's used: "I hear Eleri has a new job, there's lovely."

    15. "Lush"

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    What it means: Something pleasing.

    How it's used: "You should see the new I.T. guy, he's proper lush."

    16. "Bach"

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    What it means: A term of friendly address.

    How it's used: "You look quite ill, are you alright, bach?"

    17. "Mae'n ddrwg gen i…"

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    What it means: I'm sorry…

    How it's used: "Mae'n ddrwg gen i dweud bod yr trên nesaf wedi cael ei ohirio."