Newfoundland Words



Below is a list of words that are used in the Newfoundland vocabulary. This is by no means all of them! There is a book called the Dictionary of Newfoundland English which is where I got this list! If you wish to see the book you can get order it from the link below!



Words Meaning
AMPHERED infected, purulent
ANIGHST near
ANINST beside
ANGISHORE a weak, miserable person
ARN any
ATIRT athwart
BALDERDASH nonsense
BALLYCATER ice formed by spray on the shore
BALLY RAG to abuse
BANGBELLY a cake or pancake
BANNOCK a round cake of bread
BANNIKIN a small tin cup
BARRISWAY a lagoon at a rivermouth; barachoix
BASS to throw small stones
BAVIN wood shavings to light fires
BAWN a beach used to dry fish
BAYMAN one who lives near a bay or harbour
BEDLAMER a seal one year old
BINICKY ill-tempered
BIVER to shiver with cold
BLATHER nonsensical talk
BLEAR an ignorant person
BOGGER a daring feat successfully carried out
BOGIE a small stove
BOOGYMAN devil or evil spirit
BREACH schools of fish on the surface
BREWIS hard bread boiled with pork fat
CAPE ANN a fisherman's oilskin cap with broad brim
CHUCKLEHEAD a stupid person
CLAMPER small ice-berg, floating pan of ice
CLOBBER an untidy state of things
CLOUT to hit an opponent hard
CRUBEENS pickled pig's feet
DILL a cavity in a boat from which water is bailed
DOUSE to give a quick blow
DRESSER an old fashioned kitchen cupboard
DUFF pudding of flour, fat pork and molasses
DULSE a kind of seaweed
DWOI a short snow shower
FADDLE a bundle of firewood
FAGGOT a pile of half-dried fish
FLANKERS sparks from a chimney
FOUSTY mouldy, with a bad odour
GAFFER a boy, one capable of assisting older men at work
GALE when one is a little more frisky than usual
GILDEROY a proud person
HEFT to weight in the hand
HUFFED angry
JINKER one who brings bad luck
LASHINS plenty
LOPS small breaking waves
MAUZY misty
NARN none
OONSHICK person of low intelligence
PEEZE to leak in small bubbles
QUOT to crouch; squat
RAL a disorderly fellow
RAWNY very thin, bony
ROMPSE to wrestle
SCRAWB to scratch with nails
SCRAMMED numb with cold
SCRUFF the back of the neck
SCUT a dirty, mean person
SLIEVEEN a deceitful person
SMIDGE a stain
SWIG to drink from a bottle
YER here
YAP to retort angrily



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