The latest words to make it into the Oxford English Dictionary have been revealed. They include Moobs - a slang term for a man’s prominent breasts - and YOLO, an acronym for ‘you only live once’.

Ever wondered why on Tyneside they’re called charvas and in the rest of the country they’re called chavs? Well, it’s probably all to do with where the words come from. Charva or charver probably has ...

Geordies have slammed Newcastle University for urging researchers to bid 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' after bosses deemed the slang term sexist. Diversity chiefs labelled the Tyneside lingo 'patronising' in ...

There’s no denying that the North East is a rich epicentre of varied accents with their own phrases and inflections, but it’s safe to say the Geordie language takes the cake for being its own dialect.

There was a battle in the north, And nobles there was many, And they hae kill'd Sir Charlie Hay, And they laid the wyte on Geordie. O he has written a lang letter, He sent it to his lady; Ye maun cum ...