different between mardy vs lardy

English

Etymology

Probably from marred +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??di/
• Rhymes: -??(r)di

Adjective

mardy (comparative mardier, superlative mardiest)

1. (chiefly Lancashire, Yorkshire and Midlands) Sulky or whining.

   He's a mardy child.

2. (chiefly East Midlands) Non-co-operative, bad-tempered or terse in communication.

Usage notes

Used throughout the English Midlands and in some parts of Yorkshire.

Frequently combined with other words forming common phrases such as "mardy bum", "mardy cow" and "mardy bugger" [1]. Sometimes shortened to "mard" particular when used in certain phrases such as "mard arse" or "mard on" (as in "he's got a mard on" to mean he's in a bad mood). Used throughout the East Midlands and some parts of Yorkshire, particularly in Hull and Sheffield. Maungy has the same meaning in most other parts of Yorkshire and east Lancashire, i.e. "he has a maunge on".

Quotations

• 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2

  “I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly.

• 1984 Food, Health, and Identity, Patricia Caplan [2] [1997 edition]

  When our Jonathan’s poorly...he’s mardy, very mardy....

Noun

mardy (plural mardies)

1. (chiefly Yorkshire and Midlands) A sulky, whiny mood; a fit of petulance.
   • 2001, Creating a Safe Place, NCH Children and Families Project [3] [2003 edition]

     Sometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really.

Anagrams

• Madry

English

Etymology

lard +? -y

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l??di/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??di/
• Rhymes: -??(?)di

Adjective

lardy (comparative lardier, superlative lardiest)

1. Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard.
2. (colloquial, derogatory, of a person) fat or overweight.
   • 1997 August 14, "The Prince of Lies" (username), "ABOUT VIRGINIA'S PARENTIAL NOTICE LAW", in talk.abortion, Usenet:

     Go back to snarfling down your microwave lasagna, you lardy bitch.

   • 1999 January 20, "susanna9988" (username), "Troll Striptease 7", in alt.fan.karl-malden.nose, Usenet:

     Look, Jeffy didn't start this, you lardy bitch. He tried to tell you.

   • 2003 May 3, "Fred" (username), "Unwanted Emails!", alt.fan.scarecrow, Usenet:

     Well as you mentioned it. It's that fucking useless fat arse lardy bitch at Energis, you know the one who eats at [...]

Translations

Derived terms

• lardy cake

Noun

lardy (plural lardies)

1. (slang, derogatory) An obese person.
   • 1989, Weekly World News (14 February 1989, page 14)

     Funny Roseanne isn't kidding when she pushes for ladies to become lardies.

   • 2003 July 8, "NMcD32" (username), "Help Needed ! ! ! Please Help", uk.rec.bodybuilding, Usenet:

     You mentioned that your wife used to be a lardy and now she isn't. Did the pair of you train and diet together or was her approach more the weight watchers, slow pace jogging type?
2. A lardy cake.
   • 1997 March 30, "Paul Louis" (username), "Why are Americans such wankers.", alt.nuke.europe, Usenet:

     >Hmmm. American food is sugary? Not as sugary as the stuff they sell at

     >Somerfield's and Sainsbury's and ASDA--whole aisles of cookies and tea

     >biscuits. Ribena instead of fresh juice. No English muffins (which are

     >actually American) but lots of lardies!

   • 2001 October 16, "Stephen Toogood" (username), "What is Twinkies?", alt.usage.english, Usenet:

     But Lardy Cake isn't really a London thing anyway. Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire is to my mind the epicentre of lardies.

Anagrams

• Dalry, Daryl