different between radge vs fadge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æd?/
• Rhymes: -æd?

Etymology 1

Dialectal variant of rage.

Adjective

radge (comparative more radge, superlative most radge)

1. (Tyneside, Scotland, Yorkshire) Violent or crazy.

   That fight last night was radge

2. (Tyneside, Gosforth) amazing or stupendous.

   Them burgers in the Brandling Villa are pure radge

Noun

radge (plural radges)

1. (Tyneside, Scotland, Yorkshire) A fit of rage.

   He hoyed a propa radge when a telt him

Verb

radge (third-person singular simple present radges, present participle radgin, simple past and past participle radged)

1. (Tyneside) To throw a fit of rage.

Derived terms

• radgepacket
• radgie

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

radge (plural radges)

1. (Britain, dialect) Alternative form of rodge (“grey duck”)

Anagrams

• Adger, Degar, EDGAR, Edgar, Gerda, garde, grade, raged

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæd?/
• Rhymes: -æd?

Etymology 1

Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fegan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”).

Verb

fadge (third-person singular simple present fadges, present participle fadging, simple past and past participle fadged)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be suitable (with or to something).
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To agree, to get along (with).
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To get on well; to cope, to thrive.
4. (Tyneside) To eat together.
5. (Yorkshire, of a horse) To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.

Etymology 2

Etymology uncertain, but potentially from or related to Old English fa?? (“flat-fish, plaice, flounder”).

Noun

fadge (plural fadges)

1. (Ireland) Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.
2. (New Zealand) A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.
3. (Tyneside) A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.
4. (Yorkshire) A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.

References

• fadge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Chambers, William (1893): Chambers's English Dictionary, Pronouncing, Explanatory, and Etymological, with Vocabularies of Scottish Words and Phrases, Americanisms
• Liberman, Anatoly: An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction