different between radgepacket vs radge

English

Etymology

radge +? packet

Noun

radgepacket (plural radgepackets)

1. (Tyneside) Someone prone to extreme outbursts of bad temper.

Related terms

• radge
• radgie

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