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Welsh slang
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Welsh slang (Welsh: bratiaith Gymraeg) is the colloquial terminology of the Welsh language, a Celtic language that is a co-official language of Wales alongside English.
The Welsh language also has a variety of profanities, many of which are derived from British English profanity.[1]
Phrases
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[edit]B
[edit]- biji-bo
- a penis[1]
- bogal jobio
- to have gay sex[1]
- bustachu
- to have sexual intercourse with a woman without any danger of impregnating her (bustach means "steer", i.e a castrated bull)[1]
- bwchio
- to have sex with someone, to fuck someone[1]
C
[edit]- cachgi
- a coward (lit. 'dog shit')[1]
- cachiad
- faeces, shit[1]
- cachu
- to defecate, to shit[1]
- cachu iar
- chicken shit[1]
- cachu planciau
- to be terrified (lit. 'shitting planks')[1]
- cachwr
- a shithead (lit. 'shitter')[1]
- calar
- penis, dick, cock (derived from the Mabinogion)[1]
- cael cachiad
- to defecate, to take a shit[1]
- cedor lama
- a wanker (lit. 'llama's pubic hair')[1]
- cer i grafu
- go to Hell, an expression (lit. 'go to scratch')[1]
- cerpyn jam
- a tampon (used in Wrexham)[1]
- cig a llysiau
- the male genitalia (lit. 'meat and vegetables', in reference to their shape)[1]
- cnych
- fuck (noun)[1]
- cnychu
- to have sex, to fuck[1]
- coc
- the penis, the cock, the dick[1]
- coc oen
- a dickhead (lit. 'lamb's dick')[1]
- codiad
- an erection[1]
- cont
- cunt (a highly profane word though sometimes used as a term of endearment, like in Australian, British, Irish and New Zealand English)[1]
- corris
- cunt[1]
- crnyiadur
- a coward[1]
- cwd
- the scrotum, the ballsack, the nutsack (lit. 'pouch')[1]
Ch
[edit]- chwit-chwat
- inconsistent (an onomatopoeia)[2]
D
[edit]- dim gwerth rhech dafad
- worthless (lit. 'not worth a sheep's fart')[1]
- disgleirio fel ceilliau ci
- for something to be excellent, the bee's knees, the dog's bollocks (lit. 'to shine like dog's testicles')[1]
- dos i chwarae efo dy nain
- "go away", "fuck off" (lit. 'go play with your nan')[1]
Dd
[edit]E
[edit]F
[edit]- fel rhech jet
- to be like a damp squib (lit. 'like a jet's fart')[1]
Ff
[edit]- ffwrch
- fuck (noun)[1]
- ffwrcho
- to have sex, to fuck[1]
- ffyc
- fuck (expression and noun)[1]
- ffycio
- to have sex, to fuck[1]
G
[edit]- Gog
- a Gog, a person from North Wales[3]
Ng
[edit]H
[edit]I
[edit]- iawn cont
- a term of endearment (used in Caernarfon)[1]
J
[edit]- jini ffernac
- a tampon[1]
L
[edit]Ll
[edit]- llawes goch
- the female genitalia (lit. 'red sleeve')[1]
M
[edit]- mae hi wedi cachi arna i
- "I'm buggered", "I'm for the chop" (lit. 'it's shit on me')[1]
- malu cachu
- talking nonsense, talking shit (lit. 'mincing shit')[1]
- mewn cachiad
- to do something very quickly (lit. 'en' or 'in a shit')[1]
- mewn cachiad chwanan
- to do something very quickly (lit. 'in a flea's shit')[1]
- mewn cachiad nico
- to do something quickly (lit. 'in a goldfinch's shit')[1]
- mewn dau gachiad
- to do something quickly (lit. 'in two shits')[1]
- min dwr
- a penis that is erect whilst the man is drunk (lit. 'watery hard-on/boner') [1]
- mwg drwg
- marijuana, cannabis (lit. 'bad smoke')[2]
- mwrddrwg
- a cheeky monkey (lit. 'great evil')[2]
N
[edit]O
[edit]P
[edit]- paid â chodi pas wedi pisio
- "don't cry over spilt milk" (lit. 'don't lift your petticoats after pissing')[1]
- pen-coc
- a dickhead, a cockhead[1]
- pidyn tarw
- a dickhead (lit. 'bull's penis')[1]
- pis
- urine, piss[1]
- pisio
- to urinate, to piss[1]
- pisio bwrw
- heavy rain (lit. 'pissing rain')[1]
- pisio cath
- a white currant (lit. 'cat piss')[1]
- pisio glaw
- heavy rain (lit. 'pissing rain')[1]
- piso
- to urinate, to piss[1]
- piso dryw
- a weak drink, e.g tea (lit. 'wren's piss')[1]
- piso dryw bach yn y môr
- a drop in the ocean (lit. 'little wren's piss in the sea')[1]
- piso gwidw
- a weak drink, e.g. tea (lit. 'widow's piss')[1]
- pwdin blew
- the female genitalia (lit. 'hairy pudding')[1]
Ph
[edit]R
[edit]Rh
[edit]- rhacs jibidêrs
- in smithereens (lit. 'rags in tatters')[2]
- rhech mewn potel [bop]
- something insignificant, "like a fart in a jacuzzi/hothub/spa" (lit. 'like a fart in a bottle [of pop (carbonated soft drink)]'[1]
S
[edit]- sach bach
- a condom (lit. 'small sack'; used in Merthyr Tydfil)[1]
- saim serch
- semen, love juice (lit. 'love grease')[1]
- sgleinio fel ceilliau ci
- for something to be excellent, the bee's knees, the dog's bollocks (lit. 'to shine like dog's testicles')[1]
- sguthan
- a bitch, a harridan[1]
- shinach
- a sly bastard[1]
- siani
- the female genitalia[1]
- silffo
- to get off with someone[1]
- sioncen
- the vulva, the fanny[1]
- Sir Gâr
- Carmarthenshire (formally Sir Gaerfyrddin)
- slebog
- a promiscuous woman, a slut, a slag[1]
- s'mae cwd
- a greeting (used in Caernarfon)[1]
- spwng dorth
- an Arctic roll (lit. 'spunk loaf')[1]
- swydd chwythiant
- fellatio (a calque of the English word "blowjob")[1]
T
[edit]Th
[edit]U
[edit]W
[edit]Y
[edit]See also
[edit]- British slang, English-language slang used in the United Kingdom (including in Wales)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx "Useful phrases - swearing". clwbmalucachu.co.uk. Resources for Welsh learners. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d Broster, Heather (April 24, 2020). "10 Wonderfully Weird Welsh Words & Expressions".
- ^ "Definition of GOG | New Word Suggestion | Collins English Dictionary".
- ^ Burkitt, Sian (October 15, 2021). "The Welsh place names at risk of being lost and forgotten". Wales Online.
