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.

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The Welsh language also has a variety of profanities, many of which are derived from British English profanity. [1]

Phrases

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B

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

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

chwit-chwat
inconsistent (an onomatopoeia) [2]

D

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

E

F

fel rhech jet
to be like a damp squib (lit. 'like a jet's fart') [1]

Ff

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

Gog
a Gog, a person from North Wales [3]

Ng

H

halliad hallt
lit. 'salty wank ' [1]

I

iawn cont
a term of endearment (used in Caernarfon) [1]

J

jini ffernac
a tampon [1]

L

lembo
an idiot [1]

Ll

llawes goch
the female genitalia (lit. 'red sleeve') [1]

M

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

O

P

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

R

Rh

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

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

tafod bach
the G-spot [1]
twll dy din
"go away", "bugger off" [1]
twll tin
an arsehole, an asshole [1]

Th

U

W

Y

Y Bermo
Barmouth (formally Abermaw) [4]
yn twll tin Ifan saer
a sarcastic reply to "Where is it?" (lit. 'in Ivan the carpenter's arse/ass ') [1]

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