NEWFOUNDLAND WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS
Here is a small selection of Newfoundland words and their meanings. It is not always certain where a word originated or its spelling. You won't hear the townies (people from St.John's) saying these as much as the baymen (people from the outports).
angishore......a weak, miserable person
arn........any
ballyray......
to abuse
bannikin......a small tin cup
bedlamer......a one year old seal
chucklehead......a stupid person
chinch......to stow tightly
clout......to hit an opponent hard
clobber......an untidy state of things
doter......an old seal
douse......to give a quick blow
drung......a narrow, rocky lane
drook......a valley with steep wooded slopes
duff......pudding of flour, fat pork & molasses
dulse......a kind of seaweed
dudeen......a pipe
faddle......a bundle of firewood, fardel
faggot......a pile of half-dried fish
flipper......a seal's forepaw
floaters......men who fished from schooners using cod traps
There are so many different words that are used only by Newfoundlanders it would take up pages, I will attempt to rotate the words on this page on a monthly basis
Now are you wondering how to get to this unusual but beautiful province if so then go to the next page and I will tell you how to get to Newfoundland, or click on index to return to the table of contents.
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