nesh 

Being either afraid of the cold or feeling the cold a lot. Used across the Midlands of England and the north

"You nesh git, you don't need a coat."

nesh by KerrAvon October 10, 2003

Nesh 

Somewhone who is always cold, even when it isnt!

(It's sort of a Yorkshire thing)

"I'm cold!"
"It's not cold! You're nesh!"

Nesh by Dee Davison February 2, 2008

nesh 

whimpish! I can't thnk of another word close enough. Our family, living on the Wirral, Cheshire in the 50's & 60's used it regularly and I have yet to come across anyone 'down south' who knows what it means

"Can I turn the heating up?"

"Oh don't be so nesh! Put a jumper on if you're cold".

nesh by northerninexile October 6, 2009

nesh 

Definitely used outside Sheffield: used in Lancashire,South Wales and read in teenage novel based in Wales during WWW II Let's bring this Old English/Celtic ? word back as it has a very explicit meaning and so should not be lost. Any more ideas? I will be very interested. BRING BACK NESH.

'Don't be nesh' to person complaining of feeling cold: used affectionately (?)

nesh by PJ Hull. Bring back 'nesh' Society. May 21, 2003

Nesh 

A word, often used in the English Midlands, to describe someone who seems to be almost constantly cold. Often used in conjunction with the word dead (as an adverb).

"Katie is dead nesh."
"That girl is nesh."
"I'm dead nesh."

Nesh by BoneBroken October 28, 2009

nesh 

Heard this a lot when i was a kid in mid-cheshire, probably still is heard a lot. Also used in Sheffield a lot I believe, so the term has an unusual west/east distribution, the pennine hills offering no resistance whatsoever to this one!
Used quite critically and as mild verbal ubuse towards someone who feels the cold easily, like's their comfort, and is a lazy good-for-nothing - the suggestion is, therefore, they must be a 'puffter' or even worse . .

Heard in the depths of mid-winter; & long dark walk ahead:

Bill: 'Comin' down to the shop lad?'

Alan: 'Nah, don't think I'll bother'

Bill: 'What's up with you, yer nesh b**tard!'

nesh by blokerama May 8, 2009

nesh 

also used in cheshire
nesh =adjective to describe someone who likes comfort, avoids any hardship

he was a very nesh character

nesh by Anonymous September 28, 2003