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mardy bum 

Someone who complains alot, moans about their life etc...

Usually used in the north of england.

Also a arctic monkeys song.
person one: "Oh god i wish i could have got arctic monkeys tickets"

person two: "stop being such a mardy bum"
mardy bum by Greg Hartley, April 27, 2006
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Friend and happy family

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mardy arse

A person who is noted for being mardy – that is to say demonstratively miserable. Being depressed doesn't count – the mardy arse revels in unhappiness and broadcasts it via sulking, moaning, whingeing and (in the case of children) crying at the drop of a hat. An element of paranoia will generally be present; the mardy arse permanently feels hard done-to.

Perhaps the key difference between grumpy and mardy is that the former involves more anger and the latter more self-pity. However, in an almost bipolar way, the mardy arse will tend to be someone who mood-swings from mardy to lary – from surly/resentful to surly/aggressive – often when alcohol has been added as a catalyst.

The term is a coarser and therefore more emphatic version of mardy bum (the 'bum' in this sense referring to the buttocks, not a beggar or hobo, and 'arse' being a less polite word than 'bum'). It may be heard in the same Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire zone of the English East Midlands where mardy is commonplace, though principally the city of Leicester.
Where's Jack?
Got beat at darts, and buggered off home in a mood.
Oh, he always was a mardy arse!
mardy arse by fatfox June 10, 2010

mardybum 

northern english slang term. a mardybum is someone who is sulking or pouting for attention, due to something small or insignificant happening that causes minimum inconvenience. usually used as something to aggrovate a child into being more happy, a simple form of reverse psychology. recently immortalised in the seminal classic "mardybum" by the artic monkeys.
mother: (to child) what do you want for dinner?

**child fails to respond**

mother: ooohhh, you mardybum!

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now then, mardybum! - arctic monkeys
mardybum by arto October 16, 2005
Grumpy. Surly. Like a moaning child who doesn't get his way.
stop being mardy and make me some toast
mardy by Foyf January 21, 2003

mardy bum 

1) A song by the Arctic Monkeys, who are a band from Sheffield, UK. The song is about the lead-singer's ex-girlfriend.

2) A fansite dedicated to the above band - www.mardy-bum.com

3) A collection of mardy and bum, someone who moans when they don't get their own way and yet don't do anything for themselves.
She's a right mardy bum!
mardy bum by Fred88 August 28, 2008
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