A person who is originally from Newcastle, a city in the North East of England, but who also lives anywhere within the Tyneside area. They are known for their very distinctive accent, being
die-hard Newcastle United fans and for their ability to consume vast quantities of alcohol. They also known for being quite friendly, approachable and charitable. They are absolutely not to be confused with "Chavs", but this happens frequently as a result of false stereotypes concocted by prejudiced Southerners. According to anyone south of
Manchester, Geordies are poorly educated Neanderthals with a severe speech disorder who lives off benefits, gets
drunk all day at the
tax payers expense, have foul mannerisms, lives only for
football and can be found in council flats - which describes Chavs perfectly, but not Geordies (unless they are Geordie Chavs).
Geordies are also known for their mastery in manual labour (i.e. construction, steel and ship building) or engineering. Newcastle was once devoted to ship building and various areas in Tyneside were known for
heavy manufacturing and mining. Various world class colleges, universities and cultural venues exist in the Tyneside area
today, drawing much tourism and revenue from education. Newcastle University is one of the
UK's most highly ranked universities for medicine, mechanic and civil engineering and naval architecture. Geordies like
Cheryl Coal,
Bobby Robson and Mike Ashley stand as cultural icons.
