{{Short description|Colloquialisms in the Welsh language}} '''Welsh slang''' ({{langx|cy|bratiaith Gymraeg}}) is the colloquial terminology of the Welsh language, a Celtic language that is a co-official language of Wales alongside English.
The Welsh language also has a variety of profanities, many of which are derived from British English profanity.<ref name="swearing">{{cite web |title=Useful phrases - swearing |url=https://clwbmalucachu.co.uk/cmc/cheat/cheat_swearing.htm |website=clwbmalucachu.co.uk |publisher=Resources for Welsh learners |access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref>
==Phrases==
===A===
===B=== ; {{lang|cy|biji-bo}} : a penis<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|bogal jobio}} : to have gay sex<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|bustachu}} : to have sexual intercourse with a woman without any danger of impregnating her ({{lang|cy|bustach}} means "steer", i.e a castrated bull)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|bwchio}} : to have sex with someone, to fuck someone<ref name="swearing"/>
===C=== ; {{lang|cy|cachgi}} : a coward ({{lit|dog shit}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cachiad}} : faeces, shit<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cachu}} : to defecate, to shit<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cachu iar}} : chicken shit<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cachu planciau}} : to be terrified ({{lit|shitting planks}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cachwr}} : a shithead ({{lit|shitter}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|calar}} : penis, dick, cock (derived from the Mabinogion)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cael cachiad}} : to defecate, to take a shit<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cedor lama}} : a wanker ({{lit|llama's pubic hair}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cer i grafu}} : go to Hell, an expression ({{lit|go to scratch}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cerpyn jam}} : a tampon (used in Wrexham)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cig a llysiau}} : the male genitalia ({{lit|meat and vegetables}}, in reference to their shape)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cnych}} : fuck (noun)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cnychu}} : to have sex, to fuck<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|coc}} : the penis, the cock, the dick<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|coc oen}} : a dickhead ({{lit|lamb's dick}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|codiad}} : an erection<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cont}} : cunt (a highly profane word though sometimes used as a term of endearment, like in Australian, British, Irish and New Zealand English)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|corris}} : cunt<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|crnyiadur}} : a coward<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|cwd}} : the scrotum, the ballsack, the nutsack ({{lit|pouch}})<ref name="swearing"/>
===Ch=== ; {{lang|cy|chwit-chwat}} : inconsistent (an onomatopoeia)<ref name="weird">{{Cite web|url=https://welearnwelsh.com/blog/weird-welsh-words/|title=10 Wonderfully Weird Welsh Words & Expressions|first=Heather|last=Broster|date=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
===D=== ; {{lang|cy|dim gwerth rhech dafad}} : worthless ({{lit|not worth a sheep's fart}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|disgleirio fel ceilliau ci}} : for something to be excellent, the bee's knees, the dog's bollocks ({{lit|to shine like dog's testicles}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|dos i chwarae efo dy nain}} : "go away", "fuck off" ({{lit|go play with your nan}})<ref name="swearing"/>
===Dd===
===E===
===F=== ; {{lang|cy|fel rhech jet}} : to be like a damp squib ({{lit|like a jet's fart}})<ref name="swearing"/>
===Ff=== ; {{lang|cy|ffwrch}} : fuck (noun)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|ffwrcho}} : to have sex, to fuck<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|ffyc}} : fuck (expression and noun)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|ffycio}} : to have sex, to fuck<ref name="swearing"/>
===G=== ; Gog : a Gog, a person from North Wales<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/23714/gog|title=Definition of GOG | New Word Suggestion | Collins English Dictionary}}</ref>
===Ng===
===H=== ; {{lang|cy|halliad hallt}} : {{lit|salty wank}}<ref name="swearing"/>
===I=== ; {{lang|cy|iawn cont}} : a term of endearment (used in Caernarfon)<ref name="swearing"/>
===J=== ; {{lang|cy|jini ffernac}} : a tampon<ref name="swearing"/>
===L=== ; {{lang|cy|lembo}} : an idiot<ref name="swearing"/>
===Ll=== ; {{lang|cy|llawes goch}} : the female genitalia ({{lit|red sleeve}})<ref name="swearing"/>
===M=== ; {{lang|cy|mae hi wedi cachi arna i}} : "I'm buggered", "I'm for the chop" ({{lit|it's shit on me}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|malu cachu}} : talking nonsense, talking shit ({{lit|mincing shit}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|mewn cachiad}} : to do something very quickly ({{lit|en|in a shit}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|mewn cachiad chwanan}} : to do something very quickly ({{lit|in a flea's shit}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|mewn cachiad nico}} : to do something quickly ({{lit|in a goldfinch's shit}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|mewn dau gachiad}} : to do something quickly ({{lit|in two shits}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|min dwr}} : a penis that is erect whilst the man is drunk ({{lit|watery hard-on/boner}}) <ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|mwg drwg}} : marijuana, cannabis ({{lit|bad smoke}})<ref name="weird"/> ; {{lang|cy|mwrddrwg}} : a cheeky monkey ({{lit|great evil}})<ref name="weird"/>
===N===
===O===
===P=== ; {{lang|cy|paid â chodi pas wedi pisio}} : "don't cry over spilt milk" ({{lit|don't lift your petticoats after pissing}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|pen-coc}} : a dickhead, a cockhead<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|pidyn tarw}} : a dickhead ({{lit|bull's penis}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|pis}} : urine, piss<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|pisio}} : to urinate, to piss<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|pisio bwrw}} : heavy rain ({{lit|pissing rain}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|pisio cath}} : a white currant ({{lit|cat piss}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|pisio glaw}} : heavy rain ({{lit|pissing rain}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|piso}} : to urinate, to piss<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|piso dryw}} : a weak drink, e.g tea ({{lit|wren's piss}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|piso dryw bach yn y môr}} : a drop in the ocean ({{lit|little wren's piss in the sea}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|piso gwidw}} : a weak drink, e.g. tea ({{lit|widow's piss}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|pwdin blew}} : the female genitalia ({{lit|hairy pudding}})<ref name="swearing"/>
===Ph===
===R===
===Rh=== ; {{lang|cy|rhacs jibidêrs}} : in smithereens ({{lit|rags in tatters}})<ref name="weird"/> ; {{lang|cy|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)]}}<ref name="swearing"/>
===S=== ; {{lang|cy|sach bach}} : a condom ({{lit|small sack}}; used in Merthyr Tydfil)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|saim serch}} : semen, love juice ({{lit|love grease}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|sgleinio fel ceilliau ci}} : for something to be excellent, the bee's knees, the dog's bollocks ({{lit|to shine like dog's testicles}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|sguthan}} : a bitch, a harridan<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|shinach}} : a sly bastard<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|siani}} : the female genitalia<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|silffo}} : to get off with someone<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|sioncen}} : the vulva, the fanny<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|Sir Gâr}} : Carmarthenshire (formally {{lang|cy|Sir Gaerfyrddin}}) ; {{lang|cy|slebog}} : a promiscuous woman, a slut, a slag<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|s'mae cwd}} : a greeting (used in Caernarfon)<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|spwng dorth}} : an Arctic roll ({{lit|spunk loaf}})<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|swydd chwythiant}} : fellatio (a calque of the English word "blowjob")<ref name="swearing"/>
===T=== ; {{lang|cy|tafod bach}} : the G-spot<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|twll dy din}} : "go away", "bugger off"<ref name="swearing"/> ; {{lang|cy|twll tin}} : an arsehole, an asshole<ref name="swearing"/>
===Th===
===U===
===W===
===Y=== ; {{lang|cy|Y Bermo}} : Barmouth (formally {{lang|cy|Abermaw}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-place-names-risk-being-21701048|title=The Welsh place names at risk of being lost and forgotten|first=Sian|last=Burkitt|date=October 15, 2021|website=Wales Online}}</ref> ; {{lang|cy|yn twll tin Ifan saer}} : a sarcastic reply to "Where is it?" ({{lit|in Evan the carpenter's arse/ass}})<ref name="swearing"/>
==See also== * British slang, English-language slang used in the United Kingdom (including in Wales)
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:British slang Slang Category:Welsh words and phrases