sorry if this is a retarded question, but...

[Guest]

..what exactly is a 'NED'? i hear this term being used alot in the forums but i have no idea what it means. can someone help? cheers.

[lizzie]

[s]Unregisted User wrote on 09:15, 22nd Nov 2004:
..what exactly is a 'NED'? i hear this term being used alot in the forums but i have no idea what it means. can someone help? cheers.


I stands for 'Non educated Delinquent' apparently, although I doubt if most people who use it actually know that!!! So far i've only really heard it used in the west of scotland and here for some reason!!

[the Empress]

In Newcastle we call them chauvers. I've only heard NEDs here, and was a bit confused at first as well.

[killbill]

Neds,Schemers,Plebs,Chavs,Chavvies,Charvers,Scum,Scallies,Townies,Pikies,Rude-boys,RifRaf,Jippos,Scrap,Scroats, The Burberry Cappers,The Rockport crew,scuffheads,Kevs,Waynettas,Scallies, Kappa slappers!

...and that just about covers it!

[Prophet Tenebrae]

Unless I'm mistaken - aren't many of those names actual gangs?

Neds are more a group of socially disenfranchised deliquents who loiter unwholesomely around the streets generally being offensive, troublesome and committing petty crimes while adorned in various brand name clothing.

[Raindance]

[s]lizzie wrote on 19:43, 22nd Nov 2004:

I stands for 'Non educated Delinquent'

For the last time, no it doesn't!!! Ned is an old Glasgow word for criminal. I don't know why that annoys me but it does.

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[scumdeeforever]

[s]killbill wrote on 20:08, 22nd Nov 2004:
Neds,Schemers,Plebs,Chavs,Chavvies,Charvers,Scum,Scallies,Townies,Pikies,Rude-boys,RifRaf,Jippos,Scrap,Scroats, The Burberry Cappers,The Rockport crew,scuffheads,Kevs,Waynettas,Scallies, Kappa slappers!

...and that just about covers it!


i think you forgot Tinks, Gadgees, and Dundonians...

[KayBee]

[s]scumdeeforever wrote on 20:58, 22nd Nov 2004:
[s]killbill wrote on 20:08, 22nd Nov 2004:[i]
Neds,Schemers,Plebs,Chavs,Chavvies,Charvers,Scum,Scallies,Townies,Pikies,Rude-boys,RifRaf,Jippos,Scrap,Scroats, The Burberry Cappers,The Rockport crew,scuffheads,Kevs,Waynettas,Scallies, Kappa slappers!

...and that just about covers it!


i think you forgot Tinks, Gadgees, and Dundonians...
[/i]

A Gadgee is a central scotland term for a friend - whether nedlike or not and I though "Jippos" and "Tinks" were unpleasant terms for travellers.

[JM]

Ok people, coming from the west (home of the neds) let me put it to you simply...

Neds are teens who hang around corners causing trouble, trying to start fights with anyone. They wear brands like burberry, berghaus, caps etc. They always try to act smart infront of their friends and, honestly, can be a bunch of assholes. They normally drop out of school early and spend their weekends getting drunk and, again, starting fights. <- bit wordy but kinda describes the neds.

[Iain]

Gadgie..... small Dingwallian person....

[Happy-Go-Lucky]

Are NEDs the same as what was referred to as "Bams" where I come from in Aberdeen? The two seem to be very similar.

[Sided Pizza]

[s]Happy-Go-Lucky wrote on 23:31, 22nd Nov 2004:
Are NEDs the same as what was referred to as "Bams" where I come from in Aberdeen? The two seem to be very similar.



Yep - neds are bams, bams are neds

[Anon.]

In Cumbria, "gadge" or "gadgie" simply means "bloke".

[tylermatts]

If you check the Oxford English dictionary, it clearly states that a NED is anyone who hangs around outside the arcade on Market St. by Tesco.
In all seriousness though, it's obviously just a word that was invented as a word before it "became an abbreviation" if only because no one would start out by defining people as non-educated delinquents and then abbreviating it.

[Valen_gr]

Cant believe nobody has posted this yet ---

here goes, all you ever need to know about neds, how to survuve an encounter with one and other useful tips & tricks, including an online ned encounter training game.
class.

http://www.glasgowsurvival.co.uk


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[Manic23]

[s]Raindance wrote on 20:42, 22nd Nov 2004:
[s]lizzie wrote on 19:43, 22nd Nov 2004:[i]

I stands for 'Non educated Delinquent'

For the last time, no it doesn't!!! Ned is an old Glasgow word for criminal. I don't know why that annoys me but it does.

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[/i]

Maybe the Glasgow criminals you refer to were 'Non Educated Delinquents' as well?

Apparently its origin can be seen in ' ne'r do well ' also

[jayaker]

I am not too sure of my english grammar, but shouldn't it be UNeducated delinquent rather than non-educated? Ud doesn't quite have the same ring to it, so maybe the old Glaswegian word did come before the acronym.

Ironic that - by not knowing which it is, I look uneducated. Or non-educated.


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April 3, 2000

[jayaker]

[s]Valen_gr wrote on 09:15, 23rd Nov 2004:
Cant believe nobody has posted this yet ---

here goes, all you ever need to know about neds, how to survuve an encounter with one and other useful tips & tricks, including an online ned encounter training game.
class.

http://www.glasgowsurvival.co.uk


Genius. It has been a long time since I have laughed so hard. The photos are great. Neds made my school life a misery until I learned just to stop and think about what utter muppets they all are. Then I just laughed at them. When I felt I could risk the chances of a chib through the shoulderblades.


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"They misunderestimated me" Bush, Nov 6, 2000 "I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating." Bush
April 3, 2000

[David Bean]

I went to school in Dundee. We called then 'neds' sometimes, but more often 'gadges', 'gadgies' and - my personal favourite - 'minks'.

Interesting that the Scottish Parliament should have banned mink farming when there aren't any fur farms in Scotland; perhaps this was really the first step in a wider plan of counter-ned eugenics?

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[Anon.]

That is truly stonking.