Matey Edit Meaning

1.

A word often used by pirates to address friends, aquaintences, or the scurvy low lifes who mopped the deck. Often used in succession with Arr.

Arr, matey, thar be ye booty!

Arr, matey, ye shivers me timbers!

Arr, matey, walk the plank!

See tainted

2.

Matey is a word that, on the face of it, sounds very friendly but, on the other hand with vocal inflection can be used to sound quite the opposite.

1 - "ay-up Jim 'ows it goin' matey"?

2 - Poor old Jim trying to get some kipon a train near Birminghamin the UK keeps getting woken up by some young Yid Geezersinging. "Oy you wouldn't be so fucking happy if this were 1943 on the Reichsbahn matey"!

See friendly, welcoming, royal navy, matelot, obnoxious, aggressive, sarcastic

3.

Used as an alternative word for something that you cant remember the name of or just can't be bothered to say the full word.

"Pass the remote control" turns into "can you pass me the matey, theres sod all on this channel at the moment apart from those nobheads Ant and Dec"

See matie

4.

A word used by northern people (From Reading)

Alrite matey, look at my tracker

See northern, monkey, reading, tractor, slut, Essex