If you’re not feeling quite right, you might describe yourself as awvish. This dialectal term used in parts of Northern England may derive from a local pronunciation of the word half. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Awvish”
I’m going to adopt the word avish into my vocabulary.
That’s A-W-V-I-S-H, avish. It means to be slightly unwell or out of sorts. It’s a dialect term from Northern England, avish. And it can also mean dull or half-witted.
I was looking at a 19th century dictionary that says, a person feels avish when he’s been up all night and finds himself in a third-class waiting room at the railway station before breakfast next morning.
Avish. Avish. A-W-what? V-I-S-H. It might be a version of half-ish, hoffish. And it might also be a version of offish, a little bit off.
Oh, offish, too. Yeah. But I like that, just for that term where your teeth feel like they’re wearing sweaters.
No, I know that feeling. Yeah. And one shower wouldn’t be enough.
