If people from Sunderland are known as mackems.

[safcrob]

Then surely people from Newcastle should be known as tackems?

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Then surely people from Newcastle should be known as tackems?

Always called them twats mesel.

 

[Typhoonftm]

Bit early to be on the sauce.

 

[screwjack]

hoss smackems

 

[EchoMan]

Mackem is short for Mackem and Tackem iirc

 

[dangermows]

Mackem is short for Mackem and Tackem iirc

Nope.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

And you are known as a spa...

Best not.

 

[Caer_Urfa]

tbh I call them Mags.


I see a NUFC fan in the street and instantly in my head I want to shout Mag.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

tbh I call them Mags.


I see a NUFC fan in the street and instantly in my head I want to shout Mag.

Maggums!

 

[Wizards Sleeve]

hoss smackems

OP is smackemed off his chops a bit early.

 

[CEF]

Then surely people from Newcastle should be known as tackems?

Based on Sunderland accents.

 

[Falconhoof]

hoss smackems

I see what you did there

 

[citybythesea]

tbh I call them Mags.


I see a NUFC fan in the street and instantly in my head I want to shout Mag.

Is the correct answer, this mackem term has been coined to alienate Geordies who support safc. From the sir john hall era....Geordie nation

 

[Its Him Again]

Why do people from other parts of the country who have no association with Spewcastle call themselves Geordies because they support Newcastle ?

 

[Bladecat]

Why do people from other parts of the country who have no association with Spewcastle call themselves Geordies because they support Newcastle ?

Why do Ant n Dec loving folks from Durham, Darlington, Sedgefield call themselves Geordies even if they don't like football ?

 

[Its Him Again]

Why do Ant n Dec loving folks from Durham, Darlington, Sedgefield call themselves Geordies even if they don't like football ?

Small minded I guess

 

[EchoMan]

Nope.

Haway then smart arse.

Sunderland Mackem Origin

 

[MackneyHackem]

Haway then smart arse.

Sunderland Mackem Origin

Geordies don't say mack or tack though. That's sort of the whole point.

 

[Its Him Again]

Geordies don't say mack or tack though. That's sort of the whole point.

Hence there a lot of mackem mags out there. They f***ing hate been called one

 

[MackneyHackem]

Hence there a lot of mackem mags out there. They f***ing hate been called one

Hence?