Molly-Mae Hague has listed some northern slang words that have crept into her vocabulary since moving to Manchester.
The influencer, who has a whopping 7.8m followers on Instagram alone, said that ‘she’s a northern girl now’.
She’s reeled off a load of expressions and sayings that she’s started using now that she’s lived up north so long, sparking a bit of a debate in the comments as usual.
Some of the phrases are ones that might seem pretty commonplace to Mancs, but are actually a bit weird for people in other parts of the country.
Molly-Mae, who’s originally from Hertfordshire, said: “I’ve lived in Manchester since I was 17 and I’m now 24, and I’ve picked up a lot of things I would never, ever have said from a girl living down south. So I’m gonna tell you a few of those thing.
“Number one it ‘that’s tight’. This is, this is just funny. I must say ‘that’s tight’ 10 times a day now. When I lived down south I had no idea what that meant, never heard anybody say it.
“Second thing is putting ‘that’ after the end of so many things. So for example ‘tastes awful that’, or like ‘it’s tight, that’. That is so northern to me, never used to say that down south.
“One of my favourites, number three, mithered. Gotta be one of my top three favourite words. ‘Mither to death’, ‘mither central’, ‘I’m being mithered’, ‘You’re a mitherer’. One of my favourite ones.
“That is like when you’re being bothered, if someone’s mithering you, they’re bothering you. I freaking love that one.
“Another good one is ‘snide’. Snide I’d never heard of when I lived down south.”
She continued: “Another word that nobody uses down south, no one – what the hell is a barm cake? I see it outside of so many, like, coffee shops or like breakfast places. I love it, I absolutely love it. It’s just like a roll.
The final Manchester slang term Molly-Mae brought up was more of a pronunciation thing: “Last one I can think of, which I don’t personally use, but Tommy calls his mum ‘Mam’. M-A-M. And I didn’t know that people up north called their mum ‘mam. I wonder if Bambi will call me mam. I kind hope not, cos it just doesn’t feel right.”
Live football to be prescribed by some GPs to help treat patients with depression
Danny Jones
Live football looks set to be prescribed by a section of the NHS in an effort to try and help people suffering from depression.
As part of the experimental new wellbeing and mental healthcare initiative, GPs across the UK could soon be able to suggest watching football in person as part of their wider treatment plans.
While it may sound like a somewhat unorthodox approach, it’s sparked plenty of conversation on social media and is already gathering some steam up and down the country.
The scheme is being pioneered by Labour MP, Dr Simon Opher, the representative for Stroud, as well as Ecotricity owner and green industrialist, Dale Vince.
Today we’ve announced Football On Prescription. Football clubs up and down the country and up and down the leagues can take part in this – and I hope they will. Mental health is a big issue, as are loneliness and isolation. One of the superpowers of football is its inclusivity -… pic.twitter.com/OWNOag6Fcc
‘Prescribed footy’, to coin a somewhat jarring colloquialism, is set to be rolled out to relevant patients across the Gloucestershire region diagnosed with depression and some other mental health conditions.
Those on the receiving end of these prescriptions will be offered free tickets to watch local National League side, Forest Green Rovers (FGR), based in the town of Nailsworth.
Vince, who founded Ecotricity – formerly known as Renewable Energy Company – back in 1995, bought Forest Green back in 2010 and is just passionate about football and mental health as the push for clean energy and environmental causes.
Speaking to Greatest Hits Radio in an interview on Tuesday, 22 July, the 64-year-old Norfolk-born OBE said: “We just do the things that we see, that we think could be done, should be done, that will help; whether it’s helping our planet, our country – people here [in Gloucestershire]…
“When you attend football matches, particularly regularly, you find yourself a part of something, a part of a group of people with a common purpose. It’s a wonderful social experience that we think would be really good for people suffering from mental health problems.”
Despite some doubters and detractors questioning his motives online and in the media, he insists the sentiment is purely altruistic, and FGR hope to aligning itself with big causes like mental health, even making the first fully vegan-certified football kits ahead of the 2025/26 season.
He also went on to add, “We also won’t take adverts or sponsorship from gambling companies: they do great harm in our society.”
As for Dr Opher, he has continued to champion ‘social prescribing’ across his medical and political career, backing it as a viable alternative to common medication such as antidepressants for some individuals with mild-moderate depression.
The live football on presecption concept has been met with plenty of pushback online, including lots of discourse surrounding priorities and the NHS remaining underfunded, but only time will tell how well these early trials go.
What do you make of the idea of football being put forward as an aid for depression and do you think it should be considered by the NHS at large?
These viral sensations are a plush toy created by Hong Kong-born, Netherlands-raised designer Kasing Lung, who drew inspiration from his love of fairytales to create a character with bunny-like ears, large eyes and big smiles.
They’re swinging off handbags all over the UK at the minute and people are queueing for hours for the latest Labubu drops.
At Sweet Dreams, they’re making edible chocolate Labubus using a special mould flown in from Japan.
Each one has a pistachio kunafa filling and is painstakingly painted by hand.
And that brings us neatly to the next viral craze at play here – Dubai pistachio chocolate.
An army of pistachio chocolate LabubuInside a chocolate pistachio Labubu
Kunafa is a staple in Middle Eastern bakes and pastries but hit the global mainstream last year when thick chocolate pistachio bars stuffed with it went viral online, spawning countless dupes and inspired specials.
And finally, chocolate covered strawberries – hardly a new invention, but this simple dessert has rocketed in popularity especially in food hotspots like Borough Market in London.
Head into Sweet Dreams and you can build your treat from the base up – choose white or milk melted chocolate for your strawberries, layer on pistachio kunafa, then top with either a milk or white chocolate Labubu.
A slightly daft novelty? Yes. But that doesn’t stop them being delicious.
This is the only place in the UK currently selling Dubai pistachio chocolate Labubus.
Daisy Jackson -
2nd June 2024 
