Chris isn't exposed to Newfie lingo as much as I am seeing as alot of the people at the university are not originally from Newfoundland. I, on the other hand, am inundated by language I don't understand on a daily basis. There is acutally a Newfie dictionary to help decipher what they're saying. We contemplated buying it when we first moved here. Here are some terms I've heard, and what I believe them to mean.
Smothered = have a cold, all congested. The 1st time I heard this a mother said to me, 'my children are smothered' and I was shocked! I said, 'what????' and she responded, 'you know, all stuffed with a cold". I thought she was smothering them and I thought, I'm not the person you should be calling right now.
Straightened away = taken care of. An example is, "there's something wrong with your MCP #, call us when you have that straightened away".
B’y = I'm not too sure what this means, I think it has a number of uses. It's kinda like 'eh' which I must admit, I say A LOT! I've actually been teased about it a couple times here. But I hear a lot of 'yes b'y' and 'tell me about it b'y'.
Contrary = in a bad mood. As in, he was contrary.
Savage = angry, mad. A sentence I've heard this used in is, "oh, he was right savage".
Right = very, I think. See example above.
Shag it = screw it. "Ah shag it".
Where you to? = where are you? I don't understand this one. You're not 'to' somewhere, you 'are' somewhere.
What a sin = what a shame. "Oh, what a sin".
I'm sure there are a ton more, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
