Mardy

[Kai]

Regional slang assumed to be derived from Moody originating from Derby, and over recent years having gradually become more commonly used as far south as Northamptonshire and as far north as Manchester (in many episodes of Coronation Street for example).
It is used most widely to describe children when they are having a tantrum or an adult who is sulking when not getting their own way. It describes a person who is feeling sorry for themselves or is crying shallow, [crocodile tears].
This fantastic adjective has risen to more widespread fame in recent times thanks to those lovely lads from Sheffield, the Arctic Monkeys who wrote a song called [Mardy Bum] about a girl who was really mardy. Now all those southern [softies] have latched onto this fantastic word, it wont be long before we are hearing Peggy Mitchell behind the bar of the Queen Vic calling Billy a Mard Arse.

[Dave Paprocki]

A word popularly used in the [Nottingham]/East midlands area of england. Words with a similar meaning include: [stroppy], moody, [sulky], grumpy, childish etc.

[Zipporah Schumaker]

Childish, [sulky]. Easily upset and wants their own way all the time.
Mainly from [the East Midlands] although it does appear to have some use in the [Manchester] area.

[Little_Girl]

A word used commonly in the [Ilkeston] - Heanor area of Derbyshire meaning the person is a cry-baby or scared to attempt something.
*Childish, easily upset, cowardly - a word restricted to an area between Leicestershire in the South and South Lancashire/South Yorkshire in the North.
( Ey Up Mi Duck The dialect of Derbyshire and the East Midlands - Richard Scullins

[Sonia]

[Moody]. Someone who is grumpy, [moody] and generally [irritable]. Can be used as an adjective. However one can be IN a mardy.

[Renato]

A dialect word originating from Derby and Sheffield

a) Adjective used to describe a moody or grumpy person

b) Can also be used as mard as a noun to describe someone who is currently [in a mood]

c) Someone who is reguarly mardy can be described as a [mardy bum] or [mardy arse]

[Luis Fok]

The ending must sound like the French [e] acute in order to [render] an authentic [Leicester] accent. It is particularly suitable used in conjunction with the word bleeder.

[Tanya Shivari]

Several examples have already been provided but [2 points] might be of further interest:

1. The [Nottingham] writer D.H.Lawrence uses the word in his novels of the 1920s
2. Reputed to have originated from the French word merde meaning shit. So, to be mardy would mean to be behaving in a shitty manner.

I grew up in 1950s [Leicester] where it was in common use.

[Tanya Shivari]

When somebody doesnt offer you a [marshmallow], when they have a huge [bag on] their [desk].

[Rihanna]

angry and complaining; refusing to be pleasant to other people: