Northern
English word meaning
whinging or
whining.
Pronounced
my-der-ring or
my-the-ring. Used anywhere the above words would be used, and used often by
the Fall: Song - '
C'n'C'-S Mithering'; "and to their kids they say 'Stop mithering!'.
Teiresias informs me that in the North and the Midlands of
Britain, Mithering also means
pestering.