Word or Phrase  |
Meaning |
Comment or example |
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| GET. |
Nasty piece of work. |
A widnae talk tae him oe'r there ,he's an auld GET. |
Marky g |
| JOBY |
excrement. |
Watch yer feet big man that dug,s jist done a JOBY. |
Marky G |
| SNOTTERS |
Mucus from nose. |
What,s the difference between brussels-sprouts&snotters
Ans:-Ye cannae get a wean tae eat brussels-sprouts!! |
Marky G |
| Hing-oot |
A lady of questionable morales. |
Ma maw says ive no tae go oot wey her cos she's a Hing-oot. |
Marky g |
| 'CAW' |
Turn/Rotate |
Don't caw the skipping rope too fast |
Weemeg |
| 'CLUDGIE' |
Toilet |
He's been in that cludgie fur an oor |
Bigwull |
| 'COORIE' |
Snuggle |
Am frozen...... can ah come and coorie in |
Bigwull |
| 'FANKLE' |
Tied in knots |
I wis doing ma knitting but ma wools in a fankle......weemeg
will have to sort it for me |
'Bigwull' |
| 'GALLUS' |
Self confident,Daring,Cheeky |
Look at him, he thinks he's gallus |
Weemeg |
| 'GUNK' |
Disappointment |
I goat a right gunk when I opened my Christmas present
|
Weemeg |
| 'HOACHIN' |
Busy,Bustling |
Went doon the toon this morning and it wis hoachin |
'Bigwull' |
| 'HUNKERS' |
Knees |
I couldnae fin ma mop so I hud tae go doon oan ma
hunkers ti wash the loby flair |
Weemeg |
| 'Hacket' |
not very nice looking |
Girl to her pal : gads I'm no going out with him...he's
Hacket |
Bigwull |
| 'LALDIE' |
Giving something your all |
The pipe bawn were marching through the toon giving it
laldie |
Bigwull |
| 'OCHSTER' / 'OXTER' |
Arm Pitt |
|
weemeg |
| 'OOSE' |
Fluff |
You've enough oose in your belly button to stuff a
cushion |
Weemeg |
| 'PLOOK' |
Spot or pimple |
Jings thats some plook you've got on your beak |
Bigwull |
| 'PLOUT' |
Dab with cotton wool,soaked in hot water |
Let me see that boil on your neck......I think it needs
plouting |
Bigwull |
| 'POOKIE' |
Bobbled (as in worn/rubbed woolen garment) |
Look at the state of the front of your jumper...it's
all pookie |
Weemeg |
| 'RANDAN' |
A night out on the town |
|
weemeg |
| 'SHOOGLEY' |
Shakey |
This table's got a shoogley leg on it |
Bigwull |
| 'SKIDDLE' |
messing about (eg) in a basin of water |
empty that basin, you've been skiddlin aboot long
enough |
Bigwull |
| 'SLORRY' |
to apply (eg) paint haphazardly |
Go and paint the fence and don't slorry it on |
Bigwull |
| 'SPICKIT' |
Tap , Faucet |
Go ben the hoose ya wee nyaff and turn the spickit aff
|
bigwull |
| 'STEAMIN' |
Inebriated |
I wis oot last night and goat steamin drunk |
Bigwull |
| 'SUGAR-ALLY-WATER |
Soft Drink made from Sugar, Water and (hard)Liquorice |
|
Bigwull |
| 'WABBIT' |
Weary/Tired |
By jings I'm fair wabbit |
Bigwull |
| 'WEAN' |
Child |
My.......that's an ugly wean you've got there |
'Bigwull' |
| 'stookie' |
A Plaster Cast |
Wee hughie went to the Hospital with a broken
arm.......and got a stookie on his leg |
Bigwull |
| Ah'll (something) ye, r Ah'll gei ye (something) |
don't ask again or you'll regret it |
Ah'll pokey Hat ye - ah'll gei YOU pokey hat |
Morag |
| Bampot |
Not right in the head |
Your a bleeding bampot |
Mike |
| Baw Face |
Round Face |
they got a big baw face |
Eleanor W. |
| Beelin |
Rather unhappy |
If ye nock yer maws washin aff the line she will be
Beelin. |
Marky G |
| Birl |
have a go |
I think I'll give it a wee birl |
John Bone |
| Blooter |
To hit with great force |
If you don't chuck that i'll Blooter yeh! |
Marky g. |
| Clarty |
Dirty |
Your a clarty we buggar |
gnyaff |
| DOUT or DOUBT?t |
Cigarette end |
Ah've run oot o'fags - only a wee dout left. |
Alistair McAllister |
| Dicht |
To clean |
Away ben the hoose and dicht your face. |
Ian keir |
| Donner |
walk |
I'm just going for a wee donner doon the road |
John Bone |
| Dook |
Swim |
I'm going doon the shore fur a wee Dook |
John Bone (Gnyaff) |
| Fu' to the gunnels |
Full Up(filled to the gunwhales) |
The boot was fu to the gunnels wi' rubbish |
bobg |
| Geez yur stump |
Can I have your apple core |
|
Wee Jim |
| Gip |
Causing Pain, in agony |
The coarns oan ma feet are gein me gip. |
Wee Boney |
| Given the dizzy |
Stood up |
Didnae turn up |
Hughie |
| Glaikit |
Thoughtless |
He had a right glaikit look on his face |
Hughie |
| Gonny gimme |
Will you please pass |
|
Jean Kelly |
| Gonny no dae that |
Please don't do that |
|
Jean Kelly |
| Gowpin' |
throbbing with pain |
my feet are gowpin'...a comment usually made by my mum
after taking us shopping! |
Morag |
| Heid banger |
crazy person |
he,s jist a heid banger |
Eleanor W. |
| Keeker |
Black eye |
That's some keeker you've got there |
Hughie |
| Ken Fine |
Know Well |
Do you know how to whistle. Ken Fine |
Tommy Hanlon |
| Midden |
Dump |
"Aye - that hoose is a midden!" |
LG |
| Peely-wally |
Pale |
"She's awfa peely-wally" |
LG |
| Piece o' Bun |
Easy |
That was a Piece o" Bun |
Tommy Hanlon |
| SPRACHLED |
Spread out |
Whit are you like lying there sprachled oot on the
couch |
Bigwull |
| Scunnert |
Thoroughly disgusted |
I'm fair scunnert |
Hughie |
| Skint |
Broke (no money) |
|
Jean Kelly |
| Sklim |
Climb |
Sklim up the wa' and drap ower the other side |
Jimmy Laughlan |
| Sook |
suck |
Gie's a sook of yer lollipop |
John Bone (Gnyaff) |
| Stoater |
Attractive thing |
She's a wee stoater (girl, car etc...) |
Hughie |
| Thole |
tolerate |
Ah canny thole the soon' o' fingernails on the
blackboard...eww!! |
Morag |
| WALLY'S |
false teeth |
Gies a gless o water fur ma teeth |
Ian K |
| Wee nyaff |
Small, nasty person |
She's a wee nyaff fur hittin' that waen. |
Annie, Aust |
| Winshin |
going steady |
are you winshin |
Eleanor W |
| Yon yin |
That one there |
See Yon yin, she's a scunner! |
Hughie |
| a jeely piece |
a slice of bread with jam |
do ye want a piece n'jeely? |
bobg |
| away an chase yersel |
stopannoying me / don't talk rubbish etc |
away an chase yersel ye wee nyaff |
Morag |
| ben the press |
the cupboard |
yir shoes are ben the press |
Eleanor W. |
| besom |
not nice person |
"Cheeky besom" |
LG |
| big riddy |
red faced - embarrassed |
one Hughie has used a couple of times when caught in
mistake..Hughie's goat a big riddy |
Morag |
| blether |
chatty,mouthy person |
He's just a blether. |
bobg |
| boke |
nearly throwing up |
eating porridge makes me boke |
IREJIM |
| braw lassie |
nice looking girl |
she,s a braw lassie |
Eleanor W. |
| breeks |
trousers |
"Have you tore they new breeks?" |
LG |
| bubblyjock |
turkey |
|
Morag |
| cannae mind |
cannot remember |
A cannae mind where a pit the key |
wee shuggie |
| clap |
pat |
Can ah clap yer dug mister? |
Morag |
| clout |
to hit |
"Dae that again & I'll clout you!" |
LG |
| coup |
spill |
I have to go and coup my wheelbarrow into the cowp!! |
joyce |
| cowp / coup |
The Dump |
take that rubbish to the cowp |
joyce |
| cry |
call |
She cried her dochter Mary. |
Morag |
| cuddie |
horse |
|
Morag |
| dight |
wipe |
slept in, only time for a quick 'dight' |
Jean Kelly |
| dightet |
no the full shillun or pehaps mentally overwhelmed |
I think that yin's a bit dightet / I cannae think right
now, ma heid's dightet |
Morag |
| dinna fash yersel hen |
calm down dear |
|
Morag |
| dreich |
cold wet day |
I''ts that dreich the day ah canny hing ma washing oot. |
|
| dreip |
slide down feet first down a slope |
haw maw I'm stuck up here, well just dreip down and
I'll catch you |
|
| eejit |
idiot,foolish |
your'e an eejit.whit are ye? |
bobg |
| fizog |
face |
c'mere tae a gie yer fizog a wee dight |
Jean Kelly |
| flumexed |
confused |
"that's fair flumexed me!" |
LG |
| foustie |
mouldy |
Aw jings! ma ha'penny caramel's aw foustie! |
morag |
| gease a dod |
please may I have a portion of your jam sandwich |
gease a dod o yer jeely piece |
Linda |
| girn |
whine |
Stop yer greetin and girnin ye spilt wean! |
Alistair McAllister |
| go one's dinger |
rant and rave |
Ma maw fair went her dinger when she found out I'd
broke the stretcher! (clothespole) |
Morag |
| gon yoursel |
go on yourself,encouragement |
gon yoursel son |
bobg |
| greet |
cry |
Dont greet jist cause yer no happy |
Alistair McAllister |
| hawd yer weesht |
hold your tongue,be quiet |
wull ye hawd yer weesht a minute |
bobg |
| hoolit |
owl |
|
Morag |
| hurdies |
hips, thighs |
she's go a guid pair o sturdy hurdies fror such a wee
wummin |
Morag |
| in the doldrums |
quiet ,in a mood |
he's in the doldrums |
bobg |
| jessie |
male who is efeminate,big girls blouse etc |
he's a big jessie |
bobg |
| joogle yer wulkies |
do a somersault |
|
Morag |
| jooks |
jumper |
"He's hiding it up his jooks" |
LG |
| kelt |
? maybe coal? |
Away an scrub that neck, it's black as kelt |
Morag |
| mask |
brew |
The tea's maskin'..it'll be ready onytime. |
Morag |
| maukit |
very dirty |
"that hoose is maukit!" |
LG |
| messin |
naughty,impish,devilish |
ya wee messin! (you little devil) |
bobg |
| mingin' |
stinking |
that dustbin's mingin tae high heaven |
morag |
| missed yerself |
missed out on a good time (by not being there) |
Ye fair missed yerself at the dance, the band was no'
bad at a'! |
Morag |
| no' bad |
very good |
98% on yer test? No bad, son, no bad at a'. |
Morag |
| no' the full shillun' |
oil doesn't quite meet the dipstick, ie not all there |
ah don't bother wi him, he's no the full shillun |
morag |
| pare sowl |
unfortunate person (poor soul) |
she is a pare sowl |
bobg |
| pawkies |
mittens |
|
Morag |
| plunkin the skill |
playing truant from school |
he's been plunkin the skill again |
bobg |
| pokey hat |
ice cream cone |
can I have 2 pokey hats and a double nougat |
Morag |
| puddock |
frog |
|
Morag |
| sanny nows |
sand dunes |
the Stevenson sanny nows |
bobg |
| skelf |
splinter |
|
Morag |
| skelly |
cross eyed ,eye defect |
you'll go skelly if you keep doin' that |
bobg |
| skelp |
smack |
He got a good skelpin' for plunkin' the school |
Morag |
| sleverin |
crying,saliva,dribbling |
stope yer sleverin wull ye? |
bobg |
| sort |
fix |
Yer daddy'll sort yer bike when he gets hame frae work |
Morag |
| stoor |
dust |
|
Morag |
| teemin |
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| teemin |
raining heavily |
I'm no going oot there, it's teemin! |
Angeline |
| that |
so |
Ah wis that tired ah couldnie see straight |
Morag |
| tim, timpt |
empty or to empty |
tim the rest o the coal in the fire. Fill up the coal
pail, it's timpt |
Morag |
| tumshie |
turnip |
|
Morag |
