with thanks to Graham Thomson |
Home Scottish stories, so far, in The Barcelona Review |
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SCOTENSE Just a wee aid for those that might need it.
aboot............................about ae...............................of Asda.............................large chain of (cheap) supermarkets auntie beanie type...............homely, pseudo-genteel middle-aged woman aw...............................all awfie............................awfully; very bairn............................child; baby barrie ..........................great (or, when used ironically, terrible) batter (the shite out of), to....beat up, to baws.............................balls; testicles; nonsense beam, to.........................blush, to beamer...........................red face (from embarrassment) bitter...........................(bitterly) cold blow (also 'blaw')...............hashish; cannabis bogging..........................ugly; dirty; foul-smelling; nasty bridie...........................meat pie cannae...........................can not chib.............................knife Chinkie..........................Chinese chorey, to.......................rob, to; steal, to; vandalize, to chuck it doon, to................rain heavily, to clarty ..........................dirty coory, to........................cower, to; press against, to cosie (up), to...................warm, to cunt.............................person (not necessarily pejorative) (vagina) cunty-baws.......................male person (strongly pejorative) deck, to.........................knock down, to dinnae...........................do/does not do a runner, to..................run away, to do (one's) heid in, to...........drive (one) mad, to doon.............................down draw.............................hashish Easter Road......................(location of) Hibs football stadium eppy.............................epileptic (fit) fae..............................from fanny ...........................stupid person (vulva) gallus ..........................great; assertive; ostentatious gear.............................drugs (usually hashish) gen..............................honestly! get on one's tits, to............annoy, to giro.............................social security payment greet, to........................cry, to hackit...........................ugly heid.............................head heid-nipping.....................head-nipping; intensely irritating hing, to.........................hang, to holy willie......................extremely (hypoc.?) religious person hoo-hah..........................fuss; ado hoor.............................whore hoot.............................laugh horse's baws.....................(unpalatable) meat isnae............................is not jaikie...........................alcoholic; down-and-out ken, to..........................know, to Kwik-Save........................chain of (cheap) food shops like (as interjection)...........you understand? lippy............................cheeky loadae...........................lot of loony bin........................mental hospital make oot, to.....................understand, to manky............................dirty mental...........................incredible (admirable, crazy, dangerous) minging..........................foul-smelling Monster Munch....................(brand of) savoury snack munchies.........................snacks nash, to.........................rush, to neb, to..........................be nosey, to ned..............................lower class (aggressive) youth nowt.............................nothing old dear.........................old or middle-aged woman; mother pally............................friendly pappa ............................grandfather pish doon, to....................rain heavily, to pished...........................drunk piss oneself, to.................laugh (uncontrollably), to pits.............................worst possible (place, situation)(coal mines) poke.............................ice-cream cone puke (up), to....................vomit, to puss.............................face radge............................idiot (vulva) rake it in, to...................make a lot of money, to Red Card.........................(brand of) fizzy soft drink rip the piss oot of, to..........ridicule, to schemie..........................person from council housing scheme scran ...........................food (of poor quality) shag, to.........................have sex (with), to sheep-shagger....................country or suburban person slag, to.........................be critical of, to; disparage, to slavers..........................saliva smart-arse.......................self-satisfied person snekky, to.......................have sex with, to sook, to.........................suck, to spooky...........................weird sprog............................child; baby stoat-the-baw....................adult male with a sexual interest in children tarry............................tobacco; cigarettes they.............................those twat.............................fool (vulva) veg, to..........................vegetate, to; be in state of torpor, to walloper.........................penis; black pudding wee..............................little whitey...........................state of extreme pallor (accompanied by nausea) widnae/winnae....................would not/will not ya hoor!.........................exclamation of great satisfaction |