Select Scottish Words 1
a,ah- I
amur- I am
am no- I am not
am-ur-nay- I am not
a-wiz-nae- I was not
aye- Yes
auld- old ( as in auld codyir)
aw- all
awfy- awfully
bairn- baby(jist a wee bairn!)or small child.
baltic- really cold(It's baltic!)
bawbag- scrotum, pejorative(That guy's a bawbag)
burd- Girlfriend
bevvy- drink ("Ye havin a bevvy the nite?")
blootered- very drunk
boggin- smelly, dirty(That's boggin'!)
boot- slatternly or ugly woman
burn- small river(Let's awa' up that burn) not actually slang as it's the correct term and used elsewhere in the world
braw- beautiful, as in('S'a braw brichtmoonlichtnicht the nicht.')
belter- to be excellent, great, fucking fantastic.
Bonny- pretty, beautiful
cannae- can not
claes- clothes
cummoan- lets go,~~ please talk sense ~~ (vamos,. sp)
cannie- Smart - "He's a cannie lad"
DaFather
DaftySilly
dead- very; usually used with "pure" in front to describe something (That's pure dead brilliant!!!)
dinnae/ dunno- Don't ("Dinnaedae that!") Dunno( "Dunno" ) I Don't Know
doon- Down. ("Turn that doon! We got a fuckin can theif! TURN THAT DOON!")
dug- a dog
Select Scottish Words 2
Embra- Edinburgh
fae- from (a ken where yurfae)
feert- to be scared,afeared(I'm feert of the dark)
fitbaw- football
fit- what - Mainly used in the Aberdeen area
geez- give - (Don't geez it)
glaikit- tired and/or depressed ("You look fair glaikit pal").
gonnae no dae that- please do not do that
gran- Grandmother
granda- Grandfather
hackit- ugly
hame- home "am away hame"
hoose- house "it's in ma hoose"
haver- silly talk, nonsense/ talking shit " stapyerhavering "
hawn- hand "watch ma hawn"
hawd/hud- hold, stop "wantyhawd that?" Hawdyerwheeshd stop talking
hen- term of endearment for a woman, equivalent to 'love' or 'darling' ("How ye dain the day, hen?")
heed/heid- head "a've got a sare heed"
how?- why?
Hauf '- a measure of whiskey
Isnae - Is not
jake(y)- a person addicted to class A substances and has poor quality of life as consequence (commonly heroin)
ken- term for the word 'know'(I ken who he is, but I dinnae ken him, ken him); not used in Glasgow area
kip- sleep/nap ("If yur tired, try fur a kip." "am away fir a kip man, shattered"
Laddie- A male (as in "Aye, Laddie!")
Lassy- A female
magic- great/excellent (That's pure magic)
maist- most
maw- mum(Aye yer maw)
mawkit/ manky- very dirty(Your trousers are mawkit!! Yamanky wee bam!!)
Select Scottish Words 3
minger- originally a Scottish word for dirty/smelly/horrible person
minted- rich/wealthy ("Look at his motor, he must be minted.)
mingin- horrible/dirty ("Your bathroom is mingin")
nae danger- no chance / no way
naw- no
ned- acronym for 'non-educated delinquent', useless waster, troublemaker
pure- very, totally ("she's pure no right".)used to emphasis something. This is mainly used by Weegies
polis- the police
quality- great/excellent ("That film was quality.")
plastered- drunk
scheme- residential area usually council estate
scooby- clue,(no clue)
skelp- to smack or hit someone/thing(He telt me tae get ma tits oot so I skelped him) (I skelped ma heed oaf the heedboard)
skint(slang term for the word 'skinned') - no money/poor/no wages left.
tae- to
tap- to borrow money from someone ("Can ah tap a tenneraff ye?")
that's a sin- what a shame
tatties- potatoes
wan- one (number or referring to an object person) "Wan table please." "Witwan de ye want?"
weesmall
weegiesomeonefrom Glasgow
whaewho
whitwhat
wean- (pronounced "Wayne") - child
wallap(pronounced "wa-lup") - to hit someone/something ("Am gonnaewallap ye wan!") Can also mean to bang a body part ("Ah pure wallaped ma heidaff that table!")
yin- one (not the number but referring to a person or object) "The big yin is oan his way." "Ye wantthebig yin afftheshelf?")