Your Scottish Slang Word O' The Day: Besom

Posted by Doug on January 10th, 2005

This entry is part 5 of 28 in the series Your Scottish Slang Word Of The Day

Fourth in a series

besom
(biz·um) Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj.
1. obstreperous girl or woman; female upstart (as in "Dinnae pou' yer brither's hair, ya wee besom")
2. woman of low moral standing; a hussy ("Thon yin's a right mucky besom").
3. a broomstick or scourge; any broom made from loose twigs
4. a comet or its tail.

Your Scottish Slang Word Of The Day

Series Navigation«Your Scottish Slang Word O' The Day: GlaikitYour Scottish Slang Word O' The Day: Dreich»

Posted in Humor
Tagged as: linguistics,Your Scottish Slang Word Of The Day

Get a Trackback link

1 Trackbacks/Pingbacks

Pingback: Your Scottish Slang Word O' The Day: Scunner » Literal Barrage on Sunday, June 22, 2008

Now Listening
Life in Tenement Square by Flogging Molly, over 8 hours ago
Grace of God Go I by Flogging Molly, over 8 hours ago
Far Away Boys by Flogging Molly, over 8 hours ago
Every Dog Has Its Day by Flogging Molly, over 8 hours ago
Devil's Dance Floor by Flogging Molly, over 8 hours ago
Black Friday Rule by Flogging Molly, over 8 hours ago
Laura by Flogging Molly, over 8 hours ago
Now Reading
Planned books:
- Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
- Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process for Making Disciples by Thom S. Rainer
- Experiencing God: Knowing And Doing The Will Of God by Henry T. Blackaby
- Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
Current books:
- Raising a Modern-Day Knight: A Father’s Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood by Robert Lewis
- The Pursuit of God by Aiden W. Tozer
- The Black Hand: A Barker by Will Thomas
Recent books:
- The Hellfire Conspiracy: A Novel by Will Thomas
- The Limehouse Text: A Novel by Will Thomas
- That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy (Paperback)) by C.S. Lewis
- To Kingdom Come: A Novel by Will Thomas
- Some Danger Involved: A Novel by Will Thomas
View full Library
Meta

On The Front Page
- Just Covering The Bases
  published on Aug 28th, 2008 in Humor, Videos
  Bloomberg runs the obit for the still-alive Steve Jobs.
  And no, he wasn't eaten by wolves, nor has Zimbabwe invaded.
  
  Heh.
- Imperial Fleet Week San Francisco
  published on Aug 26th, 2008 in Movies, Outright Geekage, Sci-Fi, Videos
  Nerd-tastic:
- Wildly Inappropriate Bathroom Music Selections, August 2008 Edition
  published on in Humor, Music, Observations, Work
  Thanks, WJJZ, for Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" at 11:15 in the A.M. Nothing spices up a trip to the loo like that song, eh wot?
- That's Not Particularly Statesman-like, Senator Obama!
  published on Aug 22nd, 2008 in Humor, Pictures, Politics
  From CNN's "breaking news" headlines area just now:
  
  I mean, I know Joe Biden can be a bit of a bore at times, but adding insult to the whole not-choosing-him-for-Vice-President thing is just mean.
  Heh. And the breathless press waits breathlessly for The One to breathily make His Veep Pronouncement.
- Oh, Bravo, EA, Bra-vo!
  published on Aug 21st, 2008 in Humor, Sports, Video Games, Videos
  When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, right? So if life hands you glitches, you make… glitchade?
  
  Sacriliciousness aside, that there's some good humor. Well-played, EA Sports, well-played.
- This Is What I'm On About
  published on Aug 20th, 2008 in Observations, Sports
  I've been boycotting the Beijing Olympics because, well, the whole thing's a giant sham meant to legitimize a horrendous, totalitarian regime. Seems like ESPN's Rick Reilly agrees with me. I'd offer a blockquote from the story, except it's one giant image, so let this pullquote from the beginning suffice, then head over and [...]
- Your Tax Dollars At Work: NASA Redefines "EPIC FAIL"
  published on in Humor, Pictures, Science
  Sure, it's no $400 million weather satellite, but NASA's test of the new Orion vehicle's parachute system is certainly up there in the "ouch" department — the high speed fall from 25,000 with precisely zero successful chute deployments is downright hilarious to watch. One can almost envision Buster being pulled from the wreckage with [...]

Literal Barrage is powered by WordPress 2.6.1 and Elbee Elgee

Literal Barrage is Digg proof thanks to caching by WP Super Cache!

Literal Barrage

Your Scottish Slang Word O' The Day: Besom

1 Trackbacks/Pingbacks

Leave a comment

Search

Recent Comments

Possibly Related

Quick Archives

Quick Categories

Now Listening

Now Reading

Planned books:

Current books:

Recent books:

Meta

On The Front Page

Elbee Elgee Development

Google Reader

del.icio.us