Your Scottish Slang Word O' The Day: Scunner

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scunner
(scun·ner) Dialect, chiefly Scot -v.
1. to feel aversion.
2. to produce a feeling of disgust or loathing in.
-n.
3. a strong dislike (often in "tak a scunner", or "git oot o' ma face ya wee scunner").
4. an object of dislike; nuisance.

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2 Comments

  1. brad Thursday, January 13, 2005

    Did someone give you a scottish dictionary for Christmas or something, I have to say that this one is the best one yet.

  2. Doug Stewart Thursday, January 13, 2005

    Oh, they get better.

    It's from a tea towel.

    And that's all I have to say about that.

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