Archive for the ‘Your Scottish Slang Word Of The Day’ Series
An Explanation For YSSWotD
I began the Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day series a month ago primarily as an exercise in motivating myself to blog daily with the potentially beneficial side effect of amusing [all?] my reader[s?] out there. I believe that it has been a resounding success, at least insofar as it has gotten me to blog daily for a whole month.
Sadly, it must draw to a close at 27 entries, as I believe it has fulfilled its purpose.
Also, I’m out of words.
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Eejit
Twenty-seventh in a series
eejit
(ee·jit) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n.
1. idiot, simpleton, one not possessed of all their mental faculties; one who is unable to properly conduct their own affairs (as in “Yer aff yer heid, ye eejit. That’s no’ a real dug“) [see also bawheid, dunderheid]
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Fouter
Twenty-sixth in a series
fouter
(foo·tir) Dialect, chiefly Scot.
1. ~n. one who muddles through; aimless, exasperating person (“Yer a fouter, gie it tae me, ah’ll dae it!“).
2. ~v. a fiddly, troublesome task or job (“This is a right fouter, this“) ~adv. foutering (“Yer foutering aboot! Stope it!“) [Similar to gitter].
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Wheesht
Twenty-fifth in a series
wheesht
(whee·sht) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~v.
1. a call for quiet or silence; used as an interjection Wheesht! to bring about or continue, the silence of others. ~esp. children (often in “Will ye wheesht, you pair! Ma heid’s loupin!“).
2. quiet, hushed [haud yer wheesht is to hold one's tongue].
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Skiver
Twenty-fourth in a series
skiver
(sky·ver) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n.
1. one who avoids tasks or work in general; a shirker. [see also sloper]
2. a splinter of wood embedded in the skin (also skelf).
~v.
3. skive (“Ah cannae be arsed wi’ this – ahm away fur a skive.“)
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Greet
Twenty-third in a series
greet
(gree·t) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~v.
1. to cry, weep.
2. gravel or grit.
~adv.
3. greetin’ (“Stope greetin’! It wisnae that sair.“)
~adj.
4. greetin’ face cry baby; one who is prone to tears or constantly miserable.
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Thrawn
Twenty-second in a series
thrawn
(th·raw·n) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj.
1. twisted; distorted or misshapen.
2. stubborn or obstinate (often in “Jeez O, yer a thrawn auld bugger!“).
3. to be cross; in a dour or sullen mood.
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Birl
Twenty-first in a series
birl
(burl) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~v.
1. to spin around, to revolve rapidly.
2. a whistle; the sound made by a whistle.
~adv. birlin’ (“Ah tell ye, efter a’ that dancin’ ma heid’s fair birlin’“).
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Couthie
Twentieth in a series
couthie
(coo·thee) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~adj.
1. amiable, sociable esp. persons (“Och, she’s a couthie soul, so she is“).
2. comfortable, pleasant; snug (as in “Here, there’s a couthie wee pub doon-by“).
Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Blether
Ninteenth in a series
blether
(ble·ther) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n.
1. a person who chatters incessantly, someone who babbles on and on (“That wee yin o’ yours is an awfy blether gettin’“).
~v.
2. to engage in conversation, long-winded or idle talk (as in “Ah met yer granny doon the toun, we had a richt gud blether the gither“). [See also sweetie-wife]
