Literal Barrage

This entry is part 30 of 28 in the series Your Scottish Slang Word Of The DayI 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. [...]

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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' [...]

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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. [...]

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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! [...]

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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 - [...]

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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.

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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.