Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Fouter

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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. foutering (“Yer foutering aboot! Stope it!“) [Similar to gitter].

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4 responses to “Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Fouter”

  1. […] cookbook.  I’ve made it a few times and it is fabulous.  It’s also a bit of a fouter though and on week nights I usually can’t bothered with it.  So, a few months ago I took the […]

  2. […] Originally Posted by futter Clearly not but I bet it's rude! Sometimes a different spelling,but essentially the same. Fouter. […]

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    wellimjustnottellingyou

    from medieval word used for accoutrements
    used by boys/men caring for hunting dogs

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