Eighth in a series fitba’ (fit·baw) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. (m) the beautiful game 2. (f) stupid game involving 22 grown men (and 3 officials of dubious parentage and eyesight) kicking a lump of leather around a field, often…
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Seventh in a series 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…
It’s no French erotic film, Hyakugojyuuichi, or Badger Badger Badger (or the corresponding Footy Footy Footy), let alone a Yatta! or a Tunak Tunak Tan, but, like an Internet train wreck, I find myself unable to look away from Numa…
Randy Moss, ‘mooning’ Green Bay Packers fans: $5000. Green Bay Packers fans mooning Randy Moss: $0, but at least they’ll have a sense of self-satisfaction to keep themselves warm as they watch the rest of the playoffs from a bar…
…other times, you know you are. Now, I’m not saying that I know this from personal experience, but let’s just take a hypothetical situation: Let’s say that you just saw Shaun of the Dead and really enjoyed it, particularly the…
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Sixth in a series crabbit (cra·bit) Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj. 1. ill-tempered, grumpy, curt, disagreeable; in a bad mood [esp. in the morning]. (Often used in “Ken this, yer a crabbit get, so ye are“). -n. See crab – one…
I’ve been increasingly disappointed in the “fortunes” that have been appearing in my fortune cookies at my weekly “Chinese Tuesday” outtings. For instance, today’s read: The will of the people is the best law. That’s not a fortune, that’s bloody…
Fifth in a series dreich (dre·ech) Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj. 1. (intr.) drab. 2. (tr.) dreary (referring to weather or a sermon). 3. often leads to a state of being drookit; grey.
