Series: Your Scots Word Of The Day

It started out as a simple idea, but now it’s the craze sweeping the nation, nay, the world-wide Internet[s]! It’s “talk like a Scotsman”, or at least link to these posts when you really need an adequate way to describe cold, dank weather.

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Fankle

    Eleventh in a series fankle (fan·kle)Dialect, chiefly Scot ~v. 1. to entangle, twist. 2. to knot. 3. to coil, wind. 4. to disorder, complicate. ~n. 5. an entanglement. (used in “Dinnae get yersel’ in a fankle“).

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Drookit

    Twelfth in a series drookit (droo·kit) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~adj. 1. drenched, soaked through. (used in “Ah fell in the burn an’ got drookit“)

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Wabbit

    Thirteenth in a series wabbit (wah·bit) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~adj. 1. exhausted, out of breath, unable to function due to extreme tiredness (as in “Playin’ wi’ thae weans has gote me wabbit“). [similar to puggled]

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Gallus

    Fourteenth in a series gallus (ga·luss) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~adj. 1. self-confident, daring, cheeky. 2. stylish, impressive (esp. Glasgow “He’s pure gallus, by the way“). 3. Orig. derogatory, meaning wild; a rascal; deserving to be hanged (from the gallows).

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Bourach

    Fifteenth in a series bourach (boor·ach) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~n. 1. small hill or mound. 2. disorganized heap or mass (as in “Last went and it turned intae a right bourach“). 3. a crowd or group of people. 4. a small, humble house. 5. a muddle; mess; state of confusion (often in “That room o’…

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Teuchter

    Sixteenth in a series teuchter (choo·chter) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~n. 1. (trad.) one who derives from the Highlands of Scotland (a Highlander); more commonly used by city folk to describe rural dwellers. 2. Gaelic-speaker (mostly to each other) esp. at strange Gatherings known as Mods [definitely not Rockers]. Occasionally partakes of a wee dram (see…

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Drouth

    Seventeenth in a series drouth (droo·th) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~n. 1. drought; long or extreme period of weather without precipitation. 2. thirst, dry mouth, usually caused by excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages the previous night (“Man, ah must’ve hud ten pints last night. Ah’ve got an awfy drouth“). A typical cure would involve more liquid…

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Stramash

    Eighteenth in a series stramash (stra·mash) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. an uproar; a violent commotion or rowdy behavior; a melee. (“And players from both teams have now become embroiled in what can only be described as a giant stramash inside the penalty box“). 2. state of heightened excitement or rage. [similar to stushie, stooshie]

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots 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…

  • Your Scottish Slang Scots 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“).