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Scots Slang

Post 1

Syntexis

The Romany word for an outsider is gadje (not sure about spelling).
The Glaswegian term for a Gypsy is 'a Gadje' or 'a Gadge'.
a 'stoat-the-baw' is a paedophile.
'Numpty' is a term for someone who 'isn't right in the head'.
A 'Clipe' is a tell-tale (also a verb).
A 'coo' is a cow (bovine).
A 'cow' is a slut.
'pish' is urine.
'pished' means drunk.
'ginger' refers to 'fizzy-pop' (even if it's limeade).
'a single fish' means 'without chips' not 'one fish'.
a 'ned' is a teenage-delinquent.
'Bray' is the water seafood is boiled in.
'wulks' are winkles not whelks.
a 'peece' is a sandwich.
a 'jeely peece' is a jam sandwich.




Scots Slang

Post 2

Aurora

And you missed out foostit meaning broken, generally mussed up. As in "I would've done my English homework, but my pencil was foostit and so was the sharpener."


Scots Slang

Post 3

Crescent

Sorry it has taken so long to notice both your posting here (unfortunatly I have too many pages, and too much to do, to be able to check them all regularly smiley - sadface Right, to business, this entry was incorperated into the original Scottish Slang Article smiley - smiley see http://www.h2g2.com/A139033 for it. Oh, and I cannot belive I left out 'clipe', d'oh smiley - smiley
BCNU - Crescent


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