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Glaswegian |
English |
Example
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Translation |
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Fa' |
Fall |
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Fae |
From |
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Fag |
Cigarette |
Geeze a fag mate?
Hello stranger, you may not know me but I am of
sound character. I was wondering if perchance you
had a cigarette about your person which was surplus
to requirements? |
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Fair The |
Traditionally the period when the whole of Glasgow
took it's summer holidays (even those that were on
the Burroo) It was, and still is, the last fortnight
in July. Top destinations were 'doon the water'
Millport, Largs and Ayr, |
Millport - crowded beaches
during the Glesga Fair
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Fairings |
Love tokens. Items given to
a loved one - such as hair ribbons, gold locket or
lock of hair. |
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Fain |
Affectionate, glad |
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Faither |
Father |
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Fancy Bit |
A mistress |
The Wife
The Fancy Bits
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Fancy Wumman |
A mistress |
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Fankle |
Tied in a knot / confused |
Dinnae get yersel' in a fankle.
While undoing the knots in
that rope please refrain from becoming bound and
immobilised - I am definitely not into S&M. |
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Fanny-Struck |
In love
Fanny-Struck
mythological noun
When a Ned says that he’s ‘fanny-struck’ he means
that he’s ‘in love’. What of course he really means
is that he met a wee minger at the dancing but was
so pissed he mistook her for a Kylie Minogue
look-alike and wrote his phone number across her
stomach with lipstick. On the follow up date, if
he’s sober he will run a mile, if drunk another
Nedling will enter the world.
[From Ned Speak by Stuart McLean] |
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Fause |
False |
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Faw |
Fall |
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Feart |
Scared / Frightened |
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Fearty |
Coward |
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Feartie-cat |
A coward with fur. |
Yer jist a big fearty-cat
so ye ur! Come on -
jumping of a twenty foot wall is dead easy. |
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Feegie |
Ferguslie Park area |
Ferguslie Park - Glasgow
A real 'slum from slum' for
may thousand Glaswegians.
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Fella |
Man / Boyfriend |
Huv ye goat a new fella?
Bloody Hell - is that you on
to marriage number eight! |
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Ferlie |
Strange
/ Marvellous |
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Ferr (eg Ferr enough) |
Very |
Ah'm ferr knackeres so Ah
um. I had to run 10
yards for the bus. |
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Fine Well |
Perfectly Well |
Ye ken fine well Ah alwis
pit ma teeth in that glass so stoap complainin'.
Would you mind not drinking from my false teeth
glass. |
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First-Foot |
The first person to cross
the threshold of a friend or neighbour at New Year.
The First-Foot should bring a gift such as coal,
shortbread, whisky, or black bun (a rich fruit cake)
- this is intended to bring luck to the householder.
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Ur you goin' first-footing
the nigh Jock? Och naw - Ah'm jist away tae ma bed
wae a bottle o' Scotch. A dod oh coal fur
first footing
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Fisty Cuffs |
A fight which (in theory)
involves no weapons, kicking or tickling with
feathers. |
Fisty Cuffs at four o'clock
behind the bike shed.
You are challenge to a test of bravery and strength
after school. It will be by Queensbury Rules - all
fair and above board - apart from the fact that my
six mates will be there kicking the shit out of you. |
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Filth, The |
The police |
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Fit |
Good looking or sexy. (Usually
used to describe a girl) |
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Fitba |
Football |
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Flair |
Floor |
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Fleeing |
Mad wth Ecstacy |
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Fleeto |
Gang name |
Gang
Grafitti
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Fling |
Throw |
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Flit |
Move house. |
Huz Bettie done a moony?
Aye - she's flitted tae wan o' thon posh houses in
Drumchapel so she huz. |
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Flooer |
Flower |
There are
places in Glasgow where you can get flowers on the
cheap.
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Flutter |
A bet (on the horses) |
Ah'm jist havin' a wee
flutter oan the gee-gees.
Shit I bet all my wages on a dead cert - now I'm
completely broke for a whole month. Which of my
goods friends can I 'borrow' from. |
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Fo’ |
For /
Fall |
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Foalian |
Following |
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Foonered |
Unable to eat any more. |
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Foosty |
Mouldy eg Foosty bread |
Not quite
past its eat by date . . .
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Foot |
Meddle |
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Fossill Park |
Possilpark |
Possilpark is a district in
Possil in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated
north of the River Clyde. Following the decline of
the Saracen Foundry in the 1960s, this section of
Glasgow is one of the poorest in the United Kingdom
with an above average crime rate. |
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Fou |
Drunk |
From Tam O'
Shanter by Robert Burns When chapman
billies leave the street,
And drouthy neibors, neibors, meet;
As market days are wearing late,
And folk begin to tak the gate,
While we sit bousing at the nappy,
An' getting fou
and unco happy,
We think na on the lang Scots miles,
The mosses, waters, slaps and stiles,
That lie between us and our hame,
Where sits our sulky, sullen dame,
Gathering her brows like gathering storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. |
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Frae |
From |
Ur you frae the Drum?
Negative my dear fellow - I hail from the environs
of Bearsden.
Right then - ur fur a dooing. |
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Frichted |
Frightened |
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Fu |
Scots word meaning full -
another word for drunk. |
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Fuckwit |
Idiot |
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Fud |
Vagina |
He's goat a face like a
whore's fud efter a double shift it Blythswood
Square. He's
an ugly bastard. |
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Full Bhoona |
As much as possible. |
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Full eh it |
Drunk |
Honest mate Ah've only hid
two pints o' Tennents so Ah huv . . .
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Fun |
Found |
Hey son are you nicking
that telly? Naw mister, Ah fun it in a Lucky Bag, honest. |
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Fur |
For |
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Furrit |
Forward |
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