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Glaswegian |
English |
Example
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Tackety Boot |
A heavy boot with studs. //
With full force. |
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Tadger |
Penis |
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Tae |
To |
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Taegither |
Togither |
Ach, dain't they look
lovely taegither.
How romantic, now that's
she eight months gone, they are getting married. |
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Taenight |
Tonight |
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Tagz |
Writing on walls |
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Tally |
Count money / Italian |
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Tally Van |
Ice cream Van ( Tally =
Italian) |
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Tan |
To smash a window / To drink
your booze very quickly |
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Tank |
To beat easily. |
Scotland tanked the English
7-1 at Bannockburn. |
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Tanned |
Finished / Completed |
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Tanner |
Sixpence (in old money) |
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Tap |
Top, Football top, t-shirt / A
loan of money |
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Tappit Hen |
A vessel with a lid used
for drinking beer. |
You're Welcome, Willie
Stewart by Robert Burns
Chorus.-You're welcome,
Willie Stewart,
You're welcome, Willie Stewart,
There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May,
That's half sae welcome's thou art!
Come, bumpers high, express your joy,
The bowl we maun renew it,
The tappet hen,
gae bring her ben,
To welcome Willie Stewart,
You're welcome, Willie Stewart, &c.
May foes be strang, and friends be slack
Ilk action, may he rue it,
May woman on him turn her back
That wrangs thee, Willie Stewart,
You're welcome, Willie Stewart, &c |
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Targe / Targaid |
A Shield with a spike in
the centre. |
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Tartan |
A woven fabric, of which
kilts are made. The Dress Act of 1746 attempted to
bring the warrior clans under government control by
banning the tartan and other aspects of Gaelic
culture. When the law was repealed in 1782, it was
no longer ordinary Highland dress, but was adopted
instead as the symbolic national dress of Scotland.
Each clan, such as McDonald, McLean and
Macfarlane, will have their own tartan (or tartans.) |
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Tatters |
In ruins / Ripped to pieces |
Ma dug goat ma hamework and
left it in tatters. I
forgot to do my homework - excuse number 22. |
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Tattie |
Potato |
To a Tattie
– on Turning Her Over and Putting Her in the Oven at
Gas Mark Seven for Thirty Minutes
(An almost traditional St. Patrick’s Day dedication
to the common potato.)
Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous tattie,
Plucked frae the ground ye little fattie,
Thou need na try to rin aff hasty,
Tae save yer life,
Cos I wid hae to rin an’ chase thee,
Wi’ murdering knife.
I'm truly sorry man's cuisine,
Has broken Nature's social scene,
But efter awe, yer jist a spud,
Fruit o’ the earth, child o’ the mud,
Baked tae make ye o’ sae tasty,
Tae ony mortal!
Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me
Even though I’ll eat you for my tea:
Wae baked-beans spread on top of ye.
What is your effect goin’ tae be?
I’ll fart all day – my wind blowin’ free,
I guess an' fear!
[From No' Rabbie Burns by Stuart McLean] |
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Tarrier |
A catholic, usually of irish
descent |
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Tattie bogle |
Scarecrow
A device,
traditionally a human figure dressed in auld claes,
or mannequin, that is used tae discourage birds sic
as craws frae disturbin craps. No anerly dae craws
eat the recently cast seed, but they gaither nichtly
an aw, stairtin wi groups o a hauf dizzen that then
jyn thegither tae form a group o 20 tae 30 an so on
till the flock is raither lairge an noisy. It is
thair prattick tae return tae the ae place ilka
nicht. |
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Tattie scones / Tottie
scones |
Potato Scones A flat
scone made with potatoes - best eaten with
fried bacon and dumpling. Does great things for the
cholesterol.
Ingredients For Tattie Scones
500g of mashed potatoes
100g of plain flour
50g of butter
Pinch of salt
Boil the tatties and then mash them thoroughly.
Mix in the other ingredients.
Flatten and cut into small scones then heat on
the frying pan until golden. |
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Taxed |
Reserved |
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Tea |
Evening meal. Dinner. |
Come oan Jimmy get in here
right noo - yer tea's oot. |
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Tea Time |
A variable time within the
bounds of 4pm to 6pm. Often used as a reference when
no precise time can be given. |
Ah'll see ye aroun' tea
time. If I can manage to sneak out of the house
without the wife noticing I shall see you at the pub
around 5pm - but feel free to start without me. |
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Teem |
Heavy rain. |
It's teeming doon. Aye -
it's rainin' cats 'n dugs. |
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Teetered (eg He teetered along
the road) |
Moved carefully |
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Tellie |
An amazing electronic
device invented by John Logie Baird that is used for
watching shit soap operas. |
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Telt |
Told |
Yer faither telt ye no' tae
climb oan the roof.
It's your own fault that you fell off the roof and
broke both legs - so don't come running to be for
sympathy. |
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Ten Club |
Ned Girl |
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Ten Bob |
Ten shillings in ‘old’ money
(In the days when it was worth stealing a pound) |
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Teuchter |
Anyone who lives outside Glasgow
and Edinburgh or
has a strange accent. Nowadays this includes people
from Poland, Romania, Bosnia, France, Sweden etc who
reside in Scotland.
Anyone wearing a kilt is
obviously a teuchter (unless it's at a wedding in
which case they are a prat.) |
Look it that big hairy
teuchter - yon must be 8 foot tall - and huv ye ever
seen such hairy, bowly legs.
Let me introduce Maggie
- she won the Miss Inverness beauty contest last
year. |
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That or Thit |
So |
Ah'm that annoyed Ah could
bite the heed oaf a rabbit. |
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The boak (eg You gae me ra
boak) |
Sick or feeling sick |
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The day / theday |
Today |
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The gether |
Together |
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The morra / morro |
Tomorrow |
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The morro / morra |
Tomorrow |
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Therr |
There |
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Therr's |
There is |
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Thingmie |
A Scottish 'what do you
call it' |
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Thir |
There |
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Thistle |
The National flower of
Scotland |
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Thit |
That |
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Tho |
Though |
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Thon |
That |
Ah've goat a date wae thon
guy Ah met at the VD clininc. |
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Thrums |
Purring |
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Thruppence |
A three pence piece (Old
Money) |
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Thur |
There /Their |
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Tick |
Credit (usually from the local
shop) |
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Tig |
A catching game played by
children. 'Blindman's Tig on the Half-Frozen Canal'
is a popular variation in winter. |
"Tig - you're caught"
"No Ah'n no'"
"Aye ye ur"
"No Ah'm urnae"
"Ye ur - Ah caught ye ya
big waster"
"Aye right"
"Ah did sot"
"No ye didnae"
"Your mither is a big hairy
teuchter"
"Well your da is a proper
alchie"
Start of world war three. |
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Tim |
Celtic fan / Catholic |
Tim wiz a tim but he wiz a
no' bad guy if you know whit Ah mean.
Although Timothy is a Catholic by religion he is
a fairly decent human being - particularly because
he is a Rangers supporter. |
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Tink |
Poor person |
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Tinnies |
Tin Cans |
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Tirlin' |
Rapping / Knocking |
Willie
Winkie by William Miller
Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toun,
Up stairs and doon stairs in his nicht-goun,
Tirlin' at the window, cryin' at the lock,
'Are the weans in their bed, for it's noo ten
o'clock?' |
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Toaty |
Very small |
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Toerag |
Someone (usually a child)
who is being a nuisance |
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Toffs |
Rich people |
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Toley |
Jobby |
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Tonic |
Buckfast Wine |
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Tool |
Idiot,(you're a tool) |
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Toon |
Town or City Center |
Ur ye goin' up the toon.
Naw, ma Maw wants me tae tidy ma room. |
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Tottie |
Good looking girl. |
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Tottie scones / Tattie
scones |
Potato Scones A flat
scone made with potatoes - best eaten with
fried bacon and dumpling. Does great things for the
cholesterol.
Ingredients For Tottie Scones
500g of mashed potatoes
100g of plain flour
50g of butter
Pinch of salt
Flatten and cut into small scones then heat on
the frying pan until golden. |
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Toutin |
Smoking |
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Trackies |
Tracksuit bottoms |
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Tramcaur |
Tramcar |
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Trews |
Tartan Trousers |
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Trippen |
Having a laugh |
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Troopettes |
A group of female friends |
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Troops, The |
Group of friends |
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Trudge |
Struggle to walk -
particularly when carrying something heavy. |
Ah trudged doon the road
carring ma new wheelbarra - it wiz awfy heavy.
Could ye no hae pushed it?
Whit and get the wheels awe
dirty? |
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Tube |
Idiot |
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Tum or Tummy |
Stomach |
Hey Maw, ma tummy hurts.
Don't make me go to school - please - please!!! |
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Tummle |
Tumble. |
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Tumshie |
Turnip (Also used as
derogatory term eg "Ya big tumshie." |
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Turn, a (eg Doing a turn) |
Criminal act / Providing sex |
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Twa |
Two |
The Twa Dogs by Robert
Burns [Extract from poem]
'Twas in that place o' Scotland's isle,
That bears the name o' auld King Coil,
Upon a bonie day in June,
When wearin' thro' the afternoon,
Twa dogs, that were na thrang at hame,
Forgather'd ance upon a time.
The first I'll name, they ca'd him Caesar,
Was keepit for His Honor's pleasure:
His hair, his size, his mouth, his lugs,
Shew'd he was nane o' Scotland's dogs;
But whalpit some place far abroad,
Whare sailors gang to fish for cod.
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Twicking |
Twicking
apocryphal noun
When high on drink and drugs
groups of Neds often play twicking. This is a game
of perilous dares to determine who is the most
macho. Carving a tattoo on the arm with a rusty
knife and stealing a car are two of the most popular
dares.
[From Ned Speak by Stuart
McLean] |
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