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Backspeir (to cross-examine, interrogate, question) Bairn (Child) (see Wean) Baith (Both) Bam, Bampot (Crazy person, Maniac) Bane (Bone) Bap (bread roll) (bap is more NE or Ulster Scots, word is also used in parts of England [2] and Wales, [3] roll of bread is more the norm in anglicised central Scotland)
Cant (language) A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group. [1] It may also be called a cryptolect, argot, pseudo-language, anti-language or secret language. Each term differs slightly in meaning; their uses are inconsistent. Richard Rorty defines cant by saying that "'Cant', in ...
Apr 25, 2024 · An expert's guide to Scottish slang. The Scottish flag. Getty. When it comes to slang in the United Kingdom, it has to be said that the Scots do it best. The United Kingdom is home to hundreds of different dialects and accents. In a truly multicultural society, there are so many different languages and slang words to be heard across England ...
Bollocks (/ ˈ b ɒ l ə k s /) is a word of Middle English origin meaning "testicles".The word is often used in British English and Irish English in a multitude of negative ways; it most commonly appears as a noun meaning "rubbish" or "nonsense", an expletive following a minor accident or misfortune, or an adjective to describe something that is of poor quality or useless.
Feck" (occasionally spelled "fek" or "feic") is a word that has several vernacular meanings and variations in Irish English, Scots, and Middle English. Irish English [ edit ] The most popular and widespread modern use of the term is as a slang expletive in Irish English, employed as a less serious alternative to the expletive " fuck " to ...
Aug 28, 2022 · As per the Scottish dictionary: ‘Wee is a small measure, quantity or degree, of any thing or commodity, time or space. Also a little while, a short distance. Often used with other diminutive words: little wee, wee sma (early hours), teeny wee’. Most common translation: something small, tiny, little. Translation: be quiet, silence.
Nov 20, 2019 · If you are trying to blend into the background when travelling north of the border, but don’t feel able to pull off some of the more ‘out-there’ Scottish slang discussed above off, can I recommend throwing a few of these into common conversation…. Auld – Old. Aye – Yes. Blether – Chatter-box. Boke – Gag or Vomit.
