Expanding your vocabulary - Scottish slang

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Some fun words - from Mental Floss:

28 Scottish Slang Words You Should Know
If you’re thinking that the slang people use in Scotland can't be that different from the slang in England — it’s the same words, just pronounced differently, right? — well, neeb, have a swatch below and find out just how wrong you are.

Here are a few:

    • Glaikit: someone who is gullible and/or lacks common sense. “She’s alright, but a bit glaikit.”
    • Heid-the-baw: an idiot
    • Bampot: an unhinged idiot.
    • Diddy: a spineless idiot.
    • Fandan: a pretentious idiot.
    • Radge: a dangerous idiot.
    • Walloper: an idiot (again).

My Dad's family was low-land Scot - I will be incorporating some of these into my vocabulary.

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