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.
Leave a comment