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Flakie; (flay..key)
A Glasgow expression
meaning to become demonstrably angry. As in "(the bampot's
aboot tae) pull a flakie".
Weejie; (wee...jee)
Derogatory term applied by Edinburgh
people to the natives of Glasgow
Bampots; (bam...poats)
People of less than
average sanity, generally inclined towards violence
Rammy; (rah...may)
A noisy fight or brawl
involving two or more groups of people, most commonly bampots.
Forfochen; (for..foCH...en)
Worn out, exhausted.
"Completely forfochen!" Like, after a rammy.
Peep; (Peeep)
The lowest level at
which a gas flame can be set without going out. The essence
of Scottish cooking, especially the famous broths, which
must always be cooked over several hours, if not days, on
the peep.
Boak, or boke; (Bow...k)
Vomit
Dry boak, or boke; (dry..bow..k)
Retching without vomital
issue.
Pump; (Puump)
To break wind, uninhibitedly As
in, The wee bastard pumped a shitey ming enough tae make
us dry-boak.
sweetiewife; (Sweeetti-wyf)
A gossip, either female or male.
A term derived from street-vendors of confectionery, the
sandwich bars of their day, who were renowned for their
open eyes and loose tongues, and whose information could
literally be bought for sweeties.
For a complete Scots dictionary, see
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