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| Scottish slang word | Definition |
| Cannae | Can not, can't.
Ah cannae git the matches tae light! |
| Canny | Shrewd cautious or crafty |
| Capercaillie | A game bird, looks kinna like a humungous grouse ur partridge!
Also the name o a Scottish band.... |
| caramel | toilet (rhyming slang "caramel log")
"Ah'm away tae the caramel fur a Gladys" |
| Cargo | Carry out of alcoholic drinks Get me a cargo furr a swally the night</> |
| Catch a canter | Hanging onto the back of a horse drawn waggon or dray without the drayman seeing you. |
| Cauld | ColdIt wiz caulder than a witches tit |
| chanty wrassler | a useless dishonest person |
| Chap or Chappit | To mash as in 'chappit tatties n neeps ur traditionally served wi haggis'
Or Chap - to knock as in 'someone is chappin at the door' |
| Chav | Edinburgh variant of Ned. |
| chaynge | no idea |
| Cheb | Breast
"awe aye that lassies got bloody huge chebs" |
| Chib | Noun: A non-projectile weapon. May be blunt or sharp, can include razors, lead pipes, bits of wood with nails hammered in, Stanley knives, etc... . Possibly the main feature that these will have in common is that a chib is something which has been adopted for use as a weapon, possibly with ingenious modifications, rather than something originally designed for that purpose. So a survivalist knife with a 10-inch blade wi the wee jaggy bits (What ur they fur anyway?) is probably not a chib.
A crossbow or catapult is similarly not a chib. A Star Trek phaser is not a chib. Probably connected to the word shiv. A chibbing is an attack from such an implement. Verb: To employ a chib - usually against another human being, but often against a ned. One who has been subjected to attack with a chib is said to have been chibbed. Examples: Hey, did ye see that pigeon chibbin that seagull wi the Irn Bru boattle? |
| chillax | a combonation between chill and relax |
| china | pal...close friend. I come from Glasgow and know this word well but have never seen it in any dictionary. |
| Choob | Tube. Stupid Person. Idiot.
"Yer such a choob, of course yer tadger wid get inflamed is ye rubbed it hard wi nettles" |
| Chookter | Country bumpkin |
| Chore | to steal. "It wis choried", "gaun oot on the chore" |
| chuckter | pronounced: chookter (or there abouts)means a yokel or non-townser |
| Chuffed | Pleased (usually with oneself)See Dischuffed |
| Chunty | The toilet or a potty |
| Chuter | Country local, farm person similar to N.Irish Cultchy |
| civer/siver | A drain in the road into which chukie stanes, wee lone star models and other objects go, never to be seen again. |
| Clabbydoo | Rarely come by seafood delicacy, apparently you can still buy them at the Barras, a large horse mussel. |
| Clam up | Shut yer trap / be quiet / shut yer puss "Aw gonnae clam up, Jimmy, yer gien' us a sore heid." |
| clap | mister can i clap yer dog? (as you know pat yer dog) but in england they think you are crazy! |
| Clatty | Adj-- meaning dirty,unkempt as in-- He could dae wae a guid wash, that clatty auld bastart. |
| Claw baw | An insult..meaning somebody spends most of their time with their hands down their pants. |
| clipe | to tell or snitch on someone |
| Clishmaclaiver | Chatter, idle talk |
| Clock | VerbTo notice, or observe, as in:Eh clocked whit yir daein, yi bastirt |
| Clootie dumplin | A boiled pudding rich with dried fruits. |
| Close | Noun An alleyway, a passage at the rear of houses.
The passageway leading into a tenement building. May also be referred to on the east coast as a 'closie'. |
| Clout | To slap or hit.
Eh'll gie u a right clout, pal. |
| Cludgie | Toilet |
| Clype | To inform on. A person who informs on others. A grass. A yopper |
| Coagie | A working-class resident of Dundee.
A supporter of Dundee F.C. |
| Coarn Doag | The ubiquitous Dundee steak - corned beef! |
| Coaxy | A piggy back carry. |
| Collie-buckie | A piggy back"C'moan, Hen, I'll gie ye a wee collie-buckie." |
| Contermashious | Contrary |
| Coo | Cow, but not as an insult. |
| coo | prenounceation of Cow in scotland. |
| Corbie | A crow |
| Corriejukit | Left or wrong handed |
| coup | Rubbish dump"This bedrooms like a coup" |
| Coupin' | Hurting like hell.See efter Senga larrup'd ma tadger, it wisnae hauf coupin |
| Coupon | Face |
| Cow | The worst, the VERY WORST insult you can give a Scots woman is to call her a cow. All other sweary words pale into insignificance beside this most-powerful of derogatory terms.
"Please Miss Magrit-Anne said a bad word" True story as telt tae CJ by his maw, only the names huv been chinged fur comedy purposes. |
| Cowp | Noun - rubbish dump."Clean your room up, it looks like a bloody cowp in here"Verb - spill, fall over, tip. "Did you cowp mah pint, ya bastard?" |
| Crabbit | Adj- meaning grumpy. As in--- 'See yon Fitty,she kin be a crabbit auld bitch at times." |
| Crabbit | cross or angry
'See her, she's a crabbit owd beezum' |
| Crakin | nice |
| Cratur | Whisky, scotch. |
| Creeping Jesus | The sage of Govan |
| Crivens | Goodness me! (much loved by the Broons) |
| Cromulent | Adjective: Sensible, well-known, respectable; appropriate.
Example: D'ye hink ye should huv went doon yersel tae cash in yer Lottery Ticket? We are indebted to Mr Og, a citizen of the Unites States of Apple-pie for this contribution |
| Cry | Called or named.
'They cry him "wee greetin bugger" when he disnae get 'is ain way.' |
| Cuddy | Noun: a horse; maybe also a donkey; probably even wee ponies. Example: Wean:Maw, Maw! Ah want a shot oan wan a they cuddies! Maw:Them's no cuddies, son. Thon's a herd ah sheep. They can brek yer airm wi a single flap ah thur wings... |
| Cuddy lug | A smart clout around the ear."Any mair ay yer cheek an' ye'll get a cuddy lug, ye wee bugger!" |
| Cundy | Noun A drain or gutter. From the French 'conduit'. |
| Cunty Baws | Affectionate term often used when greeting ones friends. 'Awrite c*nty baws' |
| cuntybuggeryfucktoleybumshite | the ultimate scottish swear word..... |
Chanti
a bed pan. Guid line in the film RESTLESS NATIVES "go stick yer head in a chanti"
chaynge
Ye say that yiv nae idea whit this means. Ah hink it's slang for loose coins/change. Some folk ca' it 'dross'
"Go tae the sweety van and get me a mixture, keep the chaynge"
or when the Sally Army comes intae the boozer oan a Friday night, ye say "Sorry, av nae chaynge" even though yir breeks are fawin doon wi the weight o dross in yir pokits.
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