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Scottish slang word Definition
ya bam pot yae Silly
Ya Bas You Bastard.
ya pure mad dafty you really stupid idiot
Yahoorsur A Fife exclamation, usually at the start of any given sentence. A bit like the Weegie 'by the way, but' tagged on to the end of sentences. Doesn't actually mean anything, more like a verbal tic.
Yer Maw a common insult. can turn any question into an insult;

"where wur you las nigh'?"
"yer maw"
"you dae anyhing yesterday?"
"aye, yur maw"

Yer Maw cares. Meaning--Who gives a shit.
Yokit Started work (as in yoked up like an animal)
Yonks Years - ages - an awfy long time
Nah ah huvnae seen Raffy fur yonks he wis last seen round Saughton way no telling ony tales mind.
Yooz Everybody standing in front of you when you are drunk, you feel oppressed ...

What are yooz looking at? Never seen a daft wee keelie in a bunnet buckled before?
Yopper a clype
Yopper (2) A young person employed in the early 80's under Mrs Thatcher's Youth Opportunities Program, taken literally from the YOP acronym.Later replaced by YTSers (Youth Training Scheme, somehow a vast improvement on YOP), who were no smarter, only younger.
A modern equivalent of slave labour.

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  • I
    Scottish slang word Definition
    Ile Oil As in: "Ah'm werrin nothin but baby ile hen, could be yer lucky night!"
    Iled up Drunk, pished
    Invershnecky Another name for Inverness
    Irn Bru A carbonated drink frequently used as a hangover cure
    Isnae Is not - Tony Blair isnae a numpty, he's a eejit
    It's a snell day cold or snowy day
  • E
    Scottish slang word Definition
    eat the breed idiot
    Eat-the-Breid noun: Mildly abusive term for one with a healthy appetite; also one who appears unduly enthusiastic

    pronounced: Eet the breed
  • L
    Scottish slang word Definition
    Laldy To give it Laldy means to do anything with great gusto or to get laid in to someone big style whether physically or verbally.Ye shooda seen big Effie it the karaoke,she wiz geein it laldy aw night.
    Left footer A Catholic - old belief that Catholics used their left foot when digging with a spade, and Protestants, their right.
    Lerra Leather, As in "Ah jist looked so cool in mah latex shirt an mah lerra thong."
    Liftit Arrested."Ah goat liftit fur wavin mah tadger at the polis"
    Lilian Pish (Rhyming slang, from Lilian Gish)
    Lobey Lobby - common entry-way to Glasgow tenement, often not locked. One of Glasgow's famous fictional sons, Lobey Dosser, gets his name from the use of these for shelter by the homeless.See Bajin for info on Mr Dosser's arch-enemy
    Loon Noun: boy, as in young male person.
    Loupin Leaping, jumping, stinging, painful
    Lous'd Finished work, as in freed from harness (see yokit)
    Lug Ear - I have a pain in my ear'Ah've goat a sair lug'
    Lum Chimney
    Lumber To make acquaitance with a member of the oposite sex and spend time with them or possibly date them.
    As in lucky bastard Franko got a lumber last night.
  • Z
    Scottish slang word Definition
    Zarrafakt A term used when someone tells ye somethin. Meaning, Oh is that so.
    Zipped baffies Extraordinary baffies - with the added bonus of a zip up the front, to aid in keeping them on. Worn primarily by auld duffers. A pipe is an optional extra.
    Ziver Grating or drain cover (Fife).

    As in "Kimberley's thrown ma Barbie doon the ziver".
    Zoomer A person of an erratic or volatile disposition.
  • X
    Scottish slang word Definition
    X * ! ? + * Any sweary word which canny get pit intae a book suitable fur weans.Fur example Trainspotting. x*?/* x-%!* x@)+} x*?/* he x*?/* said An that wis me Clash whae pit it in 23rd Jan 2003. Bet ye cannae find any ither yins beginin wi X fur yonks.
  • K
    Scottish slang word Definition
    Kailyard Vegetable patch or kitchen garden.
    Sentimental depiction of Scottish life.
    Keech Rubbish, detritus, crap, verbal or written. Excretia, human or otherwise.
    Keek Meaning-- a sly look at something (like through a keyhole.
    Dinnae think ah didnae see ye keekin oot fae behind them curtains.
    Keeker Black eye
    Keelie Young, urban, working-class male. Usually derogatory.
    Keepie-uppie The art of keeping a football off the ground by juggling it with the feet, shoulders, head and chest.
    Kelly Dundonian word for sherbit!
    Ken Know, understandExampleAh ken whit ah wid dae. (I know what I would do)
    Ken (2) Verb: to know, understand

    Used by carrot-crunchers*, bumpkins** and a few teuchters*** who are insufficiently edumacated to realise that despite all best efforts to bring Scots kicking and screaming into the twentieth, never mind the twenty-first century, there are some usages that should be quitely euthanased.

    • Those living South of Shawlands in Glasgow
    • Anyone from East of Baillieston (in Glasgow)
    • Anyone from North of Springburn (yes, in Glasgow)
    Kenspeckle Familiar, well-known.
    Kerfuffle A commotion or fuss.There wiz a right kerfuffle when he wiz papped ootae the pichurs fur playin wi his tadger
    Kerry oot 'Take away' usually food or drink.
    Kettle-biler NounA description applied to the men of Dundee. Due to high male unemployment, and the easy availability of women's jobs (cheaper labour) in the mills, many men stayed at home whilst the women worked. They would have the kettle boiled for the wife coming home for her tea - and sufficient of them did this for the name to have stuck!
    Keys noun: a call for truce, pax, used by children in games.
    Must be accompanied by hands loosely clenched with both thumbs pointing up.

    Example: At's no ferr! Ye canny tig me, cause ah hud ma keys oot!
    killy-coad or killy-buckie piggy back
    Kleip To tell on someone"The wee basters kleiped on me!""Ya wee kleip
    Knobdobber A tosser of the highest order
  • U
    Scottish slang word Definition
    URL whit yie feel like dayin when yie cannie get any kinda computur relaytied thingmy tae wurk. See also, BOAK.