Skotska engelska slangtermer

Här hittar du slang från skotsk engelska, med regionala uttryck, accenter och kulturella termer som är unika för Skottland.

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bairn [Substantiv]

barn

Ex: She 's got three bairns to look after at home .

wee [adjektiv]

pytteliten

Ex: The toddler toddled around the garden , picking up wee flowers with tiny hands .

message [Substantiv]

inköp

Ex: She 's gone into town to get the messages .

numpty [Substantiv]

dumhuvud

Ex: Don't be such a numpty, it's the other door.

gallus [adjektiv]

fräck

Ex: He 's a gallus wee lad , always talking back .

dreich [Substantiv]

dyster väder

Ex: We've had nothing but dreich all week.

to ken [Verb]

veta

Ex: Do you ken what I mean ?

bammy [adjektiv]

galen

Ex: That was a bammy idea, climbing up there in the rain.

bowfing [adjektiv]

stinkande

Ex: That bin smells bowfing!

buroo [Substantiv]

arbetslöshetskontor

Ex: He had to go down to the buroo to claim his benefits.

commotion lotion [Substantiv]

Buckfast tonikvin

Ex: He brought a bottle of commotion lotion to the party.

down the cludgie [Fras]

(Scottish) lost, wasted, or irretrievable

Ex: All that money went down the cludgie on that bad investment.

electric soup [Substantiv]

skotskt förstärkt vin

Ex: He brought some electric soup to the party last night.

fitba [Substantiv]

fotboll

Ex: Are you watching the fitba match tonight?

Gorbals kiss [Substantiv]

huvudstöt

Ex: He gave him a Gorbals kiss in the scuffle.

sosh [Substantiv]

en kooperativ

Ex: I'm heading to the sosh to grab some milk.

to spraff [Verb]

prata oavbrutet

Ex: He spraffed on about football for hours.

titty [Substantiv]

min lilla syster

Ex: That's my wee titty over there.

tube [Substantiv]

dumskalle

Ex: Do n't be a tube , think before you act .

up the kyte [Fras]

(Scottish) pregnant

Ex: She's up the kyte with her first child.

wane [Substantiv]

barn

Ex: The wane was playing outside all afternoon .

wreck the hoose juice [Fras]

(Scottish) Buckfast Tonic Wine, a strong fortified wine popular in parts of Scotland

Ex: He brought a bottle of wreck the hoose juice to the party.

mad with it [Fras]

(Scottish) extremely drunk or intoxicated

Ex: He was completely mad with it after the party.

to malky [Verb]

skära

Ex: He threatened to malky anyone who got in his way.

moddies [Substantiv]

moderna studier

Ex: I've got moddies after lunch today.

mortalled [adjektiv]

helt full

Ex: He was completely mortalled after the party.

offski [adjektiv]

frånvarande

Ex: He's offski for the weekend to visit family.

scud [adjektiv]

naken

Ex: He ran across the garden scud after the bet.

to skite [Verb]

dricka som en svamp

Ex: He went out last night to skite with his mates.

snitcher [Substantiv]

handklove

Ex: The police put him in the snitchers.

Geografisk och kulturell engelska
Östkusten och Nordöstra USA Engelska	Sydamerikansk engelska	Engelska från Mellanvästern i USA	Västamerikansk engelska
Afroamerikansk vardaglig engelska	Kanadensisk Engelska	Cockney Rimad Engelska	London och Sydöstra England
Midlands-engelska	Nordengelskt engelska	Skotsk engelska	Irländsk Engelska
Australisk engelska	Sydafrikansk engelska	Nigeriansk engelska