Typical Scottish slang, phrases and words!

I’ve got some history with the Scottish language. Not as much as a true Scottish citizen does, but I’ve many friends living there and picked up their accent so quick, that I get asked from others to stop speaking Scottish. Well, too bad for them xd So, here are some Scottish phrases, some provided by my Scottish friend!

• Failing means yer playin! It’s the taking part that counts
• Bonnie or tidy: beautiful
• Lang may yer lum reek: long may you live
• Gie it laldy: give it your best
• Pure dead brilliant: very good
• All his eggs are double-yoakit: he’s full of rubbish
• Awa’ an bile yer heid – get lost (away and boil your head)
• Haud yer wheesht : be quiet
• Get tae: go away
• Gonnae no’ dae that! Not going to do that
• At dis ma nut in: that does my head in
• Pure dead brilliant: exceptionally good
• Yer bum’s oot the windae: you’re talking rubbish
• Am pure done in: I’m feeling very tired
• Am a pure nick: I don’t look very presentable
• Ah umnae: I’m not
• Int it: isn’t it
• Ma heid’s mince: my head’s a bit mixed up
• Ma heid’s loupin’: my head is sore
• Yer oot yer face! you’re very drunk
• Yer aff yer heid: you’re off your head (a little bit daft)
• Cludgie: toilet
• Hoachin’: very busy
• It’s a sair ficht for half a loaf: life is difficult
• Hell mend ye: in other words, it serves you right
• Skedaddle aff: to scurry along your merry way, or a way to say ‘leave me alone’
• Yer lookin’ a bit peely wally: you look pale or ill
• That’s gee-in me the boak: that makes me feel sick
• Gonny no dae that: please don’t do that
• She’s up tae high doh: she’s riled up and flustered
• I’ll give ye a skelpit lug: I’ll give you a slap on the ear
• Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye! What’s meant to happen will happen, or what will be will be
• Haste Ye back! Return soon
• It’s a dreich day: a cold, damp and miserable day, in terms of weather
• Aboot: about
• Breeks: trousers
• Crabbit: bad tempered
• Braw: good or brilliant
• Drookit: soaking wet
• Feart: afraid
• Hame: home
• Hoose: house
• Auld: old
• Frae: from
• Aye: yes
• Haver: talk rubbish
• Geeza haun: give me a hand (help me)
• How no: why not
• Ken: know
• Mair: more
• Keek: a little look
• Merrit: married
• Naw: no
• Piece: a sandwich
• Riddy: a red face, embarrassed
• Mon: come on
• Scullery: kitchen
• Stookie: plaster cast (for a broken bone)
• Toon: town
• Windaw: window

We’ve got far more Scottish slang/phrases/words, but these were the ones we could think of right off the bat. Which other slangs/phrases/words do you think should be added to this list? Or, needs to be on this list?

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