I'm looking for some help completing a slang A-Z alphabet for words used specific to Edinburgh/East coast that start with the letters A,E,I,M,O,Q,U,V,Y,Z.
Ive got loads for the other letters, but stuck with these.
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I'm looking for some help completing a slang A-Z alphabet for words used specific to Edinburgh/East coast that start with the letters A,E,I,M,O,Q,U,V,Y,Z.
Ive got loads for the other letters, but stuck with these.
Ayeways = always
Abin = above
Ablow = below
Embra = Edinburgh
Mennon/menon? = minnow/stickleback
Yam = :jamboclow
Zoomer = zoomer
Ays/Ehs - his/me (see any Irvine Welsh book for clarification).
Mantovani - F*nny (don't know if it's exclusively east coast though)
Yoos/Yooz - Yous gonnae no dae that
Cheers guys, I can't believe i mssed out Yam, zoomer I like also,
I'll take any others, and If someone can run their eye over the spelling of these or clear out any you feel are more west coast or English etc.
- Baffies
- Bairn
- Bam
- Barry
- Biscuit ersed
- Boak
- Bunker
- Burd
- Chored
- Chum
- Deek
- Dinnae
- Doss
- Fae
- Feart
- Foostie
- Gadgey
- Gantin
- Gash
- Hing oot
- Jenn Up
- Ken
- Lavy
- Nash
- Nippy
- Pagger
- Radge
- Reekin
- Scoobie
- Scran
- Shan
- Swedgin
- Tan
- Teapot
- Wifey
Where did the word swedgin come from? Never heard it before trainspotting and still never heard anybody say it.
weegie = Glaswegian (that must be a Embra word :wink:)
on the skite = on the bevvy
braemar = first class/great
hoochin'/heavin' = the place was full
dreep = get down from a wall by hanging from the top & letting go
cairrycod = piggyback
guider = soapcart
clipshear = earwig
slater = woodlouse
keep shot = keep lookout
stooshie = a wee bit of a disturbance
These are mostly scots not slang. I'd be downloading this for words https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...id=com.ssd.sld
As far as I'm aware the phrase is "Gen up".Quote:
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A guider is known as a bogey north of the bridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by snooky
Neebor (friend) and braw (good) are two others.
Dovering = being half asleep in bed or on a chair.
Mochit - very dirty, ie caked in mud.
Erchie (sp) - your bum
Cludgie = bog
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Barley - a rest. Borders slang. "I'm having a wee barley."
Foosty - mouldy
Manky - minging
Huddies - haddock
Kechs - trousers
Gallasies - braces
Slider - icecream in wafers
Cavey - large crab
Poddlie - wee salt water fish
Yukker - a big stone
Skiffer - a small flat stone
Nuggets - drunk/legless
Nippets - dingleberries