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Old 23-02-2014, 04:54 PM #1
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Default Local slang

What kind of local slang is spoken in your area that other people wouldn't know?

I'm from Aberdeen, people speak Doric up here and in the surrounding area...

aye = yes
aye aye = hello
I da ken = I don't know
far = where; far ye gaan = where are you going
fan = when; fan ye aff = when are you going
fa = who; fa's at = who's that
fit = what; fit like = how are you
foo = how; foo's yer doos = how are you (literally means how are your doves.. LOL)
fit wye = why; fit wye's at noo? = why's that now?
loon = boy/son
quine = girl/daughter
toonser = someone who lives in town
teuchter = someone who lives in the countryside
crabbit = bad tempered
clype = someone who tells on someone else/to tell tales
grippy = miserly
swick = a cheat, to cheat
sook = suck up
bosie = hug
bonny = beautiful, good looking
fine = good, tasty
rare = great
scunnered = fed up
greetin = crying
wheesht = quiet; hud yer wheesht! = be quiet!
gype = idiot
glaikit = senseless, stupid
bide = stay, live; far div ye bide (or) far d'ye bide? = where do you stay/live?
bowfin = disgusting
foosty = something's gone off
dreich = dull and rainy; it's affa dreich iday = it's very dull and rainy today
skelp = smack, slap; at loon's got a puss like a skelpt airse = that boy's got a face like a smacked arse
oxters = armpits; mind an shave yer oxters = remember to shave your armpits
peelie-wally = off colour and ill looking
dirl = spin, to spin; he dirled her aboot idunce floor = he spun her about the dance floor

etc etc...
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