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Glaswegian |
English |
Example |
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Baccy |
Tobaco |
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Backie |
Help a friend climb a wall or
to carry a passenger on a bicycle |
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Bahookie |
Bum / Bottom |
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Baltic |
Really cold |
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Bampot |
Derogatory term / Person of an
unstable nature |
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Bamstick |
Akin to a bampot, perhaps a
liitle more complex |
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Banjo |
Hit someone |
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Banjoed |
Getting hit, Punched |
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Banter |
Talk (usually describe
interesting talk) |
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Bar L |
Barlinnie jail |
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Barney |
Fight |
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Barras |
The barrows market |
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Barrbru, Babru |
Irn Bru |
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Bass, Ya |
Bastard, word originally used
by the Gorbals gangs from the 1960s |
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Bawbag |
Ballbag, term of endearment. |
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Baws |
Balls |
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Bead Rattler |
Catholic |
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Bedraggled |
In deplorable condition |
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Bealin / Beelin |
Angry |
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Beelin / Bealin' |
Angry |
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Belly |
Stomoch |
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Beezer |
Something good |
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Beltar, or Beltur |
Super duper. |
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Belter |
Something that is good / good
looking |
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Besom / Bizzum |
Obstreperous / Annoying
person |
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Bevvie / Bevvy |
Achoholic beverage |
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Bevvy / Bevvie |
Achoholic beverage |
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Bidyin |
Rent-free cohabiter |
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Big Hoose |
Prison |
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Big Man |
A general term used in
greeting to a male friend. |
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Bile |
Boil |
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Bingo Bus |
Police Van |
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Bint |
Derogatory term for girlfriend |
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Birl |
Spin your body round. |
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Bizzum / Besom |
Obstreperous / Annoying
person |
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Black Affronted |
Very Embarrassed |
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Black Maria |
The large black police bus
that takes neds to court from police offices |
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Black necks |
Dirty Person |
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Blaw |
Blow |
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Blazin |
Drunk |
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Bleach or bleached |
to hit or repeatedly hit with
blunt instrument i.e a bottle |
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Blether |
Gossip / chat |
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Blootered |
Drunk |
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Blotto |
Drunk |
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Blow |
Hash |
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Boabie |
Penis |
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Boak |
Vomit |
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Boak (eg "It wud gae yeh ra
boak - so it wud") |
Sick |
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Boatle a' soup. |
Buckfast wine |
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Boattle |
Bottle |
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Boax |
Box |
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Bog |
Toilet |
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Boggin |
Filthy, Dirty |
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Bolt |
Run, Flee |
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Bonce |
Head |
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Bonnie |
Pretty |
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Bookie |
Bookmaker |
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Boozers |
Pub |
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Bottle Merchant |
Coward |
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Boufin’ |
Indescribably Smelly |
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Brass Monkey |
Junkie |
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Braw |
Good / pleasant |
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Brekk |
Break |
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Bucket |
Bucket-bong, water implement
used to smoke hash. |
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Buckfast Commando |
intoxicated, aggressive yet
fearless individual |
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Buckfast Triangle |
Airdrie, Bellshill, Coatbridge |
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Buckfast Valley |
Lower Clyde valley,
Lanarkshire |
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Bucky |
Buckfast Tonic Wine |
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Budgies |
Wearing your socks over your
tracksuit trousers |
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Bufter |
Homosexual |
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Bufty |
Homosexual |
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Bum |
A person who can't fight |
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Bump/ Bumped |
Steal, Stolen |
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Bunty |
Someone who gets bullied |
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Burds |
Females |
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Buroo |
Social Security |
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Buzzin |
Stoned, drunk |
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Byraway |
Used instead of a full stop at
the end of every sentence byraway |
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