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 Glaswegian words beginning : S
 
Glaswegian English Example and Translation

Sa'

Some  
Sae So Och aye, it's nae sae bad.

I had to have my right leg amputated after the crash but actually I rather enjoy walking on crutches.

Sairest

Sorest  
Saltire The Scottish Flag

The Saltire, Saint Andrew's Cross, or crux decussata, is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross. Saint Andrew (patron Saint of Scotland) is said to have been martyred on such a cross.

saltire Scottish flag

Sannie Sandwich  
Sannies Sand shoe, Trainers  
Sassenach Our beloved neighbours - the English.

It derives from the Scottish Gaelic Sasunnach meaning, originally, "Saxon", from the Latin "Saxones"; it was also formerly applied by Highlanders to (non-Gaelic-speaking) Lowlanders.

Sassenach upper class English Twits

Typical Sassenachs

Saunter Walk in an unhurried manner  
Sauchiehall Street Sauchiehall Street is Glasgow's most famous street. The name comes from "saugh" the Scots word for a willow tree and "haugh" the word for a meadow (this was later corrupted into "hall").  
Sauchiehall Princess A spoilt young girl.

The assumption behind the term Sauchiehall Princess is that the young girl in question has parents who spoil her rotten - so are likely to take her on a shopping spree to Glasgow and buy her anything she wants.

Scadge Tramp / Tobacco and hash crumbs for building a joint  
Scaff Scruffy, scavenger  
Scaffie A man who sweeps the streets.  
Scants Underpants  
Scheme Housing Estate  
Schemebo Someone from the housing schemes  
Schemey / Schemie Person from housing estate (scheme) of an undesirable nature  
Scoff Eat  
Scotch Verdict Not Proven Verdict

Unlike other countries, we allow killers, rapist, muggers, robbers and plumbers to freely roam our streets just because the police are too incompetent to fabricate a bit of evidence.

 
Scoobies Police

Scoobies police car crash

Scooby Clue, ryhming slang (Scooby Doo)  
Scooter Gay person  
Scooper Person who cruises in his car to impress the girls - or, in the case of a scooter scooper on a scooter' - a person who cruises on his scooter to impress the boys.  
Scorrie Herring gull  
Scramble In days or yore where there was a wedding there was a scramble. And where there was a scramble there was a score of boys fighting for the 'pennies' thrown from the wedding cars.

Nowadays kids couldn't be arsed fighting over less than a twenty pond note.

 
Scran Food  
Scratchcer Bed  
Screws Police  
Screwtap A bottle of beer.

Ola Dubh bottled beer

Scud Cider / Naked Ah seen you in the scud drinking scud.
Scud book Porno magazine  
Scudder A red face from embarrassment. He goat a real scudder when his maw caught him in the scud looking it his scud books.

He was a little bit embarrassed when is mother found him in the bath playing with his plastic duck while reading the Playboy.

Scum Police  
Scunner An annoying person / To sicken  
Scunnered  Feel annoyed /  Fed-up / a strong dislike  
Scuntted To Hit (someone)  
Seen Used instead of saw Ah seen you in the scud.
Shag To have sex with. Ah'm so horny Ah could shag a meat pie.

I have finally gone insane.

Shelter belter Loose girls who partake of heavy petting (and often more) in bus shelters.  
Shitebag                    Coward / General derogatory term  
Shocker A real surprise Yon snow wiz a real shocker wiz it no'.

Gosh, who would expect snow in January - that came right out of the blue!!!

Shoogly Wobbly  
Shoosh Be quiet Shoosh, Ah cannie hear masel' thing.

Shut Up!!!!

Shoot

Inject drugs  
Shoot the craw Leave in a hurry  
Shouldnae Shouldn't  
Sid, The C.I.D, criminal investigation division or undercover police  
Simmet Vest

Single End One room tenement flat  
Single fish Pish  

Sitooter

Conservatory

'Jinks, Willie and Jean ur huvin' a sitooter built.'

Yer kiddin' - They'll be huvin' a lavvie built before ye know it!'

 

'Goodness - our posh neighbours are having a conservatory built.'

'You jest - why it won't belong before their having a toilet built too.'

Skank Pure stinkin  
Skelly Cross Eyed  
Skelp To Slap, Hit  

Skelter

Extremely ugly person  
Skenker A person of ill repute.  
Skins Rizla cigarette papers for rolling joints.  
Skint To have no money  
Skirl The shrill sound made by the chanter pipe of bagpipes.  
Skirlin' Shrieking With Excitement  
Skite Slip / Hit someone with the hand  
Skiver One who avoids tasks or work in general / Lazy person Charlie He’s A Skiver
Tune: Charlie He’s Me Darling

Chorus
O, Charlie he’s a skiver,
A skiver, a skiver.
Charlie he’s a skiver,
The young Chav-in-Gear.

Twas on a Monday Morning,
Jist efter twenty beer,
Thit Charlie came tae oor buroo,
The young Chav-in-Gear.

As he was walking up the aisles,
The claims forms for to view,
O, there he spied the ‘child allowance’,
And some ‘invalidity benefits’ too.

Sae glad he jumped up an’ doon,
Demanding fifty poun’,
Saying “Ah’m goan tae top masel’,
If Ah don’t get it soon”.

We gave him awe the money,
Fur we hudnae any choice,
And now he’s getting awfy pissed,
Wae the other skiving boys.
[From No' Rabbie Burns by Stuart McLean]
Skud Cider  
Skunk Type of cannabis  
Skunner Annoying person  
Skunnered Annoyed / Fed up  
Slabber                 To drool over something  
Slag A girl who sleeps around

Slapper Woman of ill repute  
Slash To piss  
Slasha Hat Ned's skip Cap  
Slater A wood louse  
Slaverin' (at the mouth) Dripping from the mouth  

Sleekit

Sly To a Tattie – on Turning Her Over and Putting Her in the Oven at Gas Mark Seven for Thirty Minutes
(An almost traditional St. Patrick’s Day dedication to the common potato.)

Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous tattie,
Plucked frae the ground ye little fattie,
Thou need na try to rin aff hasty,
Tae save yer life,
Cos I wid hae to rin an’ chase thee,
Wi’ murdering knife.

I'm truly sorry man's cuisine,
Has broken Nature's social scene,
But efter awe, yer jist a spud,
Fruit o’ the earth, child o’ the mud,
Baked tae make ye o’ sae tasty,
Tae ony mortal!

Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me
Even though I’ll eat you for my tea:
Wae baked-beans spread on top of ye.
What is your effect goin’ tae be?
I’ll fart all day – my wind blowin’ free,
I guess an' fear!
[From No' Rabbie by Stuart McLean]
Slever To talk nonsense  
Slug A drink from a bottle or can. The amount that can be swallowed in one gulp. Geeza slug o' yer barbru.

May I partake in the pleasure of your Irn-Bru?

Sma' Small

Better a sma’ fish than an empty dish.
It’s better to eat well at McDonalds than to wash dishes at the Ritz.
[From A Midge in Your Hand is Worth Two Up the Kilt]

 
Smeekit Drunk  
Smidgeon A small piece  
Snaster Treat such as a cake  
Snaw Snow  
Sneck To kiss someone  
Snib Door lock  
Snib,The Prison  
Snibbed Grounded by parents! (Kept In)  
Snog Heavy kissing often involving the use of hands.  
Soap dodger Dirty person  
Sodjer Soldier  
Somedae Someone   
Sorted Fixed out

Sorted
noun
Ned equivalent of the expression ‘everything is tickety-boo’. So, when a Ned’s Nova has had its big end repaired or he finally manages to get his CD collection into alphabetical order, he will say, “sorted man.”
[From Ned Speak by Stuart McLean]

 
Sook Suck  
Sook Suck up to someone (usually to get a favour in return)  
Sooky Blow Job  
Sowel (eg wee sowel) Soul  
Spam Valley Area of cheap housing eg Duntocher - owners live on spam so they can pay the mortgage  
Speerin’ Asking a father for his daughter's hand in marriage.  
Spelderd Spread Out  
Spent Worn out  
Sponny Unbelievably lucky  
Spoon Caress openly  
Sporran A purse that is worn around the waist when wearing the kilt.

Sporran

Sprogs

Children  
Square go An even fight / fight without weapons  
Stane / Staen Stone  
Stank Drain  
Stank monster Ugly person  
Stappit Fu Full right up  
Staund, Staun Stand  
Stauner Erection  
Steaky Knife  
Steamboats Drunk  
Steamin' Drunk Ah wis steamin' so Ah wis, an' all I hud wis twenty bottles o' Bucky.
Stoaner An erection  
Stoap Stop Whit ur ye daein' Bobby?

Ach nuhin' maw.

Well gonnae stoap it - it's really getting oan ma tits.

Stoat Bounce  
Stoated Pissed out yer nut  
Stoater A Sound Person, a person who's "okay"  
Stoater / Stoatir Very pretty girl She’s a wee stoater – so she is
Stoating Very good That's a stoating car ye've goat.
Stoatter  Clever play on words Whit a stoatter - that joke wiz
Stoaturs Very good / Very pretty girls Yon burds ur a right pair of stoaturs.
Stoavin to Stoavin to be extremely drunk  
Stocky Big built (person)  
Stone of Destiny Stone of Scone

The Stone of Scone, also commonly known as the Stone of Destiny or the Coronation Stone is an oblong block of red sandstone, used for centuries in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland, the monarchs of England, and, more recently, British monarchs. Historically, the artefact was kept at Scone Abbey in Scone, near Perth,

The Stone of Scone Stone of Destiny or the Coronation Stone

Stooshie Trouble  
Stooky Plaster cast ie. for broken limb  
Stoor              Dust  
Stoorie / Stoory         Dusty  
Stoshus Very drunk  
Stovies Chunks of sausage mixed into mashed potatoes.  
Stramash Argument or fight  

Strang

Strong  
Stowed oot Completely full  
Stramash A kafuffle / fight  
Stumple Stoussie Short, Sturdy Child  

Sun

A big orange thing sometimes seen in the sky for a few moments in June.  
Swadger Sweets  
Swallied Swollowed  
Swally To partake in the drinking of alcohol Will ye hae a wee swally?

Will you help me finish off these six bottles of malt whisky?

Swagger A motion of moving arms  
Swamp Donkey Unattractive Woman  
Swankin Joking  
Swatch Have a look  
 


From No Rabbie Burns

by Stuart McLean

Charlie He’s A Skiver


Tune: Charlie He’s Me Darling

Chorus
O, Charlie he’s a skiver,
A skiver, a skiver.
Charlie he’s a skiver,
The young Chav-in-Gear.

Twas on a Monday Morning,
Jist efter twenty beer,
Thit Charlie came tae oor buroo,
The young Chav-in-Gear.

As he was walking up the aisles,
The claims forms for to view,
O, there he spied the ‘child allowance’,
And some ‘invalidity benefits’ too.

Sae glad he jumped up an’ doon,
Demanding fifty poun’,
Saying “Ah’m goan tae top masel’,
If Ah don’t get it soon”.

We gave him awe the money,
Fur we hudnae any choice,
And now he’s getting awfy pissed,
Wae the other skiving boys.

 

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