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Glaswegian |
English |
Example |
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Cafefy |
Careful |
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Calley |
Can of Carlsberg Special Brew |
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Canae |
Can't |
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Cargo |
Carry Out - essentials from
off licence |
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Cargo Shop |
Off Sales |
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Cauld |
Cold |
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Caulder |
Colder |
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Chanty Rastler |
Plumber |
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Charred |
Drunk |
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Cheeba |
Dope, Hash |
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Cheeky water |
Alcohol |
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Cheers |
Often used in place of the
words like “hello,” “goodbye,” and “thank you” |
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Chib |
Knife, any weapon carried by a
thug |
|
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Chibbed |
Being like hit or cut with a
weapon |
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Chippie |
Chip shop |
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Chong |
Hash |
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Claes |
Clothes |
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Claim |
Claim |
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Claimed |
To pick a fight with someone. |
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Clatty |
Dirty / Rude |
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Clockwork Orange |
The Glasgow Underground Train
System |
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Close |
Communal entrance to a
tenement building |
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Clout |
Hit (usually on head) |
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Cludgie |
Toilet |
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Clype |
To grass (tell tales) on
someone |
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C'mon |
Come on |
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Connle |
Candle |
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Coo |
Cow |
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Corpy |
Glasgow Corporation (Glasgow
City Council) |
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Couldnae |
Couldn't |
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Coupon |
Face |
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Couthie |
Amiable person |
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Crabbit |
Ill tempered / grumpy |
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Cradle Snatcher |
Taking a (much) younger
partner |
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Cratur |
Creature |
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Cumbie |
Gang name |
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