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Glaswegian |
English |
Example |
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Tackety Boot |
A heavy boot with studs. |
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Tadger |
Penis |
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Tae |
To |
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Taenight |
Tonight |
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Tagz |
Writing on walls |
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Tally |
Count money / Italian |
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Tally Van |
Ice cream Van ( Tally =
Italian) |
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Tan |
To smash a window / To drink
your booze very quickly |
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Tanner |
Sixpence (in old money) |
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Tap |
Top, Football top, t-shirt / A
loan of money |
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Tarrier |
A catholic, usually of irish
descent |
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Taxed |
Reserved |
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Teetered (eg He teetered along
the road) |
Moved carefully |
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Telt |
Told |
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Ten Club |
Ned Girl |
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Ten Bob |
Ten shillings in ‘old’ money |
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Teuchter |
Anyone outside Glasgow who
does not have a Glasgow accent. |
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The boak (eg You gae me ra
boak) |
Sick or feeling sick |
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The day |
Today |
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The gether |
Together |
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The morra / morro |
Tomorrow |
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The morro / morra |
Tomorrow |
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Therr |
There |
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Therr's |
There is |
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Thir |
There |
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Thruppence |
A three pence piece (Old
Money) |
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Thur |
There /Their |
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Tick |
Credit (usually from the local
shop) |
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Tim |
Celtic fan / Catholic |
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Tink |
Poor person |
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Tinnies |
Tin Cans |
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Toaty |
Very small |
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Toffs |
Rich people |
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Toley |
Jobby |
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Tonic |
Buckfast Wine |
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Tool |
Idiot,(you're a tool) |
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Toon |
Town or City Center |
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Toutin |
Smoking |
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Trackies |
Tracksuit bottoms |
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Tramcaur |
Tramcar |
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Trippen |
Having a laugh |
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Troopettes |
A group of female friends |
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Troops, The |
Group of friends |
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Tube |
Idiot |
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Tumshie |
Turnip (Also used as
derogatory term eg "Ya big tumshie." |
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Turn, a (eg Doing a turn) |
Criminal act / Providing sex |
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