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Flyting is a ritual, poetic exchange of insults practiced mainly between the 5th and 16th centuries. Examples of flyting are found throughout Scots, Ancient, Medieval [8][9] and Modern Celtic, Old English, Middle English and Norse literature involving both historical and mythological figures. The exchanges would become extremely provocative ...
Git. (slang) Look up git in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Git / ˈɡɪt / is a term of insult denoting an unpleasant, silly, incompetent, annoying, senile, elderly or childish person. [1] As a mild [2] oath it is roughly on a par with prat and marginally less pejorative than berk. Typically a good-natured admonition with a strong implication ...
In the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, Nemo me impune lacessit is the motto on the family coat of arms of the character Montresor. In the 1994 novel Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin, the motto is a clue in solving a young man's murder. In the miniature wargame Battletech, the motto is used by the Black Watch, the elite ...
The following is a list of religious slurs or religious insults in the English language that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about adherents or non-believers of a given religion or irreligion, or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or insulting manner.
shy meaning throw-in, in football [citation needed] oxters, meaning "armpits" [40] [41] [42] to chitter meaning "to shiver" [43] Caw canny meaning "go easy/don't overdo it" Ye missed yersel last night meaning "You missed out on a good time last night" (by not being at the event) Dinna fash yersel meaning "Don't get worked up/fussed" (orig. from ...
The exact meaning and origin of the name Bisaya is unknown. The first documented use of the name is possibly by Song-era Chinese maritime official Zhao Rugua who wrote about the "Pi-sho-ye", who raided the coasts of Fujian and Penghu during the late 12th century using iron javelins attached to ropes as their weapons.
In 2003, the Scottish Socialist Party MSP Rosie Kane tabled a question to the Scottish Parliament condemning use of the word ned which she said was degrading and insulting to young people as it stood for non-educated delinquent. [12] This is a widespread folk etymology, but appears to be a backronym arising long after the term came into use. [13]
Shetland dialect (also variously known as Shetlandic; [3] broad or auld Shetland or Shaetlan; [4] and referred to as Modern Shetlandic Scots (MSS) by some linguists) is a dialect of Insular Scots spoken in Shetland, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. It is derived from the Scots dialects brought to Shetland from the end of the ...