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The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) ( Scots: Dictionar o the Scots Leid, Scottish Gaelic: Faclair de Chànan na Albais) is an online Scots – English dictionary run by Dictionaries of the Scots Language. Freely available via the Internet, the work comprises the two major dictionaries of the Scots language: [1]
t. e. LGBT slang, LGBT speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ+ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ+ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.
Feck" (occasionally spelled "fek" or "feic") is a word that has several vernacular meanings and variations in Irish English, Scots, and Middle English. Irish English [ edit ] The most popular and widespread modern use of the term is as a slang expletive in Irish English, employed as a less serious alternative to the expletive " fuck " to ...
to be ages with somebody, meaning "the same age" a shot, meaning to give temporary usage, to try something out; to flit, meaning to move house (cognate to Norwegian flytte, to move [house]) [citation needed] to go one's dinger, meaning "to do something vigorously" blether, meaning "gossip"
Bugger or buggar can at times be considered as a mild swear word. In the United Kingdom the term has been used commonly to imply dissatisfaction, refer to someone or something whose behaviour is in some way inconvenient or perhaps as an expression of surprise. In the United States, particularly in the Midwest and South, it is an inoffensive ...
Poep is a term used in the northern eastern part of The Netherlands, in the province of Drenthe, referring to a German from nearby Westphalia. It is said that the etymological reference points to the German word Bube (=boy) yet this is unconfirmed. A blaaspoep is a German playing a brass instrument.
literally "stinking", from Scots "to ming". plaid. From Gaelic plaide or simply a development of ply, to fold, giving plied then plaid after the Scots pronunciation. pony. Borrowed from obsolete French poulenet (little foal) from Latin pullāmen. raid. scone. Probably from Dutch schoon. shinny.
Category. : Scottish words and phrases. This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves. Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase. See as example Category:English words.