A
- aye (Scots): yes
- awright (Scots): all right, alright
B
- barred: banned from entering somewhere
- bird (slang): girl or woman
- bookies: bookmakers, betting shop
- bling (slang): flashy and showy accessories
- buroo (Scots slang): The Jobcentre or Employment Office. Unemployment or Social Security benefit
C
- canny (Scots): cannot
D
- doofus (slang): someone who hasn’t a clue
- DMs: Doc Martens shoes or boots made by ‘Dr Marten’
- dug (Scots): dog
E
- Eighty Shilling: a kind of beer
F
- fag (slang): cigarette
- flutter: a small bet or wager
- funpire (slang): a play on the word ‘vampire’ – someone who sucks all the fun out of life!
G
- git (slang): annoying or dislikeable person
- get tae (Scots): go away!
K
- kitty: a shared fund of money
M
- manky: dirty, filthy
- menodge (Scots from the French ‘ménage’): also monoge or minoge. A kind of savings club
- mingin (Scots): revolting, horrible or unpleasant
- minted (slang): rich, well-off
N
- nae (Scots): not any
- naw (Scots): no
- natter: to talk, to chatter
- numpty (slang): stupid person
O
- ocht (Scots): oh
R
- radge (Scots): crazy or angry. A mad or violent person
S
- SECC: The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
- skint: short of money
- slaver (Scots): saliva
- smartarse: someone who thinks they’re clever
- spewin (Scots): vomiting, being sick
T
- ta: thanks, thank you
- tin pail (rhyming slang): jail
- ‘That’ll be shining’ (rhyming slang): That’ll be shining bright – right
W
- WAG: the wife or girlfriend of a footballer
- wee (Scots): little