Top Ten Scottish Slang Words And Their Meanings

The Top Ten

1 Boaby - Depending on context, can mean one's penis or the police

Interesting combination of possible meanings.

Scottish people are very weird people

2 The Messages - Groceries

3 Glaikit - Incomprehensibly stupid person or behaviour

4 Bahookie - One's backside

5 Balloon - Something or someone trying your patience

6 Pie - To ignore or barely acknowledge

7 Thon - Pronoun, indicating something distant but on the horizon

8 Wallies - False Teeth

9 Skoosh - Soda or Lemonade

May I have a skoosh please?

I want some skoosh

10 Clype - To lie to others at someone else's expense, or be a person who does this

The Contenders

11 Baws - Testicles

Further to this, the Scots use the word "bawsack" to signify a ballsack.

12 Scoobie - A Subaru car

13 Poke - A paper bag

14 Tattie - A potato

15 Bubbly Jock - Turkey

16 Chore - To steal or remove

17 Hen - An attractive young girl

18 Blootered - Blackout Drunk

19 Bizzo - Business

20 Skiddies - Food-stained undergarments

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