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The Glasgow dialect, also called Glaswegian, varies from Scottish English at one end of a bipolar linguistic continuum to the local dialect of West Central Scots at the other. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Therefore, the speech of many Glaswegians can draw on a "continuum between fully localised and fully standardised". [ 3 ]
Ah've heard folk use 'rocket' tae mean 'mento' but ah've also heard enough folk use it tae mean 'stupit' tae say it means baith, at least in some areas. Plus folk say "in ma puff" aw the time here in Maryhill. As for 'jeg', its a bit ay an older word and 'click', as far as ah know, is an older word meanin 'git aff wae'.
Boggers, Bog Buggers (pejorative, alludes to the last words of King George V) Bolton Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton) Bo'ness Bo'neds (pejorative) Bootle Bootlickers, Bugs-in-Clogs [9] Bourne, Lincolnshire Bourne Deads (pejorative)
What do the slang words mean? It can be difficult to understand what a teenager is saying when they are using words that have taken on new meaning or may not be in older dictionaries.
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).
"An example of Glaswegian Scots would be: D'ye ken, hen? D'ye means Do you, ken means know, and hen means hen which is a common way for a man or woman to address a woman. The article on Glasgow contains other examples of the Glasgow dialect. In North East Scots (Doric) the same question would become Div ye ken, quine? [kw@in]
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[2] [3] The name stonner is derived from a combination of "sausage" and "donner", and is the Glaswegian slang word for an erection. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] The stonner kebab became notable for having 1,000 kcal (4,200 kJ) of food energy and 46 g (1.6 oz) of fat.