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Glasgow Standard English (GSE), the Glaswegian form of Scottish English, spoken by most middle-class speakers; Glasgow vernacular (GV), the dialect of many working-class speakers, which is historically based on West-Central Scots, but which shows strong influences from Irish English, its own distinctive slang and increased levelling towards GSE ...
Sassenachs (used by Scottish and Irish; Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic word "Sasannach", meaning "Saxon"), Sassies, Red Coats, Inglish, [22] Nigels, Guffy (primarily in Northeast Scotland from the Scots 'pig'), Sais , Englandshire (in Scotland), The Shire (in Scotland), Poms (Australia) Epsom
(from síbín meaning "a mugful") unlicensed house selling alcohol (OED). shillelagh (from sail éille meaning "a club with a strap") a wooden club or cudgel made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob on the end. Sidhe (Irish pronunciation:) the fairy folk of Ireland, from (aos) sídhe (OED). See banshee. sleveen, sleiveen
Glasgow Gaelic is an emerging dialect, described as "Gaelic with a Glasgow accent", [2] of Standard Scottish Gaelic. [3] It is spoken by about 10% of Scottish Gaelic speakers, making it the most spoken Dialect outside of the Highlands.
Slang used in the Republic of Ireland. Pages in category "Irish slang" ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
From Irish Seoinín, a little John (in a Gaelic version of the English form, Seon, not the Irish Seán). Sidhe (Modern Sí) – the fairies, fairyland. slauntiagh – An obsolete word for sureties or guarantees, which comes from Irish sláinteacha with the same meaning. sleeveen, sleiveen – (from slíbhín) an untrustworthy or cunning person ...
Teuchter (English: / ˈ tj uː x t ər / TEWKH-tər, Scots: [ˈtjuxtər, ˈtʃuxtər]) [1] [2] is a Lowland Scots word sometimes used to offensively describe a Scottish Highlander, in particular a Gaelic-speaking Teuchter. [3]
[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.