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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 ]
Glaswegian, Keelies, [42] [43] Weegies [44] Glastonbury Glastoids, Ding-a-Lings (a centre of New Age activity) Glossop Hillmen (due to its proximity to the Peak District), Tuppies (after the P. G. Wodehouse character Tuppy Glossop) Gloucester Gloucestrians, Glozzies Godalming Godalmingers, God-all-mingers (pejorative) Golborne Gollums Goole ...
Glaswegian is the associated adjective and demonym of Glasgow, a city of the Scottish Lowlands in Scotland. It may refer to: It may refer to: Anything from or related to the city of Glasgow, in particular:
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Tim Robberts/Getty Images. 3. Bet. To agree with someone and is often used in place of ‘OK.’ In a Sentence: “Hey! Do you wanna watch that new SNL skit tonight!?
a form of address for either a person or item, either jocular ("he's a generous bugger", "I finally found the little bugger!") or less so ("he's a mean bugger") (slang) term of endearment, often used for children (slang) a bug (insect) buggy 2-wheeled horse-drawn lightweight carriage baby transport vehicle also called (UK) pushchair (US: stroller)
The South is known for having their own lingo. But these six phrases are pretty unique to the Peach state. Do you know them all?
Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.