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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 ]
Wolvos, Yam Yams (from local dialect where people say "Yam" meaning "Yow am" meaning "You are"), Yammies, Dingles (pejorative) Wombwell Wombats Woodbridge Woodworms (pejorative) Worcester Woos Worth Nothings (pejorative) Worthing Pork Bolters [52] Workington Jam Eaters Wye Bovvers Wymondham Windies (short first "i", following local pronunciation)
Many, many people do use the slang terms he confesses never to have heard in his life. I've used many of them myself. That said, a general atmosphere of benighted ignorance exudes from this article, particularly glaring in the misdefinition of common Glaswegian words: a bawbag, for example, is not typically a fool as much as a contemptible ...
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]
(slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...
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.
A man tipping his cap in greeting A man doffing his hat. A hat tip (abbreviation: h/t), also referred to as tip of the cap, is an act of tipping or (especially in British English) doffing one's hat as a cultural expression of recognition, respect, gratitude or simple salutation and acknowledgement between two persons.