What is Scottish slang for arrogant?

Sprag is not dissimilar - meaning a person with an "arrogant, swaggering manner; a boaster, a braggart". There is also bowfing, which means foul-smelling - and fantoosh, meaning fancy, showy or flashy. It is often used "disparagingly, implying ostentation or pretentiousness".

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What is the Scottish word for arrogance?

FANDAN. A pretentious or arrogant person.

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What is the Scottish slang word for bad?

coarse / coorse - to bully or torment, or to be bad.

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What is a chookter?

1. Also cheuchter, chuchter, choochter, a term of disparagement or contempt used in Central Scotland for a Highlander, esp. one speaking Gaelic, or anyone from the North.

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What is Scottish slang for gossip?

A basic definition of the word blether is tricky - in colloquial terms, people usually know it to mean a lengthy chat between friends. But when applied to a person, blether is also a term for a gossip, a chatterbox, or someone who talks a lot of nonsense.

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What is the Scottish word for liar?

Scottish Gaelic

From Middle Irish brécaire (“liar, deceiver; flatterer; hypocrite”); synchronically, breug (“lie”) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

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What is the Scottish word for complaining?

Scots has indeed many fine words for complaining, ranging from straightforward compleen through gronach and grumble to rather obscure peenge and yirm. One of my favourites is molligrant, which can be both a noun and a verb.

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What is a fanny in Scottish?

A fanny is similar to an eejit and bawbag but more closely aligned to a fud because it is the name for a woman's private parts.

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What is a Crabbit in Scottish?

Crabbit (Image: Dictionaries of the Scots Language) Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) defines crabbit as “in a bad temper, out of humour”. The word has a long pedigree in Scots, with one of the earliest examples being from Legends of the Saints (c. 1400): “Sume men sais he crabyt is”.

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What is Fanny slang for in Scotland?

fan·​ny ˈfa-nē plural fannies. Synonyms of fanny. 1. British slang, offensive : vulva.

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What is Scottish slang for troublemaker?

The word "ned" is an abbreviation of Non-Educated Delinquent, and is often used to describe young troublemakers or criminals. There was a Scottish film with the same name released in 2010.

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What is a wee clipe?

Clipe: tattle-tale, snitch; as in , "Don't be a wee clipe"

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What is Scottish slang for sneaky?

sleekit. One of the most fun Scots words to say is sleekit [ slee-kit ], which means “sleeky,” or “sly; sneaky.” In Scots, sleeked means “specious, flattering.” In other words, someone who is sleekit is slick and a bit untrustworthy.

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What does charaid mean in Scottish?

A charaid chòir. <)) Dear (female) friend.

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What does dhu mean in Scottish?

The word Dhu means black in Gaelic so you will be able to spot him in this mural by his black beard and moustache.

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What is the Scottish word for untrustworthy?

Sleekit. This is a great word for someone who is untrustworthy. "That man is right sleekit, I wouldn't trust him with a penny of my money."

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What does Weegie mean in Scottish?

Weegie is a slang term referring to people from Glasgow in Scotland, which is used as a noun or adjective. It is a contraction of the word Glaswegian, referring to people from Glasgow. An informal and, to some, insulting term in Scotland, it can be heard regularly on radio stations such as Talk 107 or Sunny Govan FM.

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What is a Bonnie in Scotland?

Pronounced bon-ee. Pretty or beautiful. A pretty young women could be described as “a bonnie lass”, an attractive man as “a bonnie lad”.

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What does Maist mean in Scottish slang?

a Scots word for most.

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What does wee sook mean in Scottish?

Weegie word: sook

Translation: an adjective to describe someone who sucks up to a person. Usage: your a pure sook.

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What does Bonnie Wee mean in Scotland?

Meaning: Baby, Small child. Example: 'Aw, look et the bonnie wee bairn' Translation: 'Aw, look at the beautiful little baby'

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What does pishy mean in Scottish?

The Scottish word "pish" is a slang term that is used to express disapproval, disbelief or contempt.

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What is a funny Scottish term?

Dinnae teach yer Granny tae suck eggs

This phrase means that you shouldn't try to teach someone something that they already have a lot of knowledge about.

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What does Moan mean in Scottish?

1. A cry of sorrow, grief or pain, a moan (Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis, main, 1808 Jam.), a howl, an outcry, a lament, a mournful song, a dirge. Phr. to mak (a) mane, to lament, bewail, mourn (I.

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