droid Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Can't beat a cheeky Bag Off aswell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartgarfunkel Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 All these words take me back to games of football in the park in the days when you'd see white dog5hit. Porno mags would regularly be found in parks, in undergrowth, etc., back in those days. Also when did proper tramps stop? Last saw a none 'up the toon' tramp about the mid 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swavkav Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Yes Shy and Bye Kick not used much these days I still call it these, & I do get funny looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Can't beat a cheeky Bag Off aswell! I loved this. There's no proper way to say you bagged off with a bird any more. The only options sound queer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 I loved this. There's no proper way to say you bagged off with a bird any more. The only options sound queer. I still use it to this day, it seems like people nowadays days don't like the term??? Weirdos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Phamism Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Did we not call lemonade etc skoosh as well. In Bo'ness, a bottle of 'Lemonade' was a generic term for a any bottle of skoosh. So the sentence; Get us a bottle of lemonade. What flavour? Cola!.... made sense to us as kids. If you actually wanted lemonade, it was a bottle of clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I still use it to this day, it seems like people nowadays days don't like the term??? Weirdos. It's not used in my generation. I'd get funny looks if I used it. It was bag off, it was snog, now it appears to be "pull". I opt for fire in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 It's not used in my generation. I'd get funny looks if I used it. It was bag off, it was snog, now it appears to be "pull". I opt for fire in. Schneks still commonly used around my way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Schneks still commonly used around my way Forgot about that one. That's also used and accepted. Snog can gtf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Is tadger (as in wee willy) a Scots or Edinburgh word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Forgot about that one. That's also used and accepted. Snog can gtf. Barry for yer naggins Gadgie, gets the funniest looks... Haaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Is tadger (as in wee willy) a Scots or Edinburgh word? For some reason Tadger sounds West Coast to me(could be completely wrong however?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Not sure if its strictly Edinburgh, but for all the years ive worked beside guys from other cities or toons i never heard them say "cuff" or "cuffed" as in......."Herts cuffed that lot the last time we played them"..............Oh, there`s another one that doesn`t go down well with the posh lot on JKB...calling Hearts "Herts"...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Toattie as in small where does that come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychocAndy Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Winchin'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad von Carstein Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 How I don't think outside the Lothians that How means Why Guy in work laughs at me when i do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Deek, pagger, barry and shan are some of my favourites. What amuses me is the way some people, including myself, from Edinburgh speak in general. Everythings a question ken eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 What about dobber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 What about dobber? Always thought that was more of a weegie word myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot since 86 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Tourdaes & colly Bucky (no idea what they are) are the only two that I haven't heard in Fife so I would guess most of the others are East coast/Central Scotland rather than being just Edinburgh words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C00l K1d Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Is 'barry' no a weejie word aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieb Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 How I don't think outside the Lothians that How means Why how no , brilliant one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gentleman Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 In Bo'ness, a bottle of 'Lemonade' was a generic term for a any bottle of skoosh. So the sentence; Get us a bottle of lemonade. What flavour? Cola!.... made sense to us as kids. If you actually wanted lemonade, it was a bottle of clear. Lumsden's no doubt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Is 'barry' no a weejie word aswell? Ermm no, 20 years ago no one in Glasgow would have had a scooby what barry meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swavkav Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Tourdaes & colly Bucky (no idea what they are) are the only two that I haven't heard in Fife so I would guess most of the others are East coast/Central Scotland rather than being just Edinburgh words. Tourdae (running through back gardens) Colly Buckie, (piggy back,getting carrieed on some 1's back) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBE Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Breinge Wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Where does the word 'Bam' come from? "What you saying ya Bam". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Bagsie - lay claim to something and is akin to signing a contract that is legally binding. "I bagsie sitting in the front seat". Or,when playing tig, "cannae tig yer butcher - no changes, I bagsie" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Where does the word 'Bam' come from? "What you saying ya Bam". Bam pot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Meh...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol1874 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I'll go with jiggered, often and perhaps best pronounced jiggert. Means knackered or broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C00l K1d Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Ermm no, 20 years ago no one in Glasgow would have had a scooby what barry meant. Cool, always associated it with the west for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Barleys up said with two thumbs up, requesting a time out in a game. A common word used in the 50's and sixties was Git. As in get moving you Git. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Barleys up said with two thumbs up, requesting a time out in a game. A common word used in the 50's and sixties was Git. As in get moving you Git. 'Get' in the Droid household. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 'Get' in the Droid household. My familiarity with the word was mainly in the Niddrie area when it was used as an endearment, F---k Off ya Polis Git. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 jammy and spawny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 My familiarity with the word was mainly in the Niddrie area when it was used as an endearment, F---k Off ya Polis Git. Niddrie Marshall Gardens for me Bob, must have evolved into 'get' by the time I was growing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 jammy and spawny Both of these work with the Git/Get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Both of these work with the Git/Get. Niddrie Marischal was part of the Niddrie beat in those days working from the Box at Wauchope Avenue. Leave the box, through Greendykes to Niddrie Marischal where you were politely referred to as a Polis Get , then down Hay Avenue to the phone pillar to ring in, on to Niddrie Mains Terrace where you became Polis Git, even prior to coming to Canada I had to be bilingual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 There's a whole new range of slang terms, again not sure if there exclusive to the Capital ie: patching, Pieing, Dingy all meaning much the same thing! To ignore someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardbeer Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Winchin'? In my late teens as an apprentice and usually single, old Ray in the workshop would say "are ye no winchin yet !" great word but is it scotland wide in its use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 There's a whole new range of slang terms, again not sure if there exclusive to the Capital ie: patching, Pieing, Dingy all meaning much the same thing! To ignore someone. Not heard patching, wouldn't be surprised if pie and dingy are Edinburgh words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad von Carstein Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Stoory - ie Fecksake here come the *insert rival scheme gangs name* lets stoory..... Never said it myself, being a good Saughton Mains man boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 also stoor aka dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendly_jasper Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 swedger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendly_jasper Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 geez a colly bucky ben the back green fer a game o coco 21 ya minger ye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tott Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 majority of the words stated so far could easily turn up in the glasgowism thread. Seperated at birth ya dobbers .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Mac52 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 A friend, brought up in Gorgie and moved to Clermiston in his teens, insists that his father used a phrase " A game for the Zulus" in the 60's. I wonder if this was a family phrase or if anyone else has heard of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardbeer Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 A friend, brought up in Gorgie and moved to Clermiston in his teens, insists that his father used a phrase " A game for the Zulus" in the 60's. I wonder if this was a family phrase or if anyone else has heard of it? yeah ive heard of it, some of the old guys in the workshop would use it when i was an apprentice, not quite sure but an insult of course ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 How I don't think outside the Lothians that How means Why It does in Selkirk. A teacher at high school from another Borders town thought it was funny when we said it. He even explained 'how' it was stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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