#Awa fish in english series#

brand new - really good, can be used to refer to a person.brammer - term of endearment ('Aw, he's a wee brammer, so he is.').The box - television set ('Whit's oan the box the night?').bonnie - handsome, pretty, beautiful.(Come follow the bonnet of Bonnie Dundee).boggin' - smelly, dirty ('That's boggin'!').bobee, bawbee - one half-penny in auld money.bob - a shilling, or 12 old pennies pre-decimilisation 5 new pence.boak - dry heave/expression of disgust ('Pure gie'in' me the boak!').

#Awa fish in english series#

bizzo - business (from an episode of TV series 'Minder'.).

bits - boots, steel-capped or rigger, worn on construction sites ('You'll hae te wear ya bits on site').

bit - a place usually referring to somebody's house ('Meet me at ma bit.' 'Ah'll come round tae your bit.' 'Am stayin' o'er at my da's bit the night.').

Also, the affectionate nickname for Scottish comedian Billy Connolly.

Big Yin - Big One, used as a term of endearment towards older relatives or friends.

bevvy - alcoholic beverage ('Ye havin' a bevvy the nite?').

belter - to be excellent, great, fantastic.

bawsack - scrotum (ballsack in English.).

bawheid - ballhead, bald, empty-headed, stupid ('Oi, you, ya bawheid!').

bawhair - a unit of measurement denoted by the thickness of a pubic hair.

bawbag - scrotum, pejorative ('That guy's a bawbag.').

batter - to beat up ('I'll batter ye! 'mon then, ya dick!').

Also, rarely, a peculiar term of endearment ('Awright Ted, ya wee bastart.')

barry - excellent / fantastic ('That's pure barry!').

Barras - a market, started by Margaret McIver, joined for the initial use of wheel barrows/'barras' to sell things from, at the Barrowland in the east end of Glasgow.Also, an affectionate term for a younger person ( A wee barra.) Also, penis ('Away you 'n' chew mah banger(!)') banana boat - used in an expression of disbelief when told a tall story or blatant untruth ('Dae ye think Ah came up the Clyde on a banana boat(?)').bam - a fool or simpleton (from acronym BAM i.e.baltic - freezing cold ('Christ man, put the heating oan, it's baltic in here!').bairn - baby ( jist a wee bairn!) or small child (Eastern Scottish dialect).baccy - tobacco ('Can you lend me some baccy?').('We went doon tae Largs for fish an' chips, and but.') and but - suffix indicating that the speaker has now finished talking.( So the boss says tae me that Ah was lazy, an' Ah wiz like, 'Naw, Ah am'nae!') It's worth noting that Scotland has 3 languages (English/Scots/ Scottish Gaelic) and a collection of different dialects.Ī B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z This is a glossary of Scots, Scots English dialect and jargon with their meanings and, where appropriate, an example of their use.