Muckle

Great,massive,huge.

"Muckle is the majesty of the cosmos"

"the Great Pyramid of Giza is muckle"

"Ya hoor, he's f**kin' muckle!"

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Leccy

Electricity

"I've just paid the leccy bill."

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bas

shortened from 'bastard'

"yir deid ya bas!"

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square go

A fair fight, the implication being of no-interference by either sides mates. Heard often on the streets of every town and city in Scotland soon after pubs call last orders.

"Square go ya radge!"

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ya hoor

Scottish for "you whore", usually deployed against women by drunken husbands/boyfriends and spurned jakeys in pubs and clubs, but sometimes against men as a prelude to fisticuffs. Also used as a general expletive when something goes wrong.

"ye've bin cheatn on mi ya hoor!"

"ah didnae want a shag onywey ya hoor"

"ya f**king hoor ah'll kill ye"

"ya hoor ma leccy jist ran oot!"

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radge

An event or thing one has understood but not yet fully accepted.

When the Drug Squad finally left his flat empty-handed, Bob turned to his friend Jock and said, "That wis f**kin' radge eh? Ah dinnae even sell drugs min...".

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jobbie

A childs word for shite.

"mummy, i need a jobbie"

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