Scottish Slang

Scots  =  English

Sleekit = Sly

Dreich = dull, wet and dreary
Sonsie = attractively plump, comely

Gowk = Idiot

Jalouse = surmise, suspect

Hairst = Harvest

Mingin = Smelly, rank, inebriated

Wersht = bitter, sour, uninspiring

Haver = Talk nonsense

Totie = Wee, tiny

Fernitickles = Freckles

Kenspeckle = Conspicuous

Rammy = Argument

Speug = Sparrow

Dook = a swim, dip

Gleg = alert, keen, clever

Sheugh = a ditch, gutter

Wabbit = exhausted

Guidbrither = a brother in law

Thrawn = stubborn
Dominie = a Teacher
peel ie wallie = pale/sickly
cheuchter = country person/highlander
smoor = to smother
Cockapentie = snob
whigmaleerie = fanciful notion
Ashet = deep dish
Bevvy = Collective term for: alcohol
Bauchle = small rotund person
Houghmagandie = active sex
puggie caird = bank card
Wabsgter = a weaver
Skelf = a splinter
lammer = amber
firelaucht = lightning