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Search Results for: airm - 9 Scottish word posts.

Daleks with their lids off vaping in clouds of vape.

Scottish Word: Airm.

Tags: eye, gossip, mouth, smoke, tentacles

Daleks with their lids off vaping in clouds of vape.

Mutation causin airms an legs tae grow an an extra ee isni gonna happen even if we vape wi oor lid shut. Davros is even gallus aboot oor vaping no causin oor tentacles tae stint an … Continue reading Airm. →

eye, gossip, mouth, smoke, tentacles
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Long armed masked hero disables and disarms mugger.

Scottish Word: Lankie.

Tags: boots, dress, gun, hands, mask, tongue

Long armed masked hero disables and disarms mugger.

Weel done lankie airmed man. Yiv saved me frae a robbin an gien the badjin a crookit nebbit. Mairie me – ah’ll sing yer sang. “The lankie airm man’s no a snarkie deil man, he’s a … Continue reading Lankie. →

boots, dress, gun, hands, mask, tongue
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airship battle-wagon that flies due to explosive gasses - as another in the background demonstrates as it plunges to the ground aflame.

Scottish Word: Licht. 2.

Tags: explosion, goggles, guns, jungle, rockets, shells, shotgun

airship battle-wagon that flies due to explosive gasses - as another in the background demonstrates as it plunges to the ground aflame.

Weel Ladies this is oor battle-air-ship but dinni be fooled – the airmour’s paper thin so as to keep her licht eneuch for the aerium gas in her bladders tae lift her so’s we kin rocket … Continue reading Licht. 2. →

explosion, goggles, guns, jungle, rockets, shells, shotgun
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Scottish man buying a genie at Edinburgh grassmarket.

Scottish Word: Boddle.

Tags: bottles, braces, dog, fire, pipe, smoke

Scottish man buying a genie at Edinburgh grassmarket.

I’m no sure if that’s a bogle or a brownie but ahl no gie ye a boddle oer fower shillings six pennies and three farthings. Ah ken ye like tae sell oan added value extras and … Continue reading Boddle. →

bottles, braces, dog, fire, pipe, smoke
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A displeased Frankenstein's monster with a tiny transplanted hairy hand.

Scottish Word: Ill-hung-thegither.

Tags: bolt, gloves, mask, scalpel, stitches, surgery

A displeased Frankenstein's monster with a tiny transplanted hairy hand.

Ah kent ah wiz ill-hung-thegither but this is takin the piss. Hoo’d ye jine a puggie’s haun that size tae sic a muckle airm like mine an get it tae work? It IS a puggie’s haun, … Continue reading Ill-hung-thegither. →

bolt, gloves, mask, scalpel, stitches, surgery
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Goldilocks and the three bears having a Burns supper in front of a haggis trophy wall.

Scottish Word: Jine.

Tags: bears, burns, candles, fork, haggis, knife, plates, rhyme

Goldilocks and the three bears having a Burns supper in front of a haggis trophy wall.

Goldilocks with the three bears, at supper instead of breakfast, addressing the Haggis; “Wee chieftain o the pudden race, hunted by the fierce o face, slaverin an snortin an fu o fang nae matter that yiv … Continue reading Jine. →

bears, burns, candles, fork, haggis, knife, plates, rhyme
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Teeth on the mat from a knockout and the ref is emptying horseshoes from the winner's boxing glove.

Scottish Word: Daffin.

Tags: audience, boxing, gloves, horseshoe, referee, ring, teeth

Teeth on the mat from a knockout and the ref is emptying horseshoes from the winner's boxing glove.

“Ah wiz jist daffin. Nae hairm meant. They’re for luck – ye ken.” Translated: daffin: fun, merry behaviour. “I was just fooling around. No harm meant. They are for luck – you know, that belief about … Continue reading Daffin. →

audience, boxing, gloves, horseshoe, referee, ring, teeth
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Pretending to ourselves that we are so wonderful that we don't really produce crap can have shocking consequences when we're forcefully confronted in a flood with what went down the pan.

Scottish Word: Fleet Dyke.

Tags: flood, rain, rivets, steel, tank, toilet, water

Pretending to ourselves that we are so wonderful that we don't really produce crap can have shocking consequences when we're forcefully confronted in a flood with what went down the pan.

“Darling I think there’s a chink in oor airmour, the fleet dyke’s lettin in.” Translated: fleet dyke: a wall to prevent flooding. “Darling I think we’ve left a chink in our armour, the flood barrier is … Continue reading Fleet Dyke. →

flood, rain, rivets, steel, tank, toilet, water
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Worldly office mailman instructing a new youngster.

Scottish Word: Doocot.

Tags: dookers, dove, dovecot, envelope, mail, sort

Worldly office mailman instructing a new youngster.

“An the airmail gangs in the doocots ower there.” Translated: doocot: dovecot The Scottish Word: doocot with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and … Continue reading Doocot. →

dookers, dove, dovecot, envelope, mail, sort
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