A human shaped thing with its back to us in front of a porthole of stars is admiring itself in a hand mirror while sitting in a chair with its human brain visible through a glass dome on a metal skull while an Igor type person to the side is pulling up a zip on the back of what looks like a suit of skin to close it up around the head area.
The Scottish Word:

Yir made tae measure skin will be a braw fit Ellon but please dinni keep threapin on aboot buttons.

Tak it from me as a third generation skin tailor and fitter that zips are much preferred tae buttons.

Yer heid buttons up the back or yer heid zips up the back? I contend that the second wid miscomfit ye the least.

Once I inject the gel culled frae babies tae pink it and puff it oot ye’ll be feelin yer murderous self again in no time.

Translate:

Miscomfit: to displease, offend.

Your made to measure skin will be a great fit Ellon but please do not keep on contending about buttons.

Take it from me as a third generation skin tailor and fitter that zips are much preferred to buttons.

Your head buttons up the back or your head zips up the back? I contend that the second would offend you the least.

Once I inject the gel culled from babies to pink it and puff it out you’ll be feeling your murderous self again in no time.

mɪskʌm′fɪt
The Scottish Word: miscomfit with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

Inktober #26 Zip.

The Inktober 2026 Prompt List: 1 Apple 2 Relic 3 Miniature 4 Cactus 5 Smack 6 Ogre 7 Panic 8 Stinky 9 Ram 10 Mystical 11 Rescue 12 Toss 13 Flimsy 14 Lady 15 Hooray 16 Gangly 17 Contraption 18 Flightless 19 Confused 20 Lounge 21 Hero 22 Beacon 23 Dapper 24 Bake 25 Fracture 26 Zip 27 Dumb 28 Trophy 29 Tusk 30 Cookie 31 Flex
Inktober 2026 prompt list used to backdate words not done since summer 2025.

Insults

In Scotland if anyone is trying to trick or fool you and you catch them then a common response is ‘dae ye think my heid buttons up the back’ it can also be used as an insult if telling someone off for being a fool ‘Your head must button up the back.’.

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