Husband silenced by a plug from the sink in his mouth by his domesticated wife.
The Scottish Word:

Geggie.

“Ah warned ye tae shut yer geggie.”

Translate:

geggie: mouth (not used in polite conversation).

“I did warn you to shut your mouth.”

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

One thought on “Geggie.

  1. Ceg is mouth in Welsh. Scots has a lot of Brythonic words in it since Strathclyde was part of the Welsh speaking Hen Ogledd (Old North) Hen means old or dear. Cau dy Geg is a very impolite way of saying Shut your mouth.

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