Two old furry alien guru professor types peering rudely either side into the ears of a sturdy young student held between them.
The Scottish Word:

Tuim.

his heid’s as tuim as we thoucht, ah can see the daylicht glintin aff yer ee Prof.

Yet he’s got the hauns o an ertist ahn the nieves o a fechter.

So dae we pit him in the ert academy or the boxin academy?

Translate:

toom tuim: empty.

His head’s as empty as we thought, I can see the daylight glinting off your eye Prof.

Yet he’s got the hands of an artist and the fists of a fighter.

So do we put him in the art academy or the boxing academy?

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

(This is a Scotstober 2024 Word.)

All of the Scotstober words illustrated for week three are available to scroll through on a single page here.

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