Country Dictionary

shortened from 'bastard'

"yir deid ya bas!"

A fair fight, the implication being of no-interference by either sides mates. Heard often on the streets of every town and city in Scotland soon after pubs call last orders.

"Square go ya radge!"

Scottish for "you whore", usually deployed against women by drunken husbands/boyfriends and spurned jakeys in pubs and clubs, but sometimes against men as a prelude to fisticuffs. Also used as a general expletive when something goes wrong.

"ye've bin cheatn on mi ya hoor!" "ah didnae want a shag onywey ya hoor" "ya f**king hoor ah'll kill ye" "ya hoor ma leccy jist ran oot!"

Great,massive,huge.

"Muckle is the majesty of the cosmos" "the Great Pyramid of Giza is muckle" "Ya hoor, he's f**kin' muckle!"

Electricity

"I've just paid the leccy bill."

An event or thing one has understood but not yet fully accepted.

When the Drug Squad finally left his flat empty-handed, Bob turned to his friend Jock and said, "That wis f**kin' radge eh? Ah dinnae even sell drugs min...".

A childs word for shite.

"mummy, i need a jobbie"