Word of the Day

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.....and why would I be afraid of you?

You haven't seen me in full oik mode

 

[Profpointy]

Yes indeed - there are some rather excellent Scots words. I've heard this one use in conversation

gallus
adjective
SCOTTISH
adjective: gallous

1. bold, cheeky, or flashy.

Spivs are gallus

Apparently numpty is a Scots word too

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Yes indeed - there are some rather excellent Scots words. I've heard this one use in conversation

gallus
adjective
SCOTTISH
adjective: gallous

1. bold, cheeky, or flashy.

Spivs are gallus

Not Scottish, must have been introduced by the Romans: gallo in Italian (galli in Latin) means male chicken (Gallus Gallus is the species name), as bold as a cockerel

 

[growingvegetables]

Back on topic I do like the splendid Scots / Lallans word "outwith" - meaning something a bit like "notwithstanding" or "apart from". A great word with no satisfactory English English equivalent and fills a need I didn't know I had till I first heard it. My Scotish neighbour was told off for using it in a document with the complaint "that's not a word. It's two words joined together but used wrongly". He made extra effort to use it at every opportunity thereafter.

Lordy - I had no idea it was a Scots word. It's not outwith the bounds of possibility that I shall use it even more intensively.

 

[growingvegetables]

Not Scottish, must have been introduced by the Romans: gallo in Italian (galli in Latin) means male chicken (Gallus Gallus is the species name), as bold as a cockerel

Visions of Roman soldiers on Hadrian's Wall yelling "Cockadoodledo!"

 

[Haitch]

Word of the Day: Petrichor
The smell of rainfall after a dry spell. The smell is nicer than the word.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Fordoverit, Fordovirrit, p.p. and ppl. a.[f. Dover v.]Overcome with sleep. —

 

[postman]

Someone please give me a word,for hitting your thumb with a hammer while felting a roof.F-Rowlocks was not enough.it hurt.

 

[Andy_R]

mizzle - too heavy to be mist, not heavy enough to be drizzle

mardy

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Someone please give me a word,for hitting your thumb with a hammer while felting a roof.F-Rowlocks was not enough.it hurt.

Digit Malleation. Yes I know that's two words but I only had 5 mins to look

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

lagotic

having ears like a hare's

Can you hear that @User14044 ? I SAID CAN YOU HEAR THAT?