Macakeneatit

Macakeneatit
 n.— «Scots are known in England as the “Macakeneatits” because they want thie cake while eating England’s.» —“Rangers, Celtic and the question of survival in the English Premiership” by Stephen Gash Sportingo Mar. 5, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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