grundulating n.— «While similar groups are content to regurgitate 30-year-old clichés, Girls Aloud’s current album invents a whole new word, “grundulating.”» —“For those about to pop” Scotsman (Glasgow...
vicky n.— «This was an occasion—metaphorically speaking—for the two-fingered gesture which is known in Glasgow as “flashin’ the Vicky,” as Hearts flaunted the superiority over Rangers they have enjoyed throughout this season...
Glasgow kiss n.— «Compared with its great rival, Edinburgh—the twee Scottish capital that’s only a 45-minute drive away—the city has progressed from being the spiritual home of the head butt (also known as the “Glasgow kiss”)...
rubber-ear n.— «It has called for the first module fee of £600 to be paid for by the taxpayer to raise morale among teaching’s minions but the Executive has rubber-eared (oops, slipped into Glasgow patois) this request. By the looks...
mini-job n.— «Then there’s the prospect of a “mini-job,” also known as a one euro job. As of January 1, the long-term unemployed will begin to be offered work of up to 30 hours a week carrying out some sort of socially...
tumshie n.— «We are given a blustering blundering tumshie, jingling keys and flapping his arms against his sides like a penguin on ecstasy.» —“Eggs and the oaf” by Mary Lockhart The Herald (Glasgow...