chain-linking n.— «Mather smells a rat in all this tinkering, convinced it’s a statistical conspiracy, designed to show Scottish output in the best possible light, when once dominant sectors, like electronics mass assembly, wither away...
tartan noir n.— «Scottish detective fiction, or Tartan Noir as it’s called, with its brooding sensibility, brutal humor and fixation on the nature of guilt and punishment, has more in common with the Russian novel than it does with...
bumper n.— «The Konzertstuck for four horns, which will preface the BBC SSO’s performance of Manfred, also looks like being allowed to speak for itself. When, some years ago, the work was presented by another Scottish orchestra, the...
ghosting n.— «The volunteers at the centre of the organisation are working to improve legal representation for asylum seekers taken into detention to combat the process known as “ghosting,” where families arrested over the...
share of throat n.— «Brewers such as Scottish & Newcastle’s Brian Stewart talk about share of throat. However, the carbonated soft drinks people are even more basic when they speak about share of stomach.» —“7-Up could fall...
bampot n.— «“What a bampot,” muttered another (bampot being a peculiarly Scottish word for idiot.)» —“Labour Party at prayer salutes Cook the atheist” by Magnus Linklater Times (London, England) Aug...