GLASGOW TRANSLATED

Literally, away you go, meaning “I do not believe you”

How are you doing? Alright? Not to be confused with "Awww, right," meaning "I now understand what you meant"

Very, very cold e.g. “It’s Baltic out”

Idiot (a derogatory term)

Humourous conversation between friends and strangers alike

A man's scrotum, or ball sack. Can be used as both a term of affection among friends (e.g. "Awrite ya bawbag") as well as an insult (e.g. "Whit you sayin' ya bawbag?")

Balls, as in a male scrotum (also see: Bawbag). Usually used as a negative denouncement of a situation e.g. "This is baws.”

Not a BMW, but rather, a blushing red face caused by embarrassment (e.g. "He's taking a beamer"

Used as an exclamation of joy or positive result (e.g "Ya belter!" or “Ya dancer!”) Opposite of Baws

Just as the Inuit Eskimos have 97 words for snow, Glaswegians have many different words being intoxicated with alcohol

Literally a large man or a small man, but commonly used as a friendly term regardless of the size of the subject (e.g. "Awrite Big Man," or "Hows's it goin' Wee Man?")

Disgusting, dirty, filthy or foul (e.g. “That’s boggin’”)

Meaning good or pleasant, derived from the Old Scot’s word for “brave”

A tonic wine made by monks in Devon, popular among Neds. Has to be tasted to be believed

(see also: Boggin’).

By the way, usually used to introduce a new topic of conversation, or at the end of a sentence to emphasise a point, e.g. “This beer is phenomenal bytheway!”

Not a voucher, but rather a slang term for someone’s face (e.g "Wipe that smile from yer coupon")

Foul-tempered

Does / Does not (not be confused with the animation company Disney)

A penis. Again, it can be used as both a term of affection among friends (e.g. "Awrite ya dobber") as well as an insult (e.g. "Whit you sayin' ya dobber?")

Slang word for “from” (e.g. “Where ye fae?”)

Afraid

Amazing or self-confident (e.g. “He thinks he’s pure gallus!”)

Translated as “Go on yourself,” a motivational cry to go it alone, normally heard at football matches when the striker has the ball and space to move forward

An amalgamation of "Give me a..." (e.g. "Geesa kiss")

Not to be confused with the similarly sounding London cockney word "geezer"

Talking nonsense

Fizzy juice (e.g. "A bottle of ginger")

An affectionate name for a head-butt

To cry

Ugly

Nothing (e.g. “I won hee-haw last night”)

Smelly

Can refer to either a cheap type of cider or a vagrant person

Rhyming slang for “piddle,” meaning to urinate

To go on a drinking binge (e.g. "We were out on the lash")

Also known as square sausage

To lose one’s temper

A negative term, usually to describe someone's level of skill (e.g. "He was mince" meaning "His performance was poor”)

Acronym for Non-Educated Delinquent. These troubled youths are often flocking around the streets in packs wearing baseballs caps and sickly bright tracksuits. The Scottish equivalent of the English Chav.

A pale skin colour, which, given the lack of sun, is what half of Glasgow’s population have. The other half have what is known as “tango-skin,” as like the drink they are bright orange for having spent too much time in one of the city’s numerous tanning salons.

While it may seem a contradiction in terms, “pure” and “dead” are used in tandem to emphasise the word “brilliant” in a positive manner

To eat, usually quickly (e.g. “He scoffed it down”)

Rhyming slang, where “scooby” refers to Scooby-Doo i.e. clue. (e.g. “I don’t have a scooby” meaning “I do not have a clue”)

To slap or hit

To salivate over something

A small measurement or piece of something

An evenly matched fight or duel, sometimes posed as a question (e.g. “Square go, pal?”)

To smash something or to drink very quickly (e.g. “I tanned that pint")

Someone from Scotland but out with Glasgow, commonly used a derogatory term

Child (e.g. “Aw, that’s a cute wee wean”)

Am / Are / Are not

Was / Was not

Short for Glaswegian, a native of Glasgow