A Scottish insult describing someone as a scrotum is among the latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Bawbag - slang for ball bag - is one of more than 650 new words, senses and subentries added to the famous compendium.
Other newly included Scottish words include bam, bampot and bamstick, which mean someone who is foolish, annoying, obnoxious, belligerent or disruptive.
A tube - also spelt choob - is a "stupid or contemptible person; an idiot", and is frequently used as a "disparaging form of address", the dictionary says.
Roaster means an "obnoxious, annoying, or otherwise objectionable person; an idiot", according to its definition.
Sprag is not dissimilar - meaning a person with an "arrogant, swaggering manner; a boaster, a braggart".
There is also bowfing, which means foul-smelling - and fantoosh, meaning fancy, showy or flashy. It is often used "disparagingly, implying ostentation or pretentiousness".
Geggie means a person's mouth - used to tell someone to "shut your geggie".
Rooked means swindled or fleeced.
Bidie-in - someone's cohabiting partner, is also new, as is jotter, which means to get one's jotters and be dismissed from work.
Away from Scotland, more universal additions include hir and zir, which are used as alternative pronouns to him, his or her, and peoplekind - an alternative to mankind.
Misgender, misgendered or misgendering is when someone is addressed using a pronoun they do not identify with.
And for dog lovers there is dorgi - a cross between a dachshund and a corgi - and puggle, a pug and beagle cross.
FAQs
More than 40 Scots words including; rooked, bidie-in, bigsie, black-affronted, bowfing, coorie, coupon, roaster and grass have been added to the dictionary for its March 2019 update.
What Scottish words have been added to the dictionary? ›
There's baffies, meaning slippers, bealach, meaning mountain pass, bosie, used to describe a person's bosom or a cuddle, hug, and coorie, often used alongside down or in and meaning to crouch, stoop or keep low or to snuggle or nestle.
What are the Scottish 421 words? ›
Scots 'have 421 words' for snow
- feefle - to swirl.
- flindrikin - a slight snow shower.
- snaw-pouther - fine driving snow.
- spitters - small drops or flakes of wind-driven rain or snow.
- unbrak - the beginning of a thaw.
Other Scots words added to the dictionary include bam, bampot, bidie-in, coupon, tube, roaster and hee-haw. Bampot is described as "a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person," while the entry for bidie-in states: "A person who lives with his or her partner in a non-marital relationship; a cohabiting partner."
What does bawbag mean in English? ›
Its dictionary definition is “a Scots word meaning scrotum, in Scots vernacular a term of endearment but in English could be taken as an insult”.
What is a bam in Scottish slang? ›
Other newly included Scottish words include bam, bampot and bamstick, which mean someone who is foolish, annoying, obnoxious, belligerent or disruptive.
What word can't Scottish people say? ›
Among those that Sully struggles with are 'tarantula', 'vocabulary', and 'barrel'. The social media star also struggles with the word 'burglary', saying "next" after he repeatedly fails to pronounce it correctly.
What is the most Scottish phrase ever? ›
10 Scottish Sayings to Inspire Your Life
- ' What's fur ye will no go by ye' ...
- 'Lang may yer lum reek! ' ...
- ' We're a' Jock Tamson's bairns' ...
- 'Haud yer wheesht! ' ...
- 'Dinnae teach yer Granny tae suck eggs! ' ...
- ' A nod's as guid as a wink tae a blind horse' ...
- 'Keep the heid! ' ...
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The Scots have 400 words for snow—including “nizzer,” “spitterie,” and “flaggie” Snaw-ghast.
Is rizz a real word? ›
Rizz is short for “charisma,” and it simply means an ability to charm and woo a person. It's pronounced, well, rizz, just like it's spelled. The term found its way into teen slang through TikTok and other social media.
Take from this what you will, but 'dreich' has been voted the “most iconic” Scots word several times. In a sentence: “It's awfy dreich oot there the day.” In English: “It's awfully dreary outside today.”
What words were added to the dictionary in 1975? ›
In 1975, Merriam-Webster added "contemporary American pop words" of the time, such as icky, rip-off, funky and pothead.
What words were added to the dictionary in 1982? ›
1982
- AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- Bias crime.
- Break dancing.
- Domain name.
- MRI.
- Screen saver.
In 1991 crowd-surf, 3D-printer and Arnold Palmer were first appeared. In 2001, bromance, cornhole, and twerking were added.
What words have been removed from the Oxford dictionary? ›
These include Vitamin G, snollygoster, hodad, frutescent, and sternforemost. Each of these terms has the necessary attribute of just not being useful or used anymore. Vitamin G used to be the term for what's now known as riboflavin. Hodad comes from the 1960s and basically means a surfer poseur.
