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17 Jan 2012, 12:06 am

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17 Jan 2012, 12:11 am

tomfoolery!

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17 Jan 2012, 3:32 am

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17 Jan 2012, 5:38 am

Here are some great Scots words:

mocket - dirty

drookit - drenched

crabbit - in a bad mood, You might be told you look crabbit, even if you just have your usual face.

These are often used to describe someone with fine motor problems:

fankle - entangle, used when you're all fingers and thumbs - 'I'm in a bit of a fankle here, help!'

fouter - a person who muddles through or a job that is fiddly (or foutery) You may be told, 'Stop foutering about, let me do it for you'.

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17 Jan 2012, 5:46 pm

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17 Jan 2012, 5:50 pm

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17 Jan 2012, 5:54 pm

Speakeasy - These were illegal bars and nightclubs during the Prohibition Era in America.

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17 Jan 2012, 5:59 pm

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17 Jan 2012, 6:01 pm

IdahoRose wrote:

Speakeasy - These were illegal bars and nightclubs during the Prohibition Era in America.

Don't worry, that word will soon be back in fashion.

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17 Jan 2012, 6:03 pm

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17 Jan 2012, 6:37 pm

Tequila wrote:

IdahoRose wrote:

Speakeasy - These were illegal bars and nightclubs during the Prohibition Era in America.

Don't worry, that word will soon be back in fashion.

I wouldn't be surprised. They've already banned smoking pretty much everywhere, so it would be logical to think that alcohol will be next. Isn't there a law being passed in the UK that proposes that everyone abstains from alcohol for two days a week?

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