Important words in Scottish culture

At university we were always told the Inuit have lots of words for snow, thus showing how important snow is in the Inuit culture. No one ever suggested that we look at our own culture to find out what is important to us. So here's a wee experiment just for fun (-:

Words to describe someone in a state of drunkeness (adj)

  • blootered
  • bladdered
  • birlin
  • blitzed
  • pissed
  • rat arsed
  • stenked
  • steamin
  • steamboats
  • stotious
  • sozzled
  • slaughtered
  • puggled
  • paralytic
  • mortalled
  • miraculous/ marokyoolus / maroc
  • lummed up
  • hooverin up (swallowing any unfinished drinks)
  • guttered
  • fleein
  • oan a bender
  • bevvied
  • buzooka'd
  • wellied
  • oan thi swally
  • hud a wee session
  • oan thi randan
  • boozin (Burns spells it Bouzin)
    		•  The other important feature of Scottish life that require many words to describe it is rain and its effects

    Its....

  • droachet
  • peltin
  • stoatin
  • gie dreech
  • drizzlen
  • pourin
  • soakin
  • plowterie
  • plumpin doon
  • pissin doon
  • a wee smir
  • a sair fit

    • My old guest buik

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