Ahint - behind Auld - old Baffies - slippers Birl - twirl, spin Blether - chatter Brae - hill Braw - excellent Breeks - trousers (pants) Canny - careful Close - alley Cowp - tip over Crabbit - bad tempered Dicht - wipe Doo - dove or woodpigeon Dreich - damp and dismal weather Drookit - soaked through Dunt - bump Eejit - idiot Een - eyes Fleg - a fright or to frighten Flit - move house Forbye - besides Forkietail - earwig Gey - very or rather Girn - complain Greet - weep Haver - talk nonsense Hurl - a ride Jag - prick Keek - peep Ken - know, understand Kirk - church Lug - ear Lum - chimney Messages - shopping, usually groceries Mind - remember Muckle - large or a lot My lane - on my own Oxters - underarms Palaver - fuss Peely-wally - pale, wan Pooch - pocket Puckle - a few Puddock - frog Puggled - tired out after effort Quine - young girl Reek - stink or smoke Roon - round Sassenach - an English person Scunnered - fed up with something Shoogle - shake Stoat - bounce Thole - put up with Thrawn - stubborn Waur - worse Wheech - zoom Yon - that

•Lang may yer lum reek! A salutation wishing long life and prosperity. Literally, long may your chimney smoke. • Haste ye back. Come back to visit soon. • Awa' an' bile yer heid! Get lost! Literally, go and boil your head. • Givin' it laldy. Doing something with gusto. • Haud yer wheest! Be quiet! • Fit Like? An Aberdeen greeting, meaning how are you? • Dinnae fash yersel. Don't trouble yourself. • In the name of the wee man! Oh for goodness' sake. • You're a long time deid. Enjoy life now. • Up to high doh. In a state of anxiety. • Sic as ye gie, sic wull ye get. You'll get out of life as much as you put in. • Ye'll get yir heid in yir hauns an yir lugs ti pley wi. You'll get in big trouble. Literally, you'll get your head in your hands and your ears to play with! • It's a sair fecht. It's a hard life, or something that troubles or disappoints. • High heid yin. The boss; the highest in rank.