« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words  (Read 1078 times)

Nearly Sane

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 66208
Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words
« on: June 26, 2025, 07:47:01 PM »
Logged

Gordon

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18754
Re: Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2025, 07:58:03 PM »
Nothing new about any of these - disappointed to see 'Gie it Laldy' hasn't been included: a major omission in my view. 
Logged

Sebastian Toe

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7744
Re: Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2025, 09:30:55 AM »
New meaning new to the OED I presume.

I'm waiting patiently for "fanny-faced bawbag" making it in as a description for some deserving political figures.
Trump being the current best fit!
Logged
"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends.'
Albert Einstein
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »