General Chat

Thanks Maggie. I've learnt something new :-) I'd sort of assumed the word might be Indian. Didn't think of Arabic.

My dad used that 'Emshee' - he also taught it to me, when we were in Saudi.
It's Arabic. One of it's meanings is, indeed, 'go away'.

and "Woke". What was everyone before then - Asleep?

No idea of the spelling but my Dad and my husband both used "Amshee" to mean move or go away. Usually used to make the cats or dog get off the sofa.

and 'influencer' - whatever that means!

Scrote- My neighbours son is a wee scrote. He swears at his mother and manages to hit the glass in my front door and my living room window with his football. I’m in a first floor cottage flat and the two windows are on opposite sides of the flat.

I agree Island words like stunning and super need to disappear.

Whippersnapper.
Thingamajig.
Gobbledegook.
Geek.

I don’t know the word but I know the feeling Dermot as I have two of them.

I wish some words *would* get lost.
Stunning
Super instead of 'very'
Bless.....
My bad
Kate 'wows'
Camilla looked 'divine'

'Scuth' - a strict demand for the cat to remove himself from my favourite fireside chair. :-D

Is amazingly diverse and ever changing. There was an article in a local online paper concerning words that your gran would use that would now be laughable. Well never mind my gran, I used them too and thought how sad it is that they’re being lost. I know language grows and changes but some of the older words are far more colourful.
What words are you sorry to see being lost? What do you think some of the phrases below mean?

Collybucky
Chum
Shan
Rank
Skelpit Lug
Haud yer wheesht
Reeking
Radge
Skelped
Take my hand off your face