20 words and phrases you'll remember from the playground if you went to school in Scotland

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Scots language is full of words that have different meanings, with many which are still said now but were mostly heard in the playground or at school. Here are 20 of our favourite...

A punny, short for punishment exercise or lines.

A janitor is, in itself, a word used widely in Scottish schools, but Scottish children often use the abbreviation jannie.

Telling on someone or grassing them up to the teacher for doing something they shouldnt.

To accompany someone, or tag along with them.

Horrible, disgusting, vile. If something is particularly bad it'd be rank rotten.

Means stealing or taking something from a friend that they don't want you to have.

Talk a lot, often going off-subject or talking nonsense.

Means unfair or when something rubbish happens to you.

Any carbonated drink, whether it has fresh fruit juice in it or not.