Baffie to Weegie: 18 Scottish words that are now in the dictionary - and their meaning

A host of household Scottish words and phrases feature in the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary, but what do they mean?

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Bawbag joins several other familiar Scots words and colloquialisms including: baffie, bowfing, coorie, geggie, and Weegie. Here are 18 of the newly added words and their meanings.

Bawbag, n.: The scrotum. Cf. ball bag n. 2.

Roaster, n., sense 5: Scottish colloquial. An obnoxious, annoying, or otherwise objectionable person; an idiot. Frequently as a disparaging form of address."

Sprag, n.2, sense 1b: Scottish (Shetland). A person with an arrogant, swaggering manner; a boaster, a braggart. Now rare.

Geggie, n.2: A persons mouth. Frequently in shut your geggie: be quiet, shut up.

Bidie-in, n.: A person who lives with his or her partner in a non-marital relationship; a cohabiting partner.

Bealach, n.: A narrow mountain pass.

Rooked, adj.: Originally: deprived of money through fraudulent or underhand means; swindled, fleeced. In later use also (chiefly Scottish): without money

Baffie, n.: A slipper, esp. one that is old and worn out (cf. bauchle n. 1). Usually in plural. Cf. baff n.2

Tube, n., Additions: Scottish colloquial. Also in form choob. A stupid or contemptible person; an idiot. Frequently as a disparaging form of address.

Bauchle, n., Additions: A mess, a muddle; (hence) a source of ridicule or derision, a laughing stock. Chiefly (and earliest) in to make a bauchle of: to treat with

Hee-haw, n., Additions: Scottish colloquial. Nothing at all, absolutely nothing.

Bowfing, adj.: Foul-smelling, stinking. Also more generally: unpleasant, horrible.

Weegie, n. and adj.: A native or inhabitant of Glasgow; a Glaswegian.

Bam, n.2: A foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; (also spec.) a belligerent or disruptive person. Often as a contemptuous form of address. Cf. bampot n

Coorie, v.: intransitive. To crouch, stoop, or keep low. Usually with down, in.

Jotter, n., Additions: Scottish colloquial. to get ones jotters (and variants): to be dismissed from a job or position; to get the sack.

Sitooterie, n.: A secluded area within a building where people can sit apart from others; an alcove, recess. Now rare.

Fantoosh, adj.: Fancy, showy, flashy; stylish, sophisticated; fashionable, exotic. Often used disparagingly, implying ostentation or pretentiousness.