We have a unique way with words when it comes being insulting.
The Scots language is a thing of beauty - whether its the poetry of the Bard or telling someone to 'away an bile yer heid'.
We have a particular craft of being able to insult one another in a joking manner, as anyone who has ever been called 'glaikit' or a 'roaster' or warned that 'Yer bums oot the windae' will know all too well. And they have evolved over the years and with the times, from 'Yer Da Sells Avon' to 'yer a riddy'.
Us Scots are rich with wit and we hold a proud number of jokesmiths, from Frankie Boyle to Billy Connolly. And we've compiled a list of some of the best Scottish insults - they may not be in the English dictionary, but we'll know exactly what you're saying if you refer to us as one of these. Eejit/Bampot/Numpty/Tube/Dafty - The Scots don't suffer fools gladly and as a result there are numerous words for idiot in the Scottish vocabulary.Bawbag - A new favourite for many, it literally means scrotum, but has grown to encompass much more than that.Dobber / Fud/Walloper/Tadger - These four are pretty interchangeable. Various forms of words for genitals, they are usually used as a way to describe people who are annoying.
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