1985 M. Munro Patter 8: to give someone a backie [...] to let someone sit behind you on your bicycle.at backie (n.) under back, adj.2
1985 M. Munro Patter 10: If it’s your round in the pub you are said to be on the bell.at on the bell under bell, n.1
1985 M. Munro Patter 11: blooter To kick something (usually a football) fiercely and often wildly.at blooter, v.
1985 M. Munro Patter 28: Gemmy is similar to the English ‘game’ in the sense of being plucky, and like gallus it can also mean sharp or flash: ‘Ye should have heard him givin up cheek tae the bouncers, he’s that gemmy!’ ‘Who’s the big yin wi the gemmy waistcoat on?’ A gemme kid is a young person who is bold, cheeky, sharp, cool, or any permutation of these.at gemmy, adj.
1985 M. Munro Patter 44: maddy A maddy is a lunatic. To take a maddy is to lose your temper in a big way.at maddy, n.
1985 M. Munro Patter 46: ming To ming is to stink; a ming is a bad smell, Mingin means stinking but can also be used to describe anything bad.at ming, n.2
1985 M. Munro Patter 46: ming To ming is to stink; a ming is a bad smell, Mingin means stinking but can also be used to describe anything bad.at minging, adj.
1985 M. Munro Patter 44: miraculous Usually, who knows why, pronounced ‘marockyoolus’, this is a slang term for drunk. ‘Maroc’ is sometimes heard as a shortened form [...] ‘Ah seen him stotin roon George Square, pur maroc he wis!’.at miraculous, adj.
1985 M. Munro Patter 65: steamboats A picturesque if somewhat inexplicable word for drunk: ‘Look at the state of him – steamboats again!’.at steamboats, adj.
1985 M. Munro Patter 65: stowed or stowed out Pronounced to rhyme with loud, this means, packed, absolutely filled with people.at stowed, adj.