Article: Glaikit, wabbit and footering on the broo; RAB C PATTER MAKES OXFORD DICTIONARY.(News)

IT'S enough to leave Rab C Nesbitt lost for words - most of Scotland's contribution to the latest dictionary is about boozing and brawling.

The 10th edition of the Concise Oxford, out today, has thousands of additions.

But the new Scots words all seem to come straight from the mouths of the Govan bard and his boozing buddies.

Rab and Co are glaikit (stupid, foolish or thoughtless, drunken) and on the broo (social security) - although broo is already in ...

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