
Like all big cities, Edinburgh has a language of all its own. Or at least that’s how it must seem to outsiders.
Bog – toilet
Bunker – worktop, kitchen counter
Cheesin: happy
Chore: To steal something
Chum – join on a journey (Chumming a friend doon the road)
Deek – look at
Dinnae – don’t
Embra – Edinburgh
Hud-oan – wait, as in wait for me
Haud yer weesht – be quiet
Ken – Know. (‘I ken what you mean’)
Feart – afraid of
Foostie – stale
Gadgie: usually used to describe a man or boy who engages in loutish behaviour.
Nash: Hurry up
Radge – crazy or uncontrollable (A person can either be a radge, ‘go radge’, or do something radge)
Reekin’ – drunk
Steamin’ – see above
Scoobied – clueless (Scooby Doo is rhyming slang for clue)
Shan – a shame, or disappointing (A bad day at work could be ‘well shan’). Can also mean unkind (‘that was shan saying that to him’)
Source: Here are 22 words and phrases you’ll only know if you’re from Edinburgh