Anyone who has grown up in Scotland, or even just spent some time here, will know that we have a word for just about everything. Some of these words are so unique that they don’t have a direct ...

An old medical term that refers to the pus found in the wounds of the afflicted. Thankfully it fell out of use due to its general horribleness. A Scots word for a peephole in a door, derived from ...

Language is an important part of Scottish culture, and our colloquial phrases have been puzzling tourists for generations. Historically, Gaelic and Scots were widely spoken across the country, but ...

This is reflected in the word’s sparing use since then ... much-loved record of Scottish cuisine, The Scots Kitchen (1929). Described as an “Old-fashioned Sweetmeat”, she explains that ...