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"Totie" -- TikTok
term for texting shorthand meanings in byte-sized form; also spelled
toaty, totey, tottie as in very small, tiny or miniature with Quora
citing "a wee totie kitten" and Dictionaries of the Scots Language a
small child and term of endearment.
"Skelp" -- Highlighted by Reddit in esports multiplayer video
games played competitively by professional gamers; to slap, smack The
Scotsman word of the day described as a somewhat onomatopoeic word that
once put the "fear of God" into misbehaving children across Scotland.
"Skirlie" -- Instagram video and photos app; a traditional
Scottish dish made from oatmeal fried in a pan with chopped onions, fat
like butter, dripping or suet plus seasoning such as salt Wikipedia
indicates represents noise made by the frying ingredients.
"Bot"-- Shorthand for (ro)bot-texting involving software
application programmed to perform automated, conversational tasks; the
bottle imp says from Gaelic word bodach promouced bot - ach, can mean
old man, also spectre, ghost, also iron bolt or pin used in
construction.
"Footer" -- Webpage or document bottom section containing key
data and navigation links; Scots Language Centre describes as an
exasperating or tedious person also to potter about but originally a
term of abuse ot contempt but now toned down.
"Raj"-- Popular YouTube channel, and "LicenceRaj" historical term
for India's strict government control on tech; often spelled radge a
noun or adjective meaning wild, crazy, unhinged or angry individual with
Edinburgh Live citing mad, crazy idiot or fool one of Begbie's favourite
words in Trainspotting, thought to be a variant of Gypsy word raj or
rajy, also adopted as in British Raj the historial period of direct
British rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947. |
