Language is an important part of Scottish culture, and our colloquial phrases have been puzzling tourists for generations.

Glasgow mums always know just what to say and exactly what way to say it – and you'll find they have a whole armoury of words ...

Drinkers in Hood’s Bar, in Dundee’s Hilltown, were royally entertained as the updates arrived, with Celtic emerging ...

Some common words we use every day, including the name of one of the UK's main political parties, have a surprising origin in ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

This glossary aims to define and explain popular slang words and phrases of Generation Z (usually ... Hurkle-durkle: Based on an archaic Scottish word, “hurkle-durkle” means to lounge in ...

As a super-fan of classic chick-flick film Clueless, I went to find out if the new all singing all dancing West-end stage ...

They are songs of longing and loss, heartbreak, murder and tragedy rooted in days gone by and lovingly kept alive for generations.

For as long as I can remember I have been afraid of spiders. The little ones pose no problems, but the large ones, with their ...

Jared Leto has attempted to learn Glaswegian slang. In a video posted on social media, the actor and musician was asked to repeat and interpret common phrases in the Glasgow dialect. His efforts ...

There was a time long before PC (political correctness) became a phrase that caused grown men (and women) to cry, when poking ...