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Girner

A Girner is a scots word for someone who moans a lot and also screws their face up as well as moaning or instead of.
1.That old Girner is always moaning, he's doing my cranium!
by The Scottish Contingent August 21, 2013
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vauxhall corsa

Small compact range of european hatchbacks and saloons which were introduced in Germany in 1982 as Opel Corsa and Vauxhall Nova in Britain in 1983, this was then replaced in 1993 with an all new car which took on the european name and remains in production to this day, 2 new versions on. These cars are invariably owned by Neds or chavs depending on which side of Hadrians wall you are from. Your typical older Corsa will sport a very large bore exhaust which looks like a catering size tin of beans and makes the vehicle fart, it will have aftermarket alloy wheels which look absurd and are about as tasteful as a frilly toilet seat, normally has a spoiler on the roof that looks just like an ironing board, a body kit that looks like a 5 year old designed it, which incidentally is normally cracked and has smears of fibreglass paste on it, it will usually be adorned with stupid 'lexus look' taillights which are poorly made and let in water and just look crap! All of this and you'd think it was some 200BHP firebreathing monster, right? Nope! We are talking about a lusty 3 Cylinder, 973cc, 52 BHP powerhouse! The ultimate acoutriment for the tube about town!
The Vauxhall Corsa, Once driven, forever neddified!
by The Scottish Contingent August 16, 2007
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SECC

The SECC is the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre located on what was the docks of the Clyde in Glasgow. Known informally locally as the 'Red Shed' when it first opened in 1985 because it's corrugated shell was predominantly red but has since been painted grey when the second phase 'Armadillo' building was added in 1997, so called because it is shaped like an armadillo and is finished with stainless steel. A third phase of the development is in construction at the time of writing (2007) and is expected to elevate this facility to world class status.
The Scottish Motor Show, Modern Homes Exhibition and many Concerts have all been held at the SECC
by The Scottish Contingent August 16, 2007
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Five Star Fur Lined Ocean Going Balls Up

Made famous by the Channel 4 programme 'Grand Designs' in the UK by one of the owners of the houses being built, a Five Star Fur Lined Ocean Going Balls Up means that something has been a major catastrophe from start to finish, a complete and utter screw up. This is possibly just the perfect thing to say when something has gone just about as wrong as it can!
We made a five star fur lined ocean going balls up of that, didn't we!
by The Scottish Contingent October 3, 2007
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boxed off

Something that is Boxed Off is something that has been taken care of and completed, a task that no-one has any need to worry about any longer.
I'll take that job and get it boxed off for ya!
by The Scottish Contingent March 23, 2007
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Muppet Friendly Society

The muppet friendly society is something that developed during the late 1990's and early 2000's, whereby everything is explained in a play school like fashion, everything in such a society is safe and designed for low intelligence people so that even they cannot get it wrong or will not make them feel thick, even things that are obvious and self explanatory require detailed instructions with words AND pictures. Some people may know all of this as 'dumbing down' but I think that this term is more appropriate.
Britain, The muppet friendly society, where even bus stations have to have notices warning about moving vehicles.
by The Scottish Contingent April 2, 2011
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Gink

A Glasgow or Western Scottish term for a bloke or geezer, basically means ordinary person.
See thon gink ower there, he's brighter than he looks!
by The Scottish Contingent October 16, 2008
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