THE WORD NUMPTY INFACT STARTED IN YORKSHIRE NOT SCOTLAND !!!!! its meanings are ;-
a) Someone who (sometimes unwittingly) by speech or
action demonstrates a lack of
knowledge or misconception of a particular subject or situation to the amusement of others.
b) A good humoured admonition, a term of endearment
c) A reckless, absent minded or unwise person
d) a
idiot